Sō Yamamura (山村聰, Yamamura Sō, 24 February 1910 – 26 May 2000) was a Japanese actor and film director. He appeared in more than 110 films between 1947 and 1991, and directed four films. He was also known by the name Satoshi Yamamura, while his actual birth name is Koga Hirosada. In the US, he is well known for his portrayals of Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto of the Combined Fleet, in Tora! Tora! Tora!, and of Mr. Sakamoto, the CEO of Assan Motors in Gung Ho.
Known For
Tokyo Story
(1953)
Koichi Hirayama
Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah
(1991)
Prime Minister
Tora! Tora! Tora!
(1970)
Vice-Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto
Gung Ho
(1986)
Mr. Sakamoto
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
(1959)
Okishima
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril
(1972)
Gômune Jindaiyu
Princess Yang Kwei Fei
(1955)
An Lushan
Antarctica
(1983)
Iwakiri Sencho
Early Spring
(1956)
Yutaka Kawai
The Barbarian and the Geisha
(1958)
Governor Tamura
With Songs in My Heart
(1958)
Japan's Longest Day
(1967)
Navy Minister Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai
The Munekata Sisters
(1950)
Ryosuke Mimura
Repast
(1951)
Tokyo Twilight
(1957)
Seki Sekiguchi
Full Filmography
Acting
As Long as I Live
(1946)
The Love of the Actress Sumako
(1947)
Hôgetsu Shimamura
A Woman in the Typhoon Area
(1948)
Kijima
A Second Life
(1948)
Yūkyō no mure
(1948)
Kirare no Senta
(1949)
The Munekata Sisters
(1950)
Ryosuke Mimura
White Beast
(1950)
Portrait of Madame Yuki
(1950)
Tateoka
Senka o koete
(1950)
Rumba of Passion
(1950)
Homecoming
(1950)
Duel in the Sun
(1950)
Attorney
Tenpo Suikoden - Otone's Night Fog
(1950)
Hirate (Sake brewer)
Song of Love
(1950)
Kagebōshi
(1950)
小山田鉄心
Repast
(1951)
The Lady of Musashino
(1951)
Eiji Ono
Dancing Girl
(1951)
Yagi
Miki, the Swordman
(1951)
Hirate Miki
Honoo no hada
(1951)
Hibari no komoriuta
(1951)
The White Orchid
(1951)
Who Will Judge Me?
(1951)
Modern People
(1952)
The Ataka Family
(1952)
Okuni and Gohei
(1952)
Tomonojo
The Woman Who Touched the Legs
(1952)
Yasukichi Sakaza
Kin no tamago: Golden Girl
(1952)
Riverside Fish Market Empire
(1952)
Jōka
(1952)
奥田金馬太郎
The Wind Blows Twice
(1952)
Tokyo Story
(1953)
Koichi Hirayama
An Inlet of Muddy Water
(1953)
Miniature
(1953)
Wakabayashi
The Cannery Boat
(1953)
Matsuki
My Wonderful Yellow Car
(1953)
The husband
Murahachibu
(1953)
Sound of the Mountain
(1954)
Ogata Shingo
The Ditch
(1954)
The Black Current
(1954)
Love and Duty
(1954)
Princess Yang Kwei Fei
(1955)
An Lushan
Burden of Love
(1955)
Jozaburo Araki
Seven Masks of Revenge
(1955)
Till We Meet Again
(1955)
Daisuke Kaji
Ghost Story of Youth
(1955)
Tetsuya, father of Chiharu
Ai Sureba Koso
(1955)
Gorô (segment 3)
Striving to Live
(1955)
Sara no hana no toge
(1955)
Early Spring
(1956)
Yutaka Kawai
Darkness at Noon
(1956)
Yuji
Tsukigata Hanpeita
(1956)
Katsura Kogoro
春のみづうみ
(1956)
Tokyo Twilight
(1957)
Seki Sekiguchi
Hole in One
(1957)
Keikichi Shirasu
Night Butterflies
(1957)
Ichiro Shirasawa
Typhoon Over Nagasaki
(1957)
When It Rains, It Pours
(1957)
Jigoku bana
(1957)
Roar and Earth
(1957)
白磁の人
(1957)
The Barbarian and the Geisha
(1958)
Governor Tamura
Little Peach
(1958)
Heishiro Hirayama, the father
Sister with Sister
(1958)
Michisuke Nishikata
Detective Duel
(1958)
With Songs in My Heart
(1958)
The Purple Hood
(1958)
Oban kanketsu hen
(1958)
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
(1959)
Okishima
The 47 Masterless Samurai
(1959)
Magistrate Toyama 3: The Whirlwind Magistrate
(1959)
Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 1 and 2
(1959)
Men in a Rough Town
(1959)
Across the Darkness
(1959)
Takazawa
Sudden Attack of the Christian Lord
(1959)
Hell's Companion
(1959)
Hahakogusa
(1959)
Mr. Fujiki
Ninja Assassins
(1960)
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha Part 2
(1960)
Deep River Melody
(1960)
The Sand City in Manchuria
(1960)
Ishigami
Life of a Country Doctor
(1960)
Police Precinct Part 14
(1960)
Maruyama
Victory and Defeat
(1960)
Kimpei Minegishi
The Last War
(1961)
Prime Minister Masaki
Love's Family Tree
(1961)
Samurai Hawk
(1961)
The Man Who Challenged 8,000,000-Koku
(1961)
Councilor Matsudaira Izu
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 4
(1961)
A Geisha's Diary
(1961)
Kiyomasa Tsutsui
Epitaph to My Love
(1961)
Kimura
The Orphan Brother
(1961)
Fujiwara No Morozane (voice)
The Harbor Lights
(1961)
Hell's Juggler
(1961)
An Eagle Eyed Lord
(1961)
Haitoku no mesu
(1961)
Naoyuki Nishizawa
五人の突撃隊
(1961)
The Estuary
(1961)
Women of Tokyo
(1961)
Shoichi Kagami
Akitsu Hot Springs
(1962)
A Flame at the Pier
(1962)
The Inheritance
(1962)
Senzô
The Pacific War and Himeyuri Corps
(1962)
Taiwan Army Chief of Staff
Diary of a Mad Old Man
(1962)
Tokusuke Rôjin
Drunkard's Paradise
(1962)
Born in Sin
(1962)
Glory on the Summit
(1962)
Their Legacy
(1962)
Star of Hong Kong
(1962)
Gentaro Sugimoto
Yume de aritai
(1962)
Musume to watashi
(1962)
Ano sura no hate ni hoshi hama tataku
(1962)
Records of loyal vassals
(1962)
A Roaring Trade
(1962)
Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance
(1963)
Gang Loyalty and Vengeance
(1963)
Tachibana
A Public Benefactor
(1964)
Kappei Arima
With Beauty and Sorrow
(1965)
Toshio Ôki
The Retreat from Kiska
(1965)
Kawashima
The School of Flesh
(1965)
Japan's Longest Day
(1967)
Navy Minister Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai
Tora! Tora! Tora!
(1970)
Vice-Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto
The Militarists
(1970)
Mitsumasa Yonai
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril
(1972)
Gômune Jindaiyu
Professional Killers
(1973)
Hanemon(Otowaya)
Professional Killers – Assassin's Quarry
(1973)
Hanemon(Otowaya)
Professional Killers – Assignment by Night
(1974)
Hanemon(Otowaya)
Prophecies of Nostradamus
(1974)
Prime Minister Kuroki
Main Line to Terror
(1975)
Dog Whistle
(1978)
Shadow Warriors: Hattori Hanzo
(1980)
Masayuki Hoshina
The Mysterious Gemini • Y&S
(1982)
Antarctica
(1983)
Iwakiri Sencho
Kanei Command Performance
(1983)
The Second Is a Christian
(1985)
Nakatsugawa
Gung Ho
(1986)
Mr. Sakamoto
Nemuri Kyōshirō
(1989)
Tange Sazen
(1990)
Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah
(1991)
Prime Minister
Tokugawa Ieyasu: The Conqueror of Japan
(1992)
Directing
The Cannery Boat
(1953)
Director
The Black Current
(1954)
Director
Sara no hana no toge
(1955)
Director
Hahakogusa
(1959)
Director
Kashima-nada no onna
(1959)
Director
Deep River Melody
(1960)
Director
Writing