So Yamamura
Known for department: Acting
Birthday: 1910-02-24 – 2000-05-26
Place of birth: Tenri, Nara, Japan
Biography
So Yamamura (山村聰, Yamamura So, 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
Kin no tamago: Golden Girl
1952
Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto
Early Spring
1956Yutaka Kawai
Striving to Live
1955
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
1959Okishima
Yume de aritai
1962
Police Precinct Part 14
1960Maruyama
Gung Ho
1986Mr. Sakamoto
Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah
1991Prime Minister
Victory and Defeat
1960Kimpei Minegishi
Riverside Fish Market Empire
1952
Duel in the Sun
1950Attorney
Tenpo Suikoden - Otone's Night Fog
1950Hirate (Sake brewer)
The Love of the Actress Sumako
1947Hôgetsu Shimamura
Musume to watashi
1962
Who Will Judge Me?
1951
Repast
1951
Sound of the Mountain
1954Ogata Shingo
Japan's Longest Day
1967Navy Minister Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai