Sō Yamamura
Age: N/A | From: Tenri, Japan
Person Details
Birthday:
Aliases: Hirosada Koga , 山村聡 , 山村聰 , Со Ямамура , 山村聪 , Soh Yamamura
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Tenri, Japan
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Movie Involvements: 66
TV Involvements: 6
Most Famous Work
Biography
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.
Most Famous Work
Professional Killers
(1972) Hanemon Otowaya
Haru no Sakamichi
(1971) Tokugawa Ieyasu
Tora! Tora! Tora!
(1970) Vice-Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto
Pearl
(1978) Admiral Nagumo, commander of Japanese attack force (uncredited)
Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah
(1991) Prime Minister
Tokyo Story
(1953) Koichi Hirayama
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril
(1972) Gômune Jindaiyu
The Barbarian and the Geisha
(1958) Governor TamuraActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Prime Minister | |
| 1990 | N/A | |
| 1989 | N/A | |
| 1986 | Mr. Sakamoto | |
| 1985 | Nakatsugawa | |
| 1983 | N/A | |
| Iwakiri Sencho | ||
| 1982 | N/A | |
| Yagyu Munenori | ||
| 1980 | N/A | |
| Yagyu Munenori | ||
| Masayuki Hoshina | ||
| 1978 | Admiral Nagumo, commander of Japanese attack force (uncredited) | |
| Yagyu Munenori | ||
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| 1975 | N/A | |
| 1974 | Prime Minister Kuroki | |
| Hanemon(Otowaya) | ||
| 1973 | Hanemon(Otowaya) | |
| Hanemon(Otowaya) | ||
| 1972 | Gômune Jindaiyu | |
| Hanemon Otowaya | ||
| 1971 | Tokugawa Ieyasu | |
| 1970 | Mitsumasa Yonai | |
| Vice-Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto | ||
| 1967 | Navy Minister Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai | |
| 1965 | Kawashima | |
| Toshio Ôki | ||
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| 1964 | Kappei Arima | |
| 1963 | Tachibana | |
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| 1962 | N/A | |
| Tokusuke Rôjin | ||
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| Taiwan Army Chief of Staff | ||
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| Senzô | ||
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| 1961 | N/A | |
| Prime Minister Masaki | ||
| Councilor Matsudaira Izu | ||
| Naoyuki Nishizawa | ||
| Kiyomasa Tsutsui | ||
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| Fujiwara No Morozane (voice) | ||
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| Kimura | ||
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| Shoichi Kagami | ||
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| 1960 | N/A | |
| Ishigami | ||
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| Maruyama | ||
| Kimpei Minegishi | ||
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| 1959 | Takazawa | |
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| Mr. Fujiki | ||
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| Okishima | ||
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| 1958 | Michisuke Nishikata | |
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| Governor Tamura | ||
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| Heishiro Hirayama, the father | ||
| 1957 | N/A | |
| Keikichi Shirasu | ||
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| Seki Sekiguchi | ||
| Ichiro Shirasawa | ||
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| 1956 | Katsura Kogoro | |
| Yuji | ||
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| Yutaka Kawai | ||
| 1955 | N/A | |
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| Gorô (segment 3) | ||
| Daisuke Kaji | ||
| An Lushan | ||
| Tetsuya, father of Chiharu | ||
| Jozaburo Araki | ||
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| 1954 | N/A | |
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| Ogata Shingo | ||
| 1953 | N/A | |
| Koichi Hirayama | ||
| Matsuki | ||
| Wakabayashi | ||
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| The husband | ||
| 1952 | 奥田金馬太郎 | |
| Yasukichi Sakaza | ||
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| Tomonojo | ||
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| 1951 | N/A | |
| Hirate Miki | ||
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| Eiji Ono | ||
| Yagi | ||
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| 1950 | N/A | |
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| Hirate (Sake brewer) | ||
| Tateoka | ||
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| Ryosuke Mimura | ||
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| Attorney | ||
| 小山田鉄心 | ||
| 1949 | N/A | |
| 1948 | Kijima | |
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| 1947 | Hôgetsu Shimamura | |
| 1946 | N/A | |
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Directing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | Director | |
| 1959 | Director | |
| Director | ||
| 1955 | Director | |
| 1954 | Director | |
| 1953 | Director | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Writing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1955 | Screenplay | |
| 1953 | Screenplay | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |