So Yamamura
Acting · 90 years old
Tenri, Nara, Japan
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
Professional Killers – Assignment by Night
Hanemon(Otowaya)
ザ・ハングマン
Yagyu Jubei Secret Quest
Yagyu Munenori
Professional Killers – Assassin's Quarry
Hanemon(Otowaya)
The Retreat from Kiska
Kawashima
Tokyo Story
Koichi Hirayama
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
Okishima
Miniature
Wakabayashi
The Cannery Boat
Matsuki
The Militarists
Mitsumasa Yonai
Professional Killers
Hanemon Otowaya
Tokyo Twilight
Seki Sekiguchi
Repast
Early Spring
Yutaka Kawai
Professional Killers
Hanemon(Otowaya)
Sound of the Mountain
Ogata Shingo
A Geisha's Diary
Kiyomasa Tsutsui
Japan's Longest Day
Navy Minister Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai
Antarctica
Iwakiri Sencho
The 47 Masterless Samurai
