Sō Yamamura
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.
Kin no tamago: Golden Girl
Tora! Tora! Tora!
(Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto)
Early Spring
(Yutaka Kawai)
Striving to Live
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
(Okishima)
Yume de aritai
Police Precinct Part 14
(Maruyama)
Gung Ho
(Mr. Sakamoto)
Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah
(Prime Minister)
Victory and Defeat
(Kimpei Minegishi)
Riverside Fish Market Empire
Duel in the Sun
(Attorney)
Tenpo Suikoden - Otone's Night Fog
(Hirate (Sake brewer))
The Love of the Actress Sumako
(Hôgetsu Shimamura)
Musume to watashi
Who Will Judge Me?
Repast
Sound of the Mountain
(Ogata Shingo)
Japan's Longest Day
(Navy Minister Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai)
Antarctica
(Iwakiri Sencho)
The Barbarian and the Geisha
(Governor Tamura)
Tokyo Story
(Koichi Hirayama)
Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance
Song of Love
Gonin no totsugeki tai
The Estuary
Tokyo Twilight
(Seki Sekiguchi)
The Munekata Sisters
(Ryosuke Mimura)
Hell's Companion
Princess Yang Kwei Fei
(An Lushan)
White Beast
Oban kanketsu hen
The Last War
(Prime Minister Masaki)
Star of Hong Kong
(Gentaro Sugimoto)
あの空の果てに星はまたたく
The Inheritance
(Senzô)
Kanei Command Performance
Shadow Warriors: Hattori Hanzo
(Masayuki Hoshina)
Hole in One
(Keikichi Shirasu)
With Beauty and Sorrow
(Toshio Ôki)
Little Peach
(Heishiro Hirayama, the father)
Love's Family Tree
Kagebōshi
(小山田鉄心)
Passion Fire
(奥田金馬太郎)
Modern People
Women of Tokyo
(Shoichi Kagami)
Dancing Girl
(Yagi)
An Inlet of Muddy Water
Records of loyal vassals
Murahachibu
白磁の人
The School of Flesh
Miniature
(Wakabayashi)
Hahakogusa
(Mr. Fujiki)
Sara no hana no toge
春のみづうみ
A Roaring Trade
A Public Benefactor
(Kappei Arima)
Tokugawa Ieyasu: The Conqueror of Japan
A Flame at the Pier
Akitsu Hot Springs
Samurai Hawk
The Lady of Musashino
(Eiji Ono)
Shag
Night Butterflies
(Ichiro Shirasawa)
The Wind Blows Twice
Yūkyō no mure
The 47 Masterless Samurai
The Second Is a Christian
(Nakatsugawa)
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha Part 2
The Cannery Boat
(Matsuki)
The Militarists
(Mitsumasa Yonai)
With Songs in My Heart
The Sand City in Manchuria
(Ishigami)
The Pacific War and Himeyuri Corps
(Taiwan Army Chief of Staff)
Deep River Melody
Sister with Sister
(Michisuke Nishikata)
Detective Duel
The Ataka Family
Diary of a Mad Old Man
(Tokusuke Rôjin)
Okuni and Gohei
(Tomonojo)
The Man Who Challenged 8,000,000-Koku
(Councilor Matsudaira Izu)
The Ditch
Magistrate Toyama 3: The Whirlwind Magistrate
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 4
Nemuri Kyōshirō
Life of a Country Doctor
The Retreat from Kiska
(Kawashima)
Ninja Assassins
A Woman in the Typhoon Area
(Kijima)
The Black Current
Portrait of Madame Yuki
(Tateoka)
A Geisha's Diary
(Kiyomasa Tsutsui)
Burden of Love
(Jozaburo Araki)
Main Line to Terror
Professional Killers
(Hanemon(Otowaya))
Professional Killers – Assassin's Quarry
(Hanemon(Otowaya))
Professional Killers – Assignment by Night
(Hanemon(Otowaya))
Typhoon Over Nagasaki
Epitaph to My Love
(Kimura)
When It Rains, It Pours
The Purple Hood
Drunkard's Paradise
The Orphan Brother
(Fujiwara No Morozane (voice))
Seven Masks of Revenge
Darkness at Noon
(Yuji)
Jigoku bana
The Harbor Lights
Born in Sin
The Mysterious Gemini • Y&S
Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 1 and 2
Miki, the Swordman
(Hirate Miki)
Men in a Rough Town
Gang Loyalty and Vengeance
(Tachibana)
Glory on the Summit
Till We Meet Again
(Daisuke Kaji)
The Woman Who Touched the Legs
(Yasukichi Sakaza)
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril
(Gômune Jindaiyu)
Ghost Story of Youth
(Tetsuya, father of Chiharu)
Honoo no hada
Senka o koete
Tange Sazen
Hibari no komoriuta
Their Legacy
Prophecies of Nostradamus
(Prime Minister Kuroki)
Kirare no Senta
The White Orchid
As Long as I Live
Love and Duty
My Wonderful Yellow Car
(The husband)
A Second Life
Ai Sureba Koso
(Gorô (segment 3))
Tsukigata Hanpeita
(Katsura Kogoro)
Rumba of Passion
Hell's Juggler
An Eagle Eyed Lord
Haitoku no mesu
(Naoyuki Nishizawa)
Roar and Earth
Homecoming
Across the Darkness
(Takazawa)
Sudden Attack of the Christian Lord
Haru no Sakamichi
(Tokugawa Ieyasu)
ザ・ハングマン
Ningen no Shōmei
Professional Killers
(Hanemon Otowaya)
Pearl
(Admiral Nagumo, commander of Japanese attack force (uncredited))
The Yagyu Conspiracy
(Yagyu Munenori)
Yagyu's Secret Quest
(Yagyu Munenori)
Yagyu Jubei Secret Quest
(Yagyu Munenori)
