Sō Yamamura

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.

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Known For

Professional Killers

Professional Killers

1972 • as Hanemon Otowaya

Haru no Sakamichi

Haru no Sakamichi

1971 • as Tokugawa Ieyasu

ザ・ハングマン

ザ・ハングマン

1980

Tokyo Story

Tokyo Story

1953 • as Koichi Hirayama

The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

1959 • as Okishima

Tora! Tora! Tora!

Tora! Tora! Tora!

1970 • as Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto

Filmography

1992

Tokugawa Ieyasu: The Conqueror of Japan
Tokugawa Ieyasu: The Conqueror of Japan
Movie - Released: 1/3/1992

1991

Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah
Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah
as Prime Minister
Movie - Released: 12/14/1991

1990

Tange Sazen
Tange Sazen
Movie - Released: 8/16/1990

1989

Nemuri Kyōshirō
Nemuri Kyōshirō
Movie - Released: 4/22/1989

1986

Gung Ho
Gung Ho
as Mr. Sakamoto
Movie - Released: 3/14/1986

1985

The Second Is a Christian
The Second Is a Christian
as Nakatsugawa
Movie - Released: 9/14/1985

1983

Antarctica
Antarctica
as Iwakiri Sencho
Movie - Released: 7/23/1983
Kanei Command Performance
Kanei Command Performance
Movie - Released: 8/5/1983

1982

The Mysterious Gemini • Y&S
The Mysterious Gemini • Y&S
Movie - Released: 12/11/1982
Yagyu Jubei Secret Quest
Yagyu Jubei Secret Quest
as Yagyu Munenori
TV - Released: 10/19/1982

1980

Shadow Warriors: Hattori Hanzo
Shadow Warriors: Hattori Hanzo
as Masayuki Hoshina
Movie - Released: 2/23/1980
ザ・ハングマン
ザ・ハングマン
TV - Released: 11/14/1980
Yagyu's Secret Quest
Yagyu's Secret Quest
as Yagyu Munenori
TV - Released: 10/14/1980

1978

Shag
Shag
Movie - Released: 3/31/1978
Ningen no Shōmei
Ningen no Shōmei
TV - Released: 1/7/1978
Pearl
Pearl
as Admiral Nagumo, commander of Japanese attack force (uncredited)
TV - Released: 11/16/1978
The Yagyu Conspiracy
The Yagyu Conspiracy
as Yagyu Munenori
TV - Released: 10/3/1978

1975

Main Line to Terror
Main Line to Terror
Movie - Released: 9/6/1975

1974

Professional Killers – Assignment by Night
Professional Killers – Assignment by Night
as Hanemon(Otowaya)
Movie - Released: 2/16/1974
Prophecies of Nostradamus
Prophecies of Nostradamus
as Prime Minister Kuroki
Movie - Released: 8/3/1974

1973

Professional Killers
Professional Killers
as Hanemon(Otowaya)
Movie - Released: 6/9/1973
Professional Killers – Assassin's Quarry
Professional Killers – Assassin's Quarry
as Hanemon(Otowaya)
Movie - Released: 9/29/1973
非情のライセンス
非情のライセンス
as 矢部
TV - Released: 4/5/1973

1972

Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril
as Gômune Jindaiyu
Movie - Released: 12/30/1972
Professional Killers
Professional Killers
as Hanemon Otowaya
TV - Released: 9/2/1972

1971

Haru no Sakamichi
Haru no Sakamichi
as Tokugawa Ieyasu
TV - Released: 1/3/1971

1970

Tora! Tora! Tora!
Tora! Tora! Tora!
as Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto
Movie - Released: 1/26/1970
The Militarists
The Militarists
as Mitsumasa Yonai
Movie - Released: 9/11/1970

1967

Japan's Longest Day
Japan's Longest Day
as Navy Minister Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai
Movie - Released: 8/3/1967

1965

With Beauty and Sorrow
With Beauty and Sorrow
as Toshio Ôki
Movie - Released: 2/28/1965
The School of Flesh
The School of Flesh
Movie - Released: 2/14/1965
The Retreat from Kiska
The Retreat from Kiska
as Kawashima
Movie - Released: 7/4/1965

1964

A Public Benefactor
A Public Benefactor
as Kappei Arima
Movie - Released: 4/4/1964

1963

Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance
Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance
Movie - Released: 8/6/1963
Gang Loyalty and Vengeance
Gang Loyalty and Vengeance
as Tachibana
Movie - Released: 10/20/1963

1962

Yume de aritai
Yume de aritai
Movie - Released: 1/14/1962
Musume to watashi
Musume to watashi
Movie - Released: 4/1/1962
Star of Hong Kong
Star of Hong Kong
as Gentaro Sugimoto
Movie - Released: 7/14/1962
あの空の果てに星はまたたく
あの空の果てに星はまたたく
Movie - Released: 5/20/1962
The Inheritance
The Inheritance
as Senzô
Movie - Released: 2/16/1962
Records of loyal vassals
Records of loyal vassals
Movie - Released: 9/9/1962
A Roaring Trade
A Roaring Trade
Movie - Released: 1/3/1962
A Flame at the Pier
A Flame at the Pier
Movie - Released: 9/30/1962
Akitsu Hot Springs
Akitsu Hot Springs
Movie - Released: 6/15/1962
The Pacific War and Himeyuri Corps
The Pacific War and Himeyuri Corps
as Taiwan Army Chief of Staff
Movie - Released: 4/7/1962
Diary of a Mad Old Man
Diary of a Mad Old Man
as Tokusuke Rôjin
Movie - Released: 10/20/1962
Drunkard's Paradise
Drunkard's Paradise
Movie - Released: 2/4/1962
Born in Sin
Born in Sin
Movie - Released: 11/23/1962
Glory on the Summit
Glory on the Summit
Movie - Released: 7/29/1962
Their Legacy
Their Legacy
Movie - Released: 1/3/1962

1961

Gonin no totsugeki tai
Gonin no totsugeki tai
Movie - Released: 4/26/1961
The Estuary
The Estuary
Movie - Released: 7/26/1961
The Last War
The Last War
as Prime Minister Masaki
Movie - Released: 10/8/1961
Love's Family Tree
Love's Family Tree
Movie - Released: 11/22/1961
Women of Tokyo
Women of Tokyo
as Shoichi Kagami
Movie - Released: 3/1/1961
Movie
Samurai Hawk
Movie - Released: 3/5/1961
The Man Who Challenged 8,000,000-Koku
The Man Who Challenged 8,000,000-Koku
as Councilor Matsudaira Izu
Movie - Released: 9/13/1961
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 4
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 4
Movie - Released: 1/9/1961
A Geisha's Diary
A Geisha's Diary
as Kiyomasa Tsutsui
Movie - Released: 7/28/1961
Epitaph to My Love
Epitaph to My Love
as Kimura
Movie - Released: 5/16/1961
The Orphan Brother
The Orphan Brother
as Fujiwara No Morozane (voice)
Movie - Released: 7/19/1961
The Harbor Lights
The Harbor Lights
Movie - Released: 2/26/1961
Hell's Juggler
Hell's Juggler
Movie - Released: 1/15/1961
An Eagle Eyed Lord
An Eagle Eyed Lord
Movie - Released: 6/21/1961
Haitoku no mesu
Haitoku no mesu
as Naoyuki Nishizawa
Movie - Released: 8/6/1961
Netsuai sha
Netsuai sha
as Murai
Movie - Released: 8/29/1961

1960

Police Precinct Part 14
Police Precinct Part 14
as Maruyama
Movie - Released: 6/21/1960
Victory and Defeat
Victory and Defeat
as Kimpei Minegishi
Movie - Released: 4/27/1960
Movie
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha Part 2
Movie - Released: 3/1/1960
The Sand City in Manchuria
The Sand City in Manchuria
as Ishigami
Movie - Released: 8/24/1960
Deep River Melody
Deep River Melody
Movie - Released: 9/13/1960
Life of a Country Doctor
Life of a Country Doctor
Movie - Released: 8/14/1960
Ninja Assassins
Ninja Assassins
Movie - Released: 6/29/1960
Ryuji, the Gun Slinger
Ryuji, the Gun Slinger
Movie - Released: 4/12/1960
続べらんめぇ芸者
続べらんめぇ芸者
Movie - Released: 3/1/1960

1959

The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
as Okishima
Movie - Released: 1/15/1959
Hell's Companion
Hell's Companion
Movie - Released: 6/1/1959
Hahakogusa
Hahakogusa
as Mr. Fujiki
Movie - Released: 4/22/1959
The 47 Masterless Samurai
The 47 Masterless Samurai
Movie - Released: 1/15/1959
Whirlwind Magistrate
Whirlwind Magistrate
Movie - Released: 3/10/1959
Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 1 and 2
Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 1 and 2
Movie - Released: 1/1/1959
Men in a Rough Town
Men in a Rough Town
Movie - Released: 1/28/1959
Across the Darkness
Across the Darkness
as Takazawa
Movie - Released: 12/1/1959
Sudden Attack of the Christian Lord
Sudden Attack of the Christian Lord
Movie - Released: 7/12/1959

1958

The Barbarian and the Geisha
The Barbarian and the Geisha
as Governor Tamura
Movie - Released: 9/30/1958
Oban kanketsu hen
Oban kanketsu hen
Movie - Released: 7/1/1958
Little Peach
Little Peach
as Heishiro Hirayama, the father
Movie - Released: 5/13/1958
With Songs in My Heart
With Songs in My Heart
Movie - Released: 9/10/1958
Sister with Sister
Sister with Sister
as Michisuke Nishikata
Movie - Released: 12/9/1958
Detective Duel
Detective Duel
Movie - Released: 8/6/1958
The Purple Hood
The Purple Hood
Movie - Released: 10/29/1958

1957

Tokyo Twilight
Tokyo Twilight
as Seki Sekiguchi
Movie - Released: 4/30/1957
Hole in One
Hole in One
as Keikichi Shirasu
Movie - Released: 9/15/1957
白磁の人
白磁の人
Movie - Released: 1/15/1957
Night Butterflies
Night Butterflies
as Ichiro Shirasawa
Movie - Released: 4/1/1957
Typhoon Over Nagasaki
Typhoon Over Nagasaki
Movie - Released: 2/6/1957
When It Rains, It Pours
When It Rains, It Pours
Movie - Released: 6/11/1957
Jigoku bana
Jigoku bana
Movie - Released: 6/25/1957
Roar and Earth
Roar and Earth
Movie - Released: 9/29/1957

1956

Early Spring
Early Spring
as Yutaka Kawai
Movie - Released: 1/29/1956
春のみづうみ
春のみづうみ
Movie - Released: 3/11/1956
Darkness at Noon
Darkness at Noon
as Yuji
Movie - Released: 3/26/1956
Tsukigata Hanpeita
Tsukigata Hanpeita
as Katsura Kogoro
Movie - Released: 10/16/1956

1955

Striving to Live
Striving to Live
Movie - Released: 2/25/1955
Princess Yang Kwei Fei
Princess Yang Kwei Fei
as An Lushan
Movie - Released: 5/3/1955
Sara no hana no toge
Sara no hana no toge
Movie - Released: 10/11/1955
Burden of Love
Burden of Love
as Jozaburo Araki
Movie - Released: 3/18/1955
Seven Masks of Revenge
Seven Masks of Revenge
Movie - Released: 7/12/1955
Till We Meet Again
Till We Meet Again
as Daisuke Kaji
Movie - Released: 5/29/1955
Ghost Story of Youth
Ghost Story of Youth
as Tetsuya, father of Chiharu
Movie - Released: 4/19/1955
Ai Sureba Koso
Ai Sureba Koso
as Gorô (segment 3)
Movie - Released: 7/5/1955
A Young Samurai
A Young Samurai
Movie - Released: 3/25/1955

1954

Sound of the Mountain
Sound of the Mountain
as Ogata Shingo
Movie - Released: 1/15/1954
The Ditch
The Ditch
Movie - Released: 7/27/1954
The Black Current
The Black Current
Movie - Released: 8/31/1954
Love and Duty
Love and Duty
Movie - Released: 3/24/1954

1953

Tokyo Story
Tokyo Story
as Koichi Hirayama
Movie - Released: 11/3/1953
An Inlet of Muddy Water
An Inlet of Muddy Water
Movie - Released: 11/23/1953
Murahachibu
Murahachibu
Movie - Released: 3/21/1953
Miniature
Miniature
as Wakabayashi
Movie - Released: 4/1/1953
The Cannery Boat
The Cannery Boat
as Matsuki
Movie - Released: 9/10/1953
My Wonderful Yellow Car
My Wonderful Yellow Car
as The husband
Movie - Released: 1/15/1953
Ganpeki
Ganpeki
Movie - Released: 4/22/1953

1952

Kin no tamago: Golden Girl
Kin no tamago: Golden Girl
Movie - Released: 5/14/1952
Riverside Fish Market Empire
Riverside Fish Market Empire
Movie - Released: 3/14/1952
Passion Fire
Passion Fire
as 奥田金馬太郎
Movie - Released: 12/10/1952
Modern People
Modern People
Movie - Released: 9/3/1952
The Wind Blows Twice
The Wind Blows Twice
Movie - Released: 2/14/1952
The Ataka Family
The Ataka Family
Movie - Released: 5/15/1952
Okuni and Gohei
Okuni and Gohei
as Tomonojo
Movie - Released: 4/10/1952
The Woman Who Touched the Legs
The Woman Who Touched the Legs
as Yasukichi Sakaza
Movie - Released: 11/2/1952

1951

Who Will Judge Me?
Who Will Judge Me?
Movie - Released: 5/18/1951
Repast
Repast
Movie - Released: 11/23/1951
Dancing Girl
Dancing Girl
as Yagi
Movie - Released: 8/17/1951
The Lady of Musashino
The Lady of Musashino
as Eiji Ono
Movie - Released: 9/14/1951
Miki, the Swordman
Miki, the Swordman
as Hirate Miki
Movie - Released: 11/2/1951
Movie
Honoo no hada
Movie - Released: 10/19/1951
Hibari no komoriuta
Hibari no komoriuta
Movie - Released: 9/21/1951
The White Orchid
The White Orchid
Movie - Released: 3/24/1951

1950

Duel in the Sun
Duel in the Sun
as Attorney
Movie - Released: 3/7/1950
Tenpo Suikoden - Otone's Night Fog
Tenpo Suikoden - Otone's Night Fog
as Hirate (Sake brewer)
Movie - Released: 11/18/1950
Movie
Song of Love
Movie - Released: 4/9/1950
The Munekata Sisters
The Munekata Sisters
as Ryosuke Mimura
Movie - Released: 8/8/1950
White Beast
White Beast
Movie - Released: 6/3/1950
Kagebōshi
Kagebōshi
as 小山田鉄心
Movie - Released: 1/3/1950
Portrait of Madame Yuki
Portrait of Madame Yuki
as Tateoka
Movie - Released: 10/21/1950
Movie
Senka o koete
Movie - Released: 9/2/1950
Rumba of Passion
Rumba of Passion
Movie - Released: 12/29/1950
Homecoming
Homecoming
Movie - Released: 11/25/1950
Zoku kagebōshi ryūkoaiutsutsu
Zoku kagebōshi ryūkoaiutsutsu
Movie - Released: 1/8/1950

1949

Kirare no Senta
Kirare no Senta
Movie - Released: 4/5/1949

1948

Yūkyō no mure
Yūkyō no mure
Movie - Released: 12/28/1948
A Woman in the Typhoon Area
A Woman in the Typhoon Area
as Kijima
Movie - Released: 9/18/1948
A Second Life
A Second Life
Movie - Released: 2/3/1948

1947

The Love of the Actress Sumako
The Love of the Actress Sumako
as Hôgetsu Shimamura
Movie - Released: 8/16/1947

1946

As Long as I Live
As Long as I Live
Movie - Released: 8/1/1946