Acting
Sō Yamamura
Born 1910-02-24 · Tenri, Japan · Died 2000-05-26
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.
Known for
Tokyo Story
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah
Antarctica
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril
Gung Ho
Akitsu Hot Springs
The Barbarian and the Geisha
Repast
Tokyo Twilight
Japan's Longest Day
The Munekata Sisters
白磁の人
Glory on the Summit
Princess Yang Kwei Fei
Professional Killers
The Lady of Musashino
Kanei Command Performance
The Inheritance
Early Spring
Sound of the Mountain
Till We Meet Again
Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance
The Orphan Brother
The Last War
The Second Is a Christian
The Man Who Challenged 8,000,000-Koku
Night Butterflies
With Beauty and Sorrow
Prophecies of Nostradamus
Okuni and Gohei
The Retreat from Kiska
Love and Duty
Shag
Miniature
The Pacific War and Himeyuri Corps
The Human Condition
Little Peach
春のみづうみ