Directed credits
5
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Director
So Yamamura
Acting
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Directed movies: 5Directed series: 0All crew credits: 6
TMDB ID: 68411
IMDb ID: nm0945522
Known for: Acting
Born: February 24, 1910
Died: May 26, 2000
Age: 90
Place of birth: Tenri, Nara, Japan
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1946 - 1997
Years active: 52
Average TMDB rating: 7.12
Wikidata: Q3511677
Also known as
Hirosada Koga • 山村聡 • 山村聰 • Со Ямамура • 山村聪 • Soh Yamamura • Sou Yamamura • Satoru Yamamura
Frequent jobs
Director (5)Screenplay (1)
Biography
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.
Movies
Directed Movies
Movies directed by So Yamamura.
Movies
Top Rated Movies
Highest rated movies linked with So Yamamura.
8.2
Tokyo Story
as Koichi Hirayama
1953 Movie
8.1
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
as Okishima
1959 Movie
7.7
Tokyo Twilight
as Seki Sekiguchi
1957 Movie
7.5
Early Spring
as Yutaka Kawai
1956 Movie
7.3
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril
as Gômune Jindaiyu
1972 Movie
7.1
Tora! Tora! Tora!
as Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto
1970 Movie
7.0
Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah
as Prime Minister
1991 Movie
6.0
Gung Ho
as Mr. Sakamoto
1986 Movie
Movies
Most Popular Movies
Most viewed movie titles linked with So Yamamura.
7.1
Tora! Tora! Tora!
as Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto
1970 Movie
6.0
Gung Ho
as Mr. Sakamoto
1986 Movie
8.1
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
as Okishima
1959 Movie
8.2
Tokyo Story
as Koichi Hirayama
1953 Movie
7.0
Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah
as Prime Minister
1991 Movie
7.3
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril
as Gômune Jindaiyu
1972 Movie
7.2
Japan's Longest Day
as Navy Minister Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai
1967 Movie
5.0
Tokyo Bordello
as Isaburo Okura
1987 Movie
7.5
Early Spring
as Yutaka Kawai
1956 Movie
7.1
Antarctica
as Iwakiri Sencho
1983 Movie
6.7
Princess Yang Kwei-fei
as An Lushan
1955 Movie
7.3
Sound of the Mountain
as Ogata Shingo
1954 Movie
Series
Most Popular Series
Most viewed series linked with So Yamamura.
8.0
Professional Killers
as Hanemon Otowaya • 33 eps
1972 Series
Yagyu's Secret Quest
as Yagyu Munenori • 51 eps
1980 Series
Haru no Sakamichi
as Tokugawa Ieyasu • 52 eps
1971 Series
7.0
The Yagyu Conspiracy
as Yagyu Munenori • 39 eps
1978 Series
10.0
Yagyu Jubei Secret Quest
as Yagyu Munenori • 26 eps
1982 Series
10.0
ザ・ハングマン
23 eps
1980 Series
5.5
Pearl
as Admiral Nagumo, commander of Japanese attack force (uncredited) • 2 eps
1978 Series
Ningen no Shōmei
13 eps
1978 Series
Hijo no License
as 矢部 • 11 eps
1973 Series
Movies
Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for So Yamamura.
Movies
Acting Appearances in Movies
Movie cast credits for So Yamamura.
Going West: to the West
as Shogo Kawahara
1997 Movie
Tokugawa Ieyasu: The Conqueror of Japan
1992 Movie
7.0
Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah
as Prime Minister
1991 Movie
Tange Sazen
1990 Movie
7.0
Nemuri Kyōshirō
1989 Movie
5.0
Tokyo Bordello
as Isaburo Okura
1987 Movie
6.0
Gung Ho
as Mr. Sakamoto
1986 Movie
5.0
The Second Is a Christian
as Nakatsugawa
1985 Movie
Kanei Command Performance
1983 Movie
7.1
Antarctica
as Iwakiri Sencho
1983 Movie
2.5
The Mysterious Gemini • Y&S
1982 Movie
Yagyu Abaretabi
1980 Movie
Series
Acting Appearances in Series
Series cast credits for So Yamamura.
10.0
Yagyu Jubei Secret Quest
as Yagyu Munenori • 26 eps
1982 Series
10.0
ザ・ハングマン
23 eps
1980 Series
Yagyu's Secret Quest
as Yagyu Munenori • 51 eps
1980 Series
5.5
Pearl
as Admiral Nagumo, commander of Japanese attack force (uncredited) • 2 eps
1978 Series
7.0
The Yagyu Conspiracy
as Yagyu Munenori • 39 eps
1978 Series
Ningen no Shōmei
13 eps
1978 Series
Hijo no License
as 矢部 • 11 eps
1973 Series
8.0
Professional Killers
as Hanemon Otowaya • 33 eps
1972 Series
Haru no Sakamichi
as Tokugawa Ieyasu • 52 eps
1971 Series