Personal Info
Birthday
February 24, 1910
Place of Birth
Tenri, Nara, Japan
Known For
Acting
So Yamamura
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.
Directed Movies (6)
Acting Filmography (178)
No Backdrop
0.0
Going West: to the West
Movie1997
0.0
Tokugawa Ieyasu: The Conqueror of Japan
Movie1992
7.0
Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah
Movie1991
0.0
The Yagyu Code 2: Fifty Blades
Movie1990
No Backdrop
0.0
Tange Sazen
Movie1990
7.0
Nemuri Kyōshirō
Movie1989
5.6
Tokyo Bordello
Movie1987
6.1
Gung Ho
Movie1986
6.0
The Second Is a Christian
Movie1985
No Backdrop
0.0
Kanei Command Performance
Movie1983
7.2
Antarctica
Movie1983
No Backdrop
2.5
The Mysterious Gemini • Y&S
Movie1982
10.0
Yagyu Jubei Secret Quest
TV Series1982
No Backdrop
10.0
ザ・ハングマン
TV Series1980
0.0
Yagyu Abaretabi
Movie1980
0.0
Yagyu's Secret Quest
TV Series1980
No Backdrop
6.0
Shadow Warriors: Hattori Hanzo
Movie1980
6.0
Pearl
TV Series1978
7.7
The Yagyu Conspiracy
TV Series1978
No Backdrop
7.5
Shag
Movie1978
0.0
Ningen no Shōmei
TV Series1978
6.2
Main Line to Terror
Movie1975
5.9
Prophecies of Nostradamus
Movie1974
10.0
Professional Killers – Assignment by Night
Movie1974
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Tasukenin Hashiru
TV Series1973
9.3
Professional Killers – Assassin's Quarry
Movie1973
8.0
Professional Killers
Movie1973
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0.0
Hijo no License
TV Series1973
7.3
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril
Movie1972
8.0
Professional Killers
TV Series1972
0.0
Haru no Sakamichi
TV Series1971
7.5
The Militarists
Movie1970
7.2
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Movie1970
7.3
Japan's Longest Day
Movie1967
8.5
The Retreat from Kiska
Movie1965
5.7
With Beauty and Sorrow
Movie1965
5.8
The School of Flesh
Movie1965
No Backdrop
7.0
A Public Benefactor
Movie1964
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0.0
Daybreak Chorus
Movie1963
5.7
Gang Loyalty and Vengeance
Movie1963
6.9
Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance
Movie1963
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0.0
The House Where Flowers Bloom
Movie1963
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0.0
Ano hito wa ima
Movie1963
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0.0
At the Side of the Bridge 3
Movie1963
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9.0
Born in Sin
Movie1962
6.7
Diary of a Mad Old Man
Movie1962
6.1
A Flame at the Pier
Movie1962
0.0
Records of loyal vassals
Movie1962
No Backdrop
9.0
Glory on the Summit
Movie1962
No Backdrop
8.0
Star of Hong Kong
Movie1962
6.6
Akitsu Hot Springs
Movie1962
No Backdrop
0.0
あの空の果てに星はまたたく
Movie1962
8.0
The Pacific War and Himeyuri Corps
Movie1962
No Backdrop
10.0
Musume to watashi
Movie1962
7.3
The Inheritance
Movie1962
No Backdrop
0.0
Drunkard's Paradise
Movie1962
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0.0
Yume de aritai
Movie1962
No Backdrop
0.0
A Roaring Trade
Movie1962
No Backdrop
10.0
Their Legacy
Movie1962
No Backdrop
0.0
Love's Family Tree
Movie1961
6.8
The Last War
Movie1961
0.0
The Man Who Challenged 8,000,000-Koku
Movie1961
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9.0
Netsuai sha
Movie1961
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7.0
Haitoku no mesu
Movie1961
7.5
A Geisha's Diary
Movie1961
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0.0
The Estuary
Movie1961
6.3
The Orphan Brother
Movie1961
No Backdrop
8.0
An Eagle Eyed Lord
Movie1961
7.8
Epitaph to My Love
Movie1961
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10.0
Gonin no totsugeki tai
Movie1961
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0.0
Women of Tokyo
Movie1961
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6.3
The Harbor Lights
Movie1961
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7.0
Hell's Juggler
Movie1961
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10.0
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 4
Movie1961
No Backdrop
6.0
Deep River Melody
Movie1960
No Backdrop
6.5
The Sand City in Manchuria
Movie1960
No Backdrop
8.5
Life of a Country Doctor
Movie1960
No Backdrop
6.0
Ninja Assassins
Movie1960
0.0
Police Precinct Part 14
Movie1960
8.0
Victory and Defeat
Movie1960
0.0
Ryuji, the Gun Slinger
Movie1960
0.0
続べらんめぇ芸者
Movie1960
9.0
Across the Darkness
Movie1959
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0.0
The Silent Murder
Movie1959
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8.0
Sudden Attack of the Christian Lord
Movie1959
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0.0
Hell's Companion
Movie1959
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0.0
Hahakogusa
Movie1959
No Backdrop
6.0
Whirlwind Magistrate
Movie1959
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0.0
The Bastards of Lawless Town
Movie1959
8.1
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
Movie1959
7.4
The 47 Masterless Samurai
Movie1959
8.0
Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 1 and 2
Movie1959
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0.0
Sister with Sister
Movie1958
5.4
The Purple Hood
Movie1958
6.0
The Barbarian and the Geisha
Movie1958
0.0
With Songs in My Heart
Movie1958
6.0
Detective Duel
Movie1958
No Backdrop
0.0
Oban kanketsu hen
Movie1958
No Backdrop
0.0
His Pistol is Hell
Movie1958
No Backdrop
0.0
Gendai Mushuku
Movie1958
6.1
Little Peach
Movie1958
No Backdrop
8.0
Roar and Earth
Movie1957
8.0
Hole in One
Movie1957
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0.0
First Love Story
Movie1957
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0.0
The Chieko Story
Movie1957
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9.0
Jigoku bana
Movie1957
6.0
When It Rains, It Pours
Movie1957
7.7
Tokyo Twilight
Movie1957
6.5
Night Butterflies
Movie1957
6.2
Typhoon Over Nagasaki
Movie1957
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0.0
白磁の人
Movie1957
No Backdrop
0.0
恐怖の空中殺人
Movie1956
7.0
Tsukigata Hanpeita
Movie1956
No Backdrop
0.0
Summer in Eclipse
Movie1956
6.9
Darkness at Noon
Movie1956
No Backdrop
0.0
Ma no kisetsu: Haru no mizuumi
Movie1956
7.5
Early Spring
Movie1956
10.0
The Doctor
Movie1955
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0.0
Seven Masks of Revenge
Movie1955
No Backdrop
10.0
If Indeed One Loves
Movie1955
7.0
Till We Meet Again
Movie1955
6.7
Princess Yang Kwei-fei
Movie1955
10.0
Ghost Story of Youth
Movie1955
No Backdrop
10.0
Frame of Snow
Movie1955
0.0
A Young Samurai
Movie1955
7.1
Burden of Love
Movie1955
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0.0
Striving to Live
Movie1955
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0.0
美男お小姓 人斬り彦齋
Movie1955
8.0
お月様には悪いけど
Movie1954
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10.0
Karatachi no hana
Movie1954
No Backdrop
7.0
日本敗れず
Movie1954
No Backdrop
10.0
The Black Current
Movie1954
7.5
Ditch
Movie1954
No Backdrop
0.0
Love and Duty
Movie1954
No Backdrop
0.0
Autumn Interlude
Movie1954
No Backdrop
0.0
Mama's Diary
Movie1954
7.4
Sound of the Mountain
Movie1954
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6.3
An Inlet of Muddy Water
Movie1953
8.2
Tokyo Story
Movie1953
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8.5
The Cannery Boat
Movie1953
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0.0
Ganpeki
Movie1953
No Backdrop
7.8
Miniature
Movie1953
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0.0
Murahachibu
Movie1953
7.0
My Wonderful Yellow Car
Movie1953
0.0
Passion Fire
Movie1952
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9.0
Oka wa hanazakari
Movie1952
No Backdrop
8.0
The Woman Who Touched the Legs
Movie1952
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3.3
Modern People
Movie1952
No Backdrop
5.5
The Ataka Family
Movie1952
9.0
Kin no tamago: Golden Girl
Movie1952
No Backdrop
6.3
Okuni and Gohei
Movie1952
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0.0
Riverside Fish Market Empire
Movie1952
0.0
The Wind Blows Twice
Movie1952
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0.0
A Meeting of Youths
Movie1952
0.0
Gunrō no machi
Movie1952
7.6
Repast
Movie1951
No Backdrop
5.0
Miki, the Swordman
Movie1951
No Backdrop
6.0
Hibari no komoriuta
Movie1951
6.2
The Lady of Musashino
Movie1951
No Backdrop
6.4
Dancing Girl
Movie1951
No Backdrop
8.0
Who Will Judge Me?
Movie1951
No Backdrop
0.0
The White Orchid
Movie1951
No Backdrop
0.0
Rumba of Passion
Movie1950
No Backdrop
8.0
Homecoming
Movie1950
No Backdrop
0.0
Tenpo Suikoden - Otone's Night Fog
Movie1950
6.7
Portrait of Madame Yuki
Movie1950
7.1
The Munekata Sisters
Movie1950
5.6
White Beast
Movie1950
No Backdrop
0.0
Duel in the Sun
Movie1950
No Backdrop
0.0
Zoku kagebōshi ryūkoaiutsutsu
Movie1950
No Backdrop
0.0
Kagebōshi
Movie1950
10.0
Kirare no Senta
Movie1949
No Backdrop
0.0
A Woman's Fight
Movie1949
No Backdrop
0.0
Yūkyō no mure
Movie1948
7.5
A Woman in the Typhoon Area
Movie1948
No Backdrop
7.0
A Second Life
Movie1948
7.0
The Love of the Actress Sumako
Movie1947
No Backdrop
0.0
As Long as I Live
Movie1946