
Sō Yamamura
Biography
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.
Acting (155 movies)

Kin no tamago: Golden Girl
1952

Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970

Early Spring
1956

Striving to Live
1955

The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
1959

Yume de aritai
1962

Police Precinct Part 14
1960

Gung Ho
1986

Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah
1991

Victory and Defeat
1960

Riverside Fish Market Empire
1952

Duel in the Sun
1950

Tenpo Suikoden - Otone's Night Fog
1950

The Love of the Actress Sumako
1947

Musume to watashi
1962

Who Will Judge Me?
1951

Repast
1951

Sound of the Mountain
1954

Japan's Longest Day
1967

Antarctica
1983

The Barbarian and the Geisha
1958

Tokyo Story
1953

Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance
1963

Gonin no totsugeki tai
1961

The Estuary
1961

Tokyo Twilight
1957

The Munekata Sisters
1950

Hell's Companion
1959

Princess Yang Kwei-fei
1955

White Beast
1950

Oban kanketsu hen
1958

The Last War
1961

Star of Hong Kong
1962

あの空の果てに星はまたたく
1962

The Inheritance
1962

Kanei Command Performance
1983

Shadow Warriors: Hattori Hanzo
1980

Hole in One
1957

With Beauty and Sorrow
1965

Little Peach
1958

Love's Family Tree
1961

Kagebōshi
1950

Passion Fire
1952

Modern People
1952

Women of Tokyo
1961

Dancing Girl
1951

An Inlet of Muddy Water
1953

Records of loyal vassals
1962

Murahachibu
1953

白磁の人
1957

The School of Flesh
1965

Miniature
1953

Hahakogusa
1959

The Doctor
1955

春のみづうみ
1956

A Roaring Trade
1962

A Public Benefactor
1964

Tokugawa Ieyasu: The Conqueror of Japan
1992

A Flame at the Pier
1962

Akitsu Hot Springs
1962

The Lady of Musashino
1951

Shag
1978

Night Butterflies
1957

The Wind Blows Twice
1952

Yūkyō no mure
1948

The 47 Masterless Samurai
1959

The Second Is a Christian
1985

The Cannery Boat
1953

The Militarists
1970

With Songs in My Heart
1958

The Sand City in Manchuria
1960

The Pacific War and Himeyuri Corps
1962

Deep River Melody
1960

Sister with Sister
1958

Detective Duel
1958

The Ataka Family
1952

Diary of a Mad Old Man
1962

Okuni and Gohei
1952

The Man Who Challenged 8,000,000-Koku
1961

The Ditch
1954

Whirlwind Magistrate
1959

The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 4
1961

Nemuri Kyōshirō
1989

Life of a Country Doctor
1960

The Retreat from Kiska
1965

Ninja Assassins
1960

A Woman in the Typhoon Area
1948

The Black Current
1954

Portrait of Madame Yuki
1950

A Geisha's Diary
1961

Burden of Love
1955

Main Line to Terror
1975

Professional Killers
1973

Professional Killers – Assassin's Quarry
1973

Professional Killers – Assignment by Night
1974

Typhoon Over Nagasaki
1957

Epitaph to My Love
1961

When It Rains, It Pours
1957

The Purple Hood
1958

Drunkard's Paradise
1962
Directing (6 movies)
| Title | Year | Job | 
|---|---|---|
| The Cannery Boat | 1953 | Screenplay | 
| The Doctor | 1955 | Screenplay | 
