So Yamamura

So Yamamura

1910-02-24 – 2000-05-26 (age 90) Tenri, Nara, Japan
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Biography

So Yamamura (ๅฑฑๆ‘่ฐ, Yamamura So, 24 February 1910 โ€“ 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

Tokyo Story
Tokyo Story

1953

as Koichi Hirayama

Tora! Tora! Tora!
Tora! Tora! Tora!

1970

as Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto

Princess Yang Kwei-fei
Princess Yang Kwei-fei

1955

as An Lushan

Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah
Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah

1991

as Prime Minister

Gung Ho
Gung Ho

1986

as Mr. Sakamoto

Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril

1972

as Gรดmune Jindaiyu

Japan's Longest Day
Japan's Longest Day

1967

as Navy Minister Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai

The Orphan Brother
The Orphan Brother

1961

as Fujiwara No Morozane (voice)

Tokyo Twilight
Tokyo Twilight

1957

as Seki Sekiguchi

Prophecies of Nostradamus
Prophecies of Nostradamus

1974

as Prime Minister Kuroki

Antarctica
Antarctica

1983

as Iwakiri Sencho

Tokyo Bordello
Tokyo Bordello

1987

as Isaburo Okura

Portrait of Madame Yuki
Sound of the Mountain
Sound of the Mountain

1954

as Ogata Shingo

The Militarists
The Militarists

1970

as Mitsumasa Yonai

Early Spring
Early Spring

1956

as Yutaka Kawai

Till We Meet Again
Till We Meet Again

1955

as Daisuke Kaji