So Yamamura
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.
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 1910-02-24 · Tenri, Nara, Japan
- Died
- 2000-05-26
Known for
- Tokyo Story (1953) — Koichi Hirayama
- Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970) — Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto
- The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (1959) — Okishima
- Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah (1991) — Prime Minister
- Gung Ho (1986) — Mr. Sakamoto
- Tokyo Twilight (1957) — Seki Sekiguchi
- Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril (1972) — Gômune Jindaiyu
- Early Spring (1956) — Yutaka Kawai
- Sound of the Mountain (1954) — Ogata Shingo
- Antarctica (1983) — Iwakiri Sencho
- Princess Yang Kwei-fei (1955) — An Lushan
- Repast (1951)
- The Barbarian and the Geisha (1958) — Governor Tamura
- The Munekata Sisters (1950) — Ryosuke Mimura
- Japan's Longest Day (1967) — Navy Minister Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai
- The Inheritance (1962) — Senzô