So Yamamura

Koga Hirosada
So Yamamura and Setsuko Hara from the 1954 Japanese film Sound of the Mountain
Born	(1910-02-24)24 February 1910 Tenri, Japan
Died	26 May 2000(2000-05-26) (aged 90) Tokyo, Japan
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1936-1991

So 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.

Selected filmography

Films

• Chikagai nijuyojikan (1947)
• The Love of the Actress Sumako (1947) - Hôgetsu Shimamura
• Daini no jinsei (1948)
• Taifuken no onna (1948)
• Onna no tatakai (1949)
• Kirare no Senta (1949)
• Ryusei (1949)
• Shojo takara (1950) - Yoshitaro Hanawa
• Yoshitaro Hanawa (1950) - Ryosuke Izumi
• The Munekata Sisters (1950) - Ryosuke Mimura, Setsuko's husband
• Portrait of Madame Yuki (1950) - Tateoka
• Kikyô (1950) - Ongi
• Senka o koete (1950)
• Hirate Miki (1951)
• Eriko to tomoni - Dai ichi-bu (1951) - Sôtarô
• Eriko to tomo ni: Dai ni-bu (1951) - Sôtarô
• Jiyû gakkô (1951) - Taku Henmi
• Dare ga watashi o sabaku no ka (1951)
• Sekirei no kyoku (1951)
• Maihime (1951) - Motoo Yagi
• The Lady of Musashino (1951) - Eiji Ono
• Hibari no komoriuta (1951)
• Repast (1951)
• Seishun kaigi (1952) - Haruki Eda
• Okuni to Gohei (1952) - Tomonojo
• Kin no tamago: Golden girl (1952)
• Kon'na watashi ja nakatta ni (1952) - Takeshi Yajima
• Gendai-jin (1952)
• Choito neesan omoide yanagi (1952) - Koshimura
• Ashi ni sawatta onna (1952) - Yasukichi Sakaza
• Oka wa hanazakari (1952) - Ryôzô Noro
• Ringo-en no shōjo (1952)
• My Wonderful Yellow Car (1953) - The husband
• Mura hatibu (1953)
• Epitome (1953) - Wakabayashi
• Kanikôsen (1953) - Matsuki
• Tokyo Story (1953) - Koichi Hirayama
• An Inlet of Muddy Water (1953) - Asanosuke (Story 3)
• Nihon yaburezu (1954)
• Sound of the Mountain (1954) - Ogata Shingo
• Moeru Shanghai (1954) - Shôfû Muramatsu
• Kakute yume ari (1954) - Takashi Shôkôchi
• Karatachi no hana (1954) - Chotaro Kitahara
• Otsukisama ni wa warui kedo (1954) - Yâ-san
• Kuroi ushio (1954)
• Aisureba koso (1955) - Gorô (segment 3)
• Ai no onimotsu (1955)
• Yuki no koi (1955)
• Seishun kaidan (1955) - Tetsuya, father of Chiharu
• Princess Yang Kwei-Fei (1955) - An Lushan
• Till We Meet Again (1955) - Daisuke Kaji
• Sara no hana no toge (1955) - Gunnoshin Sakakibara
• Early Spring (1956) - Yutaka Kawai
• Mahiru no ankoku (1956) - Yuji
• Tsukigata Hanpeita: Hana no maki; Arashi no maki (1956) - Kogoro Katsura
• Yonjû-hassai no teikô (1956) - Kotaro Nishimura
• Typhon sur Nagasaki (1957) - Hori
• Tokyo Twilight (1957) - Seki Sekiguchi
• Jigoku bana (1957) - Umasuke
• Chieko-sho (1957) - Kotaro Takamura
• Yoru no chô (1957) - Ichiro Shirosawa
• Hatsukoi monogatari (1957) - Shôhei Ganmaru
• The Hole (1957) - Keikichi Shirasu
• Bakuon to daichi (1957)
• Doshaburi (1957) - Okubo, Father of Tanes children
• Do no hâjiki wa jigokû dazê (1958)
• Anzukko (1958) - Heishiro Hirayama - the father
• Hibari no hanagata tantei kassen (1958)
• The Barbarian and the Geisha (1958) - Governor Tamura
• Muhô gai no yarô domo (1959)
• Jigokû no sokô made tsuki auzê (1959)
• Ningen no jôken (1959) - Okishima
• Chûshingura: ôka no maki, kikka no maki (1959)
• Hahakogusa (1959) - Mr Fujiki
• Shingo jûban shôbu: dai-ni-bu (1959)
• Yami o yokogire (1959) - Takazawa
• Tatsumaki bugyô (1959)
• Jan Arima no shûgeki (1959) - Saburobei Obata
• Shôri to haiboku (1960) - Kimpei Minegishi
• Zoku beran me-e geisha (1960)
• Arega minato no hi da (1961)
• Hatamoto kenka taka (1961) - Suruganokami Koyama
• Gonin no totsugeki tai (1961) - Gen. Mayor Soje
• Fundoshi isha (1961) - Dr. Meikai Ikeda
• Waga koi no tabiji (1961)
• The Littlest Warrior (1961) - Fujiwara No Morozane (voice)
• Onna wa nido umareru (1961) - Kiyomasa Tsutsui
• Haitoku no mesu (1961) - Naoyuki Nishizawa
• Netsuai sha (1961) - Murai
• The Last War (1961) - Prime Minister
• Boku wa jigoku no tehinshi da (1961)
• Katei no jijô (1962) - Heitaro Misawa
• The Inheritance (1962) - Senzô
• Musume to watashi (1962) - Shiro Iwatani
• Taiheiyô Sensô to Himeyuri Butai (1962)
• Akitsu Springs (1962) - Mikami
• Star of Hong Kong (1962) - Gentarô Sugimoto
• Namida o shishi no tategami ni (1962) - Kôhei Matsudaira
• Fûten Rôjin nikki (1962) - Tokusuke Rôjin
• Born in Sin (1962) - Shinzô Tagaya
• Yama no sanka: moyuru wakamono tachi (1962)
• Zoku shinobi no mono (1963)
• Gyangu Chûshingura (1963)
• Kizudarake no sanga (1964) - Kappei Arima
• Ane to imôto (1965) - Yoshirô Takaoka
• Nikutai no gakko (1965) - Toshinobu Hira
• With Beauty and Sorrow (1965) - Toshio Ôki
• Taiheiyô kiseki no sakusen: Kisuka (1965) - Kawashima
• Japan's Longest Day (1967) - Mitsumasa Yonai
• The Militarists (1970) - Mitsumasa Yonai
• Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970) - Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto
• Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril (1972) - Gômune Jindaiyu
• Hissatsu shikakenin (1973) - Han'emon Otowaya
• Hissatsu shikakenin: Baian ari jigoku (1973) - Han'emon Otowaya
• Hissatsu shikakenin: Shunsetsu shikake bari (1974) - Han'emon Otowaya
• Prophecies of Nostradamus (1974) - Prime Minister Kuroki
• Dômyaku rettô (1975) - Nagata
• Shag (1978) - Head of Maritime Safety Agency
• Kage no Gundan: Hattori Hanzo (1979)
• Nankyoku Monogatari (1983) - Iwakiri Sencho
• Nidaime wa Christian (1985) - Nakatsugawa
• Gung Ho (1986) - Mr. Sakamoto
• Yoshiwara enjô (1987) - Isaburo Okura
• Code Name Black Cat o oe (1987) - Superintendent Supervisor Amano
• Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah (1991) - Prime Minister (final film role)

Television

• Haru no Sakamichi (1971) - Tokugawa Ieyasu
• Hissatsu Shikakenin (1972) - Otowaya
• Tasukenin Hashiru (1973-1974) - Seibei
• The Yagyu Conspiracy (1978) - Yagyū Munenori
• Akō Rōshi (1979) - Chisaka Hyoubu
• Hattori Hanzō:Kage no Gundan (1980) - Hoshina Masayuki

Honours

• Medal with Purple Ribbon (1977)
• Order of the Rising Sun, 4th Class, Gold Rays with Rosette (1983)

External links

• So Yamamura at IMDb