Sō Yamamura

Sō Yamamura (90)

1910-02-24 - 2000-05-26 | Tenri, Japan

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.

On Movies

  • Tokugawa Ieyasu: The Conqueror of Japan
  • Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah
  • Tange Sazen
  • Nemuri Kyōshirō
  • Gung Ho
  • The Second Is a Christian
  • Kanei Command Performance
  • Antarctica
  • Shadow Warriors: Hattori Hanzo
  • Shag
  • Main Line to Terror
  • Prophecies of Nostradamus
  • Professional Killers – Assignment by Night
  • Professional Killers
  • Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril
  • Tora! Tora! Tora!
  • Japan's Longest Day
  • The Retreat from Kiska
  • With Beauty and Sorrow
  • The School of Flesh
  • A Public Benefactor
  • Daybreak Chorus
  • Gang Loyalty and Vengeance
  • Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance
  • Born in Sin
  • Diary of a Mad Old Man
  • A Flame at the Pier
  • Records of loyal vassals
  • Glory on the Summit
  • Star of Hong Kong
  • Akitsu Hot Springs
  • The Pacific War and Himeyuri Corps
  • The Inheritance
  • Their Legacy
  • The Last War
  • The Man Who Challenged 8,000,000-Koku
  • A Geisha's Diary
  • The Orphan Brother
  • Epitaph to My Love
  • Samurai Hawk
  • The Human Condition
  • The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 4
  • Deep River Melody
  • The Sand City in Manchuria
  • Life of a Country Doctor
  • Ninja Assassins
  • Police Precinct Part 14
  • Victory and Defeat
  • The Prickly Mouthed Geisha Part 2
  • Hahakogusa
  • Whirlwind Magistrate
  • The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
  • The 47 Masterless Samurai
  • Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 1 and 2
  • Sister with Sister
  • The Purple Hood
  • The Barbarian and the Geisha
  • With Songs in My Heart
  • Oban kanketsu hen
  • His Pistol is Hell
  • Little Peach
  • Roar and Earth
  • Hole in One
  • Jigoku bana
  • When It Rains, It Pours
  • Tokyo Twilight
  • Night Butterflies
  • Typhoon Over Nagasaki
  • Tsukigata Hanpeita
  • Darkness at Noon
  • Early Spring
  • The Doctor
  • Seven Masks of Revenge
  • Ai Sureba Koso
  • Till We Meet Again
  • Princess Yang Kwei-fei
  • Ghost Story of Youth
  • A Young Samurai
  • Burden of Love
  • 日本敗れず
  • The Black Current
  • The Ditch
  • Sound of the Mountain
  • An Inlet of Muddy Water
  • Tokyo Story
  • The Cannery Boat
  • Miniature
  • Murahachibu
  • Passion Fire
  • The Woman Who Touched the Legs
  • Modern People
  • The Ataka Family
  • Okuni and Gohei
  • The Wind Blows Twice
  • Repast
  • Miki, the Swordman
  • Hibari no komoriuta
  • The Lady of Musashino
  • Dancing Girl
  • Who Will Judge Me?
  • The White Orchid
  • Rumba of Passion
  • Homecoming
  • Portrait of Madame Yuki
  • The Munekata Sisters
  • White Beast
  • Song of Love
  • Duel in the Sun
  • A Woman's Fight
  • A Woman in the Typhoon Area
  • A Second Life
  • The Love of the Actress Sumako

Movies as Director

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