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.

Known For

ザ・ハングマン

Haru no Sakamichi

Tokugawa Ieyasu

Professional Killers

Hanemon Otowaya

Tokyo Story

Koichi Hirayama

Yagyu Jubei Secret Quest

Yagyu Munenori

Ningen no Shōmei

The Yagyu Conspiracy

Yagyu Munenori

The Lady of Musashino

Eiji Ono

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
1992	Tokugawa Ieyasu: The Conqueror of Japan
1991	Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah	Prime Minister
1990	Tange Sazen
1989	Nemuri Kyōshirō
1986	Gung Ho	Mr. Sakamoto
1985	The Second Is a Christian	Nakatsugawa
1983	Antarctica	Iwakiri Sencho
1983	Kanei Command Performance
1982	The Mysterious Gemini • Y&S
1980	Shadow Warriors: Hattori Hanzo	Masayuki Hoshina
1978	Shag
1975	Main Line to Terror
1974	Professional Killers – Assignment by Night	Hanemon(Otowaya)
1974	Prophecies of Nostradamus	Prime Minister Kuroki
1973	Professional Killers	Hanemon(Otowaya)
1973	Professional Killers – Assassin's Quarry	Hanemon(Otowaya)
1972	Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril	Gômune Jindaiyu
1970	Tora! Tora! Tora!	Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto
1970	The Militarists	Mitsumasa Yonai
1967	Japan's Longest Day	Navy Minister Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai
1965	With Beauty and Sorrow	Toshio Ôki
1965	The School of Flesh
1965	The Retreat from Kiska	Kawashima
1964	A Public Benefactor	Kappei Arima
1963	Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance
1963	Gang Loyalty and Vengeance	Tachibana
1963	Ano hito wa ima
1963	At the Side of the Bridge 3
1962	Yume de aritai
1962	Musume to watashi
1962	Star of Hong Kong	Gentaro Sugimoto
1962	あの空の果てに星はまたたく
1962	The Inheritance	Senzô
1962	Records of loyal vassals
1962	A Roaring Trade
1962	A Flame at the Pier
1962	Akitsu Hot Springs
1962	The Pacific War and Himeyuri Corps	Taiwan Army Chief of Staff
1962	Diary of a Mad Old Man	Tokusuke Rôjin
1962	Drunkard's Paradise
1962	Born in Sin
1962	Glory on the Summit
1962	Their Legacy
1961	Gonin no totsugeki tai
1961	The Estuary
1961	The Last War	Prime Minister Masaki
1961	Love's Family Tree
1961	Women of Tokyo	Shoichi Kagami
1961	Samurai Hawk
1961	The Man Who Challenged 8,000,000-Koku	Councilor Matsudaira Izu
1961	The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 4
1961	A Geisha's Diary	Kiyomasa Tsutsui
1961	Epitaph to My Love	Kimura
1961	The Orphan Brother	Fujiwara No Morozane (voice)
1961	The Harbor Lights
1961	An Eagle Eyed Lord
1961	Hell's Juggler
1961	Haitoku no mesu	Naoyuki Nishizawa
1961	Netsuai sha	Murai
1961	べらんめぇ藝者罷り通る
1960	Police Precinct Part 14	Maruyama
1960	Victory and Defeat	Kimpei Minegishi
1960	The Prickly Mouthed Geisha Part 2
1960	The Sand City in Manchuria	Ishigami
1960	Deep River Melody
1960	Life of a Country Doctor
1960	Ninja Assassins
1960	Ryuji, the Gun Slinger
1960	続べらんめぇ芸者
1959	The Human Condition I: No Greater Love	Okishima
1959	Hell's Companion
1959	Hahakogusa	Mr. Fujiki
1959	The 47 Masterless Samurai
1959	Whirlwind Magistrate
1959	Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 1 and 2
1959	Men in a Rough Town
1959	Across the Darkness	Takazawa
1959	Sudden Attack of the Christian Lord
1958	The Barbarian and the Geisha	Governor Tamura
1958	Oban kanketsu hen
1958	Little Peach	Heishiro Hirayama, the father
1958	With Songs in My Heart
1958	Sister with Sister	Michisuke Nishikata
1958	Detective Duel
1958	The Purple Hood
1957	Tokyo Twilight	Seki Sekiguchi
1957	Hole in One	Keikichi Shirasu
1957	白磁の人
1957	Night Butterflies	Ichiro Shirasawa
1957	Typhoon Over Nagasaki
1957	When It Rains, It Pours
1957	Jigoku bana
1957	Roar and Earth
1956	Early Spring	Yutaka Kawai
1956	春のみづうみ
1956	Darkness at Noon	Yuji
1956	Tsukigata Hanpeita	Katsura Kogoro
1955	Striving to Live
1955	Princess Yang Kwei-fei	An Lushan
1955	The Doctor
1955	Burden of Love	Jozaburo Araki
1955	Seven Masks of Revenge
1955	Till We Meet Again	Daisuke Kaji
1955	Ghost Story of Youth	Tetsuya, father of Chiharu
1955	Ai Sureba Koso	Gorô (segment 3)
1955	A Young Samurai
1954	Sound of the Mountain	Ogata Shingo
1954	The Ditch
1954	The Black Current
1954	Love and Duty
1953	Tokyo Story	Koichi Hirayama
1953	An Inlet of Muddy Water
1953	Murahachibu
1953	Miniature	Wakabayashi
1953	The Cannery Boat	Matsuki
1953	My Wonderful Yellow Car	The husband
1953	Ganpeki
1952	Kin no tamago: Golden Girl
1952	Riverside Fish Market Empire
1952	Passion Fire	奥田金馬太郎
1952	Modern People
1952	The Wind Blows Twice
1952	The Ataka Family
1952	Okuni and Gohei	Tomonojo
1952	The Woman Who Touched the Legs	Yasukichi Sakaza
1951	Who Will Judge Me?
1951	Repast
1951	Dancing Girl	Yagi
1951	The Lady of Musashino	Eiji Ono
1951	Miki, the Swordman	Hirate Miki
1951	Honoo no hada
1951	Hibari no komoriuta
1951	The White Orchid
1950	Duel in the Sun	Attorney
1950	Tenpo Suikoden - Otone's Night Fog	Hirate (Sake brewer)
1950	Song of Love
1950	The Munekata Sisters	Ryosuke Mimura
1950	White Beast
1950	Kagebōshi	小山田鉄心
1950	Portrait of Madame Yuki	Tateoka
1950	Senka o koete
1950	Rumba of Passion
1950	Homecoming
1950	Zoku kagebōshi ryūkoaiutsutsu
1949	Kirare no Senta
1948	Yūkyō no mure
1948	A Woman in the Typhoon Area	Kijima
1948	A Second Life
1947	The Love of the Actress Sumako	Hôgetsu Shimamura
1946	As Long as I Live

Year	TV Show	Role
1982	Yagyu Jubei Secret Quest	Yagyu Munenori
1980	ザ・ハングマン
1980	Yagyu's Secret Quest	Yagyu Munenori
1978	Ningen no Shōmei
1978	Pearl	Admiral Nagumo, commander of Japanese attack force (uncredited)
1978	The Yagyu Conspiracy	Yagyu Munenori
1973	非情のライセンス	矢部
1972	Professional Killers	Hanemon Otowaya
1971	Haru no Sakamichi	Tokugawa Ieyasu