Sō Yamamura

Sō Yamamura

Acting

Birthday

1910/02/24

Day of death

2000/05/26 (90 years old)

Gender

Male

Place of Birth

Tenri, Japan

Also know as

Hirosada Koga, 山村聡, 山村聰, Со Ямамура, 山村聪, Soh 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.

Acting
金の卵
0.0

(1952) Kin no tamago: Golden Girl

as ---

Tora! Tora! Tora!
7.2

(1970) Tora! Tora! Tora!

as Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto

早春
7.5

(1956) Early Spring

as Yutaka Kawai

生きとし生けるもの
0.0

(1955) Striving to Live

as ---

人間の條件 第1部純愛篇/第2部激怒篇
8.1

(1959) The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

as Okishima

夢でありたい
0.0

(1962) Yume de aritai

as ---

警視庁物語 聞き込み
0.0

(1960) Police Precinct Part 14

as Maruyama

Gung Ho
6.0

(1986) Gung Ho

as Mr. Sakamoto

ゴジラvsキングギドラ
7.0

(1991) Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah

as Prime Minister

勝利と敗北
0.0

(1960) Victory and Defeat

as Kimpei Minegishi

魚河岸帝国
0.0

(1952) Riverside Fish Market Empire

as ---

白昼の決闘
0.0

(1950) Duel in the Sun

as Attorney

天保水滸伝 大利根の夜霧
0.0

(1950) Tenpo Suikoden - Otone's Night Fog

as Hirate (Sake brewer)

女優須磨子の恋
6.8

(1947) The Love of the Actress Sumako

as Hôgetsu Shimamura

娘と私
0.0

(1962) Musume to watashi

as ---

誰が私を裁くのか
0.0

(1951) Who Will Judge Me?

as ---

めし
7.5

(1951) Repast

as ---

山の音
7.4

(1954) Sound of the Mountain

as Ogata Shingo

日本のいちばん長い日
7.1

(1967) Japan's Longest Day

as Navy Minister Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai

南極物語
7.2

(1983) Antarctica

as Iwakiri Sencho

The Barbarian and the Geisha
6.0

(1958) The Barbarian and the Geisha

as Governor Tamura

東京物語
8.2

(1953) Tokyo Story

as Koichi Hirayama

続・忍びの者
6.6

(1963) Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance

as ---

0.0

(1950) Song of Love

as ---

五人の突撃隊
0.0

(1961) Gonin no totsugeki tai

as ---

河口
0.0

(1961) The Estuary

as ---

東京暮色
7.7

(1957) Tokyo Twilight

as Seki Sekiguchi

宗方姉妹
6.9

(1950) The Munekata Sisters

as Ryosuke Mimura

地獄の底までつき合うぜ
0.0

(1959) Hell's Companion

as ---

楊貴妃
6.7

(1955) Princess Yang Kwei Fei

as An Lushan

Shiroi yajuu
6.0

(1950) White Beast

as ---

大番 完結篇
0.0

(1958) Oban kanketsu hen

as ---

世界大戦争
6.2

(1961) The Last War

as Prime Minister Masaki

香港の星
0.0

(1962) Star of Hong Kong

as Gentaro Sugimoto

あの空の果てに星はまたたく
0.0

(1962) あの空の果てに星はまたたく

as ---

からみ合い
7.2

(1962) The Inheritance

as Senzô

Kan'ei Gozen Shiai
0.0

(1983) Kanei Command Performance

as ---

影の軍団 服部半蔵
8.0

(1980) Shadow Warriors: Hattori Hanzo

as Masayuki Hoshina

穴
6.0

(1957) Hole in One

as Keikichi Shirasu

美しさと哀しみと
5.7

(1965) With Beauty and Sorrow

as Toshio Ôki

Anzukko
5.8

(1958) Little Peach

as Heishiro Hirayama, the father

Aijo no keifu
0.0

(1961) Love's Family Tree

as ---

影法師
0.0

(1950) Kagebōshi

as 小山田鉄心

情火
0.0

(1952) Passion Fire

as 奥田金馬太郎

現代人
2.5

(1952) Modern People

as ---

斑女
0.0

(1961) Women of Tokyo

as Shoichi Kagami

Maihime
6.3

(1951) Dancing Girl

as Yagi

にごりえ
6.1

(1953) An Inlet of Muddy Water

as ---

義士始末記
0.0

(1962) Records of loyal vassals

as ---

村八分
0.0

(1953) Murahachibu

as ---

白磁の人
0.0

(1957) 白磁の人

as ---

肉体の学校
2.0

(1965) The School of Flesh

as ---

縮図
8.0

(1953) Miniature

as Wakabayashi

沙羅の花の峠
0.0

(1955) Sara no hana no toge

as ---

母子草
0.0

(1959) Hahakogusa

as Mr. Fujiki

春のみづうみ
0.0

(1956) 春のみづうみ

as ---

千客万来
0.0

(1962) A Roaring Trade

as ---

傷だらけの山河
0.0

(1964) A Public Benefactor

as Kappei Arima

戦国最後の勝利者!徳川家康
0.0

(1992) Tokugawa Ieyasu: The Conqueror of Japan

as ---

涙を、獅子のたて髪に
6.0

(1962) A Flame at the Pier

as ---

秋津温泉
6.5

(1962) Akitsu Hot Springs

as ---

5.2

(1961) Samurai Hawk

as ---

武蔵野夫人
6.4

(1951) The Lady of Musashino

as Eiji Ono

犬笛
7.0

(1978) Shag

as ---

夜の蝶
6.3

(1957) Night Butterflies

as Ichiro Shirasawa

風ふたゝび
0.0

(1952) The Wind Blows Twice

as ---

遊侠の群れ
0.0

(1948) Yūkyō no mure

as ---

忠臣蔵 櫻花の巻・菊花の巻
7.2

(1959) The 47 Masterless Samurai

as ---

二代目はクリスチャン
5.0

(1985) The Second Is a Christian

as Nakatsugawa

0.0

(1960) The Prickly Mouthed Geisha Part 2

as ---

蟹工船
8.0

(1953) The Cannery Boat

as Matsuki

激動の昭和史 軍閥
8.0

(1970) The Militarists

as Mitsumasa Yonai

希望の乙女
0.0

(1958) With Songs in My Heart

as ---

砂漠を渡る太陽
6.5

(1960) The Sand City in Manchuria

as Ishigami

太平洋戦争と姫ゆり部隊
0.0

(1962) The Pacific War and Himeyuri Corps

as Taiwan Army Chief of Staff

風流深川唄
6.0

(1960) Deep River Melody

as ---

娘の中の娘
0.0

(1958) Sister with Sister

as Michisuke Nishikata

ひばりの花形探偵合戦
6.0

(1958) Detective Duel

as ---

安宅家の人々
5.5

(1952) The Ataka Family

as ---

瘋癲老人日記
6.5

(1962) Diary of a Mad Old Man

as Tokusuke Rôjin

Okuni to Gohei
6.4

(1952) Okuni and Gohei

as Tomonojo

八百万石に挑む男
0.0

(1961) The Man Who Challenged 8,000,000-Koku

as Councilor Matsudaira Izu

どぶ
7.0

(1954) The Ditch

as ---

たつまき奉行
5.5

(1959) Whirlwind Magistrate

as ---

べらんめえ芸者罷り通る
0.0

(1961) The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 4

as ---

眠狂四郎
7.0

(1989) Nemuri Kyōshirō

as ---

ふんどし医者
0.0

(1960) Life of a Country Doctor

as ---

太平洋奇跡の作戦 キスカ
8.3

(1965) The Retreat from Kiska

as Kawashima

旗本退屈男 謎の暗殺隊
6.0

(1960) Ninja Assassins

as ---

颱風圏の女
5.0

(1948) A Woman in the Typhoon Area

as Kijima

黒い潮
0.0

(1954) The Black Current

as ---

雪夫人絵図
6.7

(1950) Portrait of Madame Yuki

as Tateoka

女は二度生まれる
7.2

(1961) A Geisha's Diary

as Kiyomasa Tsutsui

愛のお荷物
6.8

(1955) Burden of Love

as Jozaburo Araki

動脈列島
6.0

(1975) Main Line to Terror

as ---

必殺仕掛人
7.5

(1973) Professional Killers

as Hanemon(Otowaya)

必殺仕掛人 梅安蟻地獄
9.0

(1973) Professional Killers – Assassin's Quarry

as Hanemon(Otowaya)

必殺仕掛人 春雪仕掛針
10.0

(1974) Professional Killers – Assignment by Night

as Hanemon(Otowaya)

Typhon sur Nagasaki
6.2

(1957) Typhoon Over Nagasaki

as ---

わが恋の旅路
7.0

(1961) Epitaph to My Love

as Kimura

0.0

(1957) When It Rains, It Pours

as ---

紫頭巾
5.0

(1958) The Purple Hood

as ---

酔っぱらい天国
0.0

(1962) Drunkard's Paradise

as ---

安寿と厨子王丸
6.6

(1961) The Orphan Brother

as Fujiwara No Morozane (voice)

復讐の七仮面
0.0

(1955) Seven Masks of Revenge

as ---

真昼の暗黒
6.6

(1956) Darkness at Noon

as Yuji

地獄花
0.0

(1957) Jigoku bana

as ---

あれが港の灯だ
5.0

(1961) The Harbor Lights

as ---

河のほとりで
0.0

(1962) Born in Sin

as ---

ウィーン物語 ジェミニ・YとS
2.5

(1982) The Mysterious Gemini • Y&S

as ---

新吾十番勝負 第一部・第二部 総集版
0.0

(1959) Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 1 and 2

as ---

平手造酒
5.0

(1951) Miki, the Swordman

as Hirate Miki

無法街の野郎ども
0.0

(1959) Men in a Rough Town

as ---

ギャング忠臣蔵
5.0

(1963) Gang Loyalty and Vengeance

as Tachibana

山の讃歌 燃ゆる若者たち
0.0

(1962) Glory on the Summit

as ---

あした来る人
6.7

(1955) Till We Meet Again

as Daisuke Kaji

足にさわった女
0.0

(1952) The Woman Who Touched the Legs

as Yasukichi Sakaza

子連れ狼 親の心子の心
7.3

(1972) Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril

as Gômune Jindaiyu

青春怪談
0.0

(1955) Ghost Story of Youth

as Tetsuya, father of Chiharu

0.0

(1951) Honoo no hada

as ---

0.0

(1950) Senka o koete

as ---

藤田まことの丹下左膳
0.0

(1990) Tange Sazen

as ---

ひばりの子守唄
6.0

(1951) Hibari no komoriuta

as ---

家庭の事情
0.0

(1962) Their Legacy

as ---

ノストラダムスの大予言
5.7

(1974) Prophecies of Nostradamus

as Prime Minister Kuroki

斬られの仙太
0.0

(1949) Kirare no Senta

as ---

熱砂の白蘭
0.0

(1951) The White Orchid

as ---

命ある限り
0.0

(1946) As Long as I Live

as ---

真実一路
0.0

(1954) Love and Duty

as ---

吹けよ春風
6.0

(1953) My Wonderful Yellow Car

as The husband

第二の人生
0.0

(1948) A Second Life

as ---

愛すればこそ
0.0

(1955) Ai Sureba Koso

as Gorô (segment 3)

月形半平太 花の巻 嵐の巻
7.0

(1956) Tsukigata Hanpeita

as Katsura Kogoro

情熱のルムバ
0.0

(1950) Rumba of Passion

as ---

俺が地獄の手品師だ
0.0

(1961) Hell's Juggler

as ---

はやぶさ大名
0.0

(1961) An Eagle Eyed Lord

as ---

背徳のメス
0.0

(1961) Haitoku no mesu

as Naoyuki Nishizawa

爆音と大地
6.0

(1957) Roar and Earth

as ---

帰郷
0.0

(1950) Homecoming

as ---

闇を横切れ
0.0

(1959) Across the Darkness

as Takazawa

ジャン・有馬の襲撃
6.0

(1959) Sudden Attack of the Christian Lord

as ---

続影法師 龍虎相搏つ
0.0

(1950) Zoku kagebōshi ryūkoaiutsutsu

as ---

岸壁
0.0

(1953) Ganpeki

as ---

森蘭丸
0.0

(1955) A Young Samurai

as ---

春の坂道
0.0

(1971) Haru no Sakamichi

as Tokugawa Ieyasu

ザ・ハングマン
0.0

(1980) ザ・ハングマン

as ---

人間の証明
0.0

(1978) Ningen no Shōmei

as ---

必殺仕掛人
7.3

(1972) Professional Killers

as Hanemon Otowaya

Pearl
6.4

(1978) Pearl

as Admiral Nagumo, commander of Japanese attack force (uncredited)

柳生あばれ旅
0.0

(1980) Yagyu's Secret Quest

as Yagyu Munenori

柳生一族の陰謀
7.0

(1978) The Yagyu Conspiracy

as Yagyu Munenori

柳生十兵衛あばれ旅
10.0

(1982) Yagyu Jubei Secret Quest

as Yagyu Munenori