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Known For
Acting
Birthday
February 24, 1910
Died
May 26, 2000
Place of Birth
Tenri, Nara, Japan
Also Known As
- Hirosada Koga
- 山村聡
- 山村聰
- Со Ямамура
- 山村聪
- Soh Yamamura
- Sou Yamamura
- Satoru Yamamura
So Yamamura
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Biography
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
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Shogo Kawahara
Going West: to the West
1997
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Tokugawa Ieyasu: The Conqueror of Japan
1992
6.9
Prime Minister
Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah
1991
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Tange Sazen
1990
7.0
Nemuri Kyōshirō
1989
5.0
Isaburo Okura
Tokyo Bordello
1987
6.0
Mr. Sakamoto
Gung Ho
1986
5.0
Nakatsugawa
The Second Is a Christian
1985
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Kanei Command Performance
1983
7.2
Iwakiri Sencho
Antarctica
1983
Credits
Going West: to the West
as Shogo Kawahara
1997
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Tokugawa Ieyasu: The Conqueror of Japan
1992
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Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah
as Prime Minister
1991
6.9
Tange Sazen
1990
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Nemuri Kyōshirō
1989
7.0
Tokyo Bordello
as Isaburo Okura
1987
5.0
Gung Ho
as Mr. Sakamoto
1986
6.0
The Second Is a Christian
as Nakatsugawa
1985
5.0
Kanei Command Performance
1983
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Antarctica
as Iwakiri Sencho
1983
7.2
The Mysterious Gemini • Y&S
1982
2.5
Yagyu Jubei Secret Quest
as Yagyu Munenori
1982
10.0
ザ・ハングマン
1980
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Yagyu's Secret Quest
as Yagyu Munenori
1980
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Shadow Warriors: Hattori Hanzo
as Masayuki Hoshina
1980
8.0
Pearl
as Admiral Nagumo, commander of Japanese attack force (uncredited)
1978
5.5
The Yagyu Conspiracy
as Yagyu Munenori
1978
7.0
Shag
1978
7.0
Ningen no Shōmei
1978
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Main Line to Terror
1975
6.0
Prophecies of Nostradamus
as Prime Minister Kuroki
1974
6.0
Professional Killers – Assignment by Night
as Hanemon(Otowaya)
1974
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Professional Killers – Assassin's Quarry
as Hanemon(Otowaya)
1973
9.0
Professional Killers
as Hanemon(Otowaya)
1973
7.5
Hijo no License
as 矢部
1973
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Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril
as Gômune Jindaiyu
1972
7.3
Professional Killers
as Hanemon Otowaya
1972
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Haru no Sakamichi
as Tokugawa Ieyasu
1971
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The Militarists
as Mitsumasa Yonai
1970
8.0
Tora! Tora! Tora!
as Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto
1970
7.1
Japan's Longest Day
as Navy Minister Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai
1967
7.2
The Retreat from Kiska
as Kawashima
1965
8.3
With Beauty and Sorrow
as Toshio Ôki
1965
5.4
The School of Flesh
1965
4.7
A Public Benefactor
as Kappei Arima
1964
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Daybreak Chorus
as Shingo Koide
1963
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Gang Loyalty and Vengeance
as Tachibana
1963
5.0
Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance
1963
6.8
Ano hito wa ima
1963
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At the Side of the Bridge 3
1963
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Born in Sin
1962
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Diary of a Mad Old Man
as Tokusuke Rôjin
1962
6.5
A Flame at the Pier
1962
6.0
Records of loyal vassals
1962
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Glory on the Summit
1962
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Star of Hong Kong
as Gentaro Sugimoto
1962
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Akitsu Hot Springs
as Mikami
1962
6.5
あの空の果てに星はまたたく
1962
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The Pacific War and Himeyuri Corps
as Taiwan Army Chief of Staff
1962
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Musume to watashi
1962
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The Inheritance
as Senzô
1962
7.2
Drunkard's Paradise
1962
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Yume de aritai
1962
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Their Legacy
1962
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A Roaring Trade
1962
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Love's Family Tree
1961
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The Last War
as Prime Minister Masaki
1961
6.2
The Man Who Challenged 8,000,000-Koku
as Councilor Matsudaira Izu
1961
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Netsuai sha
as Murai
1961
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Haitoku no mesu
as Naoyuki Nishizawa
1961
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A Geisha's Diary
as Kiyomasa Tsutsui
1961
7.4
The Estuary
1961
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The Orphan Brother
as Fujiwara No Morozane (voice)
1961
6.0
An Eagle Eyed Lord
1961
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Epitaph to My Love
as Kimura
1961
7.0
Gonin no totsugeki tai
1961
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Samurai Hawk
1961
5.2
Women of Tokyo
as Shoichi Kagami
1961
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The Harbor Lights
1961
5.0
Hell's Juggler
1961
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The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 4
1961
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Deep River Melody
1960
6.0
The Sand City in Manchuria
as Ishigami
1960
6.5
Life of a Country Doctor
1960
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Ninja Assassins
1960
6.0
Police Precinct Part 14
as Maruyama
1960
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Victory and Defeat
as Kimpei Minegishi
1960
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Ryuji, the Gun Slinger
1960
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The Prickly Mouthed Geisha Part 2
1960
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続べらんめぇ芸者
1960
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Across the Darkness
as Takazawa
1959
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Sudden Attack of the Christian Lord
1959
6.0
Hell's Companion
1959
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Hahakogusa
as Mr. Fujiki
1959
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Whirlwind Magistrate
1959
5.5
The Bastards of Lawless Town
1959
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The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
as Okishima
1959
8.1
The 47 Masterless Samurai
1959
7.2
Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 1 and 2
1959
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Sister with Sister
as Michisuke Nishikata
1958
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The Purple Hood
1958
5.0
The Barbarian and the Geisha
as Governor Tamura
1958
5.9
With Songs in My Heart
1958
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Detective Duel
1958
6.0
Oban kanketsu hen
1958
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His Pistol is Hell
1958
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Little Peach
as Heishiro Hirayama, the father
1958
5.9
Roar and Earth
1957
6.0
Hole in One
as Keikichi Shirasu
1957
6.0
Jigoku bana
1957
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When It Rains, It Pours
1957
6.0
Tokyo Twilight
as Seki Sekiguchi
1957
7.7
Night Butterflies
as Ichiro Shirasawa
1957
6.3
Typhoon Over Nagasaki
1957
6.2
白磁の人
1957
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恐怖の空中殺人
as 劉元章
1956
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Tsukigata Hanpeita
as Katsura Kogoro
1956
7.0
Summer in Eclipse
as Kozo Mishima
1956
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Darkness at Noon
as Yuji
1956
6.6
春のみづうみ
1956
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Early Spring
as Yutaka Kawai
1956
7.5
The Doctor
1955
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Seven Masks of Revenge
1955
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Ai Sureba Koso
as Gorô (segment 3)
1955
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Till We Meet Again
as Daisuke Kaji
1955
6.2
Princess Yang Kwei-fei
as An Lushan
1955
6.7
Ghost Story of Youth
as Tetsuya, father of Chiharu
1955
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Frame of Snow
as Amagiri (Yūko’s grandfather)
1955
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A Young Samurai
1955
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Burden of Love
as Jozaburo Araki
1955
6.8
Striving to Live
1955
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美男お小姓 人斬り彦齋
1955
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お月様には悪いけど
as ヤーさん
1954
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日本敗れず
1954
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Karatachi no hana
1954
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The Black Current
1954
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Ditch
1954
7.0
Love and Duty
1954
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Sound of the Mountain
as Ogata Shingo
1954
7.3
An Inlet of Muddy Water
1953
6.1
Tokyo Story
as Koichi Hirayama
1953
8.2
The Cannery Boat
as Matsuki
1953
8.0
Ganpeki
1953
0.0
Miniature
as Wakabayashi
1953
8.0
Murahachibu
1953
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My Wonderful Yellow Car
as The husband
1953
6.0
Passion Fire
as 奥田金馬太郎
1952
0.0
The Woman Who Touched the Legs
as Yasukichi Sakaza
1952
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Modern People
1952
2.0
The Ataka Family
1952
5.5
Kin no tamago: Golden Girl
1952
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Okuni and Gohei
as Tomonojo
1952
6.4
Riverside Fish Market Empire
1952
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The Wind Blows Twice
1952
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Repast
1951
7.5
Miki, the Swordman
as Hirate Miki
1951
5.0
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Honoo no hada
1951
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Hibari no komoriuta
1951
6.0
The Lady of Musashino
as Eiji Ono
1951
5.9
Dancing Girl
as Yagi
1951
6.3
Who Will Judge Me?
1951
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The White Orchid
1951
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Rumba of Passion
1950
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Homecoming
1950
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Tenpo Suikoden - Otone's Night Fog
as Hirate (Sake brewer)
1950
0.0
Portrait of Madame Yuki
as Tateoka
1950
6.7
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Senka o koete
1950
0.0
The Munekata Sisters
as Ryosuke Mimura
1950
7.0
White Beast
1950
5.5
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Song of Love
1950
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Duel in the Sun
as Attorney
1950
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Zoku kagebōshi ryūkoaiutsutsu
1950
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Kagebōshi
as 小山田鉄心
1950
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Kirare no Senta
1949
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A Woman's Fight
1949
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Yūkyō no mure
1948
0.0
A Woman in the Typhoon Area
as Kijima
1948
5.0
A Second Life
1948
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The Love of the Actress Sumako
as Hôgetsu Shimamura
1947
6.8
As Long as I Live
1946
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