So Yamamura
Hirosada Koga, 山村聡, 山村聰
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.
Biography
Birthday:
24/02/1910
Place of birth:
Tenri, Nara, Japan
Date of death:
26/05/2000
Biography
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Directors
| Year | Title | Role | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
|
1960
|
Deep River Melody |
Director
|
6
/ 10
|
|
1959
|
Hahakogusa |
Director
|
-
|
|
1959
|
Kashima-nada no onna |
Director
|
-
|
|
1955
|
The Doctor |
Director
|
10
/ 10
|
|
1954
|
The Black Current |
Director
|
10
/ 10
|
|
1953
|
The Cannery Boat |
Director
|
8.5
/ 10
|
Acting
| Year | Title | Role | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
|
1997
|
Going West: to the West |
Shogo Kawahara
|
-
|
|
1992
|
Tokugawa Ieyasu: The Conqueror of Japan |
-
|
-
|
|
1991
|
Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah |
Prime Minister
|
6.941
/ 10
|
|
1990
|
Tange Sazen |
-
|
-
|
|
1990
|
The Yagyu Code 2: Fifty Blades |
Yagyu Munenori
|
-
|
|
1989
|
Nemuri Kyōshirō |
-
|
7
/ 10
|
|
1987
|
Tokyo Bordello |
Isaburo Okura
|
5.6
/ 10
|
|
1986
|
Gung Ho |
Mr. Sakamoto
|
6.1
/ 10
|
|
1985
|
The Second Is a Christian |
Nakatsugawa
|
6
/ 10
|
|
1983
|
Antarctica |
Iwakiri Sencho
|
7.2
/ 10
|
|
1983
|
Kanei Command Performance |
-
|
-
|
|
1982
|
Yagyu Jubei Secret Quest |
Yagyu Munenori
|
10
/ 10
|
|
1982
|
The Mysterious Gemini • Y&S |
-
|
2.5
/ 10
|
|
1980
|
ザ・ハングマン |
-
|
10
/ 10
|
|
1980
|
Yagyu's Secret Quest |
Yagyu Munenori
|
-
|
|
1980
|
Shadow Warriors: Hattori Hanzo |
Masayuki Hoshina
|
6
/ 10
|
|
1980
|
Yagyu Abaretabi |
-
|
-
|
|
1978
|
The Yagyu Conspiracy |
Yagyu Munenori
|
7.7
/ 10
|
|
1978
|
Pearl |
Admiral Nagumo, commander of Japanese attack force (uncredited)
|
6
/ 10
|
|
1978
|
Ningen no Shōmei |
-
|
-
|
|
1978
|
Shag |
-
|
7.5
/ 10
|
|
1975
|
Main Line to Terror |
-
|
6.2
/ 10
|
|
1974
|
Prophecies of Nostradamus |
Prime Minister Kuroki
|
5.7
/ 10
|
|
1974
|
Professional Killers – Assignment by Night |
Hanemon(Otowaya)
|
10
/ 10
|
|
1973
|
Tasukenin Hashiru |
-
|
-
|
|
1973
|
Hijo no License |
矢部
|
-
|
|
1973
|
Professional Killers – Assassin's Quarry |
Hanemon(Otowaya)
|
9.3
/ 10
|
|
1973
|
Professional Killers |
Hanemon(Otowaya)
|
8
/ 10
|
|
1972
|
Professional Killers |
Hanemon Otowaya
|
8
/ 10
|
|
1972
|
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril |
Gômune Jindaiyu
|
7.3
/ 10
|
|
1971
|
Haru no Sakamichi |
Tokugawa Ieyasu
|
-
|
|
1970
|
Tora! Tora! Tora! |
Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto
|
7.199
/ 10
|
|
1970
|
The Militarists |
Mitsumasa Yonai
|
7.5
/ 10
|
|
1967
|
Japan's Longest Day |
Navy Minister Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai
|
7.3
/ 10
|
|
1965
|
The Retreat from Kiska |
Kawashima
|
8.4
/ 10
|
|
1965
|
The School of Flesh |
-
|
5.8
/ 10
|
|
1965
|
Ane to imôto |
Yoshirô Takaoka
|
-
|
|
1965
|
With Beauty and Sorrow |
Toshio Ôki
|
5.7
/ 10
|
|
1964
|
A Public Benefactor |
Kappei Arima
|
7
/ 10
|
|
1963
|
Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance |
Mitsuhide
|
6.9
/ 10
|
|
1963
|
At the Side of the Bridge 3 |
-
|
-
|
|
1963
|
Gang Loyalty and Vengeance |
Tachibana
|
5.7
/ 10
|
|
1963
|
Ano hito wa ima |
-
|
-
|
|
1963
|
The House Where Flowers Bloom |
-
|
-
|
|
1963
|
Daybreak Chorus |
Shingo Koide
|
-
|
|
1962
|
Diary of a Mad Old Man |
Tokusuke Rôjin
|
6.7
/ 10
|
|
1962
|
Akitsu Hot Springs |
Mikami
|
6.5
/ 10
|
|
1962
|
The Inheritance |
Senzô
|
7.3
/ 10
|
|
1962
|
The Pacific War and Himeyuri Corps |
Taiwan Army Chief of Staff
|
8
/ 10
|
|
1962
|
A Roaring Trade |
-
|
-
|
|
1962
|
A Flame at the Pier |
-
|
6.1
/ 10
|
|
1962
|
Born in Sin |
-
|
9
/ 10
|
|
1962
|
Their Legacy |
-
|
10
/ 10
|
|
1962
|
Glory on the Summit |
-
|
9
/ 10
|
|
1962
|
Star of Hong Kong |
Gentaro Sugimoto
|
8
/ 10
|
|
1962
|
Musume to watashi |
-
|
10
/ 10
|
|
1962
|
Drunkard's Paradise |
-
|
-
|
|
1962
|
Records of loyal vassals |
-
|
-
|
|
1962
|
Ano sora no hate ni hoshi wa matataku |
Kojiro Yamaguchi
|
-
|
|
1962
|
Yume de aritai |
-
|
-
|
|
1961
|
The Last War |
Prime Minister Masaki
|
6.8
/ 10
|
|
1961
|
Women of Tokyo |
Shoichi Kagami
|
-
|
|
1961
|
Last-Ditch Glory |
-
|
10
/ 10
|
|
1961
|
The Orphan Brother |
Fujiwara No Morozane (voice)
|
6.3
/ 10
|
|
1961
|
I Am The Magician From Hell |
-
|
7
/ 10
|
|
1961
|
Netsuai sha |
Murai
|
9
/ 10
|
|
1961
|
Epitaph to My Love |
Kimura
|
7.8
/ 10
|
|
1961
|
The Man Who Challenged 8,000,000-Koku |
Councilor Matsudaira Izu
|
-
|
|
1961
|
Love's Family Tree |
-
|
-
|
|
1961
|
Haitoku no mesu |
Naoyuki Nishizawa
|
7
/ 10
|
|
1961
|
The Harbor Lights |
-
|
6.2
/ 10
|
|
1961
|
A Geisha's Diary |
Kiyomasa Tsutsui
|
7.5
/ 10
|
|
1961
|
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 4 |
-
|
10
/ 10
|
|
1961
|
An Eagle Eyed Lord |
-
|
8
/ 10
|
|
1961
|
Samurai Hawk |
-
|
6.2
/ 10
|
|
1961
|
The Estuary |
-
|
-
|
|
1960
|
The Sand City in Manchuria |
Ishigami
|
6.5
/ 10
|
|
1960
|
Deep River Melody |
-
|
6
/ 10
|
|
1960
|
Ryuji, the Gun Slinger |
-
|
-
|
|
1960
|
続べらんめぇ芸者 |
-
|
-
|
|
1960
|
Ninja Assassins |
-
|
6
/ 10
|
|
1960
|
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha Part 2 |
-
|
-
|
|
1960
|
Police Precinct Part 14 |
Maruyama
|
-
|
|
1960
|
Victory and Defeat |
Kimpei Minegishi
|
8
/ 10
|
|
1960
|
Life of a Country Doctor |
-
|
8.5
/ 10
|
|
1959
|
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love |
Okishima
|
8.2
/ 10
|
|
1959
|
The 47 Masterless Samurai |
-
|
7.4
/ 10
|
|
1959
|
Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 1 and 2 |
-
|
8
/ 10
|
|
1959
|
The Bastards of Lawless Town |
-
|
-
|
|
1959
|
Whirlwind Magistrate |
-
|
6
/ 10
|
|
1959
|
Hahakogusa |
Mr. Fujiki
|
-
|
|
1959
|
Hell's Companion |
-
|
-
|
|
1959
|
Across the Darkness |
Takazawa
|
9
/ 10
|
|
1959
|
Sudden Attack of the Christian Lord |
-
|
8
/ 10
|
|
1959
|
The Silent Murder |
-
|
-
|
|
1958
|
The Barbarian and the Geisha |
Governor Tamura
|
6.1
/ 10
|
|
1958
|
His Pistol is Hell |
-
|
-
|
|
1958
|
Little Peach |
Heishiro Hirayama, the father
|
6.1
/ 10
|
|
1958
|
Oban kanketsu hen |
-
|
-
|
|
1958
|
Detective Duel |
-
|
6
/ 10
|
|
1958
|
Gendai Mushuku |
Nonomiya Shin
|
-
|
|
1958
|
With Songs in My Heart |
-
|
-
|
|
1958
|
Sister with Sister |
Michisuke Nishikata
|
-
|
|
1958
|
The Purple Hood |
-
|
5.4
/ 10
|
|
1957
|
Tokyo Twilight |
Seki Sekiguchi
|
7.7
/ 10
|
|
1957
|
Night Butterflies |
Ichiro Shirasawa
|
6.5
/ 10
|
|
1957
|
Hole in One |
Keikichi Shirasu
|
8
/ 10
|
|
1957
|
When It Rains, It Pours |
-
|
6
/ 10
|
|
1957
|
Blooms of Hell |
-
|
9
/ 10
|
|
1957
|
Typhoon Over Nagasaki |
-
|
6.2
/ 10
|
|
1957
|
The Chieko Story |
Kotaro Takamura
|
-
|
|
1957
|
First Love Story |
Shohei Ganmaru
|
-
|
|
1957
|
Hakuji no hito |
Zensuke, Kanako's father
|
-
|
|
1957
|
Roar and Earth |
Kentaro Ukishima
|
8
/ 10
|
|
1956
|
Early Spring |
Yutaka Kawai
|
7.5
/ 10
|
|
1956
|
Darkness at Noon |
Yuji
|
6.9
/ 10
|
|
1956
|
Yonjū-hassai no teikō |
-
|
-
|
|
1956
|
恐怖の空中殺人 |
劉元章
|
-
|
|
1956
|
Ma no kisetsu: Haru no mizuumi |
-
|
-
|
|
1956
|
Summer in Eclipse |
Kozo Mishima
|
-
|
|
1956
|
Tsukigata Hanpeita |
Katsura Kogoro
|
7
/ 10
|
|
1955
|
Princess Yang Kwei-fei |
An Lushan
|
6.7
/ 10
|
|
1955
|
If Indeed One Loves |
Gorô (segment 3)
|
10
/ 10
|
|
1955
|
Burden of Love |
Jozaburo Araki
|
6.8
/ 10
|
|
1955
|
Till We Meet Again |
Daisuke Kaji
|
7
/ 10
|
|
1955
|
Ghost Story of Youth |
Tetsuya, father of Chiharu
|
10
/ 10
|
|
1955
|
美男お小姓 人斬り彦齋 |
-
|
-
|
|
1955
|
Seven Masks of Revenge |
-
|
-
|
|
1955
|
Frame of Snow |
Amagiri (Yūko’s grandfather)
|
10
/ 10
|
|
1955
|
Striving to Live |
-
|
-
|
|
1955
|
A Young Samurai |
-
|
-
|
|
1955
|
The Doctor |
-
|
10
/ 10
|
|
1954
|
Sound of the Mountain |
Ogata Shingo
|
7.4
/ 10
|
|
1954
|
日本敗れず |
-
|
7
/ 10
|
|
1954
|
Love and Duty |
-
|
-
|
|
1954
|
Autumn Interlude |
Sotaro Fushimi, Setsuko's father
|
-
|
|
1954
|
Ditch |
-
|
7.5
/ 10
|
|
1954
|
Mama's Diary |
-
|
-
|
|
1954
|
The Black Current |
-
|
10
/ 10
|
|
1954
|
お月様には悪いけど |
ヤーさん
|
8
/ 10
|
|
1954
|
Karatachi no hana |
-
|
10
/ 10
|
|
1953
|
Tokyo Story |
Koichi Hirayama
|
8.1
/ 10
|
|
1953
|
An Inlet of Muddy Water |
-
|
6.2
/ 10
|
|
1953
|
My Wonderful Yellow Car |
The husband
|
7
/ 10
|
|
1953
|
The Cannery Boat |
Matsuki
|
8.5
/ 10
|
|
1953
|
Miniature |
Wakabayashi
|
7.8
/ 10
|
|
1953
|
Murahachibu |
-
|
-
|
|
1953
|
Ganpeki |
-
|
-
|
|
1952
|
Okuni and Gohei |
Tomonojo
|
6.3
/ 10
|
|
1952
|
Riverside Fish Market Empire |
-
|
-
|
|
1952
|
The Woman Who Touched the Legs |
Yasukichi Sakaza
|
8
/ 10
|
|
1952
|
Kin no tamago: Golden Girl |
-
|
9
/ 10
|
|
1952
|
Kon'na watashi ja nakatta ni |
-
|
-
|
|
1952
|
Passion Fire |
奥田金馬太郎
|
-
|
|
1952
|
Modern People |
-
|
3.2
/ 10
|
|
1952
|
The Ataka Family |
-
|
5.5
/ 10
|
|
1952
|
Oka wa hanazakari |
-
|
9
/ 10
|
|
1952
|
Gunrō no machi |
-
|
-
|
|
1952
|
A Meeting of Youths |
Haruki Eda
|
-
|
|
1952
|
The Wind Blows Twice |
Takayoshi Michihara
|
-
|
|
1951
|
Repast |
-
|
7.6
/ 10
|
|
1951
|
The Lady of Musashino |
Eiji Ono
|
6.3
/ 10
|
|
1951
|
Miki, the Swordman |
Hirate Miki
|
5
/ 10
|
|
1951
|
Dancing Girl |
Yagi
|
6.4
/ 10
|
|
1951
|
Freedom School |
-
|
-
|
|
1951
|
Who Will Judge Me? |
-
|
8
/ 10
|
|
1951
|
Hibari no komoriuta |
-
|
6
/ 10
|
|
1951
|
The White Orchid |
-
|
-
|
|
1951
|
Wagtail Tune |
-
|
-
|
|
1951
|
Honoo no hada |
-
|
-
|
|
1950
|
Portrait of Madame Yuki |
Tateoka
|
6.8
/ 10
|
|
1950
|
The Munekata Sisters |
Ryosuke Mimura
|
7.1
/ 10
|
|
1950
|
Zoku kagebōshi ryūkoaiutsutsu |
-
|
-
|
|
1950
|
White Beast |
-
|
5.75
/ 10
|
|
1950
|
Tenpo Suikoden - Otone's Night Fog |
Hirate (Sake brewer)
|
-
|
|
1950
|
Homecoming |
-
|
8
/ 10
|
|
1950
|
Rumba of Passion |
-
|
-
|
|
1950
|
Duel in the Sun |
Attorney
|
-
|
|
1950
|
Haha tsubaki |
-
|
-
|
|
1950
|
Kagebōshi |
小山田鉄心
|
-
|
|
1950
|
Song of Love |
-
|
-
|
|
1950
|
Crossing the Flames of War |
-
|
8
/ 10
|
|
1949
|
Maboroshi fujin |
-
|
-
|
|
1949
|
Scarface Senta |
-
|
9.5
/ 10
|
|
1949
|
A Woman's Fight |
-
|
-
|
|
1948
|
Yūkyō no mure |
-
|
-
|
|
1948
|
A Woman in the Typhoon Area |
Kijima
|
7.333
/ 10
|
|
1948
|
A Woman Who Convicts Men |
-
|
-
|
|
1948
|
A Second Life |
-
|
7
/ 10
|
|
1947
|
The Love of the Actress Sumako |
Hôgetsu Shimamura
|
7
/ 10
|
|
1946
|
As Long as I Live |
-
|
-
|
Screenplay
| Year | Title | Role | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
|
1955
|
The Doctor |
Screenplay
|
10
/ 10
|
|
1953
|
The Cannery Boat |
Screenplay
|
8.5
/ 10
|
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