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Sō Yamamura

Sō Yamamura

Birthday: 1910-02-24 | Place of Birth: 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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

1991
Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah

as    Prime Minister

1986
Gung Ho

as    Mr. Sakamoto

1985
The Second Is a Christian

as    Nakatsugawa

1984
Antarctica

as    Iwakiri Sencho

1982
Yagyu Jubei Secret Quest

as    Yagyu Munenori

1980
Shadow Warriors: Hattori Hanzo

as    Masayuki Hoshina

1978
The Yagyu Conspiracy

as    Yagyu Munenori

1974
1974
Prophecies of Nostradamus

as    Prime Minister Kuroki

1973
非情のライセンス

as    矢部

1972
Professional Killers

as    Hanemon Otowaya

1972
Tokyo Story

as    Koichi Hirayama

1971
Haru no Sakamichi

as    Tokugawa Ieyasu

1970
Tora! Tora! Tora!

as    Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto

1970
The Militarists

as    Mitsumasa Yonai

1967
Japan's Longest Day

as    Navy Minister Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai

1965
The Retreat from Kiska

as    Kawashima

1965
With Beauty and Sorrow

as    Toshio Ôki

1964
A Public Benefactor

as    Kappei Arima

1964
The Inheritance

as    Senzô