Known For
Acting
Birthday
February 24, 1910
Place of Birth
Tenri, Nara, Japan
Also Known As
- Hirosada Koga
- 山村聡
- 山村聰
- Со Ямамура
- 山村聪
So Yamamura
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 - Movies
Tora! Tora! Tora!
as Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto
Tokyo Story
as Koichi Hirayama
Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah
as Prime Minister
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril
as Gômune Jindaiyu
Japan's Longest Day
as Navy Minister Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
as Okishima
Portrait of Madame Yuki
as Tateoka
Gung Ho
as Mr. Sakamoto
Early Spring
as Yutaka Kawai
Princess Yang Kwei-fei
as An Lushan
Known For - TV Shows
Professional Killers
as Hanemon Otowaya
Haru no Sakamichi
as Tokugawa Ieyasu
Pearl
as Admiral Nagumo, commander of Japanese attack force (uncredited)
ザ・ハングマン
Ningen no Shōmei
The Yagyu Conspiracy
as Yagyu Munenori
Yagyu's Secret Quest
as Yagyu Munenori
Yagyu Jubei Secret Quest
as Yagyu Munenori
Hijo no License
as 矢部