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.
Movies
Early Spring
Yutaka Kawai
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Vice-Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
Okishima
Gung Ho
Mr. Sakamoto
Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah
Prime Minister
The Love of the Actress Sumako
Hôgetsu Shimamura
Sound of the Mountain
Ogata Shingo
The Barbarian and the Geisha
Governor Tamura
Repast
Japan's Longest Day
Navy Minister Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai
Antarctica
Iwakiri Sencho
Tokyo Story
Koichi Hirayama
Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance
The Munekata Sisters
Ryosuke Mimura
Tokyo Twilight
Seki Sekiguchi
Princess Yang Kwei Fei
An Lushan
White Beast
The Last War
Prime Minister Masaki
Shadow Warriors: Hattori Hanzo
Masayuki Hoshina
Hole in One
Keikichi Shirasu
With Beauty and Sorrow
Toshio Ôki
Love's Family Tree
The 47 Masterless Samurai
Ninja Assassins
Modern People
An Inlet of Muddy Water
Miniature
Wakabayashi
A Public Benefactor
Kappei Arima
Akitsu Hot Springs
A Flame at the Pier
Little Peach
Heishiro Hirayama, the father
Samurai Hawk
Shag
The Lady of Musashino
Eiji Ono
The Inheritance
Senzô
Night Butterflies
Ichiro Shirasawa
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha Part 2
The Second Is a Christian
Nakatsugawa
The Militarists
Mitsumasa Yonai
Deep River Melody
Detective Duel
Sister with Sister
Michisuke Nishikata
With Songs in My Heart
The Sand City in Manchuria
Ishigami
The Ataka Family
The Pacific War and Himeyuri Corps
Taiwan Army Chief of Staff
Diary of a Mad Old Man
Tokusuke Rôjin
Okuni and Gohei
Tomonojo
The Man Who Challenged 8,000,000-Koku
Councilor Matsudaira Izu
The Ditch
Dancing Girl
Yagi
Magistrate Toyama 3: The Whirlwind Magistrate
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 4
Nemuri Kyōshirō
Life of a Country Doctor
The Cannery Boat
Matsuki
The Retreat from Kiska
Kawashima
A Woman in the Typhoon Area
Kijima
The Black Current
Portrait of Madame Yuki
Tateoka
A Geisha's Diary
Kiyomasa Tsutsui
Burden of Love
Jozaburo Araki
Main Line to Terror
Professional Killers
Hanemon(Otowaya)
Professional Killers – Assassin's Quarry
Hanemon(Otowaya)
Professional Killers – Assignment by Night
Hanemon(Otowaya)
Epitaph to My Love
Kimura
Drunkard's Paradise
The Orphan Brother
Fujiwara No Morozane (voice)
Typhoon Over Nagasaki
When It Rains, It Pours
The Purple Hood
Seven Masks of Revenge
Darkness at Noon
Yuji
Jigoku bana
The Harbor Lights
Born in Sin
The Mysterious Gemini • Y&S
Miki, the Swordman
Hirate Miki
Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 1 and 2
Men in a Rough Town
Glory on the Summit
Gang Loyalty and Vengeance
Tachibana
Till We Meet Again
Daisuke Kaji
The Woman Who Touched the Legs
Yasukichi Sakaza
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril
Gômune Jindaiyu
Ghost Story of Youth
Tetsuya, father of Chiharu
Honoo no hada
Senka o koete
Tange Sazen
Their Legacy
Hibari no komoriuta
Prophecies of Nostradamus
Prime Minister Kuroki
As Long as I Live
The White Orchid
Kirare no Senta
Love and Duty
My Wonderful Yellow Car
The husband
A Second Life
Ai Sureba Koso
Gorô (segment 3)
Tsukigata Hanpeita
Katsura Kogoro
Rumba of Passion
Hell's Juggler
An Eagle Eyed Lord
Haitoku no mesu
Naoyuki Nishizawa
Roar and Earth
Homecoming
Across the Darkness
Takazawa
Sudden Attack of the Christian Lord
Kin no tamago: Golden Girl
Striving to Live
Police Precinct Part 14
Maruyama
Duel in the Sun
Attorney
Tenpo Suikoden - Otone's Night Fog
Hirate (Sake brewer)
Riverside Fish Market Empire
Who Will Judge Me?
Song of Love
五人の突撃隊
Hell's Companion
The Estuary
Star of Hong Kong
Gentaro Sugimoto
Women of Tokyo
Shoichi Kagami
白磁の人
春のみづうみ
Yume de aritai
Victory and Defeat
Kimpei Minegishi
Musume to watashi
Oban kanketsu hen
Ano sura no hate ni hoshi hama tataku
Kanei Command Performance
Kagebōshi
小山田鉄心
Passion Fire
奥田金馬太郎
Records of loyal vassals
Murahachibu
The School of Flesh
Sara no hana no toge
Hahakogusa
Mr. Fujiki
A Roaring Trade
Tokugawa Ieyasu: The Conqueror of Japan
The Wind Blows Twice
Yūkyō no mure
Shows
Pearl
Admiral Nagumo, commander of Japanese attack force (uncredited)
The Yagyu Conspiracy
Yagyu Munenori
Yagyu's Secret Quest
Yagyu Munenori
Yagyu Jubei Secret Quest
Yagyu Munenori
Haru no Sakamichi
Tokugawa Ieyasu
ザ・ハングマン
Professional Killers
Hanemon Otowaya
Ningen no Shōmei