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
Kin no tamago: Golden Girl
Tora! Tora! Tora! Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto
Early Spring Yutaka Kawai
Striving to Live
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love Okishima
Yume de aritai
Police Precinct Part 14 Maruyama
Gung Ho Mr. Sakamoto
Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah Prime Minister
Victory and Defeat Kimpei Minegishi
Riverside Fish Market Empire
Duel in the Sun Attorney
Tenpo Suikoden - Otone's Night Fog Hirate (Sake brewer)
The Love of the Actress Sumako Hôgetsu Shimamura
Musume to watashi
Who Will Judge Me?
Repast
Sound of the Mountain Ogata Shingo
Japan's Longest Day Navy Minister Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai
Antarctica Iwakiri Sencho
The Barbarian and the Geisha Governor Tamura
Tokyo Story Koichi Hirayama
Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance
Song of Love
Gonin no totsugeki tai
The Estuary
Tokyo Twilight Seki Sekiguchi
The Munekata Sisters Ryosuke Mimura
Hell's Companion
Princess Yang Kwei Fei An Lushan
White Beast
Oban kanketsu hen
The Last War Prime Minister Masaki
Star of Hong Kong Gentaro Sugimoto
あの空の果てに星はまたたく
The Inheritance Senzô
Kanei Command Performance
Shadow Warriors: Hattori Hanzo Masayuki Hoshina
Hole in One Keikichi Shirasu
With Beauty and Sorrow Toshio Ôki
Little Peach Heishiro Hirayama, the father
Love's Family Tree
Kagebōshi 小山田鉄心
Passion Fire 奥田金馬太郎
Modern People
Women of Tokyo Shoichi Kagami
Dancing Girl Yagi
An Inlet of Muddy Water
Records of loyal vassals
Murahachibu
白磁の人
The School of Flesh
Miniature Wakabayashi
Hahakogusa Mr. Fujiki
Sara no hana no toge
春のみづうみ
A Roaring Trade
A Public Benefactor Kappei Arima
Tokugawa Ieyasu: The Conqueror of Japan
A Flame at the Pier
Akitsu Hot Springs
Samurai Hawk
The Lady of Musashino Eiji Ono
Shag
Night Butterflies Ichiro Shirasawa
The Wind Blows Twice
Yūkyō no mure
The 47 Masterless Samurai
The Second Is a Christian Nakatsugawa
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha Part 2
The Cannery Boat Matsuki
The Militarists Mitsumasa Yonai
With Songs in My Heart
The Sand City in Manchuria Ishigami
The Pacific War and Himeyuri Corps Taiwan Army Chief of Staff
Deep River Melody
Sister with Sister Michisuke Nishikata
Detective Duel
The Ataka Family
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
Magistrate Toyama 3: The Whirlwind Magistrate
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 4
Nemuri Kyōshirō
Life of a Country Doctor
The Retreat from Kiska Kawashima
Ninja Assassins
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)
Typhoon Over Nagasaki
Epitaph to My Love Kimura
When It Rains, It Pours
The Purple Hood
Drunkard's Paradise
The Orphan Brother Fujiwara No Morozane (voice)
Seven Masks of Revenge
Darkness at Noon Yuji
Jigoku bana
The Harbor Lights
Born in Sin
The Mysterious Gemini • Y&S
Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 1 and 2
Miki, the Swordman Hirate Miki
Men in a Rough Town
Gang Loyalty and Vengeance Tachibana
Glory on the Summit
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
Hibari no komoriuta
Their Legacy
Prophecies of Nostradamus Prime Minister Kuroki
Kirare no Senta
The White Orchid
As Long as I Live
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
Shows
Haru no Sakamichi Tokugawa Ieyasu
ザ・ハングマン
Ningen no Shōmei
Professional Killers Hanemon Otowaya
Pearl Admiral Nagumo, commander of Japanese attack force (uncredited)
Yagyu's Secret Quest Yagyu Munenori
The Yagyu Conspiracy Yagyu Munenori
Yagyu Jubei Secret Quest Yagyu Munenori
