Personal Info
Known Credits
144
Gender
Male
Birthdate
1910-02-24 (115 Y.O)
Place Of Birth
Tenri, Japan
Also Known For
Hirosada Koga山村聡山村聰Со Ямамура山村聪Soh Yamamura
Sō Yamamura
Biography
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. ...
Known For
Acting
1992 --
Tokugawa Ieyasu: The Conqueror of Japan
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1991 --
Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah
| Prime Minister
1990 --
Tange Sazen
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1989 --
Nemuri Kyōshirō
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1986 --
Gung Ho
| Mr. Sakamoto
1985 --
The Second Is a Christian
| Nakatsugawa
1983 --
Kanei Command Performance
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1983 --
Antarctica
| Iwakiri Sencho
1982 --
The Mysterious Gemini • Y&S
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1980 --
Shadow Warriors: Hattori Hanzo
| Masayuki Hoshina
1978 --
Shag
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1975 --
Main Line to Terror
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1974 --
Prophecies of Nostradamus
| Prime Minister Kuroki
1974 --
Professional Killers – Assignment by Night
| Hanemon(Otowaya)
1973 --
Professional Killers – Assassin's Quarry
| Hanemon(Otowaya)
1973 --
Professional Killers
| Hanemon(Otowaya)
1972 --
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril
| Gômune Jindaiyu
1970 --
The Militarists
| Mitsumasa Yonai
1970 --
Tora! Tora! Tora!
| Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto
1967 --
Japan's Longest Day
| Navy Minister Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai
1965 --
The Retreat from Kiska
| Kawashima
1965 --
With Beauty and Sorrow
| Toshio Ôki
1965 --
The School of Flesh
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1964 --
A Public Benefactor
| Kappei Arima
1963 --
Gang Loyalty and Vengeance
| Tachibana
1963 --
Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance
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1962 --
Born in Sin
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1962 --
Diary of a Mad Old Man
| Tokusuke Rôjin
1962 --
A Flame at the Pier
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1962 --
Records of loyal vassals
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1962 --
Glory on the Summit
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1962 --
Star of Hong Kong
| Gentaro Sugimoto
1962 --
Akitsu Hot Springs
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1962 --
あの空の果てに星はまたたく
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1962 --
The Pacific War and Himeyuri Corps
| Taiwan Army Chief of Staff
1962 --
Musume to watashi
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1962 --
The Inheritance
| Senzô
1962 --
Drunkard's Paradise
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1962 --
Yume de aritai
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1962 --
Their Legacy
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1962 --
A Roaring Trade
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1961 --
Love's Family Tree
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1961 --
The Last War
| Prime Minister Masaki
1961 --
The Man Who Challenged 8,000,000-Koku
| Councilor Matsudaira Izu
1961 --
Haitoku no mesu
| Naoyuki Nishizawa
1961 --
A Geisha's Diary
| Kiyomasa Tsutsui
1961 --
The Estuary
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1961 --
The Orphan Brother
| Fujiwara No Morozane (voice)
1961 --
An Eagle Eyed Lord
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1961 --
Epitaph to My Love
| Kimura
1961 --
Gonin no totsugeki tai
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1961 --
Samurai Hawk
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1961 --
Women of Tokyo
| Shoichi Kagami
1961 --
The Harbor Lights
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1961 --
Hell's Juggler
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1961 --
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 4
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1960 --
Deep River Melody
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1960 --
The Sand City in Manchuria
| Ishigami
1960 --
Life of a Country Doctor
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1960 --
Ninja Assassins
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1960 --
Police Precinct Part 14
| Maruyama
1960 --
Victory and Defeat
| Kimpei Minegishi
1960 --
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha Part 2
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1959 --
Across the Darkness
| Takazawa
1959 --
Sudden Attack of the Christian Lord
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1959 --
Hell's Companion
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1959 --
Hahakogusa
| Mr. Fujiki
1959 --
Magistrate Toyama 3: The Whirlwind Magistrate
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1959 --
Men in a Rough Town
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1959 --
The 47 Masterless Samurai
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1959 --
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
| Okishima
1959 --
Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 1 and 2
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1958 --
Sister with Sister
| Michisuke Nishikata
1958 --
The Purple Hood
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1958 --
The Barbarian and the Geisha
| Governor Tamura
1958 --
With Songs in My Heart
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1958 --
Detective Duel
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1958 --
Oban kanketsu hen
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1958 --
Little Peach
| Heishiro Hirayama, the father
1957 --
Roar and Earth
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1957 --
Hole in One
| Keikichi Shirasu
1957 --
Jigoku bana
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1957 --
When It Rains, It Pours
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1957 --
Tokyo Twilight
| Seki Sekiguchi
1957 --
Night Butterflies
| Ichiro Shirasawa
1957 --
Typhoon Over Nagasaki
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1957 --
白磁の人
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1956 --
Tsukigata Hanpeita
| Katsura Kogoro
1956 --
Darkness at Noon
| Yuji
1956 --
春のみづうみ
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1956 --
Early Spring
| Yutaka Kawai
1955 --
Sara no hana no toge
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1955 --
Seven Masks of Revenge
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1955 --
Ai Sureba Koso
| Gorô (segment 3)
1955 --
Till We Meet Again
| Daisuke Kaji
1955 --
Princess Yang Kwei Fei
| An Lushan
1955 --
Ghost Story of Youth
| Tetsuya, father of Chiharu
1955 --
A Young Samurai
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1955 --
Burden of Love
| Jozaburo Araki
1955 --
Striving to Live
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1954 --
The Black Current
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1954 --
The Ditch
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1954 --
Love and Duty
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1954 --
Sound of the Mountain
| Ogata Shingo
1953 --
An Inlet of Muddy Water
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1953 --
Tokyo Story
| Koichi Hirayama
1953 --
The Cannery Boat
| Matsuki
1953 --
Ganpeki
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1953 --
Miniature
| Wakabayashi
1953 --
Murahachibu
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1953 --
My Wonderful Yellow Car
| The husband
1952 --
Passion Fire
| 奥田金馬太郎
1952 --
The Woman Who Touched the Legs
| Yasukichi Sakaza
1952 --
Modern People
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1952 --
The Ataka Family
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1952 --
Kin no tamago: Golden Girl
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1952 --
Okuni and Gohei
| Tomonojo
1952 --
Riverside Fish Market Empire
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1952 --
The Wind Blows Twice
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1951 --
Repast
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1951 --
Miki, the Swordman
| Hirate Miki
1951 --
Honoo no hada
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1951 --
Hibari no komoriuta
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1951 --
The Lady of Musashino
| Eiji Ono
1951 --
Dancing Girl
| Yagi
1951 --
Who Will Judge Me?
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1951 --
The White Orchid
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1950 --
Rumba of Passion
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1950 --
Homecoming
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1950 --
Tenpo Suikoden - Otone's Night Fog
| Hirate (Sake brewer)
1950 --
Portrait of Madame Yuki
| Tateoka
1950 --
Senka o koete
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1950 --
The Munekata Sisters
| Ryosuke Mimura
1950 --
White Beast
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1950 --
Song of Love
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1950 --
Duel in the Sun
| Attorney
1950 --
Zoku kagebōshi ryūkoaiutsutsu
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1950 --
Kagebōshi
| 小山田鉄心
1949 --
Kirare no Senta
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1948 --
Yūkyō no mure
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1948 --
A Woman in the Typhoon Area
| Kijima
1948 --
A Second Life
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1947 --
The Love of the Actress Sumako
| Hôgetsu Shimamura
1946 --
As Long as I Live
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