Acting

So Yamamura

1910–2000 · Acting

60.5avg grm

21titles

#93best rank

5honors

best title · #93 on siteTokyo Story1953 · as Koichi Hirayama82.0

Honors

5

1977Medal with Purple Ribbon

1951Blue Ribbon Awards — Best Actor

1955Blue Ribbon Awards — Best Newcomer

1962Blue Ribbon Awards — Best Supporting Actor

—Mainichi Film Award — Best Actor

Bio

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.

Filmography

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1980s1 title

Antarctica1983 · as Iwakiri Sencho58.9

1970s1 title

Tora! Tora! Tora!1970 · as Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto66.3

1960s6 titles

Japan's Longest Day1967 · as Navy Minister Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai59.3 R

The Retreat from Kiska1965 · as Kawashima58.5 S

Shinobi No Mono 2: Vengeance1963 · as Mitsuhide57.6 I

The Inheritance1962 · as Senzô57.9 A

Akitsu Springs1962 · as Mikami57.0 W

Women Are Born Twice1961 · as Kiyomasa Tsutsui58.4

1950s13 titles

The Human Condition I: No Greater Love1959 · as Okishima70.3 L

Little Peach1958 · as Heishiro Hirayama - the father58.5 T

Tokyo Twilight1957 · as Seki Sekiguchi63.2 E

Early Spring1956 · as Yutaka Kawai60.0 P

Princess Yang Kwei-fei1955 · as An Lushan55.6 S

Sound of the Mountain1954 · as Shingo Ogata59.6 D

The Ditch1954 · as Businessman58.5 T

Tokyo Story1953 · as Koichi Hirayama82.0 E

Epitome1953 · as Wakabayashi58.4 O

Okuni and Gohei1952 · as Tomonojo58.4 L

The Lady of Musashino1951 · as Eiji Ono57.5 M

The Munekata Sisters1950 · as Ryosuke Mimura, Setsuko's husband57.9 P

Portrait of Madame Yuki1950 · as Tateoka57.3

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So Yamamura

S

born1910

died2000

known forActing

titles on site21

best title rank#93 · Tokyo Story (1953)

avg GRM60.5

honors5 · Medal with Purple Ribbon, 1977

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.

Filmography

ranked on this site

1980s

1 title

58.9Antarctica1983 · as Iwakiri Sencho

1970s

1 title

66.3Tora! Tora! Tora!1970 · as Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto

1960s

6 titles

59.3Japan's Longest Day1967 · as Navy Minister Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai R

58.5The Retreat from Kiska1965 · as Kawashima S

57.6Shinobi No Mono 2: Vengeance1963 · as Mitsuhide I

57.9The Inheritance1962 · as Senzô A

57.0Akitsu Springs1962 · as Mikami W

58.4Women Are Born Twice1961 · as Kiyomasa Tsutsui

1950s

13 titles

70.3The Human Condition I: No Greater Love1959 · as Okishima L

58.5Little Peach1958 · as Heishiro Hirayama - the father T

63.2Tokyo Twilight1957 · as Seki Sekiguchi E

60.0Early Spring1956 · as Yutaka Kawai P

55.6Princess Yang Kwei-fei1955 · as An Lushan S

59.6Sound of the Mountain1954 · as Shingo Ogata D

58.5The Ditch1954 · as Businessman T

82.0Tokyo Story1953 · as Koichi Hirayama E

58.4Epitome1953 · as Wakabayashi O

58.4Okuni and Gohei1952 · as Tomonojo L

57.5The Lady of Musashino1951 · as Eiji Ono M

57.9The Munekata Sisters1950 · as Ryosuke Mimura, Setsuko's husband P

57.3Portrait of Madame Yuki1950 · as Tateoka

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