Sō Yamamura
Birthday: 1910-02-24
Deathday: 2000-05-26
Birthplace: Tenri, Japan
Gender: Male
Owned By: Unowned
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.
Credits
| Year | Title | Character | |
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1992-01-03 | Tokugawa Ieyasu: The Conqueror of Japan | |
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1991-12-14 | Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah | Prime Minister |
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1990-08-16 | Tange Sazen | |
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1989-04-22 | Nemuri Kyōshirō | |
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1986-03-14 | Gung Ho | Mr. Sakamoto |
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1985-09-14 | The Second Is a Christian | Nakatsugawa |
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1983-08-05 | Kanei Command Performance | |
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1983-07-23 | Antarctica | Iwakiri Sencho |
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1982-12-11 | The Mysterious Gemini • Y&S | |
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1980-02-23 | Shadow Warriors: Hattori Hanzo | Masayuki Hoshina |
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1978-03-31 | Shag | |
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1975-11-06 | Main Line to Terror | |
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1974-08-03 | Prophecies of Nostradamus | Prime Minister Kuroki |
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1974-02-16 | Professional Killers – Assignment by Night | Hanemon(Otowaya) |
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1973-09-29 | Professional Killers – Assassin's Quarry | Hanemon(Otowaya) |
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1973-06-09 | Professional Killers | Hanemon(Otowaya) |
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1972-12-30 | Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril | Gômune Jindaiyu |
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1970-09-11 | The Militarists | Mitsumasa Yonai |
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1970-01-26 | Tora! Tora! Tora! | Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto |
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1967-08-03 | Japan's Longest Day | Navy Minister Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai |
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1965-07-04 | The Retreat from Kiska | Kawashima |
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1965-02-28 | With Beauty and Sorrow | Toshio Ôki |
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1965-02-14 | The School of Flesh | |
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1964-04-04 | A Public Benefactor | Kappei Arima |
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1963-10-20 | Gang Loyalty and Vengeance | Tachibana |
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1963-08-06 | Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance | |
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1962-11-23 | Born in Sin | |
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1962-10-20 | Diary of a Mad Old Man | Tokusuke Rôjin |
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1962-09-30 | A Flame at the Pier | |
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1962-09-09 | Records of loyal vassals | |
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1962-07-29 | Glory on the Summit | |
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1962-07-14 | Star of Hong Kong | Gentaro Sugimoto |
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1962-06-15 | Akitsu Hot Springs | |
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1962-05-20 | あの空の果てに星はまたたく | |
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1962-04-07 | The Pacific War and Himeyuri Corps | Taiwan Army Chief of Staff |
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1962-04-01 | Musume to watashi | |
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1962-02-16 | The Inheritance | Senzô |
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1962-02-04 | Drunkard's Paradise | |
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1962-01-14 | Yume de aritai | |
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1962-01-03 | A Roaring Trade | |
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1962-01-03 | Their Legacy | |
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1961-11-22 | Love's Family Tree | |
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1961-10-08 | The Last War | Prime Minister Masaki |
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1961-09-13 | The Man Who Challenged 8,000,000-Koku | Councilor Matsudaira Izu |
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1961-08-06 | Haitoku no mesu | Naoyuki Nishizawa |
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1961-07-28 | A Geisha's Diary | Kiyomasa Tsutsui |
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1961-07-26 | The Estuary | |
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1961-07-19 | The Orphan Brother | Fujiwara No Morozane (voice) |
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1961-06-21 | An Eagle Eyed Lord | |
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1961-05-16 | Epitaph to My Love | Kimura |
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1961-04-26 | Gonin no totsugeki tai | |
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1961-03-05 | Samurai Hawk | |
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1961-03-01 | Women of Tokyo | Shoichi Kagami |
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1961-02-26 | The Harbor Lights | |
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1961-01-15 | Hell's Juggler | |
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1961-01-09 | The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 4 | |
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1960-09-13 | Deep River Melody | |
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1960-08-24 | The Sand City in Manchuria | Ishigami |
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1960-08-14 | Life of a Country Doctor | |
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1960-06-29 | Ninja Assassins | |
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1960-06-21 | Police Precinct Part 14 | Maruyama |
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1960-04-27 | Victory and Defeat | Kimpei Minegishi |
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1960-03-01 | The Prickly Mouthed Geisha Part 2 | |
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1959-12-01 | Across the Darkness | Takazawa |
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1959-07-12 | Sudden Attack of the Christian Lord | |
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1959-06-01 | Hell's Companion | |
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1959-04-22 | Hahakogusa | Mr. Fujiki |
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1959-03-10 | Whirlwind Magistrate | |
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1959-01-28 | Men in a Rough Town | |
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1959-01-15 | The Human Condition I: No Greater Love | Okishima |
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1959-01-15 | The 47 Masterless Samurai | |
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1959-01-01 | Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 1 and 2 | |
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1958-12-09 | Sister with Sister | Michisuke Nishikata |
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1958-10-29 | The Purple Hood | |
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1958-09-30 | The Barbarian and the Geisha | Governor Tamura |
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1958-09-10 | With Songs in My Heart | |
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1958-08-06 | Detective Duel | |
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1958-07-01 | Oban kanketsu hen | |
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1958-05-13 | Little Peach | Heishiro Hirayama, the father |
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1957-09-29 | Roar and Earth | |
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1957-09-15 | Hole in One | Keikichi Shirasu |
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1957-06-25 | Jigoku bana | |
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1957-06-11 | When It Rains, It Pours | |
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1957-04-30 | Tokyo Twilight | Seki Sekiguchi |
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1957-04-01 | Night Butterflies | Ichiro Shirasawa |
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1957-02-06 | Typhoon Over Nagasaki | |
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1957-01-15 | 白磁の人 | |
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1956-10-16 | Tsukigata Hanpeita | Katsura Kogoro |
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1956-03-26 | Darkness at Noon | Yuji |
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1956-03-11 | 春のみづうみ | |
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1956-01-29 | Early Spring | Yutaka Kawai |
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1955-10-11 | Sara no hana no toge | |
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1955-07-12 | Seven Masks of Revenge | |
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1955-07-05 | Ai Sureba Koso | Gorô (segment 3) |
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1955-05-29 | Till We Meet Again | Daisuke Kaji |
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1955-05-03 | Princess Yang Kwei Fei | An Lushan |
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1955-04-19 | Ghost Story of Youth | Tetsuya, father of Chiharu |
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1955-03-25 | A Young Samurai | |
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1955-03-18 | Burden of Love | Jozaburo Araki |
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1955-02-25 | Striving to Live | |
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1954-08-31 | The Black Current | |
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1954-07-27 | The Ditch | |
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1954-03-24 | Love and Duty | |
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1954-01-15 | Sound of the Mountain | Ogata Shingo |
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1953-11-23 | An Inlet of Muddy Water | |
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1953-11-03 | Tokyo Story | Koichi Hirayama |
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1953-09-10 | The Cannery Boat | Matsuki |
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1953-04-22 | Ganpeki | |
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1953-04-01 | Miniature | Wakabayashi |
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1953-03-21 | Murahachibu | |
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1953-01-15 | My Wonderful Yellow Car | The husband |
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1952-12-10 | Passion Fire | 奥田金馬太郎 |
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1952-11-02 | The Woman Who Touched the Legs | Yasukichi Sakaza |
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1952-09-03 | Modern People | |
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1952-05-15 | The Ataka Family | |
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1952-05-14 | Kin no tamago: Golden Girl | |
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1952-04-10 | Okuni and Gohei | Tomonojo |
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1952-03-14 | Riverside Fish Market Empire | |
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1952-02-14 | The Wind Blows Twice | |
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1951-11-23 | Repast | |
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1951-11-02 | Miki, the Swordman | Hirate Miki |
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1951-10-19 | Honoo no hada | |
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1951-09-21 | Hibari no komoriuta | |
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1951-09-14 | The Lady of Musashino | Eiji Ono |
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1951-08-17 | Dancing Girl | Yagi |
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1951-05-18 | Who Will Judge Me? | |
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1951-03-24 | The White Orchid | |
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1950-12-29 | Rumba of Passion | |
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1950-11-25 | Homecoming | |
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1950-11-18 | Tenpo Suikoden - Otone's Night Fog | Hirate (Sake brewer) |
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1950-10-21 | Portrait of Madame Yuki | Tateoka |
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1950-09-02 | Senka o koete | |
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1950-08-08 | The Munekata Sisters | Ryosuke Mimura |
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1950-06-03 | White Beast | |
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1950-04-09 | Song of Love | |
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1950-03-07 | Duel in the Sun | Attorney |
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1950-01-08 | Zoku kagebōshi ryūkoaiutsutsu | |
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1950-01-03 | Kagebōshi | 小山田鉄心 |
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1949-04-05 | Kirare no Senta | |
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1948-12-28 | Yūkyō no mure | |
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1948-09-18 | A Woman in the Typhoon Area | Kijima |
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1948-02-03 | A Second Life | |
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1947-08-16 | The Love of the Actress Sumako | Hôgetsu Shimamura |
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1946-08-01 | As Long as I Live |