So Yamamura
ActingSo 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.
Movies
Shogo Kawahara
Going West: to the West
1997
Tokugawa Ieyasu: The Conqueror of Japan
1992
Prime Minister
Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah
1991
Yagyu Munenori
The Yagyu Code 2: Fifty Blades
1990
Tange Sazen
1990
Nemuri Kyōshirō
1989
Isaburo Okura
Tokyo Bordello
1987
Mr. Sakamoto
Gung Ho
1986
Nakatsugawa
The Second Is a Christian
1985
Kanei Command Performance
1983
Iwakiri Sencho
Antarctica
1983
The Mysterious Gemini • Y&S
1982
Yagyu Abaretabi
1980
Masayuki Hoshina
Shadow Warriors: Hattori Hanzo
1980
Shag
1978
Main Line to Terror
1975
Prime Minister Kuroki
Prophecies of Nostradamus
1974
Hanemon(Otowaya)
Professional Killers – Assignment by Night
1974
Hanemon(Otowaya)
Professional Killers – Assassin's Quarry
1973
Hanemon(Otowaya)
Professional Killers
1973
TV Shows
Yagyu Munenori
Yagyu Jubei Secret Quest
1982
ザ・ハングマン
1980
Yagyu Munenori
Yagyu's Secret Quest
1980
Admiral Nagumo, commander of Japanese attack force (uncredited)
Pearl
1978
Yagyu Munenori
The Yagyu Conspiracy
1978
Ningen no Shōmei
1978
Tasukenin Hashiru
1973
矢部
Hijo no License
1973
Hanemon Otowaya
Professional Killers
1972
Tokugawa Ieyasu
Haru no Sakamichi
1971