So Yamamura
Born February 24, 1910 (Age: 116)
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Tenri, Nara, Japan
Biography
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.
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.
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Filmography
Going West: to the West
1997
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as Shogo Kawahara
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Age: 87
Tokugawa Ieyasu: The Conqueror of Japan
1992
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as
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Age: 81
Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah
1991
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as Prime Minister
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Age: 81
The Yagyu Code 2: Fifty Blades
1990
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as Yagyu Munenori
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Age: 80
Tange Sazen
1990
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as
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Age: 80
Gung Ho
1986
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as Mr. Sakamoto
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Age: 76
Yagyu Abaretabi
1980
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as
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Age: 70
Prophecies of Nostradamus
1974
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as Prime Minister Kuroki
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Age: 64
Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970
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as Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto
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Age: 59
The School of Flesh
1965
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as
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Age: 54
Daybreak Chorus
1963
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as Shingo Koide
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Age: 53
Gang Loyalty and Vengeance
1963
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as Tachibana
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Age: 53
Ano hito wa ima
1963
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as
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Age: 53
At the Side of the Bridge 3
1963
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as
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Age: 52
Born in Sin
1962
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as
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Age: 52
Records of loyal vassals
1962
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as
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Age: 52
Glory on the Summit
1962
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as
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Age: 52
Star of Hong Kong
1962
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as Gentaro Sugimoto
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Age: 52
あの空の果てに星はまたたく
1962
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as
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Age: 52
Musume to watashi
1962
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as
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Age: 52
Yume de aritai
1962
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as
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Age: 51
Their Legacy
1962
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as
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Age: 51
A Roaring Trade
1962
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as
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Age: 51
Love's Family Tree
1961
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as
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Age: 51
The Last War
1961
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as Prime Minister Masaki
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Age: 51
The Man Who Challenged 8,000,000-Koku
1961
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as Councilor Matsudaira Izu
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Age: 51
Netsuai sha
1961
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as Murai
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Age: 51
Haitoku no mesu
1961
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as Naoyuki Nishizawa
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Age: 51
A Geisha's Diary
1961
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as Kiyomasa Tsutsui
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Age: 51
The Estuary
1961
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as
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Age: 51
The Orphan Brother
1961
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as Fujiwara No Morozane (voice)
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Age: 51
An Eagle Eyed Lord
1961
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as
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Age: 51
Epitaph to My Love
1961
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as Kimura
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Age: 51
Gonin no totsugeki tai
1961
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as
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Age: 51
No Image
Samurai Hawk
1961
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as
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Age: 51
Women of Tokyo
1961
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as Shoichi Kagami
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Age: 51
The Harbor Lights
1961
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as
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Age: 51
Hell's Juggler
1961
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as
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Age: 50
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 4
1961
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as
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Age: 50
Deep River Melody
1960
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Age: 50
Life of a Country Doctor
1960
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Age: 50
Ninja Assassins
1960
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as
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Age: 50
Police Precinct Part 14
1960
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as Maruyama
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Age: 50
Victory and Defeat
1960
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as Kimpei Minegishi
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Age: 50
Ryuji, the Gun Slinger
1960
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as
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Age: 50
続べらんめぇ芸者
1960
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as
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Age: 50
No Image
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha Part 2
1960
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as
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Age: 50
Across the Darkness
1959
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as Takazawa
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Age: 49
Sudden Attack of the Christian Lord
1959
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as
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Age: 49
Hell's Companion
1959
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as
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Age: 49
Hahakogusa
1959
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as Mr. Fujiki
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Age: 49
Whirlwind Magistrate
1959
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Age: 49
The Bastards of Lawless Town
1959
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as
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Age: 48
The 47 Masterless Samurai
1959
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as
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Age: 48
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
1959
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as Okishima
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Age: 48
Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 1 and 2
1959
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as
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Age: 48
Sister with Sister
1958
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as Michisuke Nishikata
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Age: 48
With Songs in My Heart
1958
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Age: 48
Detective Duel
1958
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Age: 48
Oban kanketsu hen
1958
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Age: 48
His Pistol is Hell
1958
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as
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Age: 48
恐怖の空中殺人
1956
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as 劉元章
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Age: 46
Tsukigata Hanpeita
1956
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as Katsura Kogoro
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Age: 46
Summer in Eclipse
1956
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as Kozo Mishima
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Age: 46
春のみづうみ
1956
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as
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Age: 46
The Doctor
1955
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as
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Age: 45
Seven Masks of Revenge
1955
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as
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Age: 45
Ai Sureba Koso
1955
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as Gorô (segment 3)
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Age: 45
Till We Meet Again
1955
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as Daisuke Kaji
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Age: 45
Ghost Story of Youth
1955
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as Tetsuya, father of Chiharu
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Age: 45
Frame of Snow
1955
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as Amagiri (Yūko’s grandfather)
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Age: 45
A Young Samurai
1955
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as
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Age: 45
Burden of Love
1955
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as Jozaburo Araki
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Age: 45
Striving to Live
1955
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as
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Age: 45
美男お小姓 人斬り彦齋
1955
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as
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Age: 44
お月様には悪いけど
1954
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as ヤーさん
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Age: 44
Karatachi no hana
1954
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as
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Age: 44
日本敗れず
1954
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as
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Age: 44
Ganpeki
1953
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as
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Age: 43
Murahachibu
1953
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as
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Age: 43
Zoku kagebōshi ryūkoaiutsutsu
1950
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as
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Age: 39
Kagebōshi
1950
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as 小山田鉄心
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Age: 39