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Sō Yamamura

Sō Yamamura

Birthday: 1910-02-24 | Place of Birth: Tenri, Japan

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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

1991
Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah

as    Prime Minister

1986
Gung Ho

as    Mr. Sakamoto

1980
Shadow Warriors: Hattori Hanzo

as    Masayuki Hoshina

1974
Prophecies of Nostradamus

as    Prime Minister Kuroki

1970
Tora! Tora! Tora!

as    Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto

1970
The Militarists

as    Mitsumasa Yonai

1967
Japan's Longest Day

as    Navy Minister Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai

1962
Diary of a Mad Old Man

as    Tokusuke Rôjin

1961
The Orphan Brother

as    Fujiwara No Morozane (voice)

1959
1958
The Barbarian and the Geisha

as    Governor Tamura

1957
Hole in One

as    Keikichi Shirasu

1956
Tsukigata Hanpeita

as    Katsura Kogoro

1953
Tokyo Story

as    Koichi Hirayama