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.
Filmography (12)
Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah
as Prime Minister
Antarctica
as Iwakiri Sencho
Prophecies of Nostradamus
as Prime Minister Kuroki
Tora! Tora! Tora!
as Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto
Japan's Longest Day
as Navy Minister Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai
With Beauty and Sorrow
as Toshio Ôki
The Orphan Brother
as Fujiwara No Morozane (voice)
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
as Okishima
Tokyo Twilight
as Seki Sekiguchi
Early Spring
as Yutaka Kawai
Tokyo Story
as Koichi Hirayama
Repast