Acting

So Yamamura

1910-2000

Known for Tora! Tora! Tora!, Tokyo Story, The Human Condition I: No Greater Love.

10 linked movie credits shown

Born02/24/1910

Died05/26/2000

AgeDied at 90

BirthplaceTenri, Nara, Japan

DepartmentActing

Also known asHirosada Koga, 山村聡, 山村聰, Со Ямамура, 山村聪, Soh Yamamura, Sou Yamamura, Satoru Yamamura

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.