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So 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.
Top Filmography
8.2
Tokyo Story
1953 // MOVIE
7.1
Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970 // MOVIE
8.1
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
1959 // MOVIE
7.0
Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah
1991 // MOVIE
6.0
Gung Ho
1986 // MOVIE
7.7
Tokyo Twilight
1957 // MOVIE
7.2
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril
1972 // MOVIE
7.5
Early Spring
1956 // MOVIE
7.2
Antarctica
1983 // MOVIE
7.3
Sound of the Mountain
1954 // MOVIE
6.7
Princess Yang Kwei-fei
1955 // MOVIE
7.6
Repast
1951 // MOVIE
5.9
The Barbarian and the Geisha
1958 // MOVIE
7.1
The Munekata Sisters
1950 // MOVIE
7.2
Japan's Longest Day
1967 // MOVIE