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So Yamamura

So Yamamura

Acting · 1910–2000 · Tenri, Nara, Japan

IMDb

27 titles in this catalog, 24 of them scored with a median Balasaur Score of 70. The 1950s rate best: median 71 across 16 titles. So Yamamura appears most often alongside Chikage Awashima (4 titles), Chishū Ryū (3), Machiko Kyō (3).

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.

Acting 183

Directing 6

Writing 2