Highest rated as cast or director
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.
Acted in 185
1990s
- 1997
Going West: to the West
Shogo Kawahara
- 1992
Tokugawa Ieyasu: The Conqueror of Japan
Movie
- 1991
- 1990
The Yagyu Code 2: Fifty Blades
Yagyu Munenori
Tange Sazen
Movie
1980s
- 1989
- 1987
- 1986
- 1985
- 1983
Kanei Command Performance
Movie
Antarctica
Iwakiri Sencho
- 1982
The Mysterious Gemini • Y&S
Movie
Yagyu Jubei Secret Quest
Yagyu Munenori · 26 episodes
- 1980
ザ・ハングマン
TV
Yagyu Abaretabi
Movie
Yagyu's Secret Quest
Yagyu Munenori · 51 episodes
Shadow Warriors: Hattori Hanzo
Masayuki Hoshina
1970s
- 1978
Pearl
Admiral Nagumo, commander of Japanese attack force (uncredited) · 2 episodes
The Yagyu Conspiracy
Yagyu Munenori · 39 episodes
Shag
Movie
Ningen no Shōmei
TV
- 1975
Main Line to Terror
Movie
- 1974
Professional Killers – Assignment by Night
Hanemon(Otowaya)
- 1973
Tasukenin Hashiru
TV
Professional Killers – Assassin's Quarry
Hanemon(Otowaya)
Hijo no License
矢部 · 64 episodes
- 1972
- 1971
- 1970
The Militarists
Mitsumasa Yonai
1960s
- 1967
Japan's Longest Day
Navy Minister Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai
- 1965
The Retreat from Kiska
Kawashima
With Beauty and Sorrow
Toshio Ôki
The School of Flesh
Movie
- 1964
A Public Benefactor
Kappei Arima
- 1963
Daybreak Chorus
Shingo Koide
Gang Loyalty and Vengeance
Tachibana
Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance
Mitsuhide
The House Where Flowers Bloom
Movie
Ano hito wa ima
Movie
At the Side of the Bridge 3
Movie
- 1962
Born in Sin
Movie
Diary of a Mad Old Man
Tokusuke Rôjin
A Flame at the Pier
Movie
Records of loyal vassals
Movie
Star of Hong Kong
Gentaro Sugimoto
Ano sora no hate ni hoshi wa matataku
Kojiro Yamaguchi
The Pacific War and Himeyuri Corps
Taiwan Army Chief of Staff
Musume to watashi
Movie
The Inheritance
Senzô
Drunkard's Paradise
Movie
Yume de aritai
Movie
A Roaring Trade
Movie
Their Legacy
Movie
- 1961
Love's Family Tree
Movie
The Last War
Prime Minister Masaki
The Man Who Challenged 8,000,000-Koku
Councilor Matsudaira Izu
Netsuai sha
Murai
A Geisha's Diary
Kiyomasa Tsutsui
The Estuary
Movie
The Orphan Brother
Fujiwara No Morozane (voice)
An Eagle Eyed Lord
Movie
Last-Ditch Glory
Movie
Women of Tokyo
Shoichi Kagami
The Harbor Lights
Movie
I Am The Magician From Hell
Movie
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 4
Movie
- 1960
Deep River Melody
Movie
The Sand City in Manchuria
Ishigami
Life of a Country Doctor
Movie
Ninja Assassins
Movie
Police Precinct Part 14
Maruyama
Victory and Defeat
Kimpei Minegishi
Ryuji, the Gun Slinger
Movie
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha Part 2
Movie
続べらんめぇ芸者
Movie
1950s
- 1959
The Silent Murder
Movie
Sudden Attack of the Christian Lord
Movie
Hell's Companion
Movie
Hahakogusa
Mr. Fujiki
Whirlwind Magistrate
Movie
The Bastards of Lawless Town
Movie
The 47 Masterless Samurai
Movie
Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 1 and 2
Movie
- 1958
Sister with Sister
Michisuke Nishikata
The Purple Hood
Movie
The Barbarian and the Geisha
Governor Tamura
With Songs in My Heart
Movie
Oban kanketsu hen
Movie
His Pistol is Hell
Movie
Gendai Mushuku
Nonomiya Shin
Little Peach
Heishiro Hirayama, the father
- 1957
Roar and Earth
Kentaro Ukishima
First Love Story
Shohei Ganmaru
The Chieko Story
Kotaro Takamura
Blooms of Hell
Movie
- 1956
恐怖の空中殺人
劉元章
Yonjū-hassai no teikō
Movie
Tsukigata Hanpeita
Katsura Kogoro
Summer in Eclipse
Kozo Mishima
Darkness at Noon
Yuji
Ma no kisetsu: Haru no mizuumi
Movie
- 1955
Seven Masks of Revenge
Movie
If Indeed One Loves
Gorô (segment 3)
Till We Meet Again
Daisuke Kaji
Ghost Story of Youth
Tetsuya, father of Chiharu
Frame of Snow
Amagiri (Yūko’s grandfather)
A Young Samurai
Movie
Burden of Love
Jozaburo Araki
- 1954
お月様には悪いけど
ヤーさん
Karatachi no hana
Movie
日本敗れず
Movie
Ditch
Movie
Love and Duty
Movie
Autumn Interlude
Sotaro Fushimi, Setsuko's father
Mama's Diary
Movie
Sound of the Mountain
Ogata Shingo
- 1953
Miniature
Wakabayashi
Murahachibu
Movie
My Wonderful Yellow Car
The husband
- 1952
Passion Fire
奥田金馬太郎
Oka wa hanazakari
Movie
The Woman Who Touched the Legs
Yasukichi Sakaza
Modern People
Movie
Kon'na watashi ja nakatta ni
Movie
Kin no tamago: Golden Girl
Movie
Okuni and Gohei
Tomonojo
Riverside Fish Market Empire
Movie
The Wind Blows Twice
Takayoshi Michihara
A Meeting of Youths
Haruki Eda
Gunrō no machi
Movie
- 1951
Repast
Movie
Miki, the Swordman
Hirate Miki
Hibari no komoriuta
Movie
Dancing Girl
Yagi
Who Will Judge Me?
Movie
Freedom School
Movie
The White Orchid
Movie
- 1950
Tenpo Suikoden - Otone's Night Fog
Hirate (Sake brewer)
Duel in the Sun
Attorney
Haha tsubaki
Movie
Zoku kagebōshi ryūkoaiutsutsu
Movie
Kagebōshi
小山田鉄心
1940s
- 1949
Maboroshi fujin
Movie
Scarface Senta
Movie
A Woman's Fight
Movie
- 1948
Yūkyō no mure
Movie
A Woman in the Typhoon Area
Kijima
A Second Life
Movie
- 1947
The Love of the Actress Sumako
Hôgetsu Shimamura
- 1946
As Long as I Live
Movie
Directed 6
1960s
- 1960
Deep River Melody
Director
1950s
- 1959
Kashima-nada no onna
Director
Hahakogusa
Director
- 1955
- 1954
- 1953
Wrote 2
1950s
- 1955
- 1953