Sō Yamamura

Biography

Sō Yamamura (山村聰, Yamamura Sō, 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.

Known For

Tokyo Story

as Koichi Hirayama

Tora! Tora! Tora!

as Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto

The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

as Okishima

Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah

as Prime Minister

Gung Ho

as Mr. Sakamoto

Tokyo Twilight

as Seki Sekiguchi

Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril

as Gômune Jindaiyu

Early Spring

as Yutaka Kawai

Antarctica

as Iwakiri Sencho

Sound of the Mountain

as Ogata Shingo