So Yamamura
Sō Yamamura, sometimes credited as Satoshi Yamamura, was a Japanese actor and film director.
Biography
Yamamura was born Koga Hirosada in Tenri, Nara Prefecture, and graduated from the University of Tokyo. In 1942, Yamamura and Isao Yamagata formed the Bunkaza Theatre Company.He began his career as a screen actor in 1946 and appeared in over one hundred films between 1947 and 1997. In 1953, he debuted as a director with his film Kanikōsen, the first of six films he directed. Yamamura was introduced to Western audiences in the 1958 film The Barbarian and the Geisha. 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.
Yamamura appeared in many jidaigeki television dramas. He played the role of Tokugawa Ieyasu in the taiga drama Haru no Sakamichi in 1971. His major historical roles were Yagyū Munenori in the 1978 The Yagyu Conspiracy and Hoshina Masayuki in the 1980 Shadow Warriors. In addition to historical parts, he appeared in fictional series. He portrayed Otowaya Hanemon in the Hissatsu series Hissatsu Shikakenin, resprising the character in the film series later.
Selected filmography
Films
Inochi Arukagiri Chikagai nijuyojikan The Love of the Actress Sumako - Hōgetsu ShimamuraDaini no jinsei Taifuken no onna Onna no tatakai Kirare no Senta Ryusei Shojo takara - Yoshitaro HanawaYoshitaro Hanawa - Ryosuke IzumiThe Munekata Sisters - Ryosuke Mimura, Setsuko's husbandPortrait of Madame Yuki - TateokaKikyō - OngiSenka o koete Hirate Miki Eriko to tomoni - Dai ichi-bu - SōtarōEriko to tomo ni: Dai ni-bu - SōtarōJiyū gakkō - Taku HenmiDare ga watashi o sabaku no ka Sekirei no kyoku Dancing Girl - Motoo YagiThe Lady of Musashino - Eiji OnoHibari no komoriuta Repast Seishun kaigi - Haruki EdaOkuni to Gohei - TomonojoKin no tamago: Golden girl Kon'na watashi ja nakatta ni - Takeshi YajimaGendai-jin Choito neesan omoide yanagi - KoshimuraAshi ni sawatta onna - Yasukichi SakazaOka wa hanazakari - Ryōzō NoroRingo-en no shōjo My Wonderful Yellow Car - The husbandMura hatibu Epitome - WakabayashiKanikōsen – Matsuki Tokyo Story - Koichi HirayamaAn Inlet of Muddy Water – Asanosuke Nihon yaburezu Sound of the Mountain - Ogata ShingoDobu – BusinessmanMoeru Shanghai - Shōfū MuramatsuKakute yume ari - Takashi ShōkōchiKaratachi no hana - Chotaro KitaharaOtsukisama ni wa warui kedo - Yā-sanKuroi ushio Aisureba koso - Gorō Ai no onimotsu Yuki no koi Seishun kaidan - Tetsuya, father of ChiharuPrincess Yang Kwei-Fei - An LushanTill We Meet Again - Daisuke KajiSara no hana no toge - Gunnoshin SakakibaraEarly Spring - Yutaka KawaiMahiru no ankoku - YujiTsukigata Hanpeita: Hana no maki; Arashi no maki - Kogoro KatsuraYonjū-hassai no teikō - Kotaro NishimuraTyphoon Over Nagasaki - HoriTokyo Twilight - Seki SekiguchiJigoku bana - UmasukeChieko-sho - Kotaro TakamuraYoru no chō - Ichiro ShirosawaHatsukoi monogatari - Shōhei GanmaruThe Hole - Keikichi ShirasuBakuon to daichi Doshaburi - Okubo, Father of Tanes childrenDo no hājiki wa jigokū dazē Anzukko - Heishiro Hirayama - the fatherHibari no hanagata tantei kassen The Barbarian and the Geisha - Governor TamuraMuhō gai no yarō domo Jigokū no sokō made tsuki auzē Ningen no jōken - OkishimaChūshingura: ōka no maki, kikka no maki Hahakogusa - Mr FujikiShingo jūban shōbu: dai-ni-bu Yami o yokogire - TakazawaTatsumaki bugyō Jan Arima no shūgeki - Saburobei ObataShōri to haiboku - Kimpei MinegishiZoku beran me-e geisha Arega minato no hi da Hatamoto kenka taka - Suruganokami KoyamaGonin no totsugeki tai - Gen. Mayor SojeFundoshi isha - Dr. Meikai IkedaWaga koi no tabiji The Littlest Warrior - Fujiwara No Morozane Onna wa nido umareru - Kiyomasa TsutsuiHaitoku no mesu - Naoyuki NishizawaNetsuai sha - MuraiThe Last War - Prime MinisterBoku wa jigoku no tehinshi da Katei no jijō - Heitaro MisawaThe Inheritance - SenzōMusume to watashi - Shiro IwataniTaiheiyō Sensō to Himeyuri Butai Akitsu Springs - MikamiStar of Hong Kong - Gentarō SugimotoNamida o shishi no tategami ni - Kōhei MatsudairaFūten Rōjin nikki - Tokusuke RōjinBorn in Sin - Shinzō TagayaYama no sanka: moyuru wakamono tachi Zoku shinobi no mono Gyangu Chūshingura Kizudarake no sanga - Kappei ArimaAne to imōto - Yoshirō TakaokaNikutai no gakko - Toshinobu HiraWith Beauty and Sorrow - Toshio ŌkiTaiheiyō kiseki no sakusen: Kisuka - KawashimaJapan's Longest Day - Mitsumasa YonaiThe Militarists - Mitsumasa YonaiTora! Tora! Tora! - Admiral Isoroku YamamotoLone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril - Gōmune JindaiyuHissatsu Shikakenin - Han'emon Otowaya- Hissatsu Shikakenin Baian Arijigoku - Hanemon Otowaya
- Hissatsu Shikakenin Shunsetsu shikakebari - Hanemon OtowayaProphecies of Nostradamus - Prime Minister KurokiDōmyaku rettō - NagataShag - Head of Maritime Safety AgencyKage no Gundan: Hattori Hanzo Nankyoku Monogatari - Iwakiri SenchoNidaime wa Christian - NakatsugawaGung Ho - Mr. SakamotoYoshiwara enjō - Isaburo OkuraCode Name Black Cat o oe - Superintendent Supervisor AmanoGodzilla vs. King Ghidorah - Prime Minister
- ''Going West: To the West''