--- name: "So Yamamura" canonical: "https://film.one/person/so-yamamura" fi1m_id: "so-yamamura" imdb_id: "nm0945522" tmdb_id: 68411 wikidata_id: "Q3511677" roles: ["Actor"] born: "24 February 1910" died: "26 May 2000" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_as: "actor" average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-28T21:04:38.987274+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # So Yamamura ## Identity So Yamamura - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/so-yamamura - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** so-yamamura - **IMDb ID:** nm0945522 - **TMDB ID:** 68411 - **Wikidata ID:** Q3511677 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C5%8D_Yamamura, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3511677, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0945522/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/68411 Actor. Born 24 February 1910 in Tenri, Nara, Japan. Died 26 May 2000. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 24 February 1910, Tenri, Nara, Japan - **Died:** 26 May 2000 - **Active:** 1953–1991 - **Also known as:** Hirosada Koga, 山村聡, 山村聰, Со Ямамура, 山村聪, Soh Yamamura, Sou Yamamura, Satoru Yamamura - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C5%8D_Yamamura, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3511677, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0945522/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/68411 ## Streaming the US now - **HBO Max:** [*Tokyo Story*](https://film.one/film/tokyo-story.md) (92) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Sō Yamamura, also credited as Sō Yamamura or Satoshi Yamamura, was a Japanese actor and film director. Born Koga Hirosada on 24 February 1910 in Tenri, Nara Prefecture, he graduated from the University of Tokyo. After stage work, including co-founding the Bunkaza Theatre Company in 1942, he made his screen debut in 1946 and appeared in more than 100 films between 1947 and 1997. He directed six films, beginning with *Kanikōsen* in 1953. Yamamura frequently appeared in films by Yasujirō Ozu, including as Koichi Hirayama in *Tokyo Story* (1953). He gained international recognition for portraying Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto in *Tora! Tora! Tora!* (1970) and Mr Sakamoto in *Gung Ho* (1986). He also worked in television, notably in jidaigeki dramas. Yamamura died on 26 May 2000 in Tokyo. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *Tokyo Story* (1953), Fi1m 92, as Koichi Hirayama — [page](https://film.one/film/tokyo-story.md) ## Complete filmography (191) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Going West: to the West* (1997), as Shogo Kawahara - *Tokugawa Ieyasu: The Conqueror of Japan* (1992), Actor - *Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah* (1991), as Prime Minister - *The Yagyu Code 2: Fifty Blades* (1990), as Yagyu Munenori - *Tange Sazen* (1990), Actor - *Nemuri Kyōshirō* (1989), Actor - *Tokyo Bordello* (1987), as Isaburo Okura - *Gung Ho* (1986), as Mr. Sakamoto - *The Second Is a Christian* (1985), as Nakatsugawa - *Kanei Command Performance* (1983), Actor - *Antarctica* (1983), as Iwakiri Sencho - *The Mysterious Gemini • Y&S* (1982), Actor - *Yagyu Jubei Secret Quest* (1982), series, as Yagyu Munenori - *ザ・ハングマン* (1980), series, Actor - *Yagyu Abaretabi* (1980), Actor - *Yagyu's Secret Quest* (1980), series, as Yagyu Munenori - *Shadow Warriors: Hattori Hanzo* (1980), as Masayuki Hoshina - *Pearl* (1978), series, as Admiral Nagumo, commander of Japanese attack force (uncredited) - *The Yagyu Conspiracy* (1978), series, as Yagyu Munenori - *Shag* (1978), Actor - *Ningen no Shōmei* (1978), series, Actor - *Main Line to Terror* (1975), Actor - *Prophecies of Nostradamus* (1974), as Prime Minister Kuroki - *Professional Killers – Assignment by Night* (1974), as Hanemon(Otowaya) - *Tasukenin Hashiru* (1973), series, Actor - *Professional Killers – Assassin's Quarry* (1973), as Hanemon(Otowaya) - *Professional Killers* (1973), as Hanemon(Otowaya) - *Hijo no License* (1973), series, as 矢部 - *Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril* (1972), as Gômune Jindaiyu - *Professional Killers* (1972), series, as Hanemon Otowaya - *Haru no Sakamichi* (1971), series, as Tokugawa Ieyasu - *The Militarists* (1970), as Mitsumasa Yonai - *Tora! Tora! Tora!* (1970), as Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto - *Japan's Longest Day* (1967), as Navy Minister Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai - *The Retreat from Kiska* (1965), as Kawashima - *With Beauty and Sorrow* (1965), as Toshio Ôki - *The School of Flesh* (1965), Actor - *Ane to imôto* (1965), as Yoshirô Takaoka - *A Public Benefactor* (1964), as Kappei Arima - *Daybreak Chorus* (1963), as Shingo Koide - *Gang Loyalty and Vengeance* (1963), as Tachibana - *Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance* (1963), as Mitsuhide - *The House Where Flowers Bloom* (1963), Actor - *Ano hito wa ima* (1963), Actor - *At the Side of the Bridge 3* (1963), Actor - *Born in Sin* (1962), Actor - *Diary of a Mad Old Man* (1962), as Tokusuke Rôjin - *A Flame at the Pier* (1962), Actor - *Records of loyal vassals* (1962), Actor - *Glory on the Summit* (1962), Actor - *Star of Hong Kong* (1962), as Gentaro Sugimoto - *Akitsu Hot Springs* (1962), as Mikami - *Ano sora no hate ni hoshi wa matataku* (1962), as Kojiro Yamaguchi - *The Pacific War and Himeyuri Corps* (1962), as Taiwan Army Chief of Staff - *Musume to watashi* (1962), Actor - *The Inheritance* (1962), as Senzô - *Drunkard's Paradise* (1962), Actor - *Yume de aritai* (1962), Actor - *Their Legacy* (1962), Actor - *A Roaring Trade* (1962), Actor - *Love's Family Tree* (1961), Actor - *The Last War* (1961), as Prime Minister Masaki - *The Man Who Challenged 8,000,000-Koku* (1961), as Councilor Matsudaira Izu - *Netsuai sha* (1961), as Murai - *Haitoku no mesu* (1961), as Naoyuki Nishizawa - *A Geisha's Diary* (1961), as Kiyomasa Tsutsui - *The Estuary* (1961), Actor - *The Orphan Brother* (1961), as Fujiwara No Morozane (voice) - *An Eagle Eyed Lord* (1961), Actor - *Epitaph to My Love* (1961), as Kimura - *Last-Ditch Glory* (1961), Actor - *Samurai Hawk* (1961), Actor - *Women of Tokyo* (1961), as Shoichi Kagami - *The Harbor Lights* (1961), Actor - *I Am The Magician From Hell* (1961), Actor - *The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 4* (1961), Actor - *Deep River Melody* (1960), Director - *The Sand City in Manchuria* (1960), as Ishigami - *Life of a Country Doctor* (1960), Actor - *Ninja Assassins* (1960), Actor - *Police Precinct Part 14* (1960), as Maruyama - *Victory and Defeat* (1960), as Kimpei Minegishi - *Ryuji, the Gun Slinger* (1960), Actor - *The Prickly Mouthed Geisha Part 2* (1960), Actor - *続べらんめぇ芸者* (1960), Actor - *Across the Darkness* (1959), as Takazawa - *Kashima-nada no onna* (1959), Director - *The Silent Murder* (1959), Actor - *Sudden Attack of the Christian Lord* (1959), Actor - *Hell's Companion* (1959), Actor - *Hahakogusa* (1959), as Mr. Fujiki · Director - *Whirlwind Magistrate* (1959), Actor - *The Bastards of Lawless Town* (1959), Actor - *The Human Condition I: No Greater Love* (1959), as Okishima - *The 47 Masterless Samurai* (1959), Actor - *Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 1 and 2* (1959), Actor - *Sister with Sister* (1958), as Michisuke Nishikata - *The Purple Hood* (1958), Actor - *The Barbarian and the Geisha* (1958), as Governor Tamura - *With Songs in My Heart* (1958), Actor - *Detective Duel* (1958), Actor - *Oban kanketsu hen* (1958), Actor - *His Pistol is Hell* (1958), Actor - *Gendai Mushuku* (1958), as Nonomiya Shin - *Little Peach* (1958), as Heishiro Hirayama, the father - *Roar and Earth* (1957), Actor - *Hole in One* (1957), as Keikichi Shirasu - *First Love Story* (1957), as Shohei Ganmaru - *The Chieko Story* (1957), as Kotaro Takamura - *Blooms of Hell* (1957), Actor - *When It Rains, It Pours* (1957), Actor - *Tokyo Twilight* (1957), as Seki Sekiguchi - *Night Butterflies* (1957), as Ichiro Shirasawa - *Typhoon Over Nagasaki* (1957), Actor - *Hakuji no hito* (1957), as Zensuke, Kanako's father - *恐怖の空中殺人* (1956), as 劉元章 - *Yonjū-hassai no teikō* (1956), Actor - *Tsukigata Hanpeita* (1956), as Katsura Kogoro - *Summer in Eclipse* (1956), as Kozo Mishima - *Darkness at Noon* (1956), as Yuji - *Ma no kisetsu: Haru no mizuumi* (1956), Actor - *Early Spring* (1956), as Yutaka Kawai - *The Doctor* (1955), Screenplay, Director - *Seven Masks of Revenge* (1955), Actor - *If Indeed One Loves* (1955), as Gorô (segment 3) - *Till We Meet Again* (1955), as Daisuke Kaji - *Princess Yang Kwei-fei* (1955), as An Lushan - *Ghost Story of Youth* (1955), as Tetsuya, father of Chiharu - *Frame of Snow* (1955), as Amagiri (Yūko’s grandfather) - *A Young Samurai* (1955), Actor - *Burden of Love* (1955), as Jozaburo Araki - *Striving to Live* (1955), Actor - *美男お小姓　人斬り彦齋* (1955), Actor - *お月様には悪いけど* (1954), as ヤーさん - *Karatachi no hana* (1954), Actor - *日本敗れず* (1954), Actor - *The Black Current* (1954), Director - *Ditch* (1954), Actor - *Love and Duty* (1954), Actor - *Autumn Interlude* (1954), as Sotaro Fushimi, Setsuko's father - *Mama's Diary* (1954), Actor - *Sound of the Mountain* (1954), as Ogata Shingo - *An Inlet of Muddy Water* (1953), Actor - *Tokyo Story* (1953), as Koichi Hirayama — Fi1m 92, [page](https://film.one/film/tokyo-story.md) - *The Cannery Boat* (1953), as Matsuki · Director, Screenplay - *Ganpeki* (1953), Actor - *Miniature* (1953), as Wakabayashi - *Murahachibu* (1953), Actor - *My Wonderful Yellow Car* (1953), as The husband - *Passion Fire* (1952), as 奥田金馬太郎 - *Oka wa hanazakari* (1952), Actor - *The Woman Who Touched the Legs* (1952), as Yasukichi Sakaza - *Modern People* (1952), Actor - *Kon'na watashi ja nakatta ni* (1952), Actor - *The Ataka Family* (1952), Actor - *Kin no tamago: Golden Girl* (1952), Actor - *Okuni and Gohei* (1952), as Tomonojo - *Riverside Fish Market Empire* (1952), Actor - *The Wind Blows Twice* (1952), Actor - *A Meeting of Youths* (1952), as Haruki Eda - *Gunrō no machi* (1952), Actor - *Repast* (1951), Actor - *Miki, the Swordman* (1951), as Hirate Miki - *Honoo no hada* (1951), Actor - *Hibari no komoriuta* (1951), Actor - *The Lady of Musashino* (1951), as Eiji Ono - *Dancing Girl* (1951), as Yagi - *Wagtail Tune* (1951), Actor - *Who Will Judge Me?* (1951), Actor - *Freedom School* (1951), Actor - *The White Orchid* (1951), Actor - *Rumba of Passion* (1950), Actor - *Homecoming* (1950), Actor - *Tenpo Suikoden - Otone's Night Fog* (1950), as Hirate (Sake brewer) - *Portrait of Madame Yuki* (1950), as Tateoka - *Crossing the Flames of War* (1950), Actor - *The Munekata Sisters* (1950), as Ryosuke Mimura - *White Beast* (1950), Actor - *Song of Love* (1950), Actor - *Duel in the Sun* (1950), as Attorney - *Haha tsubaki* (1950), Actor - *Zoku kagebōshi ryūkoaiutsutsu* (1950), Actor - *Kagebōshi* (1950), as 小山田鉄心 - *Scarface Senta* (1949), Actor - *A Woman's Fight* (1949), Actor - *Yūkyō no mure* (1948), Actor - *A Woman in the Typhoon Area* (1948), as Kijima - *A Woman Who Convicts Men* (1948), Actor - *A Second Life* (1948), Actor - *The Love of the Actress Sumako* (1947), as Hôgetsu Shimamura - *As Long as I Live* (1946), Actor ## Gallery - ![Kinuyo Tanaka and Sō Yamamura in Joyū Sumako no koi (女優須磨子の恋) directed by Kenji Mizoguchi - 1947](https://film.one/media/person/59928/gallery-4acd75fa4b6f.jpg) Kinuyo Tanaka and Sō Yamamura in Joyū Sumako no koi (女優須磨子の恋) directed by Kenji Mizoguchi - 1947 — Shōchiku, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Joyu_Sumako_no_koi_%281947%29.jpg/1280px-Joyu_Sumako_no_koi_%281947%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![『日本のいちばん長い日』（1967年）のスタッフとキャスト。左から、鈴木政雄、渡会伸、森淑子、村井博、山村聡、笠智衆、岡本喜八、三船敏郎、藤本真澄、田中友幸、西川鶴三、山本迪夫、阿久根巌、吉崎松雄。首相官邸閣議室のセットにて。](https://film.one/media/person/59928/gallery-403a9a9694a3.jpg) 『日本のいちばん長い日』（1967年）のスタッフとキャスト。左から、鈴木政雄、渡会伸、森淑子、村井博、山村聡、笠智衆、岡本喜八、三船敏郎、藤本真澄、田中友幸、西川鶴三、山本迪夫、阿久根巌、吉崎松雄。首相官邸閣議室のセットにて。 — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Kinema-Junpo-1967-July-early-3.jpg/1280px-Kinema-Junpo-1967-July-early-3.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![『日本のいちばん長い日』（1967年）。](https://film.one/media/person/59928/gallery-92422a085f07.jpg) 『日本のいちばん長い日』（1967年）。 — キネマ旬報社, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Kinema-Junpo-1967-July-late-1.jpg/1280px-Kinema-Junpo-1967-July-late-1.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![So Yamamura (1954)](https://film.one/media/person/59928/gallery-801824df2c40.jpg) So Yamamura (1954) — 産業経済新聞社（Sankei Shinbun Co., Ltd.）, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Yamamura-So-1.jpg/1280px-Yamamura-So-1.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) ## Awards ### Other awards — 4 won - Medal with Purple Ribbon 1977: Medal with Purple Ribbon (won) - Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Supporting Actor 1962: Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Supporting Actor (won) - Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Newcomer 1955: Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Newcomer (won), for *The Black Current* - Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Actor 1951: Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Actor (won) *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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