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Sō Yamamura

Birthday: 1910-02-24 | Place of Birth: Tenri, Japan

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.

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Known For

Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah

Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah 1991

Release Date:

1991

Rating: 6.5

genres:

Adventure / Action / Science Fiction

Stars:

Katsuhiko Sasaki / Kosuke Toyohara / Anna Nakagawa

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Gung Ho

Gung Ho 1986

Release Date:

1986

Rating: 6.3

genres:

Drama / Comedy

Stars:

Michael Keaton / Gedde Watanabe / George Wendt

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Shadow Warriors: Hattori Hanzo

Shadow Warriors: Hattori Hanzo 1980

Release Date:

1980

Rating: 6.7

genres:

Drama / Action / War

Stars:

Teruhiko Saigō / Mikio Narita / Ken Ogata

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Prophecies of Nostradamus

Prophecies of Nostradamus 1974

Release Date:

1974

Rating: 6.3

genres:

Drama / Action / Science Fiction

Stars:

Tetsurō Tamba / Toshio Kurosawa / Kaoru Yumi

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The Militarists

The Militarists 1970

Release Date:

1970

Rating: 6.8

genres:

Drama / War

Stars:

Yūzō Kayama / Keiju Kobayashi / Toshirō Mifune

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Tora! Tora! Tora!

Tora! Tora! Tora! 1970

Release Date:

1970

Rating: 7.5

genres:

Drama / History / War

Stars:

Martin Balsam / Sō Yamamura / Joseph Cotten

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Acting

1991

Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah

as Prime Minister

1986

Gung Ho

as Mr. Sakamoto

1980

Shadow Warriors: Hattori Hanzo

as Masayuki Hoshina

1974

Prophecies of Nostradamus

as Prime Minister Kuroki

1970

The Militarists

as Mitsumasa Yonai

1970

Tora! Tora! Tora!

as Vice-Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto

1967

Japan's Longest Day

as Navy Minister Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai

1962

Diary of a Mad Old Man

as Tokusuke Rôjin

1961

The Orphan Brother

as Fujiwara No Morozane (voice)

1959

The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

as Okishima

1958

The Barbarian and the Geisha

as Governor Tamura

1957

Hole in One

as Keikichi Shirasu

1956

Tsukigata Hanpeita

as Katsura Kogoro

1953

Tokyo Story

as Koichi Hirayama