So Yamamura

So 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 (1946)
Chikagai nijuyojikan (1947)
The Love of the Actress Sumako (1947) - Hōgetsu Shimamura
Daini no jinsei (1948)
Taifuken no onna (1948)
Onna no tatakai (1949)
Kirare no Senta (1949)
Ryusei (1949)
Shojo takara (1950) - Yoshitaro Hanawa
Yoshitaro Hanawa (1950) - Ryosuke Izumi
The Munekata Sisters (1950) - Ryosuke Mimura, Setsuko's husband
Portrait of Madame Yuki (1950) - Tateoka
Kikyō (1950) - Ongi
Senka o koete (1950)
Hirate Miki (1951)
Eriko to tomoni - Dai ichi-bu (1951) - Sōtarō
Eriko to tomo ni: Dai ni-bu (1951) - Sōtarō
Jiyū gakkō (1951) - Taku Henmi
Dare ga watashi o sabaku no ka (1951)
Sekirei no kyoku (1951)
Dancing Girl (1951) - Motoo Yagi
The Lady of Musashino (1951) - Eiji Ono
Hibari no komoriuta (1951)
Repast (1951)
Seishun kaigi (1952) - Haruki Eda
Okuni to Gohei (1952) - Tomonojo
Kin no tamago: Golden girl (1952)
Kon'na watashi ja nakatta ni (1952) - Takeshi Yajima
Gendai-jin (1952)
Choito neesan omoide yanagi (1952) - Koshimura
Ashi ni sawatta onna (1952) - Yasukichi Sakaza
Oka wa hanazakari (1952) - Ryōzō Noro
Ringo-en no shōjo (1952)
My Wonderful Yellow Car (1953) - The husband
Mura hatibu (1953)
Epitome (1953) - Wakabayashi
Kanikōsen (1953) – Matsuki (also dir.)
Tokyo Story (1953) - Koichi Hirayama
An Inlet of Muddy Water (1953) – Asanosuke (episode 3 "Troubled Waters")
Nihon yaburezu (1954)
Sound of the Mountain (1954) - Ogata Shingo
Dobu (1954) – Businessman
Moeru Shanghai (1954) - Shōfū Muramatsu
Kakute yume ari (1954) - Takashi Shōkōchi
Karatachi no hana (1954) - Chotaro Kitahara
Otsukisama ni wa warui kedo (1954) - Yā-san
Kuroi ushio (1954) (also dir.)
Aisureba koso (1955) - Gorō (segment 3)
Ai no onimotsu (1955)
Yuki no koi (1955)
Seishun kaidan (1955) - Tetsuya, father of Chiharu
Princess Yang Kwei-Fei (1955) - An Lushan
Till We Meet Again (1955) - Daisuke Kaji
Sara no hana no toge (1955) - Gunnoshin Sakakibara
Early Spring (1956) - Yutaka Kawai
Mahiru no ankoku (1956) - Yuji
Tsukigata Hanpeita: Hana no maki; Arashi no maki (1956) - Kogoro Katsura
Yonjū-hassai no teikō (1956) - Kotaro Nishimura
Typhoon Over Nagasaki (1957) - Hori
Tokyo Twilight (1957) - Seki Sekiguchi
Jigoku bana (1957) - Umasuke
Chieko-sho (1957) - Kotaro Takamura
Yoru no chō (1957) - Ichiro Shirosawa
Hatsukoi monogatari (1957) - Shōhei Ganmaru
The Hole (1957) - Keikichi Shirasu
Bakuon to daichi (1957)
Doshaburi (1957) - Okubo, Father of Tanes children
Do no hājiki wa jigokū dazē (1958)
Anzukko (1958) - Heishiro Hirayama - the father
Hibari no hanagata tantei kassen (1958)
The Barbarian and the Geisha (1958) - Governor Tamura
Muhō gai no yarō domo (1959)
Jigokū no sokō made tsuki auzē (1959)
Ningen no jōken (1959) - Okishima
Chūshingura: ōka no maki, kikka no maki (1959)
Hahakogusa (1959) - Mr Fujiki
Shingo jūban shōbu: dai-ni-bu (1959)
Yami o yokogire (1959) - Takazawa
Tatsumaki bugyō (1959)
Jan Arima no shūgeki (1959) - Saburobei Obata
Shōri to haiboku (1960) - Kimpei Minegishi
Zoku beran me-e geisha (1960)
Arega minato no hi da (1961)
Hatamoto kenka taka (1961) - Suruganokami Koyama
Gonin no totsugeki tai (1961) - Gen. Mayor Soje
Fundoshi isha (1961) - Dr. Meikai Ikeda
Waga koi no tabiji (1961)
The Littlest Warrior (1961) - Fujiwara No Morozane (voice)
Onna wa nido umareru (1961) - Kiyomasa Tsutsui
Haitoku no mesu (1961) - Naoyuki Nishizawa
Netsuai sha (1961) - Murai
The Last War (1961) - Prime Minister
Boku wa jigoku no tehinshi da (1961)
Katei no jijō (1962) - Heitaro Misawa
The Inheritance (1962) - Senzō
Musume to watashi (1962) - Shiro Iwatani
Taiheiyō Sensō to Himeyuri Butai (1962)
Akitsu Springs (1962) - Mikami
Star of Hong Kong (1962) - Gentarō Sugimoto
Namida o shishi no tategami ni (1962) - Kōhei Matsudaira
Fūten Rōjin nikki (1962) - Tokusuke Rōjin
Born in Sin (1962) - Shinzō Tagaya
Yama no sanka: moyuru wakamono tachi (1962)
Zoku shinobi no mono (1963)
Gyangu Chūshingura (1963)
Kizudarake no sanga (1964) - Kappei Arima
Ane to imōto (1965) - Yoshirō Takaoka
Nikutai no gakko (1965) - Toshinobu Hira
With Beauty and Sorrow (1965) - Toshio Ōki
Taiheiyō kiseki no sakusen: Kisuka (1965) - Kawashima
Japan's Longest Day (1967) - Mitsumasa Yonai
The Militarists (1970) - Mitsumasa Yonai
Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970) - Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril (1972) - Gōmune Jindaiyu
Hissatsu Shikakenin (1973) - Han'emon Otowaya
Hissatsu Shikakenin Baian Arijigoku (1973) - Hanemon Otowaya
Hissatsu Shikakenin Shunsetsu shikakebari (1974) - Hanemon Otowaya
Prophecies of Nostradamus (1974) - Prime Minister Kuroki
Dōmyaku rettō (1975) - Nagata
Shag (1978) - Head of Maritime Safety Agency
Kage no Gundan: Hattori Hanzo (1979)
Nankyoku Monogatari (1983) - Iwakiri Sencho
Nidaime wa Christian (1985) - Nakatsugawa
Gung Ho (1986) - Mr. Sakamoto
Yoshiwara enjō (1987) - Isaburo Okura
Code Name Black Cat o oe (1987) - Superintendent Supervisor Amano
Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah (1991) - Prime Minister
Going West: To the West (1997)
Television
Haru no Sakamichi (1971) - Tokugawa Ieyasu
Hissatsu Shikakenin (1972) - Otowaya Hanemon
The Water Margin (1973) - Lu Junyi
Tasukenin Hashiru (1973–1974) - Seibei
Karei-naru Ichizoku (1974–75) - Daisuke Manpyo
The Yagyu Conspiracy (1978) - Yagyū Munenori
Akō Rōshi (1979) - Chisaka Hyōbu
Hattori Hanzō:Kage no Gundan (1980) - Hoshina Masayuki
Yagyu Abaretabi (1980–81) - Yagyū Munenori
Yagyu Jyubei Abaretabi (1982–83) - Yagyū Munenori
Ōoku (1983) - Arai Hakuseki
Seibu Keisatsu partIII Daimon sisu Otokotachiyo Eienni (1984) (Final episode)- Saeki
Tsūkai! Kōchiyama Sōshun (1975–1976) - Mizuno Tadakuni
Honours
Medal with Purple Ribbon (1977)
Order of the Rising Sun, 4th Class, Gold Rays with Rosette (1983)
References
External links
1910 births
2000 deaths
Japanese male film actors
People from Nara Prefecture
Japanese film directors
20th-century Japanese male actors
Actors from Nara Prefecture
Recipients of the Medal with Purple Ribbon
Recipients of the Order of the Rising Sun, 4th class