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So Yamamura

Sō Yamamura(Sơn thôn thông,Yamamura Sō,24 February 1910 – 26 May 2000),sometimes credited asSatoshi Yamamura,was a Japanese actor and film director.[1]

Sō Yamamura
Born
Koga Hirosada

(1910-02-24)24 February 1910
Tenri,Japan
Died26 May 2000(2000-05-26)(aged 90)
Tokyo,Japan
Other namesSatoshi Yamamura
OccupationActor
Years active1936–1997

Biography

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Yamamura was born Koga Hirosada inTenri,Nara Prefecture,and graduated from theUniversity of Tokyo.[2]In 1942, Yamamura andIsao Yamagataformed the Bunkaza Theatre Company.[3]

He began his career as a screen actor in 1946[2]and appeared in over one hundred films between 1947 and 1997.[4][5]In 1953, he debuted as a director with his filmKanikōsen,[2]the first of six films he directed.[4][5]Yamamura was introduced to Western audiences in the 1958 filmThe Barbarian and the Geisha.[2]In the US, he is well known for his portrayals of Japanese AdmiralIsoroku Yamamotoof theCombined FleetinTora! Tora! Tora!,and of Mr. Sakamoto,[2]the CEO of Assan Motors inGung Ho.

Yamamura appeared in manyjidaigekitelevision dramas. He played the role ofTokugawa Ieyasuin thetaiga dramaHaru no Sakamichiin 1971.[6]His major historical roles wereYagyū Munenoriin the 1978The Yagyu ConspiracyandHoshina Masayukiin the 1980Shadow Warriors.[7]In addition to historical parts, he appeared in fictional series. He portrayed Otowaya Hanemon in theHissatsu seriesHissatsu Shikakenin,resprising the character in the film series later.[2]

Selected filmography

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Films

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  • 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

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Honours

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References

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  3. ^"Tân soạn vân người tài ba sự việc điển minh trị ～ bình thành “Sơn hình huân” の giải thích ".KOTOBANK.Retrieved25 July2021.
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