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So Yamamura

So Yamamura

Acting • 1910-02-24 • Tenri, Nara, Japan

So Yamamura (山村聰, Yamamura So, 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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Tora! Tora! Tora!7.2

Tora! Tora! Tora!

1970

Tokyo Story8.1

Tokyo Story

1953

The Human Condition I: No Greater Love8.2

The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

1959

Sound of the Mountain7.4

Sound of the Mountain

1954

Gung Ho6.1

Gung Ho

1986

Princess Yang Kwei-fei6.7

Princess Yang Kwei-fei

1955

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