1953Winner
Best Performance
Tokyo Story
So Yamamura
Actor · Director · Writer
Tenri, Nara, Japan
February 24, 1910
Biography
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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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1970Nominee
Best Performance
Tora! Tora! Tora!
1959Winner
Best Performance
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
Career Highlights
1986Highlight
Best Performance
Gung Ho
1962Highlight
Best Performance
Star of Hong Kong
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Tokyo Story
Tora! Tora! Tora!
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love