Sô Yamamura
Biography
Sō Yamamura, sometimes billed as Satoshi Yamamura, worked in Japanese film as an actor and director. Born in Tenri, Nara Prefecture, he graduated from the University of Tokyo and in 1942 co-founded the Bunkaza Theatre Company with Isao Yamagata. He began acting in 1946 and appeared in more than one hundred films between 1947 and 1997. He turned to directing in 1953 with Kanikōsen, the first of six features he directed. Western audiences met him in The Barbarian and the Geisha (1958), while in the US he was known as Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto in Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970) and as Assan Motors CEO Mr. Sakamoto in Gung Ho (1986). He took many jidaigeki parts on television, among them Tokugawa Ieyasu in the 1971 taiga drama Haru no Sakamichi and Yagyū Munenori in The Yagyu Conspiracy in 1978. He received the Medal with Purple Ribbon in 1977 and the Order of the Rising Sun in 1983, and died in 2000.
90years old at death
- Born Tenri
- Died Tokyo
- Star sign: PiscesThe sign runs February 19 to March 20
- 古賀 寛定 (birth name)Also credited as Satoshi Yamamura, Koga Hirosada, So Yamamura and Sou Yamamura
Movie Career
- Films
- 14
- Career span
- 44 years1947 to 1991
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A first
In 1953, Yamamura made his directing debut with the film Kanikōsen. It was the first of the six films he directed.
Sô Yamamura movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Kenji Mizoguchi directed three of these films, Yasujirô Ozu two. Eijirô Tôno appears in four of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Eijirô Tôno's page
Chishû Ryû's page
Eitarô Ozawa's page
Nobuo Nakamura's page
Haruko Sugimura's page
Seiji Miyaguchi's page
Kenji MizoguchiDirector, 3 films, 1947 to 1955
Yasujirô OzuDirector, 2 films, 1953 to 1957
Also three films together2 more actors
- Setsuko HaraTokyo Twilight (1957), Sound of the Mountain (1954) and Tokyo Story (1953)
- Teruko NagaokaTokyo Twilight (1957), Sound of the Mountain (1954) and Tokyo Story (1953)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Awards
Five awards and honors from 1951 to 1977.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other honors | |||
| 1977 | Medal with Purple Ribbon | Won | |
| 1962 | Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Supporting Actor | Won | |
| 1955 | Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Newcomer | The Black Current | Won |
| 1951 | Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Actor | Won | |
| Mainichi Film Award for Best Actor | Won | ||
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