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Sô Yamamura(1910-2000)

  • Actor
  • Director
  • Writer
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Sô Yamamura in Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
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Sô Yamamura was born on 24 February 1910 in Tenri, Japan. He was an actor and director, known for Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970), Kuroi ushio (1954) and Gung Ho (1986). He was previously married to Yuriko Yamamura. He died on 26 May 2000 in Suginami, Tokyo, Japan.
BornFebruary 24, 1910
DiedMay 26, 2000(90)
BornFebruary 24, 1910
DiedMay 26, 2000(90)
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  • Awards
    • 7 wins

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Keiko Kishi and Sô Yamamura in The Inheritance (1962)
Seiji Miyaguchi and Sô Yamamura in The Inheritance (1962)
Minoru Chiaki, Yûsuke Kawazu, Seiji Miyaguchi, Tatsuya Nakadai, Misako Watanabe, Sô Yamamura, and Mari Yoshimura in The Inheritance (1962)
Sô Yamamura in The Inheritance (1962)
Yûsuke Kawazu and Sô Yamamura in The Inheritance (1962)
Sô Yamamura in The Inheritance (1962)
Keiko Kishi and Sô Yamamura in The Inheritance (1962)
Minoru Chiaki, Seiji Miyaguchi, Tatsuya Nakadai, Misako Watanabe, and Sô Yamamura in The Inheritance (1962)
Minoru Chiaki, Seiji Miyaguchi, Tatsuya Nakadai, Misako Watanabe, and Sô Yamamura in The Inheritance (1962)
Seiji Miyaguchi and Sô Yamamura in The Inheritance (1962)
Seiji Miyaguchi and Sô Yamamura in The Inheritance (1962)
Kinzô Shin and Sô Yamamura in The Inheritance (1962)

Known for

Martin Balsam, Joseph Cotten, Jason Robards, E.G. Marshall, Tatsuya Mihashi, Koreya Senda, Takahiro Tamura, Eijirô Tôno, James Whitmore, and Sô Yamamura in Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
Tora! Tora! Tora!
7.5
  • Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto
  • 1970
Kuroi ushio
7.0
  • Actor
  • 1954
Gung Ho (1986)
Gung Ho
6.3
  • Mr. Sakamoto(as Soh Yamamura)
  • 1986
Sound of the Mountain (1954)
Sound of the Mountain
7.7
  • Shingo Ogata
  • 1954

Credits

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Actor

  • Fujita Makoto no Tange Sazen
    • Shôgun Yoshimune
    • TV Mini Series
    • 1990–1994
  • Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah (1991)
    Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah
    • Prime Minister
    • 1991
  • Satsui no sasayaki
    • TV Movie
    • 1990
  • Nemuri Kyoshiro
    • Takebe Senjuro
    • TV Movie
    • 1989
  • Kyôtarô Nishimura's Travel Mystery 15
    • TV Movie
    • 1989
  • Code Name Black Cat o oe
    • Superintendent Supervisor Amano
    • 1987
  • Tokyo Bordello (1987)
    Tokyo Bordello
    • Isaburo Okura
    • 1987
  • Gung Ho (1986)
    Gung Ho
    • Mr. Sakamoto (as Soh Yamamura)
    • 1986
  • Etsuko Shihomi in The Second Is a Christian (1985)
    The Second Is a Christian
    • Nakatsugawa
    • 1985
  • Kanei Command Performance
    • Yagyu Tajima-no-kami
    • TV Movie
    • 1983
  • Kansai TV 25th Anniversary Shigeru Yoshida (1983)
    Kansai TV 25th Anniversary Shigeru Yoshida
    • Ichiro Hatoyama
    • TV Movie
    • 1983
  • Antarctica (1983)
    Antarctica
    • Iwakiri Sencho
    • 1983
  • Ulin Monogatari - Jemin Y To S (1983)
    Ulin Monogatari - Jemin Y To S
    • Bunsaemon (as Sou Yamamura)
    • 1983
  • Yagyû Jûbei Abaretabi (1982)
    Yagyû Jûbei Abaretabi
    • Yagyû Tajima-no-Kami Munenori (as Sou Yamamura)
    • TV Series
    • 1982
  • Yagyû Abaretabi (1980)
    Yagyû Abaretabi
    • Yagyû Tajima-no-Kami Munenori (as Sou Yamamura)
    • TV Series
    • 1980

Director

  • Deep River Melody
    • Director
    • 1960
  • Maidens of Kashima Sea
    • Director
    • 1959
  • Hahakogusa
    • Director
    • 1959
  • Sara no hana no toge
    • Director
    • 1955
  • Kuroi ushio
    • Director
    • 1954
  • Masayuki Mori and Sô Yamamura in Kanikôsen (1953)
    Kanikôsen
    • Director
    • 1953

Writer

  • Masayuki Mori and Sô Yamamura in Kanikôsen (1953)
    Kanikôsen
    • writer
    • 1953

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Tora! Tora! Tora!
Tora! Tora! Tora!
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Tora! Tora! Tora!

Personal details

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  • Alternative names
    • Soh Yamamura
  • Born
    • February 24, 1910
    • Tenri, Japan
  • Died
    • May 26, 2000
    • Suginami, Tokyo, Japan(myocardial infarction)
  • Spouse
    • Yuriko Yamamura? - May 26, 2000 (his death)

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