So Yamamura: movies and TV shows
So Yamamura has 193 credits in the archive: 183 films and 10 TV series, from 1946 to 1997. Highest rated: The Black Current (10.0/10).
Career timeline
1946 – 1997 · busiest year: 1961 (16 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Going West: to the West | Shogo Kawahara | Film | — | 87 |
| 1992 | Tokugawa Ieyasu: The Conqueror of Japan | Film | — | 82 | |
| 1991 | Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah | Prime Minister | Film | 7.0 | 81 |
| 1990 | The Yagyu Code 2: Fifty Blades | Yagyu Munenori | Film | — | 80 |
| 1990 | Tange Sazen | Film | — | 80 | |
| 1989 | Nemuri Kyōshirō | Film | 7.0 | 79 | |
| 1987 | Tokyo Bordello | Isaburo Okura | Film | 5.6 | 77 |
| 1986 | Gung Ho | Mr. Sakamoto | Film | 6.1 | 76 |
| 1985 | The Second Is a Christian | Nakatsugawa | Film | 6.0 | 75 |
| 1983 | Antarctica | Iwakiri Sencho | Film | 7.2 | 73 |
| 1983 | Kanei Command Performance | Film | — | 73 | |
| 1982 | Yagyu Jubei Secret Quest | Yagyu Munenori | TV | 10.0 | 72 |
| 1982 | The Mysterious Gemini • Y&S | Film | 2.5 | 72 | |
| 1980 | ザ・ハングマン | TV | 10.0 | 70 | |
| 1980 | Yagyu's Secret Quest | Yagyu Munenori | TV | — | 70 |
| 1980 | Yagyu Abaretabi | Film | — | 70 | |
| 1980 | Shadow Warriors: Hattori Hanzo | Masayuki Hoshina | Film | 6.0 | 70 |
| 1978 | The Yagyu Conspiracy | Yagyu Munenori | TV | 7.7 | 68 |
| 1978 | Pearl | Admiral Nagumo, commander of Japanese attack force (uncredited) | TV | 6.0 | 68 |
| 1978 | Ningen no Shōmei | TV | — | 68 | |
| 1978 | Shag | Film | 7.5 | 68 | |
| 1975 | Main Line to Terror | Film | 6.2 | 65 | |
| 1974 | Prophecies of Nostradamus | Prime Minister Kuroki | Film | 5.7 | 64 |
| 1974 | Professional Killers – Assignment by Night | Hanemon(Otowaya) | Film | 10.0 | 64 |
| 1973 | Hijo no License | 矢部 | TV | — | 63 |
| 1973 | Tasukenin Hashiru | TV | — | 63 | |
| 1973 | Professional Killers – Assassin's Quarry | Hanemon(Otowaya) | Film | 9.3 | 63 |
| 1973 | Professional Killers | Hanemon(Otowaya) | Film | 8.0 | 63 |
| 1972 | Professional Killers | Hanemon Otowaya | TV | 8.0 | 62 |
| 1972 | Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril | Gômune Jindaiyu | Film | 7.3 | 62 |
| 1971 | Haru no Sakamichi | Tokugawa Ieyasu | TV | — | 61 |
| 1970 | Tora! Tora! Tora! | Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto | Film | 7.2 | 60 |
| 1970 | The Militarists | Mitsumasa Yonai | Film | 7.5 | 60 |
| 1967 | Japan's Longest Day | Navy Minister Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai | Film | 7.3 | 57 |
| 1965 | The Retreat from Kiska | Kawashima | Film | 8.5 | 55 |
| 1965 | With Beauty and Sorrow | Toshio Ôki | Film | 5.7 | 55 |
| 1965 | The School of Flesh | Film | 5.8 | 55 | |
| 1964 | A Public Benefactor | Kappei Arima | Film | 7.0 | 54 |
| 1963 | The House Where Flowers Bloom | Film | — | 53 | |
| 1963 | Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance | Mitsuhide | Film | 6.9 | 53 |
| 1963 | Ano hito wa ima | Film | — | 53 | |
| 1963 | Gang Loyalty and Vengeance | Tachibana | Film | 5.7 | 53 |
| 1963 | Daybreak Chorus | Shingo Koide | Film | — | 53 |
| 1963 | At the Side of the Bridge 3 | Film | — | 53 | |
| 1962 | Drunkard's Paradise | Film | — | 52 | |
| 1962 | Their Legacy | Film | 10.0 | 52 | |
| 1962 | A Flame at the Pier | Film | 6.1 | 52 | |
| 1962 | Glory on the Summit | Film | 9.0 | 52 | |
| 1962 | Diary of a Mad Old Man | Tokusuke Rôjin | Film | 6.7 | 52 |
| 1962 | The Inheritance | Senzô | Film | 7.3 | 52 |
| 1962 | Akitsu Hot Springs | Mikami | Film | 6.6 | 52 |
| 1962 | A Roaring Trade | Film | — | 52 | |
| 1962 | The Pacific War and Himeyuri Corps | Taiwan Army Chief of Staff | Film | 8.0 | 52 |
| 1962 | Star of Hong Kong | Gentaro Sugimoto | Film | 8.0 | 52 |
| 1962 | あの空の果てに星はまたたく | Film | — | 52 | |
| 1962 | Musume to watashi | Film | 10.0 | 52 | |
| 1962 | Records of loyal vassals | Film | — | 52 | |
| 1962 | Yume de aritai | Film | — | 52 | |
| 1962 | Born in Sin | Film | 9.0 | 52 | |
| 1961 | Epitaph to My Love | Kimura | Film | 7.8 | 51 |
| 1961 | An Eagle Eyed Lord | Film | 8.0 | 51 | |
| 1961 | The Harbor Lights | Film | 6.3 | 51 | |
| 1961 | The Orphan Brother | Fujiwara No Morozane (voice) | Film | 6.3 | 51 |
| 1961 | Hell's Juggler | Film | 7.0 | 51 | |
| 1961 | The Last War | Prime Minister Masaki | Film | 6.8 | 51 |
| 1961 | A Geisha's Diary | Kiyomasa Tsutsui | Film | 7.5 | 51 |
| 1961 | Netsuai sha | Murai | Film | 9.0 | 51 |
| 1961 | The Man Who Challenged 8,000,000-Koku | Councilor Matsudaira Izu | Film | — | 51 |
| 1961 | The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 4 | Film | 10.0 | 51 | |
| 1961 | Haitoku no mesu | Naoyuki Nishizawa | Film | 7.0 | 51 |
| 1961 | Samurai Hawk | Film | 6.2 | 51 | |
| 1961 | Women of Tokyo | Shoichi Kagami | Film | — | 51 |
| 1961 | Gonin no totsugeki tai | Film | 10.0 | 51 | |
| 1961 | Love's Family Tree | Film | — | 51 | |
| 1961 | The Estuary | Film | — | 51 | |
| 1960 | Life of a Country Doctor | Film | 8.5 | 50 | |
| 1960 | The Prickly Mouthed Geisha Part 2 | Film | 9.0 | 50 | |
| 1960 | The Sand City in Manchuria | Ishigami | Film | 6.5 | 50 |
| 1960 | Deep River Melody | Film | 6.0 | 50 | |
| 1960 | Deep River Melody | Film | 6.0 | 50 | |
| 1960 | Police Precinct Part 14 | Maruyama | Film | — | 50 |
| 1960 | Ninja Assassins | Film | 6.0 | 50 | |
| 1960 | 続べらんめぇ芸者 | Film | — | 50 | |
| 1960 | Ryuji, the Gun Slinger | Film | — | 50 | |
| 1960 | Victory and Defeat | Kimpei Minegishi | Film | 8.0 | 50 |
| 1959 | The Human Condition I: No Greater Love | Okishima | Film | 8.1 | 49 |
| 1959 | The Silent Murder | Film | — | 49 | |
| 1959 | Whirlwind Magistrate | Film | 6.0 | 49 | |
| 1959 | Hahakogusa | Mr. Fujiki | Film | — | 49 |
| 1959 | Hahakogusa | Film | — | 49 | |
| 1959 | Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 1 and 2 | Film | 8.0 | 49 | |
| 1959 | The 47 Masterless Samurai | Film | 7.4 | 49 | |
| 1959 | The Bastards of Lawless Town | Film | — | 49 | |
| 1959 | Across the Darkness | Takazawa | Film | 9.0 | 49 |
| 1959 | Hell's Companion | Film | — | 49 | |
| 1959 | Sudden Attack of the Christian Lord | Film | 8.0 | 49 | |
| 1959 | Kashima-nada no onna | Film | — | 49 | |
| 1958 | Gendai Mushuku | Nonomiya Shin | Film | — | 48 |
| 1958 | The Barbarian and the Geisha | Governor Tamura | Film | 6.0 | 48 |
| 1958 | Little Peach | Heishiro Hirayama, the father | Film | 6.1 | 48 |
| 1958 | Detective Duel | Film | 6.0 | 48 | |
| 1958 | Sister with Sister | Michisuke Nishikata | Film | — | 48 |
| 1958 | With Songs in My Heart | Film | — | 48 | |
| 1958 | The Purple Hood | Film | 5.4 | 48 | |
| 1958 | His Pistol is Hell | Film | — | 48 | |
| 1958 | Oban kanketsu hen | Film | — | 48 | |
| 1957 | When It Rains, It Pours | Film | 6.0 | 47 | |
| 1957 | First Love Story | Shohei Ganmaru | Film | — | 47 |
| 1957 | The Chieko Story | Kotaro Takamura | Film | — | 47 |
| 1957 | Tokyo Twilight | Seki Sekiguchi | Film | 7.7 | 47 |
| 1957 | Typhoon Over Nagasaki | Film | 6.2 | 47 | |
| 1957 | Night Butterflies | Ichiro Shirasawa | Film | 6.5 | 47 |
| 1957 | Hole in One | Keikichi Shirasu | Film | 8.0 | 47 |
| 1957 | 白磁の人 | Film | — | 47 | |
| 1957 | Jigoku bana | Film | 9.0 | 47 | |
| 1957 | Roar and Earth | Film | 8.0 | 47 | |
| 1956 | Early Spring | Yutaka Kawai | Film | 7.5 | 46 |
| 1956 | 恐怖の空中殺人 | 劉元章 | Film | — | 46 |
| 1956 | Darkness at Noon | Yuji | Film | 6.9 | 46 |
| 1956 | Tsukigata Hanpeita | Katsura Kogoro | Film | 7.0 | 46 |
| 1956 | Summer in Eclipse | Kozo Mishima | Film | — | 46 |
| 1956 | Ma no kisetsu: Haru no mizuumi | Film | — | 46 | |
| 1955 | Burden of Love | Jozaburo Araki | Film | 7.1 | 45 |
| 1955 | Princess Yang Kwei-fei | An Lushan | Film | 6.7 | 45 |
| 1955 | Frame of Snow | Amagiri (Yūko’s grandfather) | Film | 10.0 | 45 |
| 1955 | Ghost Story of Youth | Tetsuya, father of Chiharu | Film | 10.0 | 45 |
| 1955 | Striving to Live | Film | — | 45 | |
| 1955 | 美男お小姓 人斬り彦齋 | Film | — | 45 | |
| 1955 | If Indeed One Loves | Gorô (segment 3) | Film | 10.0 | 45 |
| 1955 | Till We Meet Again | Daisuke Kaji | Film | 7.0 | 45 |
| 1955 | A Young Samurai | Film | — | 45 | |
| 1955 | The Doctor | Film | 10.0 | 45 | |
| 1955 | The Doctor | Film | 10.0 | 45 | |
| 1955 | The Doctor | Film | 10.0 | 45 | |
| 1955 | Seven Masks of Revenge | Film | — | 45 | |
| 1954 | The Black Current | Film | 10.0 | 44 | |
| 1954 | The Black Current | Film | 10.0 | 44 | |
| 1954 | Mama's Diary | Film | — | 44 | |
| 1954 | Autumn Interlude | Sotaro Fushimi, Setsuko's father | Film | — | 44 |
| 1954 | Love and Duty | Film | — | 44 | |
| 1954 | お月様には悪いけど | ヤーさん | Film | 8.0 | 44 |
| 1954 | Sound of the Mountain | Ogata Shingo | Film | 7.4 | 44 |
| 1954 | 日本敗れず | Film | 7.0 | 44 | |
| 1954 | Ditch | Film | 7.5 | 44 | |
| 1954 | Karatachi no hana | Film | 10.0 | 44 | |
| 1953 | Tokyo Story | Koichi Hirayama | Film | 8.2 | 43 |
| 1953 | An Inlet of Muddy Water | Film | 6.3 | 43 | |
| 1953 | The Cannery Boat | Matsuki | Film | 8.5 | 43 |
| 1953 | The Cannery Boat | Film | 8.5 | 43 | |
| 1953 | The Cannery Boat | Film | 8.5 | 43 | |
| 1953 | My Wonderful Yellow Car | The husband | Film | 7.0 | 43 |
| 1953 | Miniature | Wakabayashi | Film | 7.8 | 43 |
| 1953 | Ganpeki | Film | — | 43 | |
| 1953 | Murahachibu | Film | — | 43 | |
| 1952 | Gunrō no machi | Film | — | 42 | |
| 1952 | Modern People | Film | 3.3 | 42 | |
| 1952 | Oka wa hanazakari | Film | 9.0 | 42 | |
| 1952 | A Meeting of Youths | Haruki Eda | Film | — | 42 |
| 1952 | The Wind Blows Twice | Film | — | 42 | |
| 1952 | Kin no tamago: Golden Girl | Film | 9.0 | 42 | |
| 1952 | The Woman Who Touched the Legs | Yasukichi Sakaza | Film | 8.0 | 42 |
| 1952 | Okuni and Gohei | Tomonojo | Film | 6.3 | 42 |
| 1952 | Passion Fire | 奥田金馬太郎 | Film | — | 42 |
| 1952 | Riverside Fish Market Empire | Film | — | 42 | |
| 1952 | The Ataka Family | Film | 5.5 | 42 | |
| 1951 | Who Will Judge Me? | Film | 8.0 | 41 | |
| 1951 | Honoo no hada | Film | — | 41 | |
| 1951 | Wagtail Tune | Film | — | 41 | |
| 1951 | Miki, the Swordman | Hirate Miki | Film | 5.0 | 41 |
| 1951 | Dancing Girl | Yagi | Film | 6.4 | 41 |
| 1951 | The Lady of Musashino | Eiji Ono | Film | 6.2 | 41 |
| 1951 | The White Orchid | Film | — | 41 | |
| 1951 | Repast | Film | 7.6 | 41 | |
| 1951 | Hibari no komoriuta | Film | 6.0 | 41 | |
| 1950 | Rumba of Passion | Film | — | 40 | |
| 1950 | The Munekata Sisters | Ryosuke Mimura | Film | 7.1 | 40 |
| 1950 | Senka o koete | Film | 8.0 | 40 | |
| 1950 | Portrait of Madame Yuki | Tateoka | Film | 6.7 | 40 |
| 1950 | White Beast | Film | 5.6 | 40 | |
| 1950 | Tenpo Suikoden - Otone's Night Fog | Hirate (Sake brewer) | Film | — | 40 |
| 1950 | Duel in the Sun | Attorney | Film | — | 40 |
| 1950 | Zoku kagebōshi ryūkoaiutsutsu | Film | — | 40 | |
| 1950 | Kagebōshi | 小山田鉄心 | Film | — | 40 |
| 1950 | Homecoming | Film | 8.0 | 40 | |
| 1950 | Song of Love | Film | — | 40 | |
| 1949 | Kirare no Senta | Film | 10.0 | 39 | |
| 1949 | A Woman's Fight | Film | — | 39 | |
| 1948 | A Woman in the Typhoon Area | Kijima | Film | 7.5 | 38 |
| 1948 | A Woman Who Convicts Men | Film | — | 38 | |
| 1948 | Yūkyō no mure | Film | — | 38 | |
| 1948 | A Second Life | Film | 7.0 | 38 | |
| 1947 | The Love of the Actress Sumako | Hôgetsu Shimamura | Film | 7.0 | 37 |
| 1946 | As Long as I Live | Film | — | 36 |