So Yamamura

So Yamamura

February 24, 1910 · 116 years old

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 wel…

Known For

16 titles
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Tokyo Story

Tokyo Story

1953 · 2h 17m · Movie

An old couple visit their children and grandchildren in the city, but receive little attention.

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Tora! Tora! Tora!

Tora! Tora! Tora!

1970 · 2h 24m · Movie

The story of the 1941 Japanese air raid on Pearl Harbor, and the series of preceding American blunders that aggravated its effectiveness.

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Gung Ho

Gung Ho

1986 · 1h 51m · Movie

When a Japanese automobile company buys an American plant, the American liaison must mediate the clash of work attitudes between the foreign management and native labor.

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The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

1959 · 3h 28m · Movie

A Japanese pacifist, unable to face the dire consequences of conscientious objection, is transformed by his attempts to compromise with the demands of war-time Japan.

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Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah

Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah

1991 · 1h 40m · Movie

Time travelers use Godzilla in their scheme to destroy Japan to prevent the country's future economic reign.

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Tokyo Twilight

Tokyo Twilight

1957 · 2h 20m · Movie

Two sisters find out the existence of their long-lost mother, but the younger cannot take the truth of being abandoned as a child.

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Early Spring

Early Spring

1956 · 2h 25m · Movie

A young man and his wife struggle within the confines of their passionless relationship while he has an extramarital romance.

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The Barbarian and the Geisha

The Barbarian and the Geisha

1958 · 1h 45m · Movie

In 1856, the first U.S. Consul General to Japan encounters the hostility of the local authorities and the love of a young geisha.

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9
Sound of the Mountain

Sound of the Mountain

1954 · 1h 35m · Movie

An ingratiating bride develops warm ties to her father-in-law while her cold husband blithely slights her for another woman.

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10
Antarctica

Antarctica

1983 · 2h 23m · Movie

Two Japanese scientists, Ushioda and Ochi, develop a bond with their sled dogs while on an expedition in Antarctica. Ushioda and Ochi eventually leave Antarctica, only to return to search for the dogs inadvertently marooned there.

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The Munekata Sisters

The Munekata Sisters

1950 · 1h 52m · Movie

Setsuko is unhappily married to Mimura, an engineer with no job and a drinking habit. She's always been in love with Hiroshi, but he left for France years ago without proposing. Now he is back and Mariko (Setsuko's sister) tries t...

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12
Akitsu Springs

Akitsu Springs

1962 · 1h 53m · Movie

Just after WW2, a romance between an innkeeper and a man with tuberculosis unravels near a thermal spring.

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Japan's Longest Day

Japan's Longest Day

1967 · 2h 37m · Movie

A dramatization of the 24-hour period in which the Japanese government was deadlocked over the decision to accept or reject the Allies' demand for an unconditional surrender following the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

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14
The Inheritance

The Inheritance

1962 · 1h 47m · Movie

A dying businessman intends to will two hundred million yen to his three illegitimate children, but his associates scheme to take advantage of the situation.

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15
With Beauty and Sorrow

With Beauty and Sorrow

1965 · 1h 46m · Movie

Long before the events of the movie Ôki, who was approaching middle age, had a relation to 16-year-old Otoko. She got pregnant, but the child was stillborn. Their relation stopped at the same time. Much later Ôki had become a famo...

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Women Are Born Twice

Women Are Born Twice

1961 · 1h 39m · Movie

Koen is a geisha who has intimate relationships with several men at once. One of them, the mature Tsutsui, proposes to set a step to a change of exclusivity.

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