Acting
So Yamamura
- Titles
- 72movies9TV shows
- Career
Active from 1947 to 1986, busiest in 1955 with 7 main titles.
- Leading roles
- 34top three billing
- Average score
70/100
- Highest rated
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love83/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 19 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical6.9average 2.6
- Politics5.1average 2.6
- Warfare3.4average 1.2
- Melancholy6.8average 4.7
- Pathos7.1average 5.2
- Nostalgia5.3average 3.6
- Social Commentary6.4average 4.9
- Class & Capitalism4.4average 3.3
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism2.3, average 5.2
- Crime2.0, average 3.7
- Pop Culture0.7, average 2.2
- Coming of Age1.6, average 2.9
Main genres
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Recurring tags
- Historical Drama 6
- Post-War Japan 5
- Character-Driven 4
- Social Commentary 4
- Samurai Action 3
- Forbidden Love 3
- Japanese Historical Drama 3
- Moral Ambiguity 3
- Political Intrigue 3
- Class Conflict 3
- Classic Japanese Cinema 3
- World War II 3
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
- IIchirō SaitōComposerLittle Peach, Sound of the Mountain, The Munekata Sisters, Dancing Girl, The Sand City in Manchuria, +1 more
Tatsuya MihashiActorTora! Tora! Tora!, Burden of Love, The Militarists, Till We Meet Again, Ghost Story of Youth
Kaneto ShindōWriterMiniature, Ai Sureba Koso, Dancing Girl, A Public Benefactor, Haitoku no mesu
Kinuyo TanakaActorThe Lady of Musashino, The Munekata Sisters, The Love of the Actress Sumako, Hahakogusa
Chishū RyūActorTokyo Story, Japan's Longest Day, Early Spring, The Munekata Sisters
Ayako WakaoActorDiary of a Mad Old Man, A Geisha's Diary, Victory and Defeat, A Public Benefactor
Eiji FunakoshiActorNight Butterflies, Hole in One, Victory and Defeat, A Public Benefactor
Eijirō TōnoActorTora! Tora! Tora!, Tokyo Story, Burden of Love, A Woman in the Typhoon Area
Toshirō MifuneActorJapan's Longest Day, The Militarists, The Retreat from Kiska, My Wonderful Yellow Car
Mariko OkadaActorMy Wonderful Yellow Car, Dancing Girl, Women of Tokyo, The Woman Who Touched the Legs
Seiji MiyaguchiActorThe Human Condition I: No Greater Love, Japan's Longest Day, The Inheritance, The Militarists
Ken OgataActorProfessional Killers, Shadow Warriors: Hattori Hanzo, Professional Killers – Assassin's Quarry, Professional Killers – Assignment by Night
Movies and TV shows
811990s
1 title · average score 67
67
as Prime Minister
1980s
7 titles · average score 67
61
as Mr. Sakamoto
as Nakatsugawa
74
as Iwakiri Sencho
TV show · as Yagyu Munenori
TV show · as Yagyu Munenori
as Masayuki Hoshina
TV show
1970s
13 titles · average score 69
TV show · as Yagyu Munenori
65
TV show · as Admiral Nagumo, commander of Japanese attack force (uncredited)
TV show
61
as Prime Minister Kuroki
as Hanemon(Otowaya)
as Hanemon(Otowaya)
as Hanemon(Otowaya)
TV show · as Hanemon Otowaya
80
as Gômune Jindaiyu
TV show · as Tokugawa Ieyasu
73
as Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto
as Mitsumasa Yonai
1960s
21 titles · average score 68
74
as Navy Minister Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai
as Kawashima
62
as Toshio Ôki
as Kappei Arima
73
as Senzô
as Tokusuke Rôjin
72
as Kiyomasa Tsutsui
as Councilor Matsudaira Izu
as Kimura
62
as Prime Minister Masaki
Director
as Ishigami
1950s
37 titles · average score 73
59
as Governor Tamura
as Heishiro Hirayama, the father
as Keikichi Shirasu
76
as Yutaka Kawai
68
as An Lushan
67
as Jozaburo Araki
75
as Ogata Shingo
81
as Koichi Hirayama
as The husband
as Yagi
71
as Ryosuke Mimura
1940s
2 titles
as Kijima
as Hôgetsu Shimamura