Acting
So Yamamura
- Career
Active from 1947 to 1997, busiest in 1955 with 7 main titles.
- Leading roles
- 44top three billing
- Average score
70/100
- Highest rated
Tokyo Story92/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 26 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism2.3, average 5.4
- Crime1.8, average 3.6
- Pop Culture0.6, average 2.2
- Situational Comedy1.2, average 2.7
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Historical Drama 7
- Post-War Japan 5
- Social Commentary 5
- Character-Driven 4
- Japanese Cinema 4
- Classic Japanese Cinema 4
- Political Intrigue 4
- Forbidden Love 3
- Tragic Romance 3
- Moral Ambiguity 3
- Japanese Historical Drama 3
- Class Conflict 3
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Eijirō TōnoActorTokyo Story, Tora! Tora! Tora!, Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance, Akitsu Hot Springs, A Woman in the Typhoon Area, +1 more
Mariko OkadaActorAkitsu Hot Springs, Gendai Mushuku, Dancing Girl, The Woman Who Touched the Legs, Women of Tokyo, +1 more- IIchirō SaitōComposerThe Munekata Sisters, Sound of the Mountain, Dancing Girl, Little Peach, The Sand City in Manchuria, +1 more
Kaneto ShindōWriterIf Indeed One Loves, Dancing Girl, Miniature, A Public Benefactor, Ano sora no hate ni hoshi wa matataku, +1 more
Haruko SugimuraActorTokyo Story, Early Spring, Princess Yang Kwei-fei, With Beauty and Sorrow, The Wind Blows Twice
Setsuko HaraActorTokyo Story, Sound of the Mountain, A Woman in the Typhoon Area, The Chieko Story, The Wind Blows Twice
Tatsuya MihashiActorTora! Tora! Tora!, The Militarists, Ghost Story of Youth, Burden of Love, Till We Meet Again
Michiyo AratamaActorThe Human Condition I: No Greater Love, Till We Meet Again, First Love Story, Victory and Defeat, Daybreak Chorus
Chishū RyūActorTokyo Story, Early Spring, Japan's Longest Day, The Munekata Sisters, Autumn Interlude
Toshiro IdeWriterFirst Love Story, A Geisha's Diary, Women of Tokyo, Summer in Eclipse, Daybreak Chorus
Sonny ChibaActorYagyu's Secret Quest, The Yagyu Conspiracy, Yagyu Jubei Secret Quest, Ano sora no hate ni hoshi wa matataku
Ken OgataActorProfessional Killers, Professional Killers – Assassin's Quarry, Shadow Warriors: Hattori Hanzo, Professional Killers – Assignment by Night
Movies and TV shows
1001990s
3 titles · average score 61
as Shogo Kawahara
GoodWatch score 61as Prime Minister
as Yagyu Munenori
1980s
8 titles · average score 64
GoodWatch score 60as Isaburo Okura
GoodWatch score 55as Mr. Sakamoto
as Nakatsugawa
GoodWatch score 79as Iwakiri Sencho
TV show · as Yagyu Munenori
TV show · as Yagyu Munenori
as Masayuki Hoshina
TV show
1970s
14 titles · average score 66
TV show · as Yagyu Munenori
GoodWatch score 62TV show · as Admiral Nagumo, commander of Japanese attack force (uncredited)
GoodWatch score 59as Prime Minister Kuroki
as Hanemon(Otowaya)
as Hanemon(Otowaya)
as Hanemon(Otowaya)
TV show
TV show · as Hanemon Otowaya
GoodWatch score 78as Gômune Jindaiyu
TV show · as Tokugawa Ieyasu
GoodWatch score 64as Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto
as Mitsumasa Yonai
1960s
26 titles · average score 69
GoodWatch score 76as Navy Minister Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai
as Kawashima
GoodWatch score 62as Toshio Ôki
as Kappei Arima
GoodWatch score 70as Mitsuhide
GoodWatch score 73as Senzô
GoodWatch score 68as Mikami
as Tokusuke Rôjin
as Taiwan Army Chief of Staff
as Councilor Matsudaira Izu
GoodWatch score 74as Kiyomasa Tsutsui
as Kimura
1950s
47 titles · average score 74
GoodWatch score 80as Okishima
GoodWatch score 67as Heishiro Hirayama, the father
as Keikichi Shirasu
GoodWatch score 80as Yutaka Kawai
GoodWatch score 71as An Lushan
GoodWatch score 67as Jozaburo Araki
as Daisuke Kaji
GoodWatch score 75as Ogata Shingo
GoodWatch score 92as Koichi Hirayama
as Matsuki
as Tomonojo
as Yagi
1940s
2 titles · average score 62
as Kijima
GoodWatch score 62as Hôgetsu Shimamura