Acting
So Yamamura
- Titles
- 87movies10TV shows
- Career
Active from 1947 to 1997, busiest in 1955 with 7 main titles.
- Leading roles
- 43top 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.
- Historical6.9average 2.6
- Melancholy7.1average 4.7
- Pathos7.3average 5.2
- Politics4.5average 2.6
- Nostalgia5.3average 3.6
- Social Commentary6.4average 4.9
- Class & Capitalism4.7average 3.3
- Romance5.2average 3.8
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism2.3, average 5.2
- Crime1.8, average 3.7
- Pop Culture0.6, average 2.2
- Situational Comedy1.2, average 2.7
Main genres
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Recurring tags
- Historical Drama 7
- Post-War Japan 5
- Social Commentary 5
- Political Intrigue 4
- Classic Japanese Cinema 4
- Character-Driven 4
- Japanese Cinema 4
- Moral Ambiguity 3
- Class Conflict 3
- Japanese Historical Drama 3
- Samurai Action 3
- Forbidden Love 3
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Mariko OkadaActorAkitsu Hot Springs, Dancing Girl, Gendai Mushuku, My Wonderful Yellow Car, Women of Tokyo, +1 more
Eijirō TōnoActorTora! Tora! Tora!, Tokyo Story, Burden of Love, Akitsu Hot Springs, Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance, +1 more- IIchirō SaitōComposerSound of the Mountain, The Munekata Sisters, Little Peach, Dancing Girl, The Sand City in Manchuria, +1 more
Tatsuya MihashiActorTora! Tora! Tora!, The Militarists, Burden of Love, Till We Meet Again, Ghost Story of Youth
Chishū RyūActorTokyo Story, Early Spring, Japan's Longest Day, The Munekata Sisters, Autumn Interlude
Michiyo AratamaActorThe Human Condition I: No Greater Love, Till We Meet Again, Victory and Defeat, Daybreak Chorus, First Love Story
Kaneto ShindōWriterMiniature, If Indeed One Loves, Dancing Girl, A Public Benefactor, Haitoku no mesu
Eiji FunakoshiActorNight Butterflies, Victory and Defeat, Hole in One, A Public Benefactor
Ayako WakaoActorDiary of a Mad Old Man, A Geisha's Diary, Victory and Defeat, A Public Benefactor
Kinuyo TanakaActorThe Munekata Sisters, The Lady of Musashino, The Love of the Actress Sumako, Hahakogusa
Toshirō MifuneActorJapan's Longest Day, The Militarists, The Retreat from Kiska, My Wonderful Yellow Car
Sadako SawamuraActorDancing Girl, Frame of Snow, お月様には悪いけど, Women of Tokyo
Movies and TV shows
251980s
2 titles · average score 69
59
Tokyo Bordello (1987)
as Isaburo Okura
79
Antarctica (1983)
as Iwakiri Sencho
1970s
3 titles · average score 64
Ningen no Shōmei (1978)
TV show
Haru no Sakamichi (1971)
TV show · as Tokugawa Ieyasu
64
Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
as Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto
1960s
6 titles · average score 68
76
Japan's Longest Day (1967)
as Navy Minister Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai
The Retreat from Kiska (1965)
as Kawashima
62
With Beauty and Sorrow (1965)
as Toshio Ôki
68
Akitsu Hot Springs (1962)
as Mikami
65
The Last War (1961)
as Prime Minister Masaki
The Orphan Brother (1961)
as Fujiwara No Morozane (voice)
1950s
13 titles · average score 77
67
Little Peach (1958)
as Heishiro Hirayama, the father
86
Tokyo Twilight (1957)
as Seki Sekiguchi
80
Early Spring (1956)
as Yutaka Kawai
71
Princess Yang Kwei-fei (1955)
as An Lushan
75
Sound of the Mountain (1954)
as Ogata Shingo
92
Tokyo Story (1953)
as Koichi Hirayama
Miniature (1953)
as Wakabayashi
Okuni and Gohei (1952)
as Tomonojo
76
The Lady of Musashino (1951)
as Eiji Ono
72
The Munekata Sisters (1950)
as Ryosuke Mimura
69
Portrait of Madame Yuki (1950)
as Tateoka
1940s
1 title · average score 68
68
The Love of the Actress Sumako (1947)
as Hôgetsu Shimamura