So Yamamura
Sō Yamamura ( Japanese 山村 聰 , Yamamura Sō , actually: Hirosada Koga ( 古 賀 寛 定 , Koga Hirosada ); * February 24, 1910 in Tenri ; † May 26, 2000 in Tokyo ) was a Japanese actor and film director . In his 44-year creative career, he appeared in 137 films and received 7 different awards.
Life
After Yamamura had completed his studies in German at the Imperial University of Tokyo in 1935, he joined the theater group Taiyō-za. Here he was involved in the areas of staging and dramaturgy and also gained his first experience as an actor. In 1942, the year the theater group Bunka-za was founded, he became one of the directors until he finally had to do his military service from 1944 to 1945. He made his film debut with Inochi aru kagiri in 1946. He quickly developed into a sought-after character actor who analyzed the inner workings of his characters very precisely. In the film Dai-ni no Jinsei (1948), directed by Hideo Sekigawa, he played a fisherman who campaigns for the rehabilitation of homeless children. He appeared in films by Yasujiro Ozus , Kenji Mizoguchi and Kon Ichikawa . In the production company Gendai Production, founded in 1952, Yamamura worked as a screenwriter, director, producer and as an actor for the film Kanikōsen (1953), in which the exploitation of Japanese shrimp fishermen is portrayed. From 1954 to 1965 he was head of Ginza Production. In Satsuo Yamamoto's Kizudarake no Sanga (1964), he embodied a power-obsessed and ultimately abandoned businessman. Internationally, it was featured in the Oscar-winning US-Japanese war film co-production Tora! Torah! Torah! (1970) as Admiral Yamamoto .
Filmography
Actor (selection)
- 1947: Chikagai nijuyojikan
- 1947: The love of the actress Sumako (Joyū Sumako no koi)
- 1950: Munekata kyōdai
- 1950: Kikyō
- 1953: The trip to Tokyo (Tōkyō monogatari)
- 1954: Kuroi ushio
- 1954: Yama no oto
- 1955: The Princess Yang (Yōkihi)
- 1956: Early Spring (Sōshun)
- 1957: Typhon over Nagasaki (Typhon sur Nagasaki)
- 1958: The Barbarian and the Geisha ( The Barbarian and the Geisha )
- 1959: Barefoot through hell (Ningen no jōken)
- 1961: Arega minato no hi da
- 1961: Death rays from space (Sekai daisensō)
- 1964: Kizudarake no sanga
- 1972–1973: Hissatsu shikakenin (TV series, 26 episodes)
- 1970: Torah! Torah! Torah!
- 1974: world catastrophe in 1999? - The prophecy of Nostradamus (Nosutoradamusu no daiyogen)
- 1991: Godzilla - duel of the megasaurs (Gojira vs. Kingu Gidorā)
Director
- 1953: Kanikōsen
- 1954: Kuroi ushio
- 1955: Sara no hana no toge
- 1959: Hahakogusa
Awards
Japanese Academy Award
- 2001: Special prize for his life's work
Blue Ribbon Award
- 1951: Best Actor for Munekata Kyōdai
- 1955: Best director for Kuroi ushio
- 1962: Best supporting actor for Arega minato no hi da
Kinema Junpo Award
- 1965: Best Actor for Kizudarake no sanga
Mainichi Film Concours
- 1951: Best Supporting Actor for Munekata kyōdai and Kikyō
- 1955: Best leading actor for Kuroi ushio and Yama no oto
literature
- Hans-Michael Bock : Lexicon. Film Actor International . Henschel Verlag, Berlin 1995, ISBN 3-89487-199-7 , p. 913.
- Günter Haasch, Andreas Regelsberger: Japan - country and people . Berliner Wissenschafts-Verlag GmbH, Berlin 2011, ISBN 978-3-8305-1908-9 , p. 268
Web links
- Sō Yamamura in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ So Yamamura - Actors and Actresses. filmreference.com, accessed December 29, 2017 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Yamamura, Sō |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 山村 聰 (Japanese); Koga Hirosada (real name); 古 賀 寛 定 (Japanese, real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese actor and film director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 24, 1910 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tenri , Japan |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 26, 2000 |
| Place of death | Tokyo , Japan |