So Yamamura
Born February 24, 1910 (Age: 116)
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Tenri, Nara, Japan
Biography
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 well known for his portrayals of Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto of the Combined Fleet, in Tora! Tora! Tora!, and of Mr. Sakamoto, the CEO of Assan Motors in Gung Ho.
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 well known for his portrayals of Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto of the Combined Fleet, in Tora! Tora! Tora!, and of Mr. Sakamoto, the CEO of Assan Motors in Gung Ho.
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Filmography
Going West: to the West
1997
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as Shogo Kawahara
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Age: 87
Tokugawa Ieyasu: The Conqueror of Japan
1992
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as
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Age: 81
Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah
1991
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as Prime Minister
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Age: 81
The Yagyu Code 2: Fifty Blades
1990
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as Yagyu Munenori
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Age: 80
Tange Sazen
1990
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as
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Age: 80
Nemuri Kyōshirō
1989
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as
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Age: 79
Tokyo Bordello
1987
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as Isaburo Okura
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Age: 77
Gung Ho
1986
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as Mr. Sakamoto
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Age: 76
The Second Is a Christian
1985
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as Nakatsugawa
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Age: 75
Yagyu Abaretabi
1980
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as
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Age: 70
Shadow Warriors: Hattori Hanzo
1980
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as Masayuki Hoshina
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Age: 69
Shag
1978
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as
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Age: 68
Prophecies of Nostradamus
1974
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as Prime Minister Kuroki
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Age: 64
Professional Killers – Assignment by Night
1974
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as Hanemon(Otowaya)
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Age: 63
Professional Killers – Assassin's Quarry
1973
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as Hanemon(Otowaya)
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Age: 63
Professional Killers
1973
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as Hanemon(Otowaya)
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Age: 63
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril
1972
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as Gômune Jindaiyu
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Age: 62
Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970
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as Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto
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Age: 59
The Retreat from Kiska
1965
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as Kawashima
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Age: 55
With Beauty and Sorrow
1965
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as Toshio Ôki
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Age: 55
The School of Flesh
1965
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as
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Age: 54
A Public Benefactor
1964
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as Kappei Arima
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Age: 54
Daybreak Chorus
1963
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as Shingo Koide
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Age: 53
Gang Loyalty and Vengeance
1963
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as Tachibana
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Age: 53
Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance
1963
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as
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Age: 53
Ano hito wa ima
1963
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as
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Age: 53
At the Side of the Bridge 3
1963
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as
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Age: 52
Born in Sin
1962
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as
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Age: 52
Diary of a Mad Old Man
1962
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as Tokusuke Rôjin
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Age: 52
A Flame at the Pier
1962
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as
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Age: 52
Records of loyal vassals
1962
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as
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Age: 52
Glory on the Summit
1962
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as
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Age: 52
Star of Hong Kong
1962
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as Gentaro Sugimoto
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Age: 52
Akitsu Hot Springs
1962
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as Mikami
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Age: 52
あの空の果てに星はまたたく
1962
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as
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Age: 52
The Pacific War and Himeyuri Corps
1962
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as Taiwan Army Chief of Staff
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Age: 52
Musume to watashi
1962
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as
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Age: 52
The Inheritance
1962
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as Senzô
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Age: 51
Drunkard's Paradise
1962
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as
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Age: 51
Yume de aritai
1962
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as
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Age: 51
A Roaring Trade
1962
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as
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Age: 51
Their Legacy
1962
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as
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Age: 51
Love's Family Tree
1961
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as
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Age: 51
The Last War
1961
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as Prime Minister Masaki
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Age: 51
The Man Who Challenged 8,000,000-Koku
1961
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as Councilor Matsudaira Izu
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Age: 51
Netsuai sha
1961
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as Murai
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Age: 51
Haitoku no mesu
1961
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as Naoyuki Nishizawa
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Age: 51
A Geisha's Diary
1961
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as Kiyomasa Tsutsui
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Age: 51
The Estuary
1961
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as
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Age: 51
The Orphan Brother
1961
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as Fujiwara No Morozane (voice)
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Age: 51
An Eagle Eyed Lord
1961
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as
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Age: 51
Epitaph to My Love
1961
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as Kimura
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Age: 51
Gonin no totsugeki tai
1961
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as
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Age: 51
No Image
Samurai Hawk
1961
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as
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Age: 51
Women of Tokyo
1961
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as Shoichi Kagami
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Age: 51
The Harbor Lights
1961
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as
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Age: 51
Hell's Juggler
1961
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as
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Age: 50
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 4
1961
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as
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Age: 50
Deep River Melody
1960
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as
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Age: 50
The Sand City in Manchuria
1960
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as Ishigami
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Age: 50
Life of a Country Doctor
1960
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as
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Age: 50
Ninja Assassins
1960
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as
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Age: 50
Police Precinct Part 14
1960
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as Maruyama
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Age: 50
Victory and Defeat
1960
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as Kimpei Minegishi
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Age: 50
Ryuji, the Gun Slinger
1960
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as
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Age: 50
続べらんめぇ芸者
1960
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as
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Age: 50
No Image
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha Part 2
1960
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as
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Age: 50
Across the Darkness
1959
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as Takazawa
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Age: 49
Sudden Attack of the Christian Lord
1959
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as
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Age: 49
Hell's Companion
1959
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as
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Age: 49
Hahakogusa
1959
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as Mr. Fujiki
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Age: 49
Whirlwind Magistrate
1959
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as
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Age: 49
The Bastards of Lawless Town
1959
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as
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Age: 48
The 47 Masterless Samurai
1959
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as
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Age: 48
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
1959
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as Okishima
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Age: 48
Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 1 and 2
1959
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as
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Age: 48
Sister with Sister
1958
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as Michisuke Nishikata
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Age: 48
The Purple Hood
1958
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as
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Age: 48
The Barbarian and the Geisha
1958
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as Governor Tamura
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Age: 48
With Songs in My Heart
1958
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as
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Age: 48
Detective Duel
1958
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as
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Age: 48
Oban kanketsu hen
1958
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as
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Age: 48
His Pistol is Hell
1958
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as
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Age: 48
Little Peach
1958
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as Heishiro Hirayama, the father
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Age: 48
恐怖の空中殺人
1956
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as 劉元章
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Age: 46
Tsukigata Hanpeita
1956
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as Katsura Kogoro
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Age: 46
Summer in Eclipse
1956
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as Kozo Mishima
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Age: 46
Darkness at Noon
1956
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as Yuji
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Age: 46
春のみづうみ
1956
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as
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Age: 46
Early Spring
1956
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as Yutaka Kawai
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Age: 45
The Doctor
1955
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as
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Age: 45
Seven Masks of Revenge
1955
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as
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Age: 45
Ai Sureba Koso
1955
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as Gorô (segment 3)
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Age: 45
Till We Meet Again
1955
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as Daisuke Kaji
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Age: 45
Princess Yang Kwei-fei
1955
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as An Lushan
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Age: 45
Ghost Story of Youth
1955
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as Tetsuya, father of Chiharu
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Age: 45
Frame of Snow
1955
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as Amagiri (Yūko’s grandfather)
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Age: 45
A Young Samurai
1955
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as
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Age: 45
Burden of Love
1955
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as Jozaburo Araki
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Age: 45
Striving to Live
1955
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as
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Age: 45
美男お小姓 人斬り彦齋
1955
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as
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Age: 44
お月様には悪いけど
1954
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as ヤーさん
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Age: 44
日本敗れず
1954
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Age: 44
Karatachi no hana
1954
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Age: 44
The Black Current
1954
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Age: 44
Ditch
1954
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Age: 44
Love and Duty
1954
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Age: 44
Sound of the Mountain
1954
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as Ogata Shingo
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Age: 43
An Inlet of Muddy Water
1953
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as
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Age: 43
Tokyo Story
1953
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as Koichi Hirayama
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Age: 43
The Cannery Boat
1953
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as Matsuki
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Age: 43
Ganpeki
1953
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as
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Age: 43
Miniature
1953
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as Wakabayashi
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Age: 43
Murahachibu
1953
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as
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Age: 43
My Wonderful Yellow Car
1953
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as The husband
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Age: 42
Rumba of Passion
1950
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as
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Age: 40
Homecoming
1950
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as
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Age: 40
Tenpo Suikoden - Otone's Night Fog
1950
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as Hirate (Sake brewer)
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Age: 40
Portrait of Madame Yuki
1950
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as Tateoka
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Age: 40
No Image
Senka o koete
1950
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as
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Age: 40
The Munekata Sisters
1950
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as Ryosuke Mimura
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Age: 40
White Beast
1950
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as
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Age: 40
No Image
Song of Love
1950
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as
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Age: 40
Duel in the Sun
1950
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as Attorney
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Age: 40
Zoku kagebōshi ryūkoaiutsutsu
1950
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as
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Age: 39
Kagebōshi
1950
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as 小山田鉄心
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Age: 39