Actor-director Yamamura dies

Actor-director Yamamura dies

TOKYO, Japan - Actor and film director So Yamamura (in this file photo) died May 26 of a heart attack at a Tokyo hospital, his family said May 29. He was 90. He played Adm. Isoroku Yamamoto in ''Tora! Tora! Tora!'' -- a 1970 U.S. film directed by Richard Fleischer depicting the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941.

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