Sojin (actor)

Sōjin Kamiyama
上山 草人
Born	Mita Tadashi[1] / 三田 貞 (1884-01-30)30 January 1884 Sendai, Japan
Died	28 July 1954(1954-07-28) (aged 70) Tokyo, Japan
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1917-1954
Spouse	Uraji Yamakawa

Several scenes of Sōjin Kamiyama in The Thief of Bagdad

Sōjin Kamiyama or just Sōjin (上山 草人; 30 January 1884 – 28 July 1954) was a Japanese film actor.^[2] He appeared in more than 70 films between 1917 and 1954. He was the subject of a 1995 TV documentary by the Japanese film director Nobuhiro Suwa. He was born in Sendai, Japan and died in Tokyo, Japan. His wife was actress Uraji Yamakawa.

Selected filmography

• Patria (1917, Serial) - Himself
• The Thief of Bagdad (1924) - The Mongol Prince
• Soft Shoes (1925) - Yet Tzu
• East of Suez (1925) - Lee Tai
• Proud Flesh (1925) - Wong
• The White Desert (1925) - Chinese Cook
• The Wanderer (1925) - Sadyk the Jeweler (uncredited)
• My Lady's Lips (1925)
• The Sea Beast (1926, silent adaptation of Moby Dick) - Fedallah
• The Bat (1926) - Billy - the Butler
• The Lucky Lady (1926) - Secretary to Garletz
• Eve's Leaves (1926) - Le Sing
• The Road to Mandalay (1926) - English Charlie Wing
• Diplomacy (1926) - Chinese Diplomat
• Across the Pacific (1926)
• The Lady of the Harem (1926) - Sultan
• The Sky Pirate (1926)
• Driven from Home (1927)
• All Aboard (1927) - Prince
• The King of Kings (1927) - Prince Of Persia
• The Honorable Mr. Buggs (1927, Short) - The Crook
• Old San Francisco (1927) - Lu Fong (uncredited)
• Foreign Devils (1927) - Lama priest
• The Thirteenth Hour (1927) - Minor Role (uncredited)
• The Chinese Parrot (1927) - Charlie Chan
• The Devil Dancer (1927) - Sadik Lama
• The Haunted Ship (1927) - Bombay Charlie
• Streets of Shanghai (1927) - Fong Kiang
• The Man Without a Face (1928, Serial)
• Something Always Happens (1928) - Chang-Tzo
• The Crimson City (1928) - Sing Yoy
• Chinatown Charlie (1928) - The Mandarin
• The Hawk's Nest (1928) - Himself
• Out with the Tide (1928) - Chee Chee
• Telling the World (1928)
• Ships of the Night (1928) - Yut Sen
• Tropic Madness (1928)
• Manchu Love (1929)
• The Rescue (1929) - Daman
• China Slaver (1929) - Ming Foy / Wing Foy / The Cobra
• Seven Footprints to Satan (1929) - Himself
• Back from Shanghai (1929)
• Careers (1929) - Biwa Player
• Madame X (1929) - Oriental Doctor (uncredited)
• The Unholy Night (1929) - The Mystic
• Painted Faces (1929) - Cafe Owner (uncredited)
• The Show of Shows (1929) - Performer in '$20 Bet' Sketch
• Le spectre vert (1930)
• Golden Dawn (1930) - Piper
• The Dude Wrangler (1930) - Wong
• Way for a Sailor (1930) - Singapore Brothel Proprietor (uncredited)
• Ai yo jinrui to tomo ni are - Zenpen: Nihon hen (1931) - Kôkichi Yamaguchi
• Ai yo jinrui to tomo ni are - Kohen: Beikoku hen (1931)
• Tôjin Okichi (1931)
• Satsueijo romansu, renai annai (1932)
• Riku no wakôdo (1932)
• Chûshingura - Zempen: Akahokyô no maki (1932)
• Chûshingura - Kôhen: Edo no maki (1932) - Kônosuke Kira
• Chûshingura (1932) - Kozukenosuke Kira
• Kanraku no yo wa fukete (1934)
• Yotamono to komachimusume (1935) - Kaheiji
• Maihime no koyomi (1935)
• Dansei tai josei (1936) - Hikoma Okakura
• Hitozuma tsubaki (1936)
• Akanishi Kakita (1936) - Aki
• Hanayome karuta (1937) - Fortuneteller
• Konjiki yasha (1937) - Naoyuki Wanibuchi
• Hitozuma shinju (1938) - Kenzô
• Kokumin no chikai (1938)
• Gonin no kyodai (1939) - Kiyooka
• Utau noriai basha (1939) - Matsuzô
• Mazushiki mono no kofuku (1939) - Sakuzo Nakata
• Musume tazunete sanzen-ri (1940) - Popeye no Genzô
• Kurama Tengu (1942) - Jacob
• Kaizokuki futtobu (1943)
• Kokusai mitsuyu-dan (1944)
• Ôedo no oni (1947)
• Ryûgantô no himitsu (1950)
• Muteki (1952)
• Seven Samurai (1954) - the blind musician
• Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto (1954)

References

1. His surname is Mita.
2. Soister, John T. (28 June 2010). Up from the Vault: Rare Thrillers of the 1920s and 1930s. McFarland. ISBN 9780786481859. Retrieved 13 June 2019 – via Google Books.

External links

• Sôjin at IMDb
• Sojin at Aveleyman.com