Sojin (actor)



Sōjin Kamiyama or just Sōjin (上山 草人; 30 January 1884 – 28 July 1954) was a Japanese film actor. 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)