# 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 Miyagi, 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)