Sōjin Kamiyama

or just Sōjin (; 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)