Sojin (actor)

Sōjin Kamiyama
Born	上山 草人 (1884-01-30)January 30, 1884 Sendai, Japan
Died	July 28, 1954(1954-07-28) (aged 70) Tokyo, Japan
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1917-1954

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

• The Thief of Bagdad (1924)
• Soft Shoes (1925)
• Proud Flesh (1925)
• The White Desert (1925)
• The Wanderer (1925)
• The Sea Beast (1926) (silent adaptation of Moby Dick)
• The Bat (1926)
• The Lucky Lady (1926)
• Eve's Leaves (1926)
• The Road to Mandalay (1926)
• Diplomacy (1926)
• The Honorable Mr. Buggs (1927)
• Streets of Shanghai (1927)
• The Thirteenth Hour (1927)
• The Devil Dancer (1927)
• The Chinese Parrot (1927)
• The Man Without a Face (1928)
• Something Always Happens (1928)
• The Crimson City (1928)
• Ships of the Night (1928)
• The Hawk's Nest (1928)
• The Rescue (1929)
• Careers (1929)
• China Slaver (1929)
• Madame X (1929)
• The Unholy Night (1929)
• The Show of Shows (1929)
• The Dude Wrangler (1930)
• Seven Samurai (1954) (as the blind musician)

External links

• Sôjin at IMDb
• Sojin at Aveleyman.com