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