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Sōjin Kamiyama is a Actor Japonais born on 28 january 1884 at Sendai (Japon)

Sōjin Kamiyama

Sōjin Kamiyama
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Birth name 上山 草人
Nationality Japon
Birth 28 january 1884 at Sendai (Japon)
Death 28 july 1954 (at 70 years) at Tokyo (Japon)

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.

Biography

Sōjin Kamiyama s'est marié à l'actrice Uraji Yamakawa . Il a tourné dans plus de cinquante films aux États-Unis entre 1917 et 1930 puis dans plus de soixante films au Japon entre 1931 et 1954.

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Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Sōjin Kamiyama (44 films)

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Actor

Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto (1954)
, 1h34
Directed by Hiroshi Inagaki
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Biography, Action, Adventure
Themes Seafaring films, Sports films, Théâtre, Transport films, Martial arts films, Samurai films, Films based on plays
Actors Toshiro Mifune, Rentarō Mikuni, Mariko Okada, Akihiko Hirata, Kaoru Yachigusa, Mitsuko Mito
Roles (uncredited)
Rating73% 3.696593.696593.696593.696593.69659
Following the battle of Sekigahara, Takezo (Toshiro Mifune) and his friend Matahachi (Rentarō Mikuni) find themselves on the losing side. Instead of the grand victory and glory Takezo had anticipated, he finds himself a hunted fugitive, having to assist a severely injured Matahachi. The pair seek shelter with a widow and her daughter who unknown to them are connected to local brigands. The brigands soon show up and ask for tribute from what the women have stripped off dead samurai, and Takezo has to fight them off. Both women attempt to seduce Takezo but are rejected. The widow then tells Matahachi that Takezo tried to assault her and convinces him to escort her and her daughter to Kyoto. Matahachi agrees even though he loves (and is betrothed to) Otsu (Kaoru Yachigusa), a woman from his village.
Seven Samurai
Seven Samurai (1954)
, 3h27
Directed by Akira Kurosawa
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure
Themes Seafaring films, Sports films, Transport films, Martial arts films, Samurai films, Alternate history films
Actors Takashi Shimura, Toshiro Mifune, Isao Kimura, Seiji Miyaguchi, Yoshio Inaba, Daisuke Katō
Roles Blind Player
Rating85% 4.299454.299454.299454.299454.29945
Marauding bandits approach a rural mountain village, but their chief decides to spare it until after the harvest because they had raided it before. The plan is overheard by a farmer who tells the rest of village. Lamenting their fate, three farmers ask Gisaku, the village elder and miller, for advice. He declares they should hire samurai to defend the village. Since they have no money to offer, Gisaku tells them to find hungry samurai.
Akanishi Kakita
Akanishi Kakita (1936)
, 1h17
Directed by Mansaku Itami
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Historical
Actors Chiezō Kataoka, Takashi Shimura, Sōjin Kamiyama, Yōko Umemura
Roles Aki
Rating59% 2.963082.963082.963082.963082.96308
Nord du Japon, vers 1670. Sous le nom d'Akanishi Kakita, un homme au physique disgracieux aimant son chat et le shōgi est en réalité un espion chargé de surveiller les agissements dans le clan Date pour le compte du chef du clan Katakura. Ayant réussi à déjouer une tentative d'assassinat et intercepter des courriers compromettants, il cherche un prétexte pour quitter la résidence du seigneur Date Hyōbu sans éveiller les soupçons. Son acolyte Aozame Masujirō lui conseille d'écrire une lettre d'amour à Sazanami, la plus belle femme de la résidence Date pour devenir la risée de ses compagnons et ainsi obtenir une justification à son départ. Mais comble de malchance, la belle répond favorablement à ses avances l'obligeant à "oublier" une autre lettre pour qu'elle soit découverte et qu'il puisse profiter du stratagème. Soupçonneux, le seigneur Kai Harada se doute de quelque chose et envoie une troupe à sa poursuite, mais celle-ci échoue à le retrouver.
Okoto and Sasuke
Okoto and Sasuke (1935)
, 1h50
Directed by Yasujirō Shimazu
Origin Japon
Genres Drama
Actors Kinuyo Tanaka, Tatsuo Saitō, Chōko Iida, Hideo Fujino, Sachiko Murase, Akio Isono
Roles Harumatsu Kengyo, le professeur de musique
Rating67% 3.390153.390153.390153.390153.39015
Japon, 1883. Kahei, un petit marchand de la région de Goshu se rend à l'apothicairerie Moyuza, un établissement traditionnel et prospère d'Osaka. Son fils Sasuke y est apprenti depuis son plus jeune âge, et Kahei n'a que peu d'occasion de le voir. Mais Okoto, la fille du patron du magasin exige que ce soit Sasuke qui la guide et l'accompagne auprès de son professeur de musique malgré la présence de son père. Okoto est aveugle depuis l'âge de 9 ans, d'une grande beauté elle est aussi autoritaire et dotée d'un fort tempérament. Sasuke est un jeune homme doux et émotif, il lui est entièrement dévoué, ce qui lui vaut les moqueries de ses camarades.
Around the World with Douglas Fairbanks
Around the World with Douglas Fairbanks (1931)
, 1h20
Directed by Douglas Fairbanks, Victor Fleming
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Actors Douglas Fairbanks, Victor Fleming, Sōjin Kamiyama, Sessue Hayakawa, Henry Sharp
Roles Self
Rating57% 2.8767852.8767852.8767852.8767852.876785
Douglas Fairbanks, Sr. and a crew of three--photographers Harry Sharp and Chuck Lewis and co-director Victor Fleming--journey around the world and report on various cultural curiosities and the humor they find in everyday life overseas. Beginning with Japan, Fairbanks focuses on the people and observes a Japanese woman demonstrating how her maids assemble her headdress. Fairbanks and his crew then travel to China, where they are greeted by one of China's greatest actors, female impersonator Mei Lanfang. Further travels take them to the walls of the Forbidden City in Peking, the tomb of Dr. Sun Yat-sen and the city of Hong Kong. En route, Fairbanks takes an exercise break on board a ship, displaying his athlete's physique while doing deck drills. He is also shown playing golf. In Indochina the Maharanee of Cooch-Behar provides Fairbanks with fifty elephants and attendants for an expedition into the jungle to hunt leopards. In the Philippines, Fairbanks films General Emilio Aguinaldo as he poses and speaks for the camera. After passing through Cambodia and Bangkok, Fairbanks stops in Siam, where he visits a party attended by many foreign dignitaries at the estate of the King of Siam.
Golden Dawn
Golden Dawn (1930)
, 1h23
Directed by Ray Enright
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Théâtre, Musical films, Films based on plays
Actors Walter Woolf King, Noah Beery Sr., Lupino Lane, Marion Byron, Edward Martindel, Nina Quartero
Roles Piper
Rating46% 2.305032.305032.305032.305032.30503
The story takes place in colonial Africa, where Vivienne Segal (as Dawn), plays the part of a white girl who was kidnapped in infancy and is being brought up by a black native, played by Alice Gentle, as her own. Alice Gentle runs a canteen in the now German colonial settlement. Segal falls in love with Walter Woolf King, a British rubber planter who is now a prisoner of war. Noah Beery, who is the native black leader of the tribes in that region, is also in love with Segal and becomes extremely jealous when he heard of Segal's love for King. King, however, is sent back to Britain by the Germans for attempting to steal Segal, whom they believe is half black. Eventually, the British regain control of the territory and drive out the Germans. King returns to the colony. When the settlement experiences a drought, Beery attempts to incite the natives against Segal, claiming that their native God is angry because Segal has dared to love a white man. King is unable to save Segal because the colonial authorities refuse to act unless they have proof that Segal is one hundred percent white. Eventually Gentle confesses that she is not Segal's real mother and that her real (white) father confirms what she confessed is true and that her mother was white. King quickly brings the British troops just as the natives are about to sacrifice Segal. During the ceremony however, one of the virgin priestesses of the native God, revels that Beery has been lying about Segal. The God is not interested in Segal since she is pure white. Furthermore she reveals that Beery had violated her chastity and claims that their native God was angry because of this sacrilegious act. Beery is sacrificed to the anger of the natives and the drought quickly ends as rain pours down. In the end, Segal and King, happily reunited, sail back to England together.
Way for a Sailor
Way for a Sailor (1930)
, 1h25
Directed by Sam Wood
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors John Gilbert, Wallace Beery, Leila Hyams, Polly Moran, Doris Lloyd, Robert Adair
Roles Singapore Brothel Proprietor
Rating58% 2.9008652.9008652.9008652.9008652.900865
This script must be run from the command line
The Dude Wrangler
The Dude Wrangler (1930)

Directed by Richard Thorpe
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Lina Basquette, Tom Keene, Clyde Wilfred Cook, Francis X. Bushman, Ethel Wales, Margaret Seddon
Roles Wong (as K. Sojin)

Wally McCann est un jeune homme un peu efféminé qui passe son temps à créer des patrons de broderie pour sa tante Mary. Helen Dane, qui élève des poneys pour le polo, est éprise de lui, mais elle le bat froid dans le but de le faire réagir. Décidé à devenir un bon fermier, Wally achète des terrains au Wyoming, près de la ferme d'Helen. Plus tard il achète un ranch et organise une fête à cette occasion. Parmi les invités, se trouve Canby, qui est amoureux d'Helen. Il complote avec Wong, le cuisinier chinois, et organise une série d'événements qui vont effrayer les autres invités, mais ils vont aussi donner l'occasion à Wally de sauver une femme de la débandade d'un troupeau. Ayant appris le rôle de Canby dans ses problèmes, Wally se bat avec lui, et gagne ainsi l'admiration d'Helen.
Madame X
Madame X (1929)
, 1h35
Directed by Lionel Barrymore
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Ruth Chatterton, Lewis Stone, Holmes Herbert, Carroll Nye, Raymond Hackett, Ullrich Haupt
Roles Oriental Doctor (uncredited)
Rating56% 2.80662.80662.80662.80662.8066
Jacqueline Floriot (Ruth Chatterton) is thrown out into the street without any money by her jealous husband Louis (Lewis Stone) when he discovers she had been carrying on an affair. She is not even allowed to see their four-year-old son, and she sinks into depravity.
Seven Footprints to Satan
Seven Footprints to Satan (1929)
, 1h
Directed by Benjamin Christensen
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Comedy-drama, Horror comedy, Horror, Crime
Themes Ghost films, Comedy horror films
Actors Thelma Todd, Creighton Hale, William V. Mong, Sheldon Lewis, Sōjin Kamiyama, DeWitt Jennings
Roles Sôjin
Rating65% 3.2876853.2876853.2876853.2876853.287685
Jim and Eve, a young society couple, are kidnapped on the eve of Jim's departure for Africa and brought to a mansion that is home to a strange and glamorous Satanic cult.
Careers
Careers (1929)
, 1h32
Directed by John Francis Dillon, Forrest Halsey
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Billie Dove, Antonio Moreno, Thelma Todd, Noah Beery Sr., Holmes Herbert, Carmel Myers
Roles Biwa Player

The film takes place in the French colony of Cochin-China. Young French magistrate (Antonio Moreno) and his wife (Billie Dove) are victims of virtual imprisonment because president (Noah Beery) of colony in which they are stationed has a sexual interest in the magistrate's wife. Beery refuses to allow Moreno to advance in his career on the bench until his wife agrees to his demands. Moreno, angered by this treatment after four years of hard work, secretly goes to the governor of the colony to complain. Dove endeavors in crucial moment to save her husband from disaster by pleading with the president but inadvertently reveals her husband's plan. Being afraid for the safety of her husband, Dove consents to do whatever Beery wishes as long as he does nothing to endanger her husband. Just as Beery is about to seduce Dove, he is murdered by a native musician who has been hiding in the room. Dove is immediately suspected of the murder and the musician comes out of hiding and accuses Dove of the murder. Moreno is placed in charge of the investigation and discovers that the musician is lying and that he is the one responsible. Tired of the dangers of life in the French colony, Moreno and Dove head back to Paris where Moreno hopes to start a new career.
The Crimson City
The Crimson City (1928)

Directed by Archie Mayo
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Romance
Actors Myrna Loy, Leila Hyams, John Miljan, Anna May Wong, Anders Randolf, Matthew Betz
Roles Sing Yoy
Rating70% 3.5476053.5476053.5476053.5476053.547605
The story centers on an Asian woman named Onoto (Loy), who is rescued from slavery by a fugitive of European ancestry named Gregory Kent (Miljan). They fall in love, but prevailing mores about race doom the romance. Onoto leaves Kent so that he may marry another (Hyams).