---
name: "Sôjin Kamiyama"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/sojin-kamiyama"
fi1m_id: "sojin-kamiyama"
imdb_id: "nm0436787"
tmdb_id: 1173025
wikidata_id: "Q3043255"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "28 January 1884"
died: "28 July 1954"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 88
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-25T06:10:25.506475+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Sôjin Kamiyama

## Identity

Sôjin Kamiyama

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/sojin-kamiyama
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** sojin-kamiyama
- **IMDb ID:** nm0436787
- **TMDB ID:** 1173025
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3043255
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sojin_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3043255, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0436787/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1173025

Actor. Born 28 January 1884 in Sendai, Miyagi, Japan. Died 28 July 1954.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 28 January 1884, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan
- **Died:** 28 July 1954
- **Active:** 1924–1954
- **Also known as:** Mitsugu Mita, Содзин Камияма, Mita Tadashi
- **Average Fi1m score:** 88, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1920s 82 (1), 1950s 95 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sojin_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3043255, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0436787/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1173025

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*The Thief of Bagdad*](https://film.one/film/the-thief-of-bagdad-1924.md) (82)

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## Biography

Sōjin Kamiyama, also credited as Sojin or under variants such as Mitsugu Mita, was a Japanese film actor. He appeared in more than seventy films between 1917 and 1954.

Born in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, he began his career in theatre before moving to the United States. His breakthrough Hollywood role was as the Mongol Prince in *The Thief of Bagdad* (1924). He subsequently appeared in around fifty American silent films, often in supporting or villainous parts, including *The King of Kings* (1927).

Kamiyama returned to Japan in the early 1930s and continued working in domestic cinema. His later credits include an uncredited role in *Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto* (1954) and the part of a blind player in *Seven Samurai* (1954).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, discovernikkei.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Seven Samurai* (1954), Fi1m 95, as Blind Player — [page](https://film.one/film/seven-samurai.md)
- *The Thief of Bagdad* (1924), Fi1m 82, as The Mongol Prince — [page](https://film.one/film/the-thief-of-bagdad-1924.md)

## Complete filmography (70)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto* (1954), as (uncredited)
- *Seven Samurai* (1954), as Blind Player — Fi1m 95, [page](https://film.one/film/seven-samurai.md)
- *The Second Kiss* (1954), Actor
- *Forever My Love* (1952), Actor
- *Love's Zephir Along the Tokaido* (1952), Actor
- *Foghorn* (1952), Actor
- *The Thief of Moonlight Castle* (1948), Actor
- *The Devil of Edo* (1947), Actor
- *Kokusai Mitsuyudan* (1944), Actor
- *Air Raid of the Enemy Plane* (1943), Actor
- *Hanayakanaru gensō* (1943), Actor
- *Kurama Tengu* (1942), Actor
- *Gōketsu keizu* (1942), Actor
- *Five Siblings* (1939), Actor
- *Kokumin no chikai* (1938), Actor
- *The Golden Demon* (1937), as Naoyuki Wanibuchi (as Sôjin Kamiyama)
- *The Siege of Osaka* (1937), Actor
- *Housewife Camellia* (1936), Actor
- *Men vs. Women* (1936), Actor
- *The Letter* (1936), as Aki
- *Okoto and Sasuke* (1935), Actor
- *Lumberjack and Lady* (1935), as Kaheiji
- *Mother of the East* (1934), as Goshima (Business Magnate)
- *Chûshingura - Zempen: Akahokyô no maki* (1932), Actor
- *The Loyal 47 Ronin* (1932), as Kozukenosuke Kira
- *Studio Romance: A Guide to Love* (1932), Actor
- *Love, Be with Humanity: Part 2* (1931), as Kokichi Yamaguchi
- *Love, Be with Humanity: Part 1* (1931), as Kokichi Yamaguchi
- *Way for a Sailor* (1930), as Singapore Brothel Proprietor
- *The Dude Wrangler* (1930), as Wong (as K. Sojin)
- *Golden Dawn* (1930), as Piper
- *The Show of Shows* (1929), as Performer in '$20 Bet' Sketch (as Sojin)
- *The Unholy Night* (1929), as The Mystic
- *Madame X* (1929), as Oriental Doctor (uncredited)
- *Careers* (1929), as Biwa Player
- *Seven Footprints to Satan* (1929), as Sôjin
- *China Slaver* (1929), as Ming Foy / Wing Foy / The Cobra
- *Tropic Madness* (1928), as (as Sojin)
- *Ships of the Night* (1928), as Yut Sen
- *Out with the Tide* (1928), as Chee Chee
- *Chinatown Charlie* (1928), as The Mandarin
- *The Crimson City* (1928), as Sing Yoy
- *Something Always Happens* (1928), as Chang-Tzo
- *The Man Without a Face* (1928), Actor
- *Streets of Shanghai* (1927), as Fong Kiang
- *The Haunted Ship* (1927), as Bombay Charlie
- *The Devil Dancer* (1927), as Sadik Lama (as Sojin)
- *The Chinese Parrot* (1927), as Charlie Chan
- *The Thirteenth Hour* (1927), as Minor Role
- *Foreign Devils* (1927), as Lama priest (as Sojin)
- *Why Girls Love Sailors* (1927), as Moneylender (scenes deleted)
- *All Aboard* (1927), as Prince
- *The Honorable Mr. Buggs* (1927), as The Crook
- *The King of Kings* (1927), as Prince Of Persia (as Sojin)
- *Driven from Home* (1927), Actor
- *The Sky Pirate* (1926), Actor
- *The Lady of the Harem* (1926), as Sultan
- *Across the Pacific* (1926), as (as Sojin)
- *The Road to Mandalay* (1926), as English Charlie Wing
- *The Lucky Lady* (1926), as Secretary to Garletz
- *The Bat* (1926), as Billy the Butler
- *The Sea Beast* (1926), as Fedallah (as Sojin)
- *Eve's Leaves* (1926), as Le Sing
- *The Wanderer* (1925), as Sadyk the Jeweler (uncredited)
- *My Lady's Lips* (1925), Actor
- *Proud Flesh* (1925), as Wong
- *East of Suez* (1925), as Lee Tai
- *Soft Shoes* (1925), as Yet Tzu
- *The Thief of Bagdad* (1924), as The Mongol Prince — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/the-thief-of-bagdad-1924.md)
- *Patria* (1917), as Sojin (as Sojin)

## Gallery

- ![Kanjūrō Arashi and Sōjin Kamiyama in Kurama Tengu (鞍馬天狗) directed by Daisuke Itō - 1942](https://film.one/media/person/383439/gallery-39ba9895d83a.jpg) Kanjūrō Arashi and Sōjin Kamiyama in Kurama Tengu (鞍馬天狗) directed by Daisuke Itō - 1942 — Daiei, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Kanj%C5%ABr%C5%8D_Arashi_and_S%C5%8Djin_Kamiyama_in_Kurama_Tengu_%281942%29.jpg/1280px-Kanj%C5%ABr%C5%8D_Arashi_and_S%C5%8Djin_Kamiyama_in_Kurama_Tengu_%281942%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Sôjin Kamiyama](https://film.one/media/person/383439/gallery-31268762f3d2.jpg) Sôjin Kamiyama — Image via TMDB

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