Sôjin Kamiyama

Known for Acting

1/28/1884

Sendai, Miyagi, Japan

Biography

Sōjin Kamiyama or just Sōjin was a Japanese film actor. He appeared in more than 70 films between 1917 and 1954.

Known For (61 credits)

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Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto

1954

Struggling to elevate himself from his low caste in 17th century Japan, Miyamoto trains to become a mighty samurai warrior.

8.5

Movie

Seven Samurai

1954

A samurai answers a village's request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town needs protection from bandits, so the samurai gathers six others to help him teach the people how to defend themselves, and the villagers provide the soldiers with food.

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Love's Zephir Along the Tokaido

1952

A movie directed by Nobuo Nakagawa

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Foghorn

1952

A Japanese woman, the mistress of an American, falls in love with her servant.

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The Devil of Edo

1947

Jidai-geki by Ryo Hagiwara

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Kokusai Mitsuyudan

1944

Directed by Daisuke Ito.

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Air Raid of the Enemy Plane

1943

Japanese war movie.

6.0

Movie

Kurama Tengu

1942

Directed by Daisuke Itô.

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Five Siblings

1939

A businessman runs afoul of the law and commits suicide, leaving behind a wife and five children. The eldest son takes the family to Tokyo and labors to restore its name and fortune

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Kokumin no chikai

1938

This film was mainly shot in the Japanese skiing resort Hokkaido in 1937-38 and was intended to create support for the coming winter olympics of 1940 in Japan which however were cancelled because of the Japanese-Chinese war. A Japanese production, it was nevertheless made with German involvement in the form of skiing champion Sepp Rist and celebrated cinematographer Richard Angst (who also contributed to the script). Both had regularly worked with the inventor of the mountain film genre, Dr. Arnold Fanck, who had helmed the German-Japanese co-production "Die Tochter des Samurai", also shot by Angst, the year before. Angst apparently stayed in Japan until mid-1939 when he returned to Germany, carrying this film with him. Angst submitted it to the German censors later that year, but for reasons unknown to me it took three more years before the film was finally shown in Germany under the name "Das heilige Ziel" (The Holy Aim). (Karargara)

6.0

Movie

The Golden Demon

1937

A penniless orphan loses the woman he loves, when her family arranges a marriage to a wealthy playboy. He believes she was blinded by greed, and becomes a miser.

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The Siege of Osaka

1937

The Siege of Osaka