# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/shinji-somai
# Generated: 2026-08-15T21:20:05.257Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/shinji-somai"
name: "Shinji Sōmai"
slug: "shinji-somai"
description: "Shinji Sōmai  was a Japanese film director. He directed 13 films between 1980 and 2000 and was noted for his work within seishun-eiga, which include films such as the successful Sailor Suit and Machine Gun (1981) and critically acclaimed Typhoon Club (1985)."
tagline: "Japanese film director (1948-2001)"
image: "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/9yevWYyhCPaqiO8y2qAYc6GKJJA.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1948-01-13"
deathDate: "2001-09-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.2
  momentum:             4.291114662999408
  historical:           11.34998133333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  226
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0814570/"
    handle:    "nm0814570"
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%9B%B8%E7%B1%B3%E6%85%8E%E4%BA%8C"
    title: "相米慎二"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%86%DA%86%D9%89_%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%89"
    title: "شينچى سوماى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinji_S%C5%8Dmai"
    title: "Shinji Sōmai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinji_S%C5%8Dmai"
    title: "Shinji Sōmai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinji_S%C5%8Dmai"
    title: "Shinji Sōmai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%AC%DB%8C_%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%DB%8C"
    title: "شینجی سومای"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinji_S%C5%8Dmai"
    title: "Shinji Sōmai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinji_S%C5%8Dmai"
    title: "Shinji Sōmai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%9B%B8%E7%B1%B3%E6%85%8E%E4%BA%8C"
    title: "相米慎二"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinji_S%C5%8Dmai"
    title: "Shinji Sōmai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%B9%2C_%D0%A1%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B7%D0%B8"
    title: "Сомай, Синдзи"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D9%86%D8%AC%DB%8C_%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%A6%DB%8C"
    title: "شنجی سومائی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q45253"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/545393"
    title: "Shinji Sōmai"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump