# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/shokichi-umeya
# Generated: 2026-08-14T12:05:34.583Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/shokichi-umeya"
name: "Shōkichi Umeya"
slug: "shokichi-umeya"
description: "Shōkichi Umeya  was a Japanese film promoter and producer who financially supported Sun Yat-sen's revolutionary activities over a period of nearly 20 years. In 1906 he founded the early Japanese film production company M. Pathe."
tagline: "Japanese film producer (1868–1934)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Umeya_syoukichi.jpg?width=1200"
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: "1868"
deathDate: "1934"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.42
  momentum:             0.5684007707129094
  historical:           5.906158666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     40
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1196767/"
    handle:    "nm1196767"
sources:
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sh%C5%8Dkichi_Umeya"
    title: "Shōkichi Umeya"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sh%C5%8Dkichi_Umeya"
    title: "Shōkichi Umeya"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D9%88%DA%A9%DB%8C%DA%86%DB%8C_%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%A7"
    title: "شوکیچی اومیا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%A2%85%E5%B1%8B%E5%BA%84%E5%90%89"
    title: "梅屋庄吉"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%A2%85%E5%B1%8B%E5%BA%84%E5%90%89"
    title: "梅屋庄吉"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sh%C5%8Dkichi_Umeya"
    title: "Shōkichi Umeya"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5969923"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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