Shōkichi Umeya

Shōkichi Umeya (梅屋 庄吉, Umeya Shōkichi) (1868–1934) was a Japanese film promoter and producer who financially supported Sun Yat-sen's revolutionary activities over a period of nearly 20 years.[1] He was the founder in 1906 of the early Japanese film production company M. Pathe.[2]

Shōkichi Umeya
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese梅屋莊吉
Simplified Chinese梅屋庄吉
Japanese name
Kanji梅屋庄吉
Hiraganaうめや しょうきち

See also

References
  1. "Sun Yat-sen and his Japanese friend, Umeya Shokichi", CCTV News - CNTV English, 09/10/2011
  2. "Umeya Shokichi - The Revolutionist as Impresario", Peter B. High, 2005 - Detailed biography of Umeya Shokichi by a professor at Nagoya University.

Further reading
  • da Silva, Joaquín. "Chronology of Japanese Cinema 1906". EigaNove.
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