Background
Shokichi Umeya was born in 1868 in Nagasaki, Japan.
庄吉 梅屋
Shokichi Umeya was born in 1868 in Nagasaki, Japan.
After trying his hand in various trades, opened a photographic studio in Hong Kong. Later brought motion picture films from Pathe Company of France and showed them in Singapore and Tokyo (1903). Shokichi Umeya was a pioneer in the movie business
An ardent supporter of the Chinese Revolution gave refuge to Sun Wen (Sun Yat sen) during his second exile to Japan.
