Kōji Shima
Directing
Born 1901-02-16
Died 1986-09-10
Nagasaki, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan
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Born as Takehiko Kagoshima in Nagasaki, Shima left for Tokyo after graduating from high school. He was in the first class of the Nihon Eiga Haiyū Gakkō and joined the Nikkatsu studio as an actor in 1925. Playing mostly romantic leads, he appeared in films directed by such masters as Tomu Uchida and Kenji Mizoguchi. He turned to directing in 1939, and quickly came to prominence with films such as Kaze no Matasaburō, an adaption of a Kenji Miyazawa story, and Jirō Monogatari. After the war, he directed such films as Ginza Kankan Musume and Jūdai no Seiten at Shintoho and Daiei Studios. He won a prize at the 1st Moscow International Film Festival for Unforgettable Trail. Some of his last films were made in Hong Kong for Shaw Brothers.
He directed over 90 films as a director and appeared in over 90 films as an actor. He was once married to the actress Yukiko Todoroki.
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Filmography
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Directing
53 credits
Muchana Yakko
The Orchid
The Golden Demon
Love Song Over the Sea
The Little Green Box
Kimi ka to omohite
Unmei no koyomi
Enoken no bikkuri shakkuri jidai
The Pit of Death
The Thief of Moonlight Castle
Hibari no komoriuta
Yamasandō
Warning from Space
Twelve Hours Before Departure
Various Flowers
Koshō musuko
All-out Attack on Singapore
夕やけ小やけの赤とんぼ
Autumn Interlude
Tropicana Interlude
Good-Bye!
Akiko
Anchin and Kiyohime
The Phantom Horse
The Grave Tells All
Shojo jutai
A Woman's Skin
Dear Murderer
The Story of a Blind Woman
The Makioka Sisters
Kyō ware renaisu
New Women’s Dialogue
Ambassador Ramen
Zangiku monogatari
A Rainbow at Every Turn
Asakusa at Night
Musume no boken
情熱の詩人啄木
Ginza Cancan Girls
Kaze no Matasaburô
Otoko to onna no sei no naka
The Tale of Jiro
Mado Kara Tobidase
The Beloved Image
A Geisha on Horseback
Shogun's Holiday
Lady Chatterley of Japan
わが愛を星に祈りて
Cascading White Threads
Chance Meeting
The Man Who Killed Six Women
Teinen Taishoku
The Path I Remember
Writing
15 credits
The Golden Demon
The Little Green Box
Various Flowers
Koshō musuko
夕やけ小やけの赤とんぼ
Miss Teacher
Tropicana Interlude
Dear Murderer
New Women’s Dialogue
Asakusa at Night
Mado Kara Tobidase
The Beloved Image
A Geisha on Horseback
Cascading White Threads
The Path I Remember
Other credits
4 credits
Acting
3 credits
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