Kōji Shima

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Directing

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.

Filmography

• The Orchid (1970)
• Love Song Over the Sea (1970)
• Tropicana Interlude (1969)
• Dear Murderer (1969)
• 裸尸痕 (1969)
• The Pit of Death (1968)
• Ambassador Ramen (1967)
• Shojo jutai (1966)
• That Complicated Guy (1966)
• わが愛を星に祈りて (1966)
• The Man Who Killed Six Women (1965)
• The Story of a Blind Woman (1965)
• Muchana Yakko (1964)
• Asphalt Girl (1964)
• Teinen Taishoku (1963)
• Akiko (1962)
• Otoko to onna no sei no naka (1962)
• 情熱の詩人啄木 (1962)
• 夕やけ小やけの赤とんぼ (1961)
• Wakai nakama (1961)
• The Beloved Image (1960)
• Anchin and Kiyohime (1960)
• The Grave Tells All (1960)
• Various Flowers (1959)
• The Path I Remember (1959)
• The Makioka Sisters (1959)
• Musume no boken (1958)
• Thirst (1958)
• The Cat Knew (1958)
• Shogun's Holiday (1958)
• Chance Meeting (1958)
• Nine Hours of Terror (1957)
• Escape from Temptation (1957)
• A Woman's Skin (1957)
• Bojô no kawa (1957)
• New Tale of Genji: Shizuka and Yoshitsune (1956)
• Cascading White Threads (1956)
• Zangiku monogatari (1956)
• A Rainbow at Every Turn (1956)
• Warning from Space (1956)
• New Women’s Dialogue (1955)
• The Phantom Horse (1955)
• Miss Teacher (1955)
• A Geisha on Horseback (1954)
• Woman of Fire (1954)
• Asakusa at Night (1954)
• The Golden Demon (1954)
• Autumn Interlude (1954)
• Made in Japan (1953)
• Asakusa monogatari (1953)
• Koshō musuko (1953)
• Lady Chatterley of Japan (1953)
• Jūdai no seiten (1953)
• Zoku bakurō ichidai (1952)
• 風の噂のリル (1952)
• Lil's Return from Shanghai (1952)
• Aru yoru no dekigoto (1952)
• Hibari no komoriuta (1951)
• Mado Kara Tobidase (1950)
• Ginza Cancan Girls (1949)
• Good-Bye! (1949)
• Kyō ware renaisu (1949)
• The Thief of Moonlight Castle (1948)
• Enoken no bikkuri shakkuri jidai (1948)
• Unmei no koyomi (1948)
• The Little Green Box (1947)
• Todoroki Sensei (1947)
• A Thousand and One Nights with Toho (1947)
• Kimi ka to omohite (1946)
• Twelve Hours Before Departure (1943)
• All-out Attack on Singapore (1943)
• Yamasandō (1942)
• The Tale of Jiro (1941)
• Kaze no Matasaburô (1940)
• Sōbō (1937)
• Passionate Poet Ishikawa Takuboku - Hometown (1936)
• Daughter and Springtime (1932)
• Hatobue wo Fuku Onna (1932)
• Mistress of a Foreigner (1930)
• Sweat (1929)
• Tokyo March (1929)
• The Woman Who Touched The Legs (1926)
• Mito Kōmon (1926)
• A Paper Doll's Whisper of Spring (1926)