Person
Kōji Shima
Directing · 1901–1986 · Nagasaki, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan
Biography
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.
Known for
The Orchid
Director
Love Song Over the Sea
Director
Muchana Yakko
Director
Hatobue wo Fuku Onna
1932
The Woman Who Touched The Legs
Detective
Kimi ka to omohite
Director
The Pit of Death
Director
The Golden Demon
Director
Yamasandō
Director
Unmei no koyomi
Director
Filmography
- 1970The OrchidDirector
- 1970Love Song Over the SeaDirector
- 1969Tropicana InterludeDirector
- 1969Dear MurdererScreenplay
- 1969裸尸痕Director
- 1968The Pit of DeathDirector
- 1967Ambassador RamenDirector
- 1966Shojo jutaiDirector
- 1966That Complicated GuyDirector
- 1966わが愛を星に祈りてDirector
- 1965The Man Who Killed Six WomenDirector
- 1965The Story of a Blind WomanDirector
- 1964Muchana YakkoDirector
- 1964Asphalt GirlDirector
- 1963Teinen TaishokuDirector
- 1962AkikoDirector
- 1962Otoko to onna no sei no nakaDirector
- 1962情熱の詩人啄木Director
- 1961夕やけ小やけの赤とんぼDirector
- 1961Wakai nakamaDirector
- 1960The Beloved ImageDirector
- 1960Anchin and KiyohimeDirector
- 1960The Grave Tells AllDirector
- 1959Various FlowersDirector
- 1959The Path I RememberDirector
- 1959The Makioka SistersDirector
- 1958Musume no bokenDirector
- 1958ThirstDirector
- 1958The Cat KnewDirector
- 1958Shogun's HolidayDirector
- 1958Chance MeetingDirector
- 1957Nine Hours of TerrorDirector
- 1957A Woman's SkinDirector
- 1957Bojô no kawaDirector
- 1956Cascading White ThreadsScreenplay
- 1956Zangiku monogatariDirector
- 1956A Rainbow at Every TurnDirector
- 1956Warning from SpaceDirector
- 1955New Women’s DialogueDirector
- 1955The Phantom HorseDirector
- 1955Miss TeacherScreenplay
- 1954A Geisha on HorsebackDirector
- 1954Asakusa at NightDirector
- 1954The Golden DemonDirector
- 1954Autumn InterludeDirector
- 1953Made in JapanDirector
- 1953Koshō musukoScreenplay
- 1953Lady Chatterley of JapanDirector
- 1953Jūdai no seitenDirector
- 1952風の噂のリルDirector
- 1952Lil's Return from ShanghaiAdaptation
- 1951Hibari no komoriutaDirector
- 1950Mado Kara TobidaseScreenplay
- 1949Ginza Cancan GirlsDirector
- 1949Good-Bye!Director
- 1948The Thief of Moonlight CastleDirector
- 1948Enoken no bikkuri shakkuri jidaiDirector
- 1948Unmei no koyomiDirector
- 1947The Little Green BoxDirector
- 1947Todoroki SenseiDirector
- 1947A Thousand and One Nights with TohoWriter
- 1946Kimi ka to omohiteDirector
- 1943Twelve Hours Before DepartureDirector
- 1943All-out Attack on SingaporeDirector
- 1942YamasandōDirector
- 1941The Tale of JiroDirector
- 1940Kaze no MatasaburôDirector
- 1937Sōbō
- 1936Passionate Poet Ishikawa Takuboku - Hometown
- 1932Daughter and Springtime
- 1932Hatobue wo Fuku Onna
- 1930Mistress of a ForeignerTsurumatsu
- 1929SweatHeizaemon Kitayama
- 1929Tokyo March
- 1926The Woman Who Touched The LegsDetective
- 1926Mito Kōmon
- 1926A Paper Doll's Whisper of Spring
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