Known For
Directing
Born
Feb 16, 1901
Died
Sep 10, 1986
Place of Birth
Nagasaki, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan
Credits
84 titles
Kōji Shima
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
Filmography
The Orchid
Director
Love Song Over the Sea
Director
Tropicana Interlude
Director
裸尸痕
Director
Dear Murderer
Screenplay
The Pit of Death
Director
Ambassador Ramen
Director
Shojo jutai
Director
That Complicated Guy
Director
わが愛を星に祈りて
Director
The Man Who Killed Six Women
Director
The Story of a Blind Woman
Director
Muchana Yakko
Director
Asphalt Girl
Director
Teinen Taishoku
Director
Akiko
Director
Otoko to onna no sei no naka
Director
情熱の詩人啄木
Director
夕やけ小やけの赤とんぼ
Director
Wakai nakama
Director
The Beloved Image
Director
Anchin and Kiyohime
Director
The Grave Tells All
Director
Various Flowers
Director
The Path I Remember
Director
The Makioka Sisters
Director
Musume no boken
Director
Thirst
Director
The Cat Knew
Director
Shogun's Holiday
Director
Chance Meeting
Director
Nine Hours of Terror
Director
Escape from Temptation
Director
A Woman's Skin
Director
Bojô no kawa
Director
New Tale of Genji: Shizuka and Yoshitsune
Director
Cascading White Threads
Screenplay
Zangiku monogatari
Director
A Rainbow at Every Turn
Director
Warning from Space
Director
New Women’s Dialogue
Director
The Phantom Horse
Director
Miss Teacher
Screenplay
A Geisha on Horseback
Director
Woman of Fire
Director
Asakusa at Night
Director
The Golden Demon
Director
Autumn Interlude
Director
Made in Japan
Director
Asakusa monogatari
Director