Koji Shima
Personal Info
Known for
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1901-02-16
Day of Death
1986-09-10 (85 years old)
Place of Birth
Nagasaki, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan
Koji 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
Acting
(1937)
(1936)
(1932)
(1932)
(1930)
Mistress of a Foreigner
as Tsurumatsu
(1929)
Sweat
as Heizaemon Kitayama
(1929)
(1926)
(1926)
(1926)
The Woman Who Touched The Legs
as Detective
Crew
(1970)
The Orchid
Director
(1970)
Love Song Over the Sea
Director
(1969)
Tropicana Interlude
Director, Screenplay
(1969)
Dear Murderer
Director, Screenplay
(1969)
裸尸痕
Director, Screenplay
(1968)
The Pit of Death
Director
(1967)
Ambassador Ramen
Director
(1966)
That Complicated Guy
Director
(1966)
Shojo jutai
Director
(1966)
わが愛を星に祈りて
Director
(1965)
The Story of a Blind Woman
Director
(1965)
六人の女を殺した男
Director
(1964)
Muchana Yakko
Director
(1964)
Asphalt Girl
Director
(1963)
Teinen Taishoku
Director
(1962)
Otoko to onna no sei no naka
Director
(1962)
情熱の詩人啄木
Director
(1962)
Akiko
Director
(1961)
Wakai nakama
Director, Screenplay
(1960)
The Beloved Image
Director, Screenplay
(1960)
The Priest and the Beauty
Director
(1960)
Sexy Sign Suki Suki Suki
Director
(1959)
The Makioka Sisters
Director
(1959)
The Path I Remember
Screenplay, Director
(1958)
Shogun's Holiday
Director
(1958)
Musume no boken
Director
(1958)
Chance Meeting
Director
(1958)
Thirst
Director
(1958)
The Cat Knew
Director
(1957)
Nine Hours of Terror
Director, Screenplay
(1956)
Zangiku monogatari
Director
(1956)
Warning from Space
Director
(1956)
A Rainbow at Every Turn
Director
(1956)
Cascading White Threads
Screenplay, Director
(1955)
The Phantom Horse
Director, Music, Screenplay
(1955)
New Women’s Dialogue
Director, Screenplay
(1954)
The Golden Demon
Director, Writer
(1954)
A Geisha on Horseback
Director, Screenplay
(1954)
Asakusa at Night
Director, Writer
(1953)
Made in Japan
Director
(1953)
Lady Chatterley of Japan
Director
(1953)
Jūdai no seiten
Director
(1952)
Lil's Return from Shanghai
Director, Adaptation
(1952)
風の噂のリル
Director
(1951)
Hibari no komoriuta
Director
(1950)
Mado Kara Tobidase
Screenplay, Director
(1949)
Ginza Cancan Girls
Director
(1947)
(1947)
Todoroki Sensei
Director
(1941)
Tale of Jiro
Director
(1940)
Kaze no Matasaburô
Director