Kōji Shima

Known for: Directing
Born: February 16, 1901, Nagasaki, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan
Died: September 10, 1986
Movies: 87

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.

Best-Known Movies

5.3

Warning from Space

1956

6.1

Tokyo March

1929

6.8

Sweat

1929

4.8

Anchin and Kiyohime

1960

6.5

The Phantom Horse

1955

7.0

A Geisha on Horseback

1954

8.5

The Makioka Sisters

1959

7.5

Lil's Return from Shanghai

1952

8.0

A Paper Doll's Whisper of Spring

1926

9.0

The Woman Who Touched The Legs

1926

Filmography

1937	Sōbō
1936	Passionate Poet Ishikawa Takuboku - Hometown
1932	Daughter and Springtime
1932	Hatobue wo Fuku Onna
1930	Mistress of a Foreigner	Tsurumatsu
1929	Sweat	Heizaemon Kitayama
1929	Tokyo March
1926	The Woman Who Touched The Legs	Detective
1926	Mito Kōmon
1926	A Paper Doll's Whisper of Spring

Directing, Writing & Producing

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	Shojo jutai	Director
1966	That Complicated Guy	Director
1966	わが愛を星に祈りて	Director
1965	The Man Who Killed Six Women	Director
1965	The Story of a Blind Woman	Director
1964	Muchana Yakko	Director
1964	Asphalt Girl	Director
1963	Teinen Taishoku	Director
1962	Akiko	Director
1962	Otoko to onna no sei no naka	Director
1962	情熱の詩人啄木	Director
1961	夕やけ小やけの赤とんぼ	Director, Screenplay
1961	Wakai nakama	Director, Screenplay
1960	The Beloved Image	Director, Screenplay
1960	Anchin and Kiyohime	Director
1960	The Grave Tells All	Director
1959	Shōbushi to sono musume	Director
1959	Various Flowers	Director, Screenplay
1959	The Path I Remember	Screenplay, Director
1959	The Makioka Sisters	Director
1958	Musume no boken	Director
1958	Tokai toiu minato	Director
1958	My Son's Revolt	Director
1958	Thirst	Director
1958	The Cat Knew	Director
1958	Shogun's Holiday	Director
1958	Chance Meeting	Director
1957	Nine Hours of Terror	Director, Screenplay
1957	Escape from Temptation	Director
1957	A Woman's Skin	Director
1957	Bojô no kawa	Director
1956	New Tale of Genji: Shizuka and Yoshitsune	Director
1956	Cascading White Threads	Screenplay, Director
1956	Zangiku monogatari	Director
1956	A Rainbow at Every Turn	Director
1956	Warning from Space	Director
1955	New Women’s Dialogue	Director, Screenplay
1955	The Phantom Horse	Director, Screenplay
1955	Miss Teacher	Screenplay
1954	A Geisha on Horseback	Director, Screenplay
1954	Woman of Fire	Director
1954	Asakusa at Night	Director, Writer
1954	The Golden Demon	Director, Writer
1954	Autumn Interlude	Director
1953	Made in Japan	Director
1953	Asakusa monogatari	Director
1953	Koshō musuko	Screenplay, Director
1953	Lady Chatterley of Japan	Director
1953	Jūdai no seiten	Director
1952	Zoku bakurō ichidai	Director
1952	風の噂のリル	Director
1952	Lil's Return from Shanghai	Director
1952	Aru yoru no dekigoto	Director
1951	Hibari no komoriuta	Director
1950	Mado Kara Tobidase	Screenplay, Director
1949	Ginza Cancan Girls	Director
1949	Good-Bye!	Director
1949	Kyō ware renaisu	Director
1948	The Thief of Moonlight Castle	Director
1948	Enoken no bikkuri shakkuri jidai	Director
1948	Unmei no koyomi	Director
1947	The Little Green Box	Director
1947	Todoroki Sensei	Director
1947	A Thousand and One Nights with Toho	Writer
1946	Kimi ka to omohite	Director
1943	Twelve Hours Before Departure	Director
1943	All-out Attack on Singapore	Director
1942	Yamasandō	Director
1941	The Tale of Jiro	Director
1940	Kaze no Matasaburô	Director

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