Kōji Shima
Directing · Born Feb 16, 1901 · Died Sep 10, 1986 (85) · Nagasaki, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan
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.
Directed
The Orchid
19708.0
Tropicana Interlude
1969
Dear Murderer
1969
裸尸痕
1969
The Pit of Death
19689.0
Ambassador Ramen
19679.0
Shojo jutai
19669.0
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
19655.0
Muchana Yakko
1964
Asphalt Girl
1964
Teinen Taishoku
1963
Akiko
1962
Otoko to onna no sei no naka
19629.0
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
19608.0
Anchin and Kiyohime
19604.8
Otoko wa damasareru
1960
The Grave Tells All
1960
Shōbushi to sono musume
1959
Various Flowers
1959
The Path I Remember
1959
The Makioka Sisters
19598.5
Musume no boken
1958
Tokai toiu minato
1958
My Son's Revolt
1958
Thirst
19587.0
The Cat Knew
1958
Shogun's Holiday
1958
Chance Meeting
195810.0
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
19567.0
A Rainbow at Every Turn
1956
Warning from Space
19565.3
New Women’s Dialogue
1955
The Phantom Horse
19556.5
A Geisha on Horseback
19547.0
Woman of Fire
1954
Asakusa at Night
19547.0
The Golden Demon
19549.0
Autumn Interlude
1954
Made in Japan
1953
Asakusa monogatari
1953
Koshō musuko
1953
Lady Chatterley of Japan
19534.0
Jūdai no seiten
19537.0
Zoku bakurō ichidai
1952
Lil's Return from Shanghai
19527.5
Hibari no komoriuta
19516.0
Mado Kara Tobidase
1950
Ginza Cancan Girls
194910.0
Good-Bye!
19498.0
Kyō ware renaisu
1949
Enoken no bikkuri shakkuri jidai
1948
The Little Green Box
1947
All-out Attack on Singapore
1943
The Tale of Jiro
19419.0
Kaze no Matasaburô
194010.0
