Kōji Shima
Directing
Born February 16, 1901 · 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 (53)
The Orchid
1970
Love Song Over the Sea
1970
Tropicana Interlude
1969
Dear Murderer
1969
裸尸痕
1969
The Pit of Death
1968
Ambassador Ramen
1967
Shojo jutai
1966
That Complicated Guy
1966
わが愛を星に祈りて
1966
六人の女を殺した男
1965
The Story of a Blind Woman
1965
Muchana Yakko
1964
Asphalt Girl
1964
Teinen Taishoku
1963
Akiko
1962
Otoko to onna no sei no naka
1962
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
1960
Anchin and Kiyohime
1960
The Grave Tells All
1960
The Path I Remember
1959
The Makioka Sisters
1959
Musume no boken
1958
Thirst
1958
The Cat Knew
1958
Shogun's Holiday
1958
Chance Meeting
1958
Nine Hours of Terror
1957
Bojô no kawa
1957
Cascading White Threads
1956
Zangiku monogatari
1956
A Rainbow at Every Turn
1956
Warning from Space
1956
New Women’s Dialogue
1955
The Phantom Horse
1955
A Geisha on Horseback
1954
Asakusa at Night
1954
The Golden Demon
1954
Made in Japan
1953
Lady Chatterley of Japan
1953
Jūdai no seiten
1953
風の噂のリル
1952
Lil's Return from Shanghai
1952
Hibari no komoriuta
1951
Mado Kara Tobidase
1950
Ginza Cancan Girls
1949
Goodbye
1949
Todoroki Sensei
1947
The Tale of Jiro
1941
Kaze no Matasaburô
1940
