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Kōji Shima

Director

Kōji Shima

Born February 16, 1901 in Nagasaki, Nagasaki Prefecture, JapanDied September 10, 198672 films

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.

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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.

Filmography

72 films as director
  1. 1970The OrchidDirector
  2. 1970Love Song Over the SeaDirector
  3. 1969Tropicana InterludeDirector
  4. 1969Dear MurdererDirector
  5. 1969裸尸痕Director
  6. 1968The Pit of DeathDirector
  7. 1967Ambassador RamenDirector
  8. 1966Shojo jutaiDirector
  9. 1966That Complicated GuyDirector
  10. 1966わが愛を星に祈りてDirector
  11. 1965The Man Who Killed Six WomenDirector
  12. 1965The Story of a Blind WomanDirector
  13. 1964Muchana YakkoDirector
  14. 1964Asphalt GirlDirector
  15. 1963Teinen TaishokuDirector
  16. 1962AkikoDirector
  17. 1962Otoko to onna no sei no nakaDirector
  18. 1962情熱の詩人啄木Director
  19. 1961夕やけ小やけの赤とんぼDirector
  20. 1961Wakai nakamaDirector
  21. 1960The Beloved ImageDirector
  22. 1960Anchin and KiyohimeDirector
  23. 1960The Grave Tells AllDirector
  24. 1959Various FlowersDirector
  25. 1959The Path I RememberDirector
  26. 1959The Makioka SistersDirector
  27. 1958Musume no bokenDirector
  28. 1958ThirstDirector
  29. 1958The Cat KnewDirector
  30. 1958Shogun's HolidayDirector
  31. 1958Chance MeetingDirector
  32. 1957Nine Hours of TerrorDirector
  33. 1957Escape from TemptationDirector
  34. 1957A Woman's SkinDirector
  35. 1957Bojô no kawaDirector
  36. 1956New Tale of Genji: Shizuka and YoshitsuneDirector
  37. 1956Cascading White ThreadsDirector
  38. 1956Zangiku monogatariDirector
  39. 1956A Rainbow at Every TurnDirector
  40. 1956Warning from SpaceDirector
  41. 1955New Women’s DialogueDirector
  42. 1955The Phantom HorseDirector
  43. 1954A Geisha on HorsebackDirector
  44. 1954Woman of FireDirector
  45. 1954Asakusa at NightDirector
  46. 1954The Golden DemonDirector
  47. 1954Autumn InterludeDirector
  48. 1953Made in JapanDirector
  49. 1953Asakusa monogatariDirector
  50. 1953Koshō musukoDirector
  51. 1953Lady Chatterley of JapanDirector
  52. 1953Jūdai no seitenDirector
  53. 1952Zoku bakurō ichidaiDirector
  54. 1952風の噂のリルDirector
  55. 1952Lil's Return from ShanghaiDirector
  56. 1952Aru yoru no dekigotoDirector
  57. 1951Hibari no komoriutaDirector
  58. 1950Mado Kara TobidaseDirector
  59. 1949Ginza Cancan GirlsDirector
  60. 1949Good-Bye!Director
  61. 1949Kyō ware renaisuDirector
  62. 1948The Thief of Moonlight CastleDirector
  63. 1948Enoken no bikkuri shakkuri jidaiDirector
  64. 1948Unmei no koyomiDirector
  65. 1947The Little Green BoxDirector
  66. 1947Todoroki SenseiDirector
  67. 1946Kimi ka to omohiteDirector
  68. 1943Twelve Hours Before DepartureDirector
  69. 1943All-out Attack on SingaporeDirector
  70. 1942YamasandōDirector
  71. 1941The Tale of JiroDirector
  72. 1940Kaze no MatasaburôDirector