Kōji Shima
DirectingBorn 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
Filmography — Acting
Mistress of a Foreigner
Tsurumatsu
Tokyo March
Mito Kōmon
Sōbō
A Paper Doll's Whisper of Spring
Daughter and Springtime
Passionate Poet Ishikawa Takuboku - Hometown
The Woman Who Touched The Legs
Detective
Sweat
Heizaemon Kitayama
Hatobue wo Fuku Onna
Filmography — Crew
The Makioka Sisters
Director
Warning from Space
Director
The Beloved Image
Director
Zangiku monogatari
Director
New Women’s Dialogue
Director
A Rainbow at Every Turn
Director
Chance Meeting
Director
Anchin and Kiyohime
Director
Teinen Taishoku
Director
Mado Kara Tobidase
Director
Musume no boken
Director
Hibari no komoriuta
Director
The Phantom Horse
Director
The Pit of Death
Director
Ginza Cancan Girls
Director
Asakusa at Night
Director
Shogun's Holiday
Director
Ambassador Ramen
Director
Akiko
Director
A Geisha on Horseback
Director
Lil's Return from Shanghai
Director
風の噂のリル
Director
Todoroki Sensei
Director
The Tale of Jiro
Director
Muchana Yakko
Director
Lady Chatterley of Japan
Director
The Story of a Blind Woman
Director
六人の女を殺した男
Director
Dear Murderer
Screenplay
The Grave Tells All
Director
Thirst
Director
A Thousand and One Nights with Toho
Writer
Tropicana Interlude
Director
The Golden Demon
Director
Jūdai no seiten
Director
Cascading White Threads
Director
That Complicated Guy
Director
The Cat Knew
Director
Shojo jutai
Director
Otoko to onna no sei no naka
Director
情熱の詩人啄木
Director
Goodbye
Director
Asphalt Girl
Director
Made in Japan
Director
The Path I Remember
Director
Love Song Over the Sea
Director
Nine Hours of Terror
Director
Bojô no kawa
Director
Wakai nakama
Director
裸尸痕
Director
Kaze no Matasaburô
Director
The Orchid
Director
わが愛を星に祈りて
Director
夕やけ小やけの赤とんぼ
Director