
Koji Shima
Biography
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.
Acting (6 movies)
Directing (51 movies)

Teinen Taishoku
1963

Zangiku monogatari
1956

The Beloved Image
1960

Muchana Yakko
1964

Warning from Space
1956

Tale of Jiro
1941

The Golden Demon
1954

Tropicana Interlude
1969

The Orchid
1970

The Phantom Horse
1955

Mado Kara Tobidase
1950

Made in Japan
1953

The Priest and the Beauty
1960

The Pit of Death
1968

A Geisha on Horseback
1954

Shogun's Holiday
1958

Otoko to onna no sei no naka
1962

A Rainbow at Every Turn
1956

Ginza Cancan Girls
1949

Cascading White Threads
1956

The Makioka Sisters
1959

Asakusa at Night
1954
Lil's Return from Shanghai
1952

The Grave Tells All
1960

Musume no boken
1958

Dear Murderer
1969
Love Song Over the Sea
1970

情熱の詩人啄木
1962

New Women’s Dialogue
1955
Todoroki Sensei
1947

Chance Meeting
1958

Akiko
1962

Lady Chatterley of Japan
1953

Hibari no komoriuta
1951

The Path I Remember
1959

Jūdai no seiten
1953

Kaze no Matasaburô
1940

The Story of a Blind Woman
1965

That Complicated Guy
1966

Nine Hours of Terror
1957

Thirst
1958

Shojo jutai
1966

The Cat Knew
1958

裸尸痕
1969

Ambassador Ramen
1967

六人の女を殺した男
1965

わが愛を星に祈りて
1966

Asphalt Girl
1964
風の噂のリル
1952

Wakai nakama
1961

Bojô no kawa
1957
| Title | Year | Job | 
|---|---|---|
| A Thousand and One Nights with Toho | 1947 | Writer | 
| Mado Kara Tobidase | 1950 | Screenplay | 
| The Golden Demon | 1954 | Writer | 
| Asakusa at Night | 1954 | Writer | 
| A Geisha on Horseback | 1954 | Screenplay | 
| The Phantom Horse | 1955 | Screenplay | 
| New Women’s Dialogue | 1955 | Screenplay | 
| Cascading White Threads | 1956 | Screenplay | 
| Nine Hours of Terror | 1957 | Screenplay | 
| The Path I Remember | 1959 | Screenplay | 
| The Beloved Image | 1960 | Screenplay | 
| Wakai nakama | 1961 | Screenplay | 
| Dear Murderer | 1969 | Screenplay | 
| 裸尸痕 | 1969 | Screenplay | 
| Tropicana Interlude | 1969 | Screenplay | 





