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 |