Kōji Shima
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- February 16, 1901
- Died
- September 10, 1986 (aged 85)
- Birthplace
- Nagasaki, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan
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.
Known For
Filmography
The Orchid
Movie · Director
Love Song Over the Sea
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Tropicana Interlude
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Dear Murderer
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裸尸痕
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The Pit of Death
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Ambassador Ramen
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That Complicated Guy
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Shojo jutai
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わが愛を星に祈りて
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The Story of a Blind Woman
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The Man Who Killed Six Women
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Muchana Yakko
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Asphalt Girl
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Teinen Taishoku
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Sue wa hakase ka daijin ka
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Otoko to onna no sei no naka
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Jōnetsu no shijin Takuboku
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Akiko
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Wakai nakama
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Yūyake koyake no akatonbo
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Ashita o yobu minato
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The Beloved Image
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Anchin and Kiyohime
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The Grave Tells All
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Otoko wa damasareru
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The Makioka Sisters
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The Path I Remember
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Various Flowers
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Shōbushi to sono musume
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Shogun's Holiday
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Musume no boken
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Chance Meeting
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Thirst
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The Cat Knew
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My Son's Revolt
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Tokai toiu minato
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Nine Hours of Terror
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Bojô no kawa
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A Woman's Skin
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Escape from Temptation
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Zangiku monogatari
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Warning from Space
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A Rainbow at Every Turn
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Cascading White Threads
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New Tale of Genji: Shizuka and Yoshitsune
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The Phantom Horse
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New Women’s Dialogue
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The Golden Demon
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A Geisha on Horseback
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Asakusa at Night
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Autumn Interlude
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Woman of Fire
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Made in Japan
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Lady Chatterley of Japan
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Jūdai no seiten
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Koshō musuko
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Asakusa monogatari
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Lil's Return from Shanghai
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風の噂のリル
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Aru yoru no dekigoto
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Zoku bakurō ichidai
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Hibari no komoriuta
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Mado Kara Tobidase
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Ginza Cancan Girls
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Good-Bye!
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Kyō ware renaisu
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Unmei no koyomi
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Enoken no bikkuri shakkuri jidai
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The Thief of Moonlight Castle
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Todoroki Sensei
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The Little Green Box
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Kimi ka to omohite
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All-out Attack on Singapore
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Twelve Hours Before Departure
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Yamasandō
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The Tale of Jiro
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Kaze no Matasaburô
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