Kōji Shima
Directing
Born: February 16, 1901 · Nagasaki, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan
Died: September 10, 1986 (aged 85)
Highest Rated
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
Photos (1)
Movies (7)
Directing (60)
The Orchid
Director
Asakusa monogatari
Director
Muchana Yakko
Director
Koshō musuko
Director
Zoku bakurō ichidai
Director
Kyō ware renaisu
Director
Warning from Space
Director
Asakusa at Night
Director
Kaze no Matasaburô
Director
The Phantom Horse
Director
The Makioka Sisters
Director
Hibari no komoriuta
Director
Shogun's Holiday
Director
The Pit of Death
Director
Lady Chatterley of Japan
Director
Anchin and Kiyohime
Director
That Complicated Guy
Director
Enoken no bikkuri shakkuri jidai
Director
Good-Bye!
Director
All-out Attack on Singapore
Director
Ambassador Ramen
Director
A Woman's Skin
Director
The Golden Demon
Director
A Rainbow at Every Turn
Director
The Grave Tells All
Director
Various Flowers
Director
Nine Hours of Terror
Director
The Man Who Killed Six Women
Director
Otoko to onna no sei no naka
Director
The Little Green Box
Director
A Geisha on Horseback
Director
Ginza Cancan Girls
Director
Lil's Return from Shanghai
Director
Jūdai no seiten
Director
Akiko
Director
Cascading White Threads
Director
Tropicana Interlude
Director
Asphalt Girl
Director
Dear Murderer
Director
Bojô no kawa
Director
The Tale of Jiro
Director
Zangiku monogatari
Director
The Cat Knew
Director
情熱の詩人啄木
Director
The Path I Remember
Director
裸尸痕
Director
Musume no boken
Director
Autumn Interlude
Director
The Beloved Image
Director
Chance Meeting
Director
Wakai nakama
Director
Mado Kara Tobidase
Director
わが愛を星に祈りて
Director
Thirst
Director
Made in Japan
Director
The Story of a Blind Woman
Director
Shojo jutai
Director
夕やけ小やけの赤とんぼ
Director
New Women’s Dialogue
Director
Teinen Taishoku
Director
Writing (23)
Asakusa monogatari
Adaptation
Koshō musuko
Screenplay
Asakusa at Night
Writer
The Phantom Horse
Screenplay
Miss Teacher
Screenplay
A Thousand and One Nights with Toho
Writer
The Golden Demon
Writer
Various Flowers
Screenplay
Nine Hours of Terror
Screenplay
The Little Green Box
Original Story
The Little Green Box
Adaptation
A Geisha on Horseback
Screenplay
Lil's Return from Shanghai
Adaptation
Cascading White Threads
Screenplay
Tropicana Interlude
Screenplay
Dear Murderer
Screenplay
The Path I Remember
Screenplay
裸尸痕
Screenplay
The Beloved Image
Screenplay
Wakai nakama
Screenplay
Mado Kara Tobidase
Screenplay
夕やけ小やけの赤とんぼ
Screenplay
New Women’s Dialogue
Screenplay