Kōji Shima
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- February 16, 1901
- Died
- September 10, 1986
- Birthplace
- Nagasaki, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan
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.
Filmography
The Orchid 1970
Director
- Love Song Over the Sea
Love Song Over the Sea 1970
Director
Tropicana Interlude 1969
Director, Screenplay
裸尸痕 1969
Director, Screenplay
Dear Murderer 1969
Screenplay, Director
The Pit of Death 1968
Director
Ambassador Ramen 1967
Director
Shojo jutai 1966
Director
That Complicated Guy 1966
Director
わが愛を星に祈りて 1966
Director
The Man Who Killed Six Women 1965
Director
The Story of a Blind Woman 1965
Director
Muchana Yakko 1964
Director
Asphalt Girl 1964
Director
Sue wa hakase ka daijin ka 1963
Director
Teinen Taishoku 1963
Director
Akiko 1962
Director
Otoko to onna no sei no naka 1962
Director
Jōnetsu no shijin Takuboku 1962
Director
Ashita o yobu minato 1961
Director
Yūyake koyake no akatonbo 1961
Director, Screenplay
Wakai nakama 1961
Director, Screenplay
The Beloved Image 1960
Director, Screenplay
Anchin and Kiyohime 1960
Director
Otoko wa damasareru 1960
Director
The Grave Tells All 1960
Director
Shōbushi to sono musume 1959
Director
Various Flowers 1959
Director, Screenplay
The Path I Remember 1959
Director, Screenplay
The Makioka Sisters 1959
Director
Musume no boken 1958
Director
Tokai toiu minato 1958
Director
My Son's Revolt 1958
Director
Thirst 1958
Director
The Cat Knew 1958
Director
Shogun's Holiday 1958
Director
Chance Meeting 1958
Director
Nine Hours of Terror 1957
Director, Screenplay
Escape from Temptation 1957
Director, Adaptation
A Woman's Skin 1957
Director
Bojô no kawa 1957
Director
New Tale of Genji: Shizuka and Yoshitsune 1956
Director
Cascading White Threads 1956
Director, Screenplay
Zangiku monogatari 1956
Director
A Rainbow at Every Turn 1956
Director
Warning from Space 1956
Director
New Women’s Dialogue 1955
Director, Screenplay
The Phantom Horse 1955
Director, Music, Screenplay
Miss Teacher 1955
Screenplay
A Geisha on Horseback 1954
Director, Screenplay
Woman of Fire 1954
Director, Adaptation
Asakusa at Night 1954
Director, Writer
The Golden Demon 1954
Director, Writer
Autumn Interlude 1954
Director
Made in Japan 1953
Director
Asakusa monogatari 1953
Director, Adaptation
Koshō musuko 1953
Screenplay, Director
Lady Chatterley of Japan 1953
Director
Jūdai no seiten 1953
Director
Zoku bakurō ichidai 1952
Director
- 風の噂のリル
風の噂のリル 1952
Director
Lil's Return from Shanghai 1952
Director, Adaptation
- Aru yoru no dekigoto
Aru yoru no dekigoto 1952
Director
Hibari no komoriuta 1951
Director
Mado Kara Tobidase 1950
Director, Screenplay
Ginza Cancan Girls 1949
Director
Good-Bye! 1949
Director
Kyō ware renaisu 1949
Director
- The Thief of Moonlight Castle
The Thief of Moonlight Castle 1948
Director
Enoken no bikkuri shakkuri jidai 1948
Director
- Unmei no koyomi
Unmei no koyomi 1948
Director
The Little Green Box 1947
Director, Original Story, Adaptation
- Todoroki Sensei
Todoroki Sensei 1947
Director
A Thousand and One Nights with Toho 1947
Writer
- Kimi ka to omohite
Kimi ka to omohite 1946
Director
- Twelve Hours Before Departure
Twelve Hours Before Departure 1943
Director
All-out Attack on Singapore 1943
Director
- Yamasandō
Yamasandō 1942
Director
The Tale of Jiro 1941
Director
Kaze no Matasaburô 1940
Director
- Sōbō
Sōbō 1937
Actor
Passionate Poet Ishikawa Takuboku - Hometown 1936
Actor
Daughter and Springtime 1932
Actor
- Hatobue wo Fuku Onna
Hatobue wo Fuku Onna 1932
Actor
- Mistress of a Foreigner
Mistress of a Foreigner 1930
as Tsurumatsu
Sweat 1929
as Heizaemon Kitayama
Tokyo March 1929
Actor
The Woman Who Touched The Legs 1926
as Detective
Mito Kōmon 1926
Actor
A Paper Doll's Whisper of Spring 1926
Actor
Credits from TMDB.