Kōji Shima

Director

1901-02-16 – 1986-09-10 · 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.

• Asalto a la tierra (1956) — Director
• 東京行進曲 (1929)
• 汗 (1929) — Heizaemon Kitayama
• 安珍と清姫 (1960) — Director
• 幻の馬 (1955) — Director, Music, Screenplay
• 馬賊芸者 (1954) — Director, Screenplay
• 細雪 (1959) — Director
• 上海帰りのリル (1952) — Director, Adaptation
• 紙人形春の囁き (1926)
• 足にさわった女 (1926) — Detective
• 残菊物語 (1956) — Director
• 顔 (1960) — Director, Screenplay
• 次郎物語 (1941) — Director
• 金色夜叉 (1954) — Director, Writer
• 胡姬花 (1970) — Director
• 怪談おとし穴 (1968) — Director
• 男と女の世の中 (1962) — Director
• 東宝千一夜 (1947) — Writer
• 銀座カンカン娘 (1949) — Director
• 浅草の夜 (1954) — Director, Writer
• 有楽町で逢いましょう (1958) — Director
• チャタレイ夫人は日本にもいた (1953) — Director
• ひばりの子守唄 (1951) — Director
• 十代の性典 (1953) — Director