Director
Kōji Shima
February 16, 1901 · 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.
Often works with
Bontarō Miake
8 titles together
Warning from Space, Tokyo March, Anchin and Kiyohime
Kiyoko Hirai
5 titles together
Warning from Space, A Geisha on Horseback, The Story of a Blind Woman
Yūzō Hayakawa
5 titles together
Warning from Space, The Pit of Death, Otoko to onna no sei no naka
Eiji Funakoshi
5 titles together
The Makioka Sisters, The Pit of Death, Ambassador Ramen
Shōzō Nanbu
4 titles together
Warning from Space, Tokyo March, Anchin and Kiyohime
Sho Natsuki
4 titles together
Warning from Space, The Pit of Death, The Beloved Image
Full filmography · 70
The Orchid
Director
1970Love Song Over the Sea
Director
1970
Tropicana Interlude
Director
1969
Dear Murderer
Director
1969
裸尸痕
Director
1969
The Pit of Death
Director
1968
Ambassador Ramen
Director
1967
Shojo jutai
Director
1966
That Complicated Guy
Director
1966
わが愛を星に祈りて
Director
1966
The Man Who Killed Six Women
Director
1965
The Story of a Blind Woman
Director
1965