Kōji Shima

Known for DirectingBorn 1901-02-16Died 1986-09-10Nagasaki, 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.Read more

Movies & web series

Chance Meeting

Ginza Cancan Girls

Kaze no Matasaburô

Love Song Over the Sea

The Pit of Death

Ambassador Ramen

Shojo jutai

Otoko to onna no sei no naka

The Golden Demon

The Tale of Jiro

The Woman Who Touched The Legs

The Makioka Sisters

The Orchid

The Beloved Image

Good-Bye!

A Thousand and One Nights with Toho

A Paper Doll's Whisper of Spring

Lil's Return from Shanghai

Thirst

Zangiku monogatari

A Geisha on Horseback

Asakusa at Night

Jūdai no seiten

The Phantom Horse

Sweat

Mistress of a Foreigner

Hibari no komoriuta

Tokyo March

Warning from Space

The Story of a Blind Woman

Anchin and Kiyohime

Tropicana Interlude

Dear Murderer

裸尸痕

That Complicated Guy

わが愛を星に祈りて

六人の女を殺した男

Muchana Yakko

Asphalt Girl

Teinen Taishoku

情熱の詩人啄木

Akiko

Wakai nakama

夕やけ小やけの赤とんぼ

The Grave Tells All

The Path I Remember

Shogun's Holiday

Musume no boken