Koji Shima

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.

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Movies with Koji Shima

6.2

Mistress of a Foreigner

Jul 1, 1930

The Woman Who Touched The Legs

Oct 29, 1926

6.0

Tokyo March

May 31, 1929

Passionate Poet Ishikawa Takuboku - Hometown

Mar 12, 1936

Mito Kōmon

Oct 15, 1926

Daughter and Springtime

Jun 17, 1932

A Paper Doll's Whisper of Spring

Feb 28, 1926

Sôbô

Feb 18, 1937

Hatobue wo Fuku Onna

Mar 3, 1932

5.7

Sweat

Dec 31, 1929