Directing
Kōji Shima
ZH, JA cinema · 88 credits
Born
16 February 1901
Died
10 September 1986 (aged 85)
Birthplace
Nagasaki, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan
Also known as Kôji Shima · Shi Ma San · Shih Ma-shan · Кодзи Сима
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.
Known for
Filmography
The Orchid
Director
Tropicana Interlude
Director, Screenplay
Dear Murderer
Screenplay, Director
裸尸痕
Director, Screenplay
The Pit of Death
Director
Ambassador Ramen
Director
Shojo jutai
Director
わが愛を星に祈りて
Director
Muchana Yakko
Director
Asphalt Girl
Director
情熱の詩人啄木
Director
Akiko
Director
Wakai nakama
Director, Screenplay
夕やけ小やけの赤とんぼ
Director, Screenplay
The Beloved Image
Director, Screenplay
Anchin and Kiyohime
Director
The Makioka Sisters
Director
The Path I Remember
Director, Screenplay
Various Flowers
Director, Screenplay
Chance Meeting
Director
Thirst
Director
The Cat Knew
Director
Nine Hours of Terror
Director, Screenplay
Bojô no kawa
Director
A Woman's Skin
Director
Escape from Temptation
Director, Adaptation
Zangiku monogatari
Director
Warning from Space
Director
Cascading White Threads
Director, Screenplay
The Phantom Horse
Director, Music, Screenplay
New Women’s Dialogue
Director, Screenplay
Miss Teacher
Screenplay
The Golden Demon
Director, Writer
A Geisha on Horseback
Director, Screenplay
Asakusa at Night
Director, Writer
Woman of Fire
Director, Adaptation
Made in Japan
Director
Jūdai no seiten
Director
Koshō musuko
Screenplay, Director
Asakusa monogatari
Director, Adaptation
Lil's Return from Shanghai
Director, Adaptation
Hibari no komoriuta
Director
Mado Kara Tobidase
Director, Screenplay
Ginza Cancan Girls
Director
Good-Bye!
Director
The Little Green Box
Director, Original Story, Adaptation
The Tale of Jiro
Director
Kaze no Matasaburô
Director
唐人お吉
1930
Mistress of a Foreigner
as Tsurumatsu
Sweat
as Heizaemon Kitayama
The Woman Who Touched The Legs
as Detective