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Kōji Shima
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.
As director
The Orchid
Love Song Over the Sea
Tropicana Interlude
Dear Murderer
裸尸痕
The Pit of Death
Ambassador Ramen
That Complicated Guy
Shojo jutai
わが愛を星に祈りて
The Story of a Blind Woman
六人の女を殺した男
Muchana Yakko
Asphalt Girl
Teinen Taishoku
Otoko to onna no sei no naka
情熱の詩人啄木
Akiko
Wakai nakama
夕やけ小やけの赤とんぼ
The Beloved Image
Anchin and Kiyohime
The Grave Tells All
The Makioka Sisters
The Path I Remember
Shogun's Holiday
Musume no boken
Chance Meeting
Thirst
The Cat Knew
