Koji 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.

Known For: Directing

Born: Nagasaki, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan, 1901-02-16

Died: 1986-09-10

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1926	A Paper Doll's Whisper of Spring		0
2	1926	Mito Kōmon		0
3	1926	The Woman Who Touched The Legs	Detective	0
4	1929	Tokyo March		60
5	1929	Sweat	Heizaemon Kitayama	57
6	1930	Mistress of a Foreigner	Tsurumatsu	62
7	1932	Hatobue wo Fuku Onna		0
8	1932	Daughter and Springtime		0
9	1936	Passionate Poet Ishikawa Takuboku - Hometown		0
10	1937	Sōbō		0

Koji Shima

Film

Television