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.
Teinen Taishoku
(Director)
Zangiku monogatari
(Director)
The Beloved Image
(Director)
The Beloved Image
(Screenplay)
Muchana Yakko
(Director)
Warning from Space
(Director)
Tale of Jiro
(Director)
The Golden Demon
(Director)
Tropicana Interlude
(Director)
The Orchid
(Director)
The Phantom Horse
(Director)
The Phantom Horse
(Music)
Mado Kara Tobidase
(Screenplay)
Mado Kara Tobidase
(Director)
Made in Japan
(Director)
The Priest and the Beauty
(Director)
The Pit of Death
(Director)
A Geisha on Horseback
(Director)
A Geisha on Horseback
(Screenplay)
Shogun's Holiday
(Director)
Otoko to onna no sei no naka
(Director)
A Thousand and One Nights with Toho
(Writer)
A Rainbow at Every Turn
(Director)
Ginza Cancan Girls
(Director)
Cascading White Threads
(Screenplay)
Cascading White Threads
(Director)
The Makioka Sisters
(Director)
Asakusa at Night
(Director)
Asakusa at Night
(Writer)
Lil's Return from Shanghai
(Adaptation)
Lil's Return from Shanghai
(Director)
The Grave Tells All
(Director)
Musume no boken
(Director)
The Golden Demon
(Writer)
Dear Murderer
(Screenplay)
Dear Murderer
(Director)
Love Song Over the Sea
(Director)
情熱の詩人啄木
(Director)
New Women’s Dialogue
(Director)
New Women’s Dialogue
(Screenplay)
Todoroki Sensei
(Director)
Tropicana Interlude
(Screenplay)
Chance Meeting
(Director)
Akiko
(Director)
Lady Chatterley of Japan
(Director)
Hibari no komoriuta
(Director)
The Path I Remember
(Director)
The Path I Remember
(Screenplay)
Jūdai no seiten
(Director)
Kaze no Matasaburô
(Director)
The Story of a Blind Woman
(Director)
That Complicated Guy
(Director)
The Phantom Horse
(Screenplay)
Nine Hours of Terror
(Director)
Nine Hours of Terror
(Screenplay)
Thirst
(Director)
Shojo jutai
(Director)
The Cat Knew
(Director)
裸尸痕
(Director)
裸尸痕
(Screenplay)
Ambassador Ramen
(Director)
六人の女を殺した男
(Director)
わが愛を星に祈りて
(Director)
Asphalt Girl
(Director)
風の噂のリル
(Director)
Wakai nakama
(Director)
Wakai nakama
(Screenplay)
Bojô no kawa
(Director)
夕やけ小やけの赤とんぼ
(Director)
夕やけ小やけの赤とんぼ
(Screenplay)