Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Known Credits

Gender

Male

Birthday

1901-02-16

Deathday

1986-09-10 (85 years old)

Place of Birth

Nagasaki, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan

Also Known As

Kôji Shima
Shi Ma San
Shih Ma-shan
Кодзи Сима

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.

Known For

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Tokyo March

May 31, 1929

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Hatobue wo Fuku Onna

Mar 3, 1932

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Acting

1937

Sôbô

1936

Passionate Poet Ishikawa Takuboku - Hometown

1932		Daughter and Springtime
1932		Hatobue wo Fuku Onna

1930

Mistress of a Foreigner as Tsurumatsu

1929		Sweat as Heizaemon Kitayama
1929		Tokyo March

1926		The Woman Who Touched The Legs as Detective
1926		Mito Kōmon
1926		A Paper Doll's Whisper of Spring

Directing

1970		The Orchid as Director
1970		Love Song Over the Sea as Director

1969		Tropicana Interlude as Director
1969		Dear Murderer as Director
1969		裸尸痕 as Director

1968

The Pit of Death as Director

1967

ラーメン大使 as Director

1966		Shojo jutai as Director
1966		That Complicated Guy as Director
1966		わが愛を星に祈りて as Director

1965		六人の女を殺した男 as Director
1965		The Story of a Blind Woman as Director

1964		Muchana Yakko as Director
1964		Asphalt Girl as Director

1963

Teinen Taishoku as Director

1962		Akiko as Director
1962		Otoko to onna no sei no naka as Director
1962		情熱の詩人啄木 as Director

1960		The Beloved Image as Director
1960		The Priest and the Beauty as Director
1960		Sexy Sign Suki Suki Suki as Director

1959		The Path I Remember as Director
1959		The Makioka Sisters as Director

1958		Musume no boken as Director
1958		Thirst as Director
1958		The Cat Knew as Director
1958		Shogun's Holiday as Director
1958		Chance Meeting as Director

1957

Nine Hours of Terror as Director

1956		Cascading White Threads as Director
1956		Zangiku monogatari as Director
1956		A Rainbow at Every Turn as Director
1956		Warning from Space as Director

1955		New Women’s Dialogue as Director
1955		The Phantom Horse as Director

1954		A Geisha on Horseback as Director
1954		Asakusa at Night as Director
1954		The Golden Demon as Director

1953		Made in Japan as Director
1953		Lady Chatterley of Japan as Director
1953		Jūdai no seiten as Director

1952		風の噂のリル as Director
1952		Lil's Return from Shanghai as Director

1951

Hibari no komoriuta as Director

1950

Mado Kara Tobidase as Director

1949

Ginza Cancan Girls as Director

1947

Todoroki Sensei as Director

1941

Tale of Jiro as Director

1940

Kaze no Matasaburô as Director

Sound

1955

The Phantom Horse as Music

Writing

1969		Tropicana Interlude as Screenplay
1969		Dear Murderer as Screenplay
1969		裸尸痕 as Screenplay

1960

The Beloved Image as Screenplay

1959

The Path I Remember as Screenplay

1957

Nine Hours of Terror as Screenplay

1956

Cascading White Threads as Screenplay

1955		New Women’s Dialogue as Screenplay
1955		The Phantom Horse as Screenplay

1954		A Geisha on Horseback as Screenplay
1954		Asakusa at Night as Writer
1954		The Golden Demon as Writer

1952

Lil's Return from Shanghai as Adaptation

1950

Mado Kara Tobidase as Screenplay

1947

A Thousand and One Nights with Toho as Writer