Director

Shima Kōji

Directing

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Directed movies: 45Directed series: 0All crew credits: 49

TMDB ID: 992934

IMDb ID: nm0793548

Known for: Directing

Born: February 16, 1901

Died: September 10, 1986

Age: 85

Place of birth: Nagasaki, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1926 - 1970

Years active: 45

Average TMDB rating: 5.2

Wikidata: Q6426459

Also known as

Kôji Shima • Shi Ma San • Shih Ma-shan • Кодзи Сима

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Director (45)Screenplay (3)Writer (1)

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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.

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