Koji Shima
Age: N/A | From: Nagasaki, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan
Person Details
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Aliases: Kôji Shima , Shi Ma San , Shih Ma-shan , Кодзи Сима
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Nagasaki, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan
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Movie Involvements: 52
TV Involvements: 0
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
Warning from Space
(1956) Director
The Makioka Sisters
(1959) Director
Ginza Cancan Girls
(1949) Director
Akiko
(1962) Director
Chance Meeting
(1958) Director
A Thousand and One Nights with Toho
(1947) Writer
The Priest and the Beauty
(1960) Director
The Path I Remember
(1959) ScreenplayActing
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| 1930 | Tsurumatsu | |
| 1929 | Heizaemon Kitayama | |
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| 1926 | Detective | |
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Directing
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Writing
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| 1952 | Adaptation | |
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Sound
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
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| 1955 | Music | |
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