A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Alias:
Kôji Shima
Shi Ma San
Shih Ma-shan
Кодзи Сима
Birthplace:
Nagasaki, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan
Born:
February 16, 1901
Died:
September 10, 1986
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.
Adaptation:
1952 Lil's Return from Shanghai
Director:
1940 Kaze no Matasaburô
1941 Tale of Jiro
1947 Todoroki Sensei
1949 Ginza Cancan Girls
1950 Mado Kara Tobidase
1951 Hibari no komoriuta
1952 Lil's Return from Shanghai
1953 Jūdai no seiten
1953 Lady Chatterley of Japan
1953 Made in Japan
1954 A Geisha on Horseback
1954 Asakusa at Night
1954 The Golden Demon
1955 New Women’s Dialogue
1955 The Phantom Horse
1956 A Rainbow at Every Turn
1956 Cascading White Threads
1956 Warning from Space
1956 Zangiku monogatari
1957 Nine Hours of Terror
1958 Chance Meeting
1958 Musume no boken
1958 Shogun's Holiday
1958 The Cat Knew
1958 Thirst
1959 The Makioka Sisters
1959 The Path I Remember
1960 Sexy Sign Suki Suki Suki
1960 The Beloved Image
1960 The Priest and the Beauty
1962 Akiko
1962 Otoko to onna no sei no naka
1962 情熱の詩人啄木
1963 Teinen Taishoku
1964 Asphalt Girl
1964 Muchana Yakko
1965 The Story of a Blind Woman
1965 六人の女を殺した男
1966 Shojo jutai
1966 That Complicated Guy
1966 わが愛を星に祈りて
1967 ラーメン大使
1968 The Pit of Death
1969 Dear Murderer
1969 Tropicana Interlude
1969 裸尸痕
1970 Love Song Over the Sea
1970 The Orchid
Music:
1940 Kaze no Matasaburô
1941 Tale of Jiro
1947 Todoroki Sensei
1949 Ginza Cancan Girls
1950 Mado Kara Tobidase
1951 Hibari no komoriuta
1952 Lil's Return from Shanghai
1953 Jūdai no seiten
1953 Lady Chatterley of Japan
1953 Made in Japan
1954 A Geisha on Horseback
1954 Asakusa at Night
1954 The Golden Demon
1955 New Women’s Dialogue
1955 The Phantom Horse
1956 A Rainbow at Every Turn
1956 Cascading White Threads
1956 Warning from Space
1956 Zangiku monogatari
1957 Nine Hours of Terror
1958 Chance Meeting
1958 Musume no boken
1958 Shogun's Holiday
1958 The Cat Knew
1958 Thirst
1959 The Makioka Sisters
1959 The Path I Remember
1960 Sexy Sign Suki Suki Suki
1960 The Beloved Image
1960 The Priest and the Beauty
1962 Akiko
1962 Otoko to onna no sei no naka
1962 情熱の詩人啄木
1963 Teinen Taishoku
1964 Asphalt Girl
1964 Muchana Yakko
1965 The Story of a Blind Woman
1965 六人の女を殺した男
1966 Shojo jutai
1966 That Complicated Guy
1966 わが愛を星に祈りて
1967 ラーメン大使
1968 The Pit of Death
1969 Dear Murderer
1969 Tropicana Interlude
1969 裸尸痕
1970 Love Song Over the Sea
1970 The Orchid
Screenplay:
1940 Kaze no Matasaburô
1941 Tale of Jiro
1947 Todoroki Sensei
1949 Ginza Cancan Girls
1950 Mado Kara Tobidase
1951 Hibari no komoriuta
1952 Lil's Return from Shanghai
1953 Jūdai no seiten
1953 Lady Chatterley of Japan
1953 Made in Japan
1954 A Geisha on Horseback
1954 Asakusa at Night
1954 The Golden Demon
1955 New Women’s Dialogue
1955 The Phantom Horse
1956 A Rainbow at Every Turn
1956 Cascading White Threads
1956 Warning from Space
1956 Zangiku monogatari
1957 Nine Hours of Terror
1958 Chance Meeting
1958 Musume no boken
1958 Shogun's Holiday
1958 The Cat Knew
1958 Thirst
1959 The Makioka Sisters
1959 The Path I Remember
1960 Sexy Sign Suki Suki Suki
1960 The Beloved Image
1960 The Priest and the Beauty
1962 Akiko
1962 Otoko to onna no sei no naka
1962 情熱の詩人啄木
1963 Teinen Taishoku
1964 Asphalt Girl
1964 Muchana Yakko
1965 The Story of a Blind Woman
1965 六人の女を殺した男
1966 Shojo jutai
1966 That Complicated Guy
1966 わが愛を星に祈りて
1967 ラーメン大使
1968 The Pit of Death
1969 Dear Murderer
1969 Tropicana Interlude
1969 裸尸痕
1970 Love Song Over the Sea
1970 The Orchid
Writer:
1940 Kaze no Matasaburô
1941 Tale of Jiro
1947 A Thousand and One Nights with Toho
1947 Todoroki Sensei
1949 Ginza Cancan Girls
1950 Mado Kara Tobidase
1951 Hibari no komoriuta
1952 Lil's Return from Shanghai
1953 Jūdai no seiten
1953 Lady Chatterley of Japan
1953 Made in Japan
1954 A Geisha on Horseback
1954 Asakusa at Night
1954 The Golden Demon
1955 New Women’s Dialogue
1955 The Phantom Horse
1956 A Rainbow at Every Turn
1956 Cascading White Threads
1956 Warning from Space
1956 Zangiku monogatari
1957 Nine Hours of Terror
1958 Chance Meeting
1958 Musume no boken
1958 Shogun's Holiday
1958 The Cat Knew
1958 Thirst
1959 The Makioka Sisters
1959 The Path I Remember
1960 Sexy Sign Suki Suki Suki
1960 The Beloved Image
1960 The Priest and the Beauty
1962 Akiko
1962 Otoko to onna no sei no naka
1962 情熱の詩人啄木
1963 Teinen Taishoku
1964 Asphalt Girl
1964 Muchana Yakko
1965 The Story of a Blind Woman
1965 六人の女を殺した男
1966 Shojo jutai
1966 That Complicated Guy
1966 わが愛を星に祈りて
1967 ラーメン大使
1968 The Pit of Death
1969 Dear Murderer
1969 Tropicana Interlude
1969 裸尸痕
1970 Love Song Over the Sea
1970 The Orchid
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