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Koji Shima (1901-1986)

Alias:
Kôji Shima
Shi Ma San
Shih Ma-shan
Кодзи Сима

Birthplace:
Nagasaki, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan

Born:
February 16, 1901

Died:
September 10, 1986

Biography from TheMovieDB

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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Film Performances

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Film Production

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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