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.
Filmography
all 48
Movies 48
Director 36
Writer 1
The Orchid (1970)
Love Song Over the Sea (1970)
Tropicana Interlude (1969)
Dear Murderer (1969)
The Pit of Death (1968)
Muchana Yakko (1964)
Teinen Taishoku (1963)
Akiko (1962)
Otoko to onna no sei no naka (1962)
情熱の詩人啄木 (1962)
The Beloved Image (1960)
The Priest and the Beauty (1960)
セクシー・サイン 好き好き好き (1960)
The Path I Remember (1959)
The Makioka Sisters (1959)
Musume no boken (1958)
Shogun's Holiday (1958)
Chance Meeting (1958)
滝の白糸 (1956)
Zangiku monogatari (1956)
A Rainbow at Every Turn (1956)
Warning from Space (1956)
The Phantom Horse (1955)
A Geisha on Horseback (1954)
Asakusa no yoru (1954)
The Golden Demon (1954)
Made in Japan (1953)
Lady Chatterley of Japan (1953)
Jûdai no seiten (1953)
Lil's Return from Shanghai (1952)
Hibari no komoriuta (1951)
Mado Kara Tobidase (1950)
Ginza Cancan Girls (1949)
Todoroki Sensei (1947)
A Thousand and One Nights with Toho (1947)
Tale of Jiro (1941)
風の又三郎 (1940)
Sôbô (1937)
Passionate Poet Ishikawa Takuboku - Hometown (1936)
Daughter and Springtime (1932)
Hatobue wo Fuku Onna (1932)
Kokoro no jitsugetsu: Retsujitsu hen - Gekko hen (1931)
Mistress of a Foreigner (1930)
Sweat (1929)
Tokyo March (1929)
The Woman Who Touched The Legs (1926)
Mito Kōmon (1926)
A Paper Doll's Whisper of Spring (1926)
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Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1901-02-16
Deathday1986-09-10 (85 years old)
Birth PlaceNagasaki, Japan
ChildrenAkihiko Katayama
CitizenshipsJapan
Also Known AsKôji Shima, 島耕二, Shi Ma San, Shih Ma-shan, 史馬山, Кодзи Сима
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