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 51
Movies 51
Director 39
Writer 1
The Orchid (1970)
Tropicana Interlude (1969)
Dear Murderer (1969)
The Pit of Death (1968)
That Complicated Guy (1966)
Muchana Yakko (1964)
Teinen Taishoku (1963)
Akiko (1962)
情熱の詩人啄木 (1962)
The Beloved Image (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)
Warning from Space (1956)
New Women’s Dialogue (1955)
The Phantom Horse (1955)
浅草の夜 (1954)
The Golden Demon (1954)
Made in Japan (1953)
Jûdai no seiten (1953)
Hibari no komoriuta (1951)
Mado Kara Tobidase (1950)
Ginza Cancan Girls (1949)
Todoroki Sensei (1947)
Tale of Jiro (1941)
Kaze no Matasaburô (1940)
Mistress of a Foreigner (1930)
Sweat (1929)
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Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1901-02-16
Deathday1986-09-10 (85 years old)
Birth PlaceNagasaki, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan
ChildrenAkihiko Katayama
CitizenshipsJapan
Also Known AsKôji Shima, Shi Ma San, Shih Ma-shan, Кодзи Сима
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