Koji Shima

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Career

Born as Takehiko Kagoshima in Nagasaki, Shima left for Tokyo after graduating from high school.[1] He was in the first class of the Nihon Eiga Haiyū Gakkō and joined the Nikkatsu studio as an actor in 1925.[2] Playing mostly romantic leads, he appeared in films directed by such masters as Tomu Uchida and Kenji Mizoguchi.[2] 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.[1] 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.[3] Some of his last films were made in Hong Kong for Shaw Brothers.[4]

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.[1]

Noriaki Yuasa, specially known for the Gamera franchise, is Shima's nephew.[5]

Selected filmography

Director

Actor

References

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