Koji Shima
Japanese film director (1901–1986)
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Koji Shima (島 耕二, Shima Kōji; 16 February 1901 – 10 September 1986) was a Japanese film director, actor, and screenwriter.
- Film director
- actor
- screenwriter
Koji Shima | |
|---|---|
| 島 耕二 | |
Koji Shima on 15 May 1947 | |
| Born | 16 February 1901 Nagasaki, Japan |
| Died | 10 September 1986 (aged 85) |
| Other name | Takehiko Kagoshima |
| Occupations |
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| Years active | 1925–1970 |
| Spouse(s) |
Ryoko Otani
(m. 1926, divorced)Natsuko Katayama (divorced) |
| Children | Akihiko Katayama (son)[note 1] |
Career
Born as Takehiko Kagoshima in Nagasaki, Shima left for Tokyo after graduating from high school.[2] He was in the first class of the Nihon Eiga Haiyū Gakkō and joined the Nikkatsu studio as an actor in 1925.[3] Playing mostly romantic leads, he appeared in films directed by such masters as Tomu Uchida and Kenji Mizoguchi.[3] He turned to directing in 1939, and quickly came to prominence with films such as Kaze no Matasaburō, an adaptation of a Kenji Miyazawa story, and Jirō Monogatari.[2] 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.[4] Some of his final films were made in Hong Kong for Shaw Brothers.[5]
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.[2]
Noriaki Yuasa, specially known for the Gamera franchise, is Shima's nephew and was temporarily his assistant director.[6][7]
Selected filmography
Director
- Kaze no Matasaburō (風の又三郎) (1940)
- Jirō Monogatari (次郎物語) (1941)
- Ginza Kankan Musume (1949)
- Hibari no komoriuta (1951)
- Ringo-en no shōjo (1952)
- The Wind Has Risen (1954)
- The Phantom Horse (1955)
- Warning from Space (1956)
- Zangiku monogatari (1956)
- Yūrakuchō de Aimashō (1958)
- Unforgettable Trail (1959)
- Sasameyuki (The Makioka Sisters) (1959)
Actor
- Jōnetsu no Shijin Takuboku (情熱の詩人啄木) (1936)
- Naked City (1937 (裸の町) (1937)
