Kōji Shima
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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.
Known for
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Asakusa monogatari (1953)
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Woman of Fire (1954)
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Zoku bakurō ichidai (1952)
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New Tale of Genji: Shizuka and Yoshitsune (1956)
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Various Flowers (1959)
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Warning from Space (1956)
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Love Song Over the Sea (1970)
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Yamasandō (1942)
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Good-Bye! (1949)
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Kyō ware renaisu (1949)
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The Golden Demon (1954)
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Aru yoru no dekigoto (1952)
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A Woman's Skin (1957)
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The Thief of Moonlight Castle (1948)
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Autumn Interlude (1954)
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Twelve Hours Before Departure (1943)
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夕やけ小やけの赤とんぼ (1961)
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Anchin and Kiyohime (1960)
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Kaze no Matasaburô (1940)
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Muchana Yakko (1964)
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Enoken no bikkuri shakkuri jidai (1948)
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裸尸痕 (1969)
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The Orchid (1970)
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All-out Attack on Singapore (1943)
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The Little Green Box (1947)
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The Man Who Killed Six Women (1965)
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Dear Murderer (1969)
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Asakusa at Night (1954)
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The Phantom Horse (1955)
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Shogun's Holiday (1958)
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Kimi ka to omohite (1946)
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Lady Chatterley of Japan (1953)
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Zangiku monogatari (1956)
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Lil's Return from Shanghai (1952)
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The Pit of Death (1968)
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Koshō musuko (1953)
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That Complicated Guy (1966)
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The Makioka Sisters (1959)
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The Grave Tells All (1960)
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A Rainbow at Every Turn (1956)
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Unmei no koyomi (1948)
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Jūdai no seiten (1953)
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Thirst (1958)
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Akiko (1962)
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Made in Japan (1953)
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Cascading White Threads (1956)
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Chance Meeting (1958)
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Wakai nakama (1961)
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Todoroki Sensei (1947)
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A Geisha on Horseback (1954)
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Hibari no komoriuta (1951)
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Ginza Cancan Girls (1949)
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The Tale of Jiro (1941)
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The Cat Knew (1958)
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New Women’s Dialogue (1955)
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Ambassador Ramen (1967)
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情熱の詩人啄木 (1962)
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The Beloved Image (1960)
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The Story of a Blind Woman (1965)
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Otoko to onna no sei no naka (1962)
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Musume no boken (1958)
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Teinen Taishoku (1963)
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Tropicana Interlude (1969)
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風の噂のリル (1952)
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The Path I Remember (1959)
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Shojo jutai (1966)
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Bojô no kawa (1957)
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Nine Hours of Terror (1957)
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Mado Kara Tobidase (1950)
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わが愛を星に祈りて (1966)
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Asphalt Girl (1964)
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Escape from Temptation (1957)
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