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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The Pit of Death (1968)
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Warning from Space (1956)
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Teinen Taishoku (1963)
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Muchana Yakko (1964)
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Anchin and Kiyohime (1960)
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The Phantom Horse (1955)
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The Story of a Blind Woman (1965)
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The Beloved Image (1960)
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The Makioka Sisters (1959)
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Chance Meeting (1958)
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The Grave Tells All (1960)
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Zangiku monogatari (1956)
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Lady Chatterley of Japan (1953)
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A Geisha on Horseback (1954)
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Shojo jutai (1966)
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Ginza Cancan Girls (1949)
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Shogun's Holiday (1958)
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Lil's Return from Shanghai (1952)
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The Cat Knew (1958)
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Ambassador Ramen (1967)
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Asakusa at Night (1954)
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A Rainbow at Every Turn (1956)
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Mado Kara Tobidase (1950)
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情熱の詩人啄木 (1962)
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Tropicana Interlude (1969)
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Dear Murderer (1969)
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The Tale of Jiro (1941)
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Akiko (1962)
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Musume no boken (1958)
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New Women’s Dialogue (1955)
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Made in Japan (1953)
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Otoko to onna no sei no naka (1962)
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Thirst (1958)
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Hibari no komoriuta (1951)
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The Golden Demon (1954)
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Todoroki Sensei (1947)
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The Little Green Box (1947)
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Love Song Over the Sea (1970)
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風の噂のリル (1952)
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Asphalt Girl (1964)
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That Complicated Guy (1966)
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Autumn Interlude (1954)
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The Path I Remember (1959)
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Jūdai no seiten (1953)
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裸尸痕 (1969)
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A Woman's Skin (1957)
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Yamasandō (1942)
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Wakai nakama (1961)
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Nine Hours of Terror (1957)
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六人の女を殺した男 (1965)
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Cascading White Threads (1956)
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Kaze no Matasaburô (1940)
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The Orchid (1970)
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Koshō musuko (1953)
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Good-Bye! (1949)
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わが愛を星に祈りて (1966)
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夕やけ小やけの赤とんぼ (1961)
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Bojô no kawa (1957)
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All-out Attack on Singapore (1943)
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