Koji Shima
| Koji Shima |
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| Born |
(1901-02-16)16 February 1901
Nagasaki, Japan |
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| Died |
10 September 1986(1986-09-10) (aged 85) |
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| Other names |
Takehiko Kagoshima |
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| Occupation |
Film director, actor, screenwriter |
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| Years active |
1925-1970 |
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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.
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]
Selected filmography
Director
Actor
- Jōnetsu no Shijin Takuboku (情熱の詩人啄木) (1936)
- Hadaka no Machi (裸の町) (1937)
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