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Kōji Shima
Nagasaki, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan
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 stu…
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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.
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1970
The Orchid
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1970
Love Song Over the Sea
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1969
Tropicana Interlude
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1969
Dear Murderer
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1969
裸尸痕
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1968
The Pit of Death
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1967
Ambassador Ramen
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1966
Shojo jutai
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1966
That Complicated Guy
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1966
わが愛を星に祈りて
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1965
The Man Who Killed Six Women
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1965
The Story of a Blind Woman
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1964
Muchana Yakko
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1964
Asphalt Girl
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1963
Teinen Taishoku
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1962
Akiko
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1962
Otoko to onna no sei no naka
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1962
情熱の詩人啄木
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1961
夕やけ小やけの赤とんぼ
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1961
Wakai nakama
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1960
The Beloved Image
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1960
Anchin and Kiyohime
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1960
The Grave Tells All
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1959
Various Flowers
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1959
The Path I Remember
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1959
The Makioka Sisters
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1958
Musume no boken
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1958
Thirst
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1958
The Cat Knew
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1958
Shogun's Holiday
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1958
Chance Meeting
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1957
Nine Hours of Terror
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1957
A Woman's Skin
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1957
Bojô no kawa
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1956
New Tale of Genji: Shizuka and Yoshitsune
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1956
Cascading White Threads
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1956
Zangiku monogatari
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1956
A Rainbow at Every Turn
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1956
Warning from Space
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1955
New Women’s Dialogue
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