8.0
8.0
The Makioka Sisters
1959
Director
Koji Shima
Directing
Born:February 16, 1901
Died:September 10, 1986(aged 85)
Birthplace:Nagasaki, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan
N/A
CommunityBiography
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.
Filmography (62 movies)
7.0
7.0
Zangiku monogatari
1956
Director
7.0
7.0
Lil's Return from Shanghai
1952
Director
6.2
6.2
Mistress of a Foreigner
1930
as Tsurumatsu
6.0
6.0
Tokyo March
1929
6.0
6.0
The Phantom Horse
1955
Director
6.0
6.0
Hibari no komoriuta
1951
Director
5.7
5.7
Sweat
1929
as Heizaemon Kitayama
5.2
5.2
Warning from Space
1956
Director
5.0
5.0
The Story of a Blind Woman
1965
Director
3.0
3.0
The Priest and the Beauty
1960
Director
The Woman Who Touched The Legs
1926
as Detective
Hatobue wo Fuku Onna
1932
A Paper Doll's Whisper of Spring
1926
Mito Kōmon
1926
Daughter and Springtime
1932
Sōbō
1937
Passionate Poet Ishikawa Takuboku - Hometown
1936
Tropicana Interlude
1969
Director
The Pit of Death
1968
Director
Dear Murderer
1969
Director
Todoroki Sensei
1947
Director
Chance Meeting
1958
Director
Akiko
1962
Director
The Path I Remember
1959
Director
Jūdai no seiten
1953
Director
Kaze no Matasaburô
1940
Director
Teinen Taishoku
1963
Director
Muchana Yakko
1964
Director
Tale of Jiro
1941
Director
Mado Kara Tobidase
1950
Director
A Geisha on Horseback
1954
Screenplay
The Grave Tells All
1960
Director
Musume no boken
1958
Director
情熱の詩人啄木
1962
Director
Made in Japan
1953
Director
Otoko to onna no sei no naka
1962
Director
Shogun's Holiday
1958
Director
Cascading White Threads
1956
Director
A Thousand and One Nights with Toho
1947
Writer
A Rainbow at Every Turn
1956
Director
Asakusa at Night
1954
Writer
New Women’s Dialogue
1955
Screenplay
The Cat Knew
1958
Director
That Complicated Guy
1966
Director
Nine Hours of Terror
1957
Screenplay
Thirst
1958
Director
Shojo jutai
1966
Director
裸尸痕
1969
Screenplay
Ambassador Ramen
1967
Director
六人の女を殺した男
1965
Director
わが愛を星に祈りて
1966
Director
Asphalt Girl
1964
Director
風の噂のリル
1952
Director
Wakai nakama
1961
Screenplay
Love Song Over the Sea
1970
Director
Bojô no kawa
1957
Director
The Orchid
1970
Director
The Beloved Image
1960
Screenplay
Ginza Cancan Girls
1949
Director
Lady Chatterley of Japan
1953
Director
The Golden Demon
1954
Writer
Reviews
No reviews yet. Be the first to review!