| Koji Shima | |
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| Born | February 16, 1901 Nagasaki, Japan |
| Died | September 10, 1986 (aged 85) |
| Other names | Takehiko Kagoshima |
| Occupation | Film director Actor Screenwriter |
| Years active | 1925 – 1970 |
Koji Shima (島 耕二 Shima Kōji, 16 February 1901 – 10 September 1986) was a Japanese film director, actor and screenwriter.
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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 Shintōhō and Daiei Studios. He won a prize at the 1959 Moscow 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]
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