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
- Kaze no Matasaburō (風の又三郎) (1940)
- Jirō Monogatari (次郎物語) (1941)
- Ginza Kankan Musume (1949)
- Hibari no komoriuta (1951)
- The Phantom Horse (1955)
- Warning from Space (1956)
- Zangiku monogatari (1956)
- Unforgettable Trail (1959)
Actor
- Jōnetsu no Shijin Takuboku (情熱の詩人啄木) (1936)
- Naked City (1937 (裸の町) (1937)
References
- ^ a b c "Shima Kōji". Rekishi ga nemuru Tama Reien. Retrieved 23 June 2011.
- ^ a b "Shima Kōji". Nihon jinmei daijiten+Plus. Kōdansha. Retrieved 23 June 2011.
- ^ "1st Moscow International Film Festival (1959)". MIFF. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
- ^ Bordwell, David (October 2009). "Another Shaw Production: Anamorphic Adventures in Hong Kong". DavidBordwell.net. Retrieved 23 June 2011.
External links
Media related to Kōji Shima at Wikimedia Commons
- Koji Shima at IMDb
- Shima Kōji at the Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese)
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