Koji Shima

Koji Shima
Koji Shima
島耕二
	Koji Shima on 15 May 1947
Born	16 February 1901; Nagasaki, Japan
Died	10 September 1986 (aged 85)
Other names	Takehiko Kagoshima
Occupations	Film director; actor; screenwriter;
Years active	1925–1970
Spouse	Yukiko Todoroki (m. 1953; div. 1965)

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 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]

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^ ^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.

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