Koji Shima
Biography: 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.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: February 16, 1901
Deathday: September 10, 1986
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Known For
A Paper Doll's Whisper of Spring
1926-02-28
A Paper Doll's Whisper of Spring
Overview: Otane, the daughter of a thread shop in Ryogoku, is in love with Sumio, the son of an ivory craftsman who lives nearby. The two are united in a tatami room on the second floor of a soba restaurant. Soon Sumio goes to study in Paris, but during that time Otane realizes that she is pregnant with Sumio's child. Considered a lost film.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1926-02-28
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Mito Kōmon
1926-10-15
Mito Kōmon
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1926-10-15
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Mistress of a Foreigner
1930-07-01
Mistress of a Foreigner
Overview: Tōjin Okichi is a 1930 film by Kenji Mizoguchi based on the novel by Gisaburo Juichiya. Only 4 minutes have survived. The fragment has been published on DVD coupled with The Downfall of Osen (1935) by Digital MEME in 2007.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1930-07-01
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Daughter and Springtime
1932-06-17
Daughter and Springtime
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1932-06-17
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Sweat
1929-12-31
Sweat
Overview: Sweat (1929) is a slapstick riff on tendency-film themes, as a bored young millionaire has his clothes stolen by a tramp; dressed in the tramp’s clothes, he has to accept work as a labourer. As the hero ends up building the mausoleum he had himself commissioned.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1929-12-31
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The Woman Who Touched The Legs
1926-10-29
The Woman Who Touched The Legs
Overview: A twice-remade ironic comedy about a writer's encounter with a female thief.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1926-10-29
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Tokyo March
1929-05-31
Tokyo March
Overview: A classic melodramatic love tragedy addressing social inequality in Taishō-era Japan, The nostalgic scenes of 1920s Tokyo provides a valuable visual experience set against the background of the title song, "Tokyo March." (Sadly, less than a half hour of the footage has been recovered and restored.)
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1929-05-31
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Sôbô
1937-02-18
Sôbô
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1937-02-18
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Passionate Poet Ishikawa Takuboku - Hometown
1936-03-12
Passionate Poet Ishikawa Takuboku - Hometown
Overview: Film about poet Ishikawa Takuboku
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1936-03-12
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Hatobue wo Fuku Onna
1932-03-03
Hatobue wo Fuku Onna
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1932-03-03
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