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Koji Shima
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Film & TV
Nagasaki, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan
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…
Known for
- Sōbō1937
- Passionate Poet Ishikawa Takuboku - Hometown1936
- Daughter and Springtime1932
- Hatobue wo Fuku Onna1932
- Mistress of a Foreigner — Tsurumatsu1930
- Sweat — Heizaemon Kitayama1929
- Tokyo March1929
- A Paper Doll's Whisper of Spring1926
- Mito Kōmon1926
- The Woman Who Touched The Legs — Detective1926
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Empire of Japan
- Place of birth
- Nagasaki
- Spouse
- Yukiko Todoroki
- Occupation
- screenwriter
- Languages spoken
- Japanese
- Image
- Koji Shima.jpg
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- date of death
- 1986-09-10
- date of birth
- 1901-02-16
- name in kana
- しま こうじ
- Commons category
- Kōji Shima
- name in native language
- 島耕二
- related category
- Category:Films directed by Koji Shima
- birth name
- 鹿児島 武彦
- place of burial
- Tama Cemetery
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