Koji Shima

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 Haiy? Gakk? 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 Matasabur? an adaption of a Kenji Miyazawa story and Jir? Monogatari After the war he directed such films as Ginza Kankan Musume and J?dai 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