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.
Directed 67
1970s
- 1970
The Orchid
Director
1960s
- 1969
Tropicana Interlude
Director
Dear Murderer
Director
裸尸痕
Director
- 1968
- 1967
Ambassador Ramen
Director
- 1966
That Complicated Guy
Director
わが愛を星に祈りて
Director
- 1965
The Story of a Blind Woman
Director
- 1964
Muchana Yakko
Director
Asphalt Girl
Director
- 1963
- 1962
Akiko
Director
Otoko to onna no sei no naka
Director
情熱の詩人啄木
Director
- 1961
夕やけ小やけの赤とんぼ
Director
Wakai nakama
Director
- 1960
The Beloved Image
Director
Anchin and Kiyohime
Director
The Grave Tells All
Director
1950s
- 1959
Various Flowers
Director
The Path I Remember
Director
The Makioka Sisters
Director
- 1958
Musume no boken
Director
The Cat Knew
Director
Shogun's Holiday
Director
Chance Meeting
Director
- 1957
Nine Hours of Terror
Director
A Woman's Skin
Director
Bojô no kawa
Director
- 1956
New Tale of Genji: Shizuka and Yoshitsune
Director
Cascading White Threads
Director
Zangiku monogatari
Director
A Rainbow at Every Turn
Director
Warning from Space
Director
- 1955
New Women’s Dialogue
Director
The Phantom Horse
Director
- 1954
Woman of Fire
Director
Asakusa at Night
Director
The Golden Demon
Director
Autumn Interlude
Director
- 1953
Made in Japan
Director
Asakusa monogatari
Director
Koshō musuko
Director
Lady Chatterley of Japan
Director
Jūdai no seiten
Director
- 1952
Zoku bakurō ichidai
Director
Lil's Return from Shanghai
Director
- 1951
Hibari no komoriuta
Director
- 1950
Mado Kara Tobidase
Director
1940s
- 1949
Good-Bye!
Director
Kyō ware renaisu
Director
- 1948
Enoken no bikkuri shakkuri jidai
Director
- 1947
The Little Green Box
Director
- 1943
All-out Attack on Singapore
Director
- 1941
The Tale of Jiro
Director
- 1940
Kaze no Matasaburô
Director
Wrote 24
1960s
- 1969
Tropicana Interlude
Screenplay
Dear Murderer
Screenplay
裸尸痕
Screenplay
- 1961
夕やけ小やけの赤とんぼ
Screenplay
Wakai nakama
Screenplay
- 1960
The Beloved Image
Screenplay
1950s
- 1959
Various Flowers
Screenplay
The Path I Remember
Screenplay
- 1957
Nine Hours of Terror
Screenplay
- 1956
Cascading White Threads
Screenplay
- 1955
New Women’s Dialogue
Screenplay
The Phantom Horse
Screenplay
Miss Teacher
Screenplay
- 1954
Woman of Fire
Adaptation
Asakusa at Night
Writer
The Golden Demon
Writer
- 1953
Asakusa monogatari
Adaptation
Koshō musuko
Screenplay
- 1952
Lil's Return from Shanghai
Adaptation
- 1950
Mado Kara Tobidase
Screenplay
1940s
- 1947
The Little Green Box
Original Story, Adaptation
A Thousand and One Nights with Toho
Writer
Acted in 7
1930s
- 1936
- 1932
Daughter and Springtime
Movie
1920s
- 1929
Sweat
Heizaemon Kitayama
Tokyo March
Movie
- 1926
The Woman Who Touched The Legs
Detective
Mito Kōmon
Movie
A Paper Doll's Whisper of Spring
Movie
Sound 1
1950s
- 1955
The Phantom Horse
Music