Direction: Koji Shima
The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Koji Shima. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.
Titles found: 29
Warning from Space
1956 · Movie · 87 min. · Japan
Direction Koji Shima
Cast Keizo Kawasaki · Toyomi Karita · Bin Yagasawa · Shozo Nanbu
Synopsis UFO's are seen around Tokyo. Because they look like giant starfish the aliens cannot approach us without creating panic. Hence one of them sacrifices itself and takes the form of a popular female singer. It/she warns mankind that a meteor...
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Jirô monogatari
1941 · Movie · 88 min. · Japan
Direction Koji Shima
Cast Haruko Sugimura · Chieko Murata · Shirô Izome
Synopsis Jirô is delivered as a newborn to a servant of his aristocratic family to raise him on his farm. After a few years, the family decides that the child returns to the family home, so Jirô must separate from his...
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Maboroshi no uma
1955 · Movie · 90 min. · Japan
Direction Koji Shima
Cast Ayako Wakao · Yukihiko Iwatare · Akihiko Yusa · Yoshiro Kitahara
Synopsis The mare of the Shiraishi, humble farmers, stop a foal they call Takeru. The little one of the family, Jirô, is crazy about Takeru, despite the fact that the foal brings to light a very restless character.
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Hibari no komoriuta
1951 · Movie · 81 min. · Japan
Direction Koji Shima
Cast Satsuki Arakawa · Hikaru Hoshi · Shinsho Kokontei · Hibari Misora
Synopsis In summer camps, Hibari meets a girl, Sumire, who looks like her like a drop of water to another. They soon discover that they are twins, but that each one lives with each of the parents, who separated after birth...
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Ginza kankan musume
1949 · Movie · 68 min. · Japan
Direction Koji Shima
Cast Hideko Takamine · Katsuhiko Haida · Shinsho Kokontei · Shizuko Kasagi
Synopsis "Ginza Cancan Girl" - a mixture of American musical movie and the modesty of Japanese cinema. Hideko Takamine was already a successful singer with this very popular hit song.
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Râmen taishi
1967 · Movie · 84 min. · Japan
Direction Koji Shima
Cast Frankie Sakai · Eiji Funakoshi · Mariko Kô · Hikaru Hoshi
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A Complicated Man
1966 · Movie · 90 min. · Japan
Direction Koji Shima
Cast Jiro Tamiya · Mariko Kô · Shûji Sano · Edith Hanson
Synopsis Saeko, the daughter of a wealthy business man, meets Jôji on the plane, a flight attendant, and quickly falls in love with him. When Saeko starts gathering information about Jôji from his acquaintances, he will gradually discover that he is...
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Tropicana Interlude
1969 · Movie · 93 min. · Hong Kong
Direction Koji Shima
Cast Lily Ho · Jimmy Lin Chong · Essie Lin Chia · Lily Li
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Anchin to Kiyohime
1960 · Movie · 80 min. · Japan
Direction Koji Shima
Cast Raizô Ichikawa · Ayako Wakao · Yôko Uraji · Akihiko Katayama
Synopsis The beautiful Kyohime, daughter of a noble, accidentally injures the Anchin monk with an arrow. Kyohime, in repair, invites Anchin to his mansion until it heals ... but falls madly in love with him.
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Kaidan otoshiana
1968 · Movie · 78 min. · Japan
Direction Koji Shima
Cast Mikio Narita · Eiji Funakoshi · Mayumi Nagisa · Mako Sanjô
Synopsis Haruo Kuramoto works in a company where he wants to climb by marrying the director's daughter. But he has a problem: he maintains a secret relationship with Reiko, secretary in the same company, which he has made pregnant and who...
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Yûrakuchô de aimashô
1958 · Movie · 97 min. · Japan
Direction Koji Shima
Cast Machiko Kyô · Hiroshi Kawaguchi · Kenji Sugawara · Hitomi Nozoe
Synopsis Designer Aya Koganaki, whose last collection has been a great success, meets engineer Rentaro Shinohara on the train back to Tokyo, but the man only shows indifference and she feels hurt. Coincidentally, their younger brothers, Takeshi and Kana, also meet...
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Jûdai no seiten
1953 · Movie · Japan
Direction Koji Shima
Cast Ayako Wakao · Yôko Minamida · Miki Odagiri · Bontarô Miake
Synopsis Four teenage girls lost an awakening to the world of sex: Kaoru is a Christian who lives in dislike of men after being raped; Eiko has an absolute fixation by Kaoru of lesbian dyes; Fusae goes through economic hardships, which...
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Shin heike monogatari-shizuka to yoshitsune
1956 · Movie · 118 min. · Japan
Direction Koji Shima
Cast Raizô Ichikawa · Yoshiko Kuga · Chikage Awashima · Kenji Sugawara
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Kaze no Matasaburô
1940 · Movie · 96 min. · Japan
Direction Koji Shima
Cast Ryuji Kita · Akihiko Katayama · Akira Ôizumi · Kazumasa Hoshino
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Tôkyô no heroine
1950 · Movie · 95 min. · Japan
Direction Koji Shima
Cast Yukiko Todoroki · Masayuki Mori · Takako Irie · Kyôko Kagawa
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Dear Murderer
1969 · Movie · 109 min. · Hong Kong
Direction Koji Shima
Cast Peter Chen Ho · Pat Ting · Betty Ting Pei · Ouyang Sha-fei
Synopsis In this remake of "Kaidan otoshiana" Tu Chang is the climber who wants to marry the daughter of the company's director. Only that he maintains a secret relationship with Lan Fen, secretary in the same company, which he has made...
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Asakusa no yoru
1954 · Movie · Japan
Direction Koji Shima
Cast Koji Tsuruta · Machiko Kyô · Ayako Wakao · Jun Negami
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