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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.
29 credits across 3 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | Love Song Over the Sea | Director | Film |
| 1970 | The Orchid | Director | Film |
| 1969 | Dear Murderer | Director | Film |
| 1969 | Tropicana Interlude | Director | Film |
| 1967 | Ambassador Ramen | Director | Film |
| 1966 | That Complicated Guy | Director | Film |
| 1965 | The Man Who Killed Six Women | Director | Film |
| 1960 | Anchin and Kiyohime | Director | Film |
| 1958 | Thirst | Director | Film |
| 1957 | A Woman's Skin | Director | Film |
| 1956 | Zangiku monogatari | Director | Film |
| 1956 | Warning from Space | Director | Film |
| 1955 | The Phantom Horse | Director | Film |
| 1954 | The Golden Demon | Director | Film |
| 1954 | The Golden Demon | Writer | Film |
| 1953 | Jūdai no seiten | Director | Film |
| 1953 | Koshō musuko | Director | Film |
| 1952 | Lil's Return from Shanghai | Director | Film |
| 1949 | Good-Bye! | Director | Film |
| 1948 | Unmei no koyomi | Director | Film |
| 1948 | Enoken no bikkuri shakkuri jidai | Director | Film |
| 1948 | The Thief of Moonlight Castle | Director | Film |
| 1947 | The Little Green Box | Director | Film |
| 1946 | Kimi ka to omohite | Director | Film |
| 1943 | All-out Attack on Singapore | Director | Film |
| 1943 | Twelve Hours Before Departure | Director | Film |
| 1942 | Yamasandō | Director | Film |
| 1941 | The Tale of Jiro | Director | Film |
| 1929 | Tokyo March | Film |
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