1901-02-16 ( 124 years old ) in 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 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.
Movies
Sôbô
1937-02-18
Passionate Poet Ishikawa Takuboku - Hometown
1936-03-12
Daughter and Springtime
1932-06-17
Hatobue wo Fuku Onna
1932-03-03
Mistress of a Foreigner
1930-07-01
Sweat
1929-12-31
Tokyo March
1929-05-31
The Woman Who Touched The Legs
1926-10-29
Mito Kōmon
1926-10-15
A Paper Doll's Whisper of Spring
1926-02-28
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