Koji Shima Movies

Sweat (1929) is a slapstick riff on tendency-film themes, as a bored young millionaire has his clothes stolen by a tramp; dressed in the...

Melodrama based on a novel by Yukio Mishima.

Shizuko Kasagi and Hideko Takamine star as young women who try to raise money for a needy old friend by becoming wandering singers who work for tips...

Based on the comic by Kaoru Akiyoshi

1964 musical.

Film about poet Ishikawa Takuboku

A twice-remade ironic comedy about a writer's encounter with a female thief.

A love affair between a beautiful fashion designer returning from France and a naïve young judo player against the backdrop of Japan in the...

Sanada Bunkichi, an alcoholic musician who had lost all motivation to live, was a man who seemed to be supported by the kind consideration of his...

Otane, the daughter of a thread shop owner in Ryogoku, is in love with Sumio, the son of an ivory craftsman who lives nearby. The two are united in a...