
1970
The Orchid
Tour bus driver Ching Pang Wen (Fang Ying) and tourist/student Annie Yeh (Lily Lo) sing and romance their way through Singapore.
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Filmmaker
Born
1901-02-16 · 85 yrs
Died
1986-09-10
From
Nagasaki, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan
Known for
Directing
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.
Showing 36 of 69 credits (through 1956)

1969
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1961
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1953
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