Person

Joe Shishido

Acting · 1933–2020 · Kita, Osaka, Japan

Beloved Japanese actor most recognizable for his intense, eccentric yakuza film roles and his artificially enlarged cheekbones. He has appeared in over 200 films but is best known in the West for his performance in the cult film Branded to Kill (1967). In Japan, he is also known by the nickname "Joe the Ace" (エースのジョー Ēsu no Jō) for his popular role in the Western Fast-Draw Guy (1961).

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  The Files of the Young Kindaichi

  Fujio Tashiro

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  Kimi no na wa

  角倉勘次

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  Neo Chinpira 2: Zoom Goes the Bullet

  Junichi Mizuta

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  Neo Chinpira: Zoom Goes the Bullet

  Junichi Mizuta

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  Flower & Snake II

  2005

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  Wind, Clouds, and Rainbow

  Gendō

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  Detective Office 5: Another Story

  Chief 500

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  Pro Hunter

  菊島雄三

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  Big City: Days of Struggle

  1976

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  Dazzling Cops

  1977

• 2012The Final JudgementLao Porto
• 2011Mobile Detectives: The Movie 3
• 2010A Night in Nude: SalvationNaoki Yamagami
• 2009The CodeDetective 500
• 2007Switching – Goodbye MeYoshinosuke Yoshida
• 2007KisaragiOoiso Long Beach Host
• 2007Mobile Detectives: The Movie 2
• 2006Proud Ambition 5
• 2006Proud Ambition 4
• 2006Proud Ambition 2
• 2006Proud Ambition
• 2006A Surgeon Named Hitman
• 2005Detective Office 5500
• 2005Detective Office 5: Another StoryChief 500
• 2005Shin Japan's Don 6
• 2005Proud Ambition 3
• 2005Flower & Snake II
• 2005Shin Japan's Don 5
• 2005Shin Japan's Don 4
• 2004Class Reunion
• 2004Shin Japan's Don 2: Ruthless
• 2004Shin Japan's Don: Waves
• 2002Yakuza Jihad
• 2001Drowning FishAce no Jo
• 2001Shibuya Midnight War Dark Street
• 2000Debt King Part VII: Millennium
• 2000Heisei Kin'yudo: Muruhi no Onna
• 1999Hometown
• 1997To LoveChinen
• 1997Remembering the Cosmos Flower
• 1996The TrapJo Shishido
• 1995Fukushu no TeioKazunari Inaba
• 1995The Files of the Young KindaichiFujio Tashiro
• 1995The Stairway to the Distant PastJo Shishido
• 1995Tough Cop 2 - HEART CRASH
• 1994Turning PointHashizume
• 1994The Most Terrible Time in My LifeJoe
• 1994Mahjong Demon 3: Extraterritorial Mahjong
• 1994Tough Cop - Ginza Police
• 1993Bored Hatamoto: Letter of Death
• 1993JACK KNIFE Wolves' Bet
• 1992The Setting Sun
• 1992The GamblerJoe of Aces
• 19928 Man - For All Lonely NightsDr. Tani
• 1991Danger Point: The Road to Hell
• 1991The Notorious Bored Samurai 6
• 1991God's Pinch Hitter
• 1991Neo Chinpira 2: Zoom Goes the BulletJunichi Mizuta
• 1991Kimi no na wa角倉勘次
• 1991The Killers
• 1990Run the Beast
• 1990Codename 348 Female Detective Sashiba
• 1990Neo Chinpira: Zoom Goes the BulletJunichi Mizuta
• 1990Nozomi WitchesRyotaro's father
• 1989You'll Fall For Me
• 1989Red Crow and the Ghost ShipCaptain
• 1988This Heartbeat
• 1988Tokyo: The Last MegalopolisTokuji Hayakawa
• 1987Star Force: Fugitive Alien IICaptain Joe
• 1987Fugitive AlienCaptain Joe
• 1987The Beauty in the Black MaskTakeo Sato
• 1986Leave My Girl AloneBar Owner
• 1986Bound for the Fields, the Mountains, and the SeacoastSchool Principal
• 1986Katayoku dake no tenshi
• 1986Take It Easy
• 1985I'm All YoursPriest
• 1985Caribe: Symphony of LoveShunsuke Saichu
• 1985Yakyuukyou no Uta
• 1984Again
• 1984Sukanpin WalkTatsuya Sekikawa
• 1983Our Wedding
• 1982I Are You, You Am MeKouzou Saitoh
• 1982Fossilized Wilderness
• 1981Edo PornJyuppensha Ikku
• 1981Blue Jeans Memory
• 1981Pro Hunter菊島雄三
• 1980The First Catch
• 1980Hashire! Nekketsu Keiji
• 1980Nurse's Husband
• 1979Necchu Jidai: Keiji Hen
• 1978Prime Minister of Yuhigaoka
• 1978Bandits vs. Samurai SquadronTominoichi
• 1978Star WolfCaptain Joe
• 1977Black Jack: The Visitor in the EyeBlack Jack
• 1977High Seas HijackChief Engineer Kosai
• 1977Gambling Code and FeudsKatsuya Sekikawa
• 1977Ore no soraGenjiro Yasuda
• 1977A Tale of Sorrow and SadnessCop
• 1977Dazzling Cops
• 1977The Alaska Story
• 1976Big City: Days of Struggle
• 1976The Sea of GenkaiSawaki
• 1976Wind, Clouds, and RainbowGendō
• 1975ConflagrationChief Engineer Kosai
• 1974New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1Hachiro Tachibana
• 1974Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final EpisodeKatsutoshi Otomo
• 1974Center of TokyoHyodo
• 1974Blitz!! Strada 5Takamura Terujiro / Jupiter
• 1973The Hard Core Criminal
• 1973None But the Brave
• 1973Kigeki: koko kara hajimaru monogatari
• 1972New Abashiri Prison Story: Honor and Humanity, Ammunition That Attracts the Storm
• 1972New Hoodlum Soldier Story: Firing Line
• 1972The Witty Samurai
• 1971Bad Girl MakoYasuoka
• 1971Monk's Paradise
• 1971Blood for BloodNaoto Tezuka
• 1971Okusama wa 18 sai: shinkon kyoshitsu
• 1971Go As Messy As Messy Can BeMujitori
• 1971A Man's World
• 1971New Shameless SchoolGebageba
• 1970Shameless School: Tackle KissMacaroni
• 1970New Prison Walls of Abashiri: High Stakes at Abashiri
• 1970Shameless School: Health Check in the NudeMacaroni
• 1970Charming MenKobe Saburo
• 1970Kikeki: onna mo tsurai wa
• 1970Shameless SchoolMacaroni
• 1970A Hoodlum At The Risk Of His Life
• 1970Greatest Boss of Japan
• 1970Profile of a Boss' Son
• 1969The Cleanup
• 1969Biographies of Killers
• 1969Thirteen Times a LoserSeiji Okitsu
• 1969Chivalrous Pride
• 1969Ex Convict: Sword Storm
• 1969The Rough OneImano's Bodyguard
• 1969100 Gamblers
• 1969Yabanjin no Nekutai
• 1969Yakuza Wanderer: Villainous Livelihood
• 1969Exiled to Hell
• 1969Women of the Night - Butterfly Flower
• 1968魔性の女
• 1968RetaliationHino
• 1968Stardust Wharf
• 1967Outlaw's Gold三鬼鉄
• 1967The Aftermath of War
• 1967My SweetheartPresident Shishido
• 1967The Return of the Filthy Seven
• 1967Velvet Hustler
• 1967Massacre GunRyûichi Kuroda
• 1967Asia-PolGeorge
• 1967Branded to KillGorô Hanada
• 1967Burning Clouds
• 1967A Colt Is My PassportShuji Kamimura
• 1966Asiapol Secret ServiceGeorge Eaton
• 1966Your Life
• 1966Love Eternal
• 1966Love and Desire in the Night Mist
• 1966Blood ShedSeiji
• 1966Cat Girls Gamblers: Abandoned Fangs of TriumphKokichi Yamaguch
• 1966The Dragon and the Tiger
• 1965The Dragon of MacaoAizu
• 1965Three Stray Dogs
• 1965Murder UnincorporatedJiro (Joe of Spades)
• 1965Inochi Shirazu no RokudenashiTornado George / Jouji Tatsumaki
• 1965Modern Yakuza: Chivalry
• 1965Kenjū burai jō nagare-sha no mure
• 1964Quick-Draw Joe: Sand Dune DuelJoe of Aces
• 1964Tiger of the Sea
• 1964Gate of FleshShintaro Ibuki
• 1964Nukî uchi ryuji - kênju no otâ
• 1964Jinsei Gekijo
• 1964Cruel Gun StoryTogawa
• 1964Tale on Tokai Chivalry
• 1963Hell FestivalTetsu the Otter
• 1963Chivalrous Outlaw
• 1963Tale on Kanto ChivalryMasa from Kanto
• 1963Detective Bureau 2-3: A Man Weak to Money and WomenHideo Tajima
• 1963Akai ka to Rokudenashi
• 1963Youth of the BeastJôji 'Jo' Mizuno
• 1963Notorious BastardTatsumaki Takeji (Tornado Joe)
• 1963Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell, Bastards!Hideo Tajima
• 1962Traces of Lead
• 1962Danger PaysJôji Kondô
• 1962Glass-Hearted JohnnyJô
• 1962Jūdan no arashi
• 1962Last Round
• 1962Solo Traveler
• 1962The Frozen Plains
• 1962Nuki uchi fūraibō
• 1962Kimagure tosei
• 1962Mexico Drifter
• 1961Quick Draw Outlaw: Man of the Great Plains
• 1961Crimson Pistol
• 1961I'll End in HellJoji Dan
• 1961Gun of Nosappu
• 1961The Crimson PlainsJoji Sakuma
• 1961Gambler in the Sea
• 1961Joe of Aces: Give and TakeEiji Yano (Joe of Aces)
• 1961Quick Draw JoeJoe the Ace
• 1961Joe of Aces: Gambling for a LivingEiji Yano (Joe of Aces)
• 1961Pacific Porters
• 1961The Rambler under the Southern Cross
• 1960Tales of a Gunman: The Man Without TomorrowJo of the Colt
• 1960The Angry Rambler
• 1960The Rambler Rides Again
• 1960The Rambler on a Pearl Farm
• 1960The Man with a Sinister LaughKen
• 1960The Rambler in the Sunset
• 1960Wind of Volcano
• 1960The Gun Like LightningGoro
• 1960Return of the Vagabond
• 1960The Guitarist from the Sea
• 1960Ryuji, the Gun SlingerGin of the Colt
• 1960The Cards Will Tell
• 1960The Guitarist and the Rancher
• 1959Mighty Rules
• 1959Who is in the Background?
• 1959The Rambling GuitaristGeorge
• 1959The Human CycloneMasa
• 1959Crime ReporterFujimoto
• 1959Merciless BulletYukie's lover
• 1959Tokyo no Kodoku
• 1959Machi ga nemuru toki
• 1959Gun Number Zero
• 1959Wounded Beast
• 1959We Live Today
• 1959Zattō ni hikarume
• 1958Orera wa nagashi no ninkisha
• 1958Voice Without a ShadowHamazaki
• 1958Taiyō o buchi otose
• 1958The Boy Who Came BackKajita
• 1958死の壁の脱出Jiro Asaoka
• 1958Rusty KnifeShimabara
• 1958Breasts and Bullets
• 1957The Naked Woman and the Gun
• 1957Small Rats of the Edo TownHidematsu
• 1957TemptationGoro Yasui
• 1957The ChampionBoxer Ishiyama
• 1957Muhō Ichidai
• 1957Kawakami Tetsuji, No. 16Masaki Yoshihara
• 1956Frankie the MilkmanZenkichi Matsubara
• 1956Kingorô no omawari-san
• 1956Kanshō fujin
• 1956Shiawase wa doko niTetsuo Shimura
• 1956The Happy Dancers
• 1956This Is Home
• 1956Seishun wo warera niTakai
• 1956Confession
• 1956Called to the Stand
• 1956Cell No. 8
• 1955The Doctor
• 1955Tsukiyo no kasa
• 1955The Maid's Kid
• 1955Ofukuro
• 1955Policeman's DiaryPatrolman Yabuta
• 1955His Highness SurabayaApplied Atomic Energy Research Institute Worker with a Tohoku Accent
• 1954My Pistol Is QuickAirplane Passenger
• 1954Women's HouseOkada (employee of Inogawa's company)
• 1954The Black CurrentNewspaper Reporter
• —Twist & Shoot: Mister SuzukiSelf (archive footage)