ACTOR
Joe Shishido
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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- Born
- Dec 6, 1933
- Died
- Jan 18, 2020
- Birthplace
- Kita, Osaka, Japan
- Known For
- Acting
Biography
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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Filmography
Movies
My Pistol Is QuickAirplane Passenger
1954
The Black CurrentNewspaper Reporter
1954
Women's HouseOkada (employee of Inogawa's company)
1954
His Highness SurabayaApplied Atomic Energy Research Institute Worker with a Tohoku Accent
1955
Ofukuro
1955
Policeman's DiaryPatrolman Yabuta
1955
The Doctor
1955
The Maid's Kid
1955
Tsukiyo no kasa
1955
Women of Ginza
1955
Called to the StandHotta
1956
Cell No. 8
1956
Confession
1956
Frankie the MilkmanZenkichi Matsubara
1956KF
Kanshō fujin
1956KN
Kingorô no omawari-san
1956
Seishun wo warera niTakai
1956
Shiawase wa doko niTetsuo Shimura
1956TH
The Happy Dancers
1956
This Is Home
1956
Kawakami Tetsuji, No. 16Masaki Yoshihara
1957
Muhō Ichidai
1957
Small Rats of the Edo TownHidematsu
1957
TemptationGoro Yasui
1957
The ChampionBoxer Ishiyama
1957
The Naked Woman and the Gun
1957
Breasts and Bullets
1958
Orera wa nagashi no ninkisha
1958
Rusty KnifeShimabara
1958
Taiyō o buchi otose
1958
The Boy Who Came BackKajita
1958
Voice Without a ShadowHamazaki
1958
死の壁の脱出Jiro Asaoka
1958
Crime ReporterFujimoto
1959
Gun Number Zero
1959
Machi ga nemuru toki
1959
Merciless BulletYukie's lover
1959
Mighty Rules
1959
The Human CycloneMasa
1959
The Rambling GuitaristGeorge
1959
Tokyo no Kodoku
1959
We Live Today
1959
Who is in the Background?
1959
Wounded Beast
1959
Zattō ni hikarume
1959
Return of the Vagabond
1960
Ryuji, the Gun SlingerGin of the Colt
1960
Tales of a Gunman: The Man Without TomorrowJo of the Colt
1960
The Cards Will Tell
1960
The Drifter from the Sea
1960
The Guitarist and the Rancher
1960
The Gun Like LightningGoro
1960
The Man with a Sinister LaughKen
1960
The Rambler in the Sunset
1960
The Rambler on a Pearl Farm
1960
The Rambler Rides Again
1960
The Wild, Unruly Drifter
1960
Volcano Wind
1960
Crimson Pistol
1961
Gambler in the Sea
1961
Gun of Nosappu
1961
I'll End in HellJoji Dan
1961
Joe of Aces: Gambling for a LivingEiji Yano (Joe of Aces)
1961
Joe of Aces: Give and TakeEiji Yano (Joe of Aces)
1961
Pacific Porters
1961
Quick Draw JoeJoe the Ace
1961
Quick Draw Outlaw: Man of the Great Plains
1961
The Crimson PlainsJoji Sakuma
1961
The Rambler under the Southern Cross
1961
Danger PaysJôji Kondô
1962
Glass-Hearted JohnnyJô
1962
Jūdan no arashi
1962
Kimagure tosei
1962
Last Round
1962
Mexico Drifter
1962
Nuki uchi fūraibō
1962
Solo Traveler
1962
The Frozen Plains
1962
Traces of Lead
1962
Chivalrous Outlaw
1963
Detective Bureau 2-3: A Man Weak to Money and WomenHideo Tajima
1963
Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell, Bastards!Hideo Tajima
1963
Hell FestivalTetsu the Otter
1963
Notorious BastardTatsumaki Takeji (Tornado Joe)
1963
Red Shoes and a Good-For-Nothing
1963
Tale on Kanto ChivalryMasa from Kanto
1963
Youth of the BeastJôji 'Jo' Mizuno
1963
Cruel Gun StoryTogawa
1964
Gate of FleshShintaro Ibuki
1964
Jinsei Gekijo
1964
Nukî uchi ryuji - kênju no otâ
1964
Quick-Draw Joe: Sand Dune DuelJoe of Aces
1964
Tale on Tokai Chivalry
1964
Tiger of the Sea
1964
Inochi Shirazu no RokudenashiTornado George / Jouji Tatsumaki
1965
Kenjū burai jō nagare-sha no mure
1965
Modern Yakuza: Chivalry
1965
Murder UnincorporatedJiro (Joe of Spades)
1965
The Dragon of MacaoAizu
1965
Three Stray Dogs
1965
Asiapol Secret ServiceGeorge Eaton
1966
Blood ShedSeiji
1966
Cat Girls Gamblers: Abandoned Fangs of TriumphKokichi Yamaguch
1966
Love and Desire in the Night Mist
1966
Love Eternal
1966
The Dragon and the Tiger
1966
Your Life
1966
A Colt is My PassportShuji Kamimura
1967
Asia-PolGeorge
1967
Branded to KillGorô Hanada
1967
Burning Clouds
1967
Massacre GunRyûichi Kuroda
1967
My SweetheartPresident Shishido
1967
Outlaw's Gold三鬼鉄
1967
The Aftermath of War
1967
The Return of the Filthy Seven
1967
Velvet Hustler
1967
RetaliationHino
1968
Stardust Wharf
1968
魔性の女
1968
100 Gamblers
1969
Biographies of Killers
1969
Chivalrous Pride
1969
Ex Convict: Sword Storm
1969
Exiled to Hell
1969
The Cleanup
1969
The Rough OneImano's Bodyguard
1969
Thirteen Times a LoserSeiji Okitsu
1969
Women of the Night - Butterfly Flower
1969
Yabanjin no Nekutai
1969
Yakuza Wanderer: Villainous Livelihood
1969
A Hoodlum At The Risk Of His Life
1970
Charming MenKobe Saburo
1970
Greatest Boss of Japan
1970
Kikeki: onna mo tsurai wa
1970
New Prison Walls of Abashiri: High Stakes at Abashiri
1970
Profile of a Boss' Son
1970
Shameless SchoolMacaroni
1970
Shameless School: Health Check in the NudeMacaroni
1970
Shameless School: Tackle KissMacaroni
1970
A Man's World
1971
Bad Girl MakoYasuoka
1971
Blood for BloodNaoto Tezuka
1971
Go As Messy As Messy Can BeMujitori
1971
Monk's Paradise
1971
New Shameless SchoolGebageba
1971
Okusama wa 18 sai: shinkon kyoshitsu
1971
New Abashiri Prison Story: Honor and Humanity, Ammunition That Attracts the Storm
1972
New Hoodlum Soldier Story: Firing Line
1972
The Witty Samurai
1972
Kigeki: koko kara hajimaru monogatari
1973
None But the Brave
1973
The Hard Core Criminal
1973
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final EpisodeKatsutoshi Otomo
1974
Center of TokyoHyodo
1974
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1Hachiro Tachibana
1974
ConflagrationChief Engineer Kosai
1975
The Sea of GenkaiSawaki
1976
A Tale of Sorrow and SadnessCop
1977
Black Jack: The Visitor in the EyeBlack Jack
1977
Gambling Code and FeudsKatsuya Sekikawa
1977
High Seas HijackChief Engineer Kosai
1977
Ore no soraGenjiro Yasuda
1977
The Alaska StoryGeorge Oshima
1977
Bandits vs. Samurai SquadronTominoichi
1978NH
Nurse's Husband
1980
The First Catch
1980
Blue Jeans Memory
1981
Edo PornJyuppensha Ikku
1981
Fossilized Wilderness
1982
I Are You, You Am MeKouzou Saitoh
1982
Our Wedding
1983
Again
1984
Sukanpin WalkTatsuya Sekikawa
1984
Caribe: Symphony of LoveShunsuke Saichu
1985
I'm All YoursPriest
1985
Yakyuukyou no Uta
1985
Bound for the Fields, the Mountains, and the SeacoastSchool Principal
1986
Katayoku dake no tenshi
1986
Leave My Girl AloneBar Owner
1986
Take It Easy
1986
Fugitive AlienCaptain Joe
1987
Star Force: Fugitive Alien IICaptain Joe
1987
The Beauty in the Black MaskTakeo Sato
1987
This Heartbeat
1988
Tokyo: The Last MegalopolisTokuji Hayakawa
1988Tokyo: The Last MegalopolisNoritsugu Hayakawa
1988
Red Crow and the Ghost ShipCaptain
1989
You'll Fall For Me
1989
Codename 348 Female Detective Sashiba
1990
Neo Chinpira: Zoom Goes the BulletJunichi Mizuta
1990
Nozomi WitchesRyotaro's father
1990
Run the Beast
1990
Danger Point: The Road to Hell
1991
God's Pinch Hitter
1991
Neo Chinpira 2: Zoom Goes the BulletJunichi Mizuta
1991
The Killers
1991TN
The Notorious Bored Samurai 6
1991
8 Man - For All Lonely NightsDr. Tani
1992
The GamblerJoe of Aces
1992
The Setting Sun
1992
Bored Hatamoto: Letter of Death
1993
JACK KNIFE Wolves' Bet
1993
Mahjong Demon 3: Extraterritorial Mahjong
1994
The Most Terrible Time in My LifeJoe
1994
Tough Cop - Ginza Police
1994
Turning PointHashizume
1994
Fukushu no TeioKazunari Inaba
1995
The Stairway to the Distant PastJo Shishido
1995
Tough Cop 2 - HEART CRASH
1995
The TrapJo Shishido
1996
Remembering the Cosmos Flower
1997
To LoveChinen
1997
Hometown
1999
Debt King Part VII: Millennium
2000
Heisei Kin'yudo: Muruhi no Onna
2000
Drowning FishAce no Jo
2001
Shibuya Midnight War Dark Street
2001
Yakuza Jihad
2002
Class Reunion
2004
Shin Japan's Don 2: Ruthless
2004
Shin Japan's Don: Waves
2004
Detective Office 5500
2005
Flower & Snake IITakayoshi Tooyama
2005
Proud Ambition 3
2005
Shin Japan's Don 4
2005
Shin Japan's Don 5
2005
Shin Japan's Don 6
2005
A Surgeon Named Hitman
2006
Proud Ambition
2006
Proud Ambition 2
2006
Proud Ambition 4
2006
Proud Ambition 5
2006
KisaragiOoiso Long Beach Host
2007
Mobile Detectives: The Movie 2
2007
Switching – Goodbye MeYoshinosuke Yoshida
2007
The CodeDetective 500
2009
A Night in Nude: SalvationNaoki Yamagami
2010
Mobile Detectives: The Movie 3
2011
The Final JudgementLao Porto
2012
Twist & Shoot: Mister SuzukiSelf (archive footage)
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1968
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1974
Big City: Days of Struggle31 eps
1976
Wind, Clouds, and RainbowGendō · 52 eps
1976
Dazzling Cops1 eps
1977
Prime Minister of Yuhigaoka40 eps
1978
Star WolfCaptain Joe · 24 eps
1978
Necchu Jidai: Keiji Hen26 eps
1979
Hashire! Nekketsu Keiji26 eps
1980
Pro Hunter菊島雄三 · 25 eps
1981
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1991
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1995
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2005Photos
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