Joe Shishido

Known for: Acting

Born: 1933-12-06 – 2020-01-18 (aged 86)

From: 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).

Filmography (250)

MOVIE★ 1.0
The Final Judgement
2012
as Lao Porto
MOVIE★ 5.0
Mobile Detectives: The Movie 3
2011
MOVIE★ 6.1
A Night In Nude: Salvation
2010
as Naoki Yamagami
MOVIE★ 6.2
The Code
2009
as Detective 500
MOVIE★ 6.6
Switching – Goodbye Me
2007
as Yoshinosuke Yoshida
MOVIE★ 6.9
Kisaragi
2007
as Ooiso Long Beach Host
MOVIE★ 5.0
Mobile Detectives: The Movie 2
2007
MOVIE
Proud Ambition 5
2006
MOVIE
Proud Ambition 4
2006
MOVIE
Proud Ambition 2
2006
MOVIE
Proud Ambition
2006
MOVIE
A Surgeon Named Hitman
2006
MOVIE
Detective Office 5
2005
as 500
TV
Detective Office 5: Another Story
2005
as Chief 500
MOVIE
Shin Japan's Don 6
2005
MOVIE
Proud Ambition 3
2005
MOVIE★ 6.5
Flower & Snake II
2005
MOVIE
Shin Japan's Don 5
2005
MOVIE
Shin Japan's Don 4
2005
MOVIE
Alumni Association
2004
MOVIE
Shin Japan's Don 2: Ruthless
2004
MOVIE
Shin Japan's Don: Waves
2004
MOVIE★ 8.0
Yakuza Jihad
2002
MOVIE★ 7.7
Drowning Fish
2001
as Ace no Jo
MOVIE
Shibuya Midnight War Dark Street
2001
MOVIE
Debt King Part VII: Millennium
2000
MOVIE
Hometown
1999
MOVIE★ 6.7
To Love
1997
as Chinen
MOVIE★ 5.0
Remembering the Cosmos Flower
1997
MOVIE★ 6.8
The Trap
1996
as Jo Shishido
MOVIE★ 6.0
Fukushu no Teio
1995
as Kazunari Inaba
TV★ 7.6
The Files of the Young Kindaichi
1995
as Fujio Tashiro
MOVIE★ 7.2
The Stairway to the Distant Past
1995
as Jo Shishido
MOVIE
Tough Cop 2 - HEART CRASH
1995
MOVIE★ 7.0
Turning Point
1994
as Hashizume
MOVIE★ 7.5
The Most Terrible Time in My Life
1994
as Joe
MOVIE
Mahjong Demon 3: Extraterritorial Mahjong
1994
MOVIE
Tough Cop - Ginza Police
1994
MOVIE
Bored Hatamoto: Letter of Death
1993
MOVIE
JACK KNIFE Wolves' Bet
1993
MOVIE★ 4.8
The Setting Sun
1992
MOVIE
The Gambler
1992
as Joe of Aces
MOVIE★ 4.1
8 Man - For All Lonely Nights
1992
as Dr. Tani
MOVIE★ 7.5
Danger Point: The Road to Hell
1991
MOVIE
The Notorious Bored Samurai 6
1991
MOVIE
God's Pinch Hitter
1991
MOVIE
Neo Chinpira 2: Zoom Goes the Bullet
1991
as Junichi Mizuta
TV★ 7.5
Kimi no na wa
1991
as 角倉勘次
MOVIE
The Killers
1991
MOVIE
Run the Beast
1990
MOVIE
Codename 348 Female Detective Sashiba
1990
MOVIE★ 6.7
Neo Chinpira: Zoom Goes the Bullet
1990
as Junichi Mizuta
MOVIE
Nozomi Witches
1990
as Ryotaro's father
MOVIE★ 7.0
You'll Fall For Me
1989
MOVIE★ 7.0
Red Crow and the Ghost Ship
1989
as Captain
MOVIE
This Heartbeat
1988
MOVIE★ 6.3
Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis
1988
as Tokuji Hayakawa
MOVIE★ 4.7
Star Force: Fugitive Alien II
1987
as Captain Joe
MOVIE★ 3.9
Fugitive Alien
1987
as Captain Joe
MOVIE
The Beauty in the Black Mask
1987
as Takeo Sato
MOVIE★ 7.5
Leave My Girl Alone
1986
as Bar Owner
MOVIE★ 6.9
Bound for the Fields, the Mountains, and the Seacoast
1986
as School Principal
MOVIE
Katayoku dake no tenshi
1986
MOVIE
Take It Easy
1986
MOVIE★ 4.7
I'm All Yours
1985
as Priest
MOVIE★ 7.0
Caribe: Symphony of Love
1985
as Shunsuke Saichu
MOVIE
Yakyuukyou no Uta
1985
MOVIE
Again
1984
MOVIE★ 7.5
Sukanpin Walk
1984
as Tatsuya Sekikawa
MOVIE★ 8.5
Our Wedding
1983
MOVIE★ 6.6
I Are You, You Am Me
1982
as Kouzou Saitoh
MOVIE★ 8.0
Fossilized Wilderness
1982
MOVIE★ 6.0
Edo Porn
1981
as Jyuppensha Ikku
MOVIE
Blue Jeans Memory
1981
TV
Pro Hunter
1981
as 菊島雄三
MOVIE★ 2.7
The First Catch
1980
TV
Hashire! Nekketsu Keiji
1980
MOVIE★ 7.0
Nurse's Husband
1980
TV
Necchu Jidai: Keiji Hen
1979
TV
Prime Minister of Yuhigaoka
1978
MOVIE★ 6.1
Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron
1978
as Tominoichi
TV★ 10.0
Star Wolf
1978
as Captain Joe
MOVIE★ 6.2
Black Jack: The Visitor in the Eye
1977
as Black Jack
MOVIE★ 10.0
High Seas Hijack
1977
as Chief Engineer Kosai
MOVIE★ 7.0
Gambling Code and Feuds
1977
as Katsuya Sekikawa
MOVIE
Ore no sora
1977
as Genjiro Yasuda
MOVIE★ 5.5
A Tale of Sorrow and Sadness
1977
as Cop
TV
Dazzling Cops
1977
MOVIE★ 8.0
The Alaska Story
1977
TV
Big City: Days of Struggle
1976
MOVIE★ 5.8
The Sea of Genkai
1976
as Sawaki
TV★ 9.0
Wind, Clouds, and Rainbow
1976
as Gendō
MOVIE★ 7.0
Conflagration
1975
as Chief Engineer Kosai
MOVIE★ 5.7
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1
1974
as Hachiro Tachibana
MOVIE★ 7.2
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode
1974
as Katsutoshi Otomo
MOVIE
Center of Tokyo
1974
as Hyodo
TV
Blitz!! Strada 5
1974
as Takamura Terujiro / Jupiter
MOVIE★ 7.5
The Hard Core Criminal
1973
MOVIE★ 6.3
None But the Brave
1973
MOVIE
Kigeki: koko kara hajimaru monogatari
1973
MOVIE★ 10.0
New Abashiri Prison Story: Honor and Humanity, Ammunition That Attracts the Storm
1972
MOVIE★ 7.1
New Hoodlum Soldier Story: Firing Line
1972
MOVIE
The Witty Samurai
1972
MOVIE★ 6.0
Bad Girl Mako
1971
as Yasuoka
MOVIE★ 7.0
Monk's Paradise
1971
MOVIE★ 7.0
Blood for Blood
1971
as Naoto Tezuka
MOVIE
Okusama wa 18 sai: shinkon kyoshitsu
1971
MOVIE
Go As Messy As Messy Can Be
1971
as Mujitori
MOVIE★ 8.0
A Man's World
1971
MOVIE★ 9.0
New Shameless School
1971
as Gebageba
MOVIE★ 8.0
Shameless School: Tackle Kiss
1970
as Macaroni
MOVIE★ 8.0
New Prison Walls of Abashiri: High Stakes at Abashiri
1970
MOVIE★ 8.0
Shameless School: Health Check in the Nude
1970
as Macaroni
MOVIE★ 9.0
Charming Men
1970
as Kobe Saburo
MOVIE
Kikeki: onna mo tsurai wa
1970
MOVIE★ 5.0
Shameless School
1970
as Macaroni
MOVIE★ 9.0
A Hoodlum At The Risk Of His Life
1970
MOVIE
Greatest Boss of Japan
1970
MOVIE★ 10.0
Profile of a Boss' Son
1970
MOVIE★ 10.0
The Cleanup
1969
MOVIE
Biographies of Killers
1969
MOVIE
Thirteen Times a Loser
1969
as Seiji Okitsu
MOVIE
Chivalrous Pride
1969
MOVIE
Ex Convict: Sword Storm
1969
MOVIE★ 10.0
The Rough One
1969
as Imano's Bodyguard
MOVIE★ 7.0
100 Gamblers
1969
MOVIE
Yabanjin no Nekutai
1969
MOVIE★ 9.0
Yakuza Wanderer: Villainous Livelihood
1969
MOVIE
Exiled to Hell
1969
MOVIE
Women of the Night - Butterfly Flower
1969
MOVIE★ 7.0
魔性の女
1968
MOVIE★ 5.9
Retaliation
1968
as Hino
MOVIE★ 8.0
Stardust Wharf
1968
MOVIE
Outlaw's Gold
1967
as 三鬼鉄
MOVIE
The Aftermath of War
1967
MOVIE
My Sweetheart
1967
as President Shishido
MOVIE★ 9.0
The Return of the Filthy Seven
1967
MOVIE★ 6.8
Velvet Hustler
1967
MOVIE★ 7.2
Massacre Gun
1967
as Ryûichi Kuroda
MOVIE★ 7.2
Asia-Pol
1967
as George
MOVIE★ 7.2
Branded to Kill
1967
as Gorô Hanada
MOVIE
Burning Clouds
1967
MOVIE★ 7.1
A Colt Is My Passport
1967
as Shuji Kamimura
MOVIE★ 6.0
Asiapol Secret Service
1966
as George Eaton
MOVIE
Your Life
1966
MOVIE
Love Eternal
1966
MOVIE
Love and Desire in the Night Mist
1966
MOVIE★ 7.0
Blood Shed
1966
as Seiji
MOVIE★ 6.3
Cat Girls Gamblers: Abandoned Fangs of Triumph
1966
as Kokichi Yamaguch
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Dragon and the Tiger
1966
MOVIE★ 8.0
The Dragon of Macao
1965
as Aizu
MOVIE
Three Stray Dogs
1965
MOVIE★ 6.5
Murder Unincorporated
1965
as Jiro (Joe of Spades)
MOVIE
Inochi Shirazu no Rokudenashi
1965
as Tornado George / Jouji Tatsumaki
MOVIE
Modern Yakuza: Chivalry
1965
MOVIE
Kenjū burai jō nagare-sha no mure
1965
MOVIE★ 6.0
Quick-Draw Joe: Sand Dune Duel
1964
as Joe of Aces
MOVIE
Tiger of the Sea
1964
MOVIE★ 6.6
Gate of Flesh
1964
as Shintaro Ibuki
MOVIE
Nukî uchi ryuji - kênju no otâ
1964
MOVIE★ 7.0
Jinsei Gekijo
1964
MOVIE★ 6.6
Cruel Gun Story
1964
as Togawa
MOVIE
Tale on Tokai Chivalry
1964
MOVIE
Hell Festival
1963
as Tetsu the Otter
MOVIE
Chivalrous Outlaw
1963
MOVIE
Tale on Kanto Chivalry
1963
as Masa from Kanto
MOVIE
Detective Bureau 2-3: A Man Weak to Money and Women
1963
as Hideo Tajima
MOVIE
Akai ka to Rokudenashi
1963
MOVIE★ 6.9
Youth of the Beast
1963
as Jôji 'Jo' Mizuno
MOVIE
Notorious Bastard
1963
as Tatsumaki Takeji (Tornado Joe)
MOVIE★ 6.5
Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell, Bastards!
1963
as Hideo Tajima
MOVIE
Traces of Lead
1962
MOVIE★ 7.0
Danger Pays
1962
as Jôji Kondô
MOVIE
Glass-Hearted Johnny
1962
as Jô
MOVIE
Jūdan no arashi
1962
MOVIE
Last Round
1962
MOVIE
Solo Traveler
1962
MOVIE
The Frozen Plains
1962
MOVIE
Nuki uchi fūraibō
1962
MOVIE
Kimagure tosei
1962
MOVIE★ 8.0
Mexico Drifter
1962
MOVIE
Quick Draw Outlaw: Man of the Great Plains
1961
MOVIE
Crimson Pistol
1961
MOVIE★ 9.0
I'll End in Hell
1961
as Joji Dan
MOVIE★ 10.0
Gun of Nosappu
1961
MOVIE
The Crimson Plains
1961
as Joji Sakuma
MOVIE
Gambler in the Sea
1961
MOVIE
Joe of Aces: Give and Take
1961
as Eiji Yano (Joe of Aces)
MOVIE
Quick Draw Joe
1961
as Joe the Ace
MOVIE
Joe of Aces: Gambling for a Living
1961
as Eiji Yano (Joe of Aces)
MOVIE★ 10.0
Pacific Porters
1961
MOVIE
The Rambler under the Southern Cross
1961
MOVIE★ 9.0
Tales of a Gunman: The Man Without Tomorrow
1960
as Jo of the Colt
MOVIE
The Angry Rambler
1960
MOVIE★ 10.0
The Rambler Rides Again
1960
MOVIE
The Rambler on a Pearl Farm
1960
MOVIE★ 8.0
The Man with a Sinister Laugh
1960
as Ken
MOVIE
The Rambler in the Sunset
1960
MOVIE
Wind of Volcano
1960
MOVIE
The Gun Like Lightning
1960
as Goro
MOVIE★ 5.0
Return of the Vagabond
1960
MOVIE★ 3.5
The Guitarist from the Sea
1960
MOVIE★ 8.0
Ryuji, the Gun Slinger
1960
as Gin of the Colt
MOVIE
The Cards Will Tell
1960
MOVIE
The Guitarist and the Rancher
1960
MOVIE
Mighty Rules
1959
MOVIE
Who is in the Background?
1959
MOVIE★ 6.9
The Rambling Guitarist
1959
as George
MOVIE
The Human Cyclone
1959
as Masa
MOVIE
Crime Reporter
1959
as Fujimoto
MOVIE
Merciless Bullet
1959
as Yukie's lover
MOVIE
Tokyo no Kodoku
1959
MOVIE
Machi ga nemuru toki
1959
MOVIE
Gun Number Zero
1959
MOVIE
Wounded Beast
1959
MOVIE
We Live Today
1959
MOVIE
Zattō ni hikarume
1959
MOVIE
Orera wa nagashi no ninkisha
1958
MOVIE★ 6.2
Voice Without a Shadow
1958
as Hamazaki
MOVIE
Taiyō o buchi otose
1958
MOVIE★ 7.6
The Boy Who Came Back
1958
as Kajita
MOVIE
死の壁の脱出
1958
as Jiro Asaoka
MOVIE★ 5.9
Rusty Knife
1958
as Shimabara
MOVIE
Breasts and Bullets
1958
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Naked Woman and the Gun
1957
MOVIE
Small Rats of the Edo Town
1957
as Hidematsu
MOVIE★ 8.0
Temptation
1957
as Goro Yasui
MOVIE★ 6.4
The Champion
1957
as Boxer Ishiyama
MOVIE
Muhō Ichidai
1957
MOVIE
Kawakami Tetsuji, No. 16
1957
as Masaki Yoshihara
MOVIE★ 8.5
Frankie the Milkman
1956
as Zenkichi Matsubara
MOVIE
Kingorô no omawari-san
1956
MOVIE
Kanshō fujin
1956
MOVIE★ 9.0
Shiawase wa doko ni
1956
as Tetsuo Shimura
MOVIE
The Happy Dancers
1956
MOVIE
This Is Home
1956
MOVIE★ 10.0
Seishun wo warera ni
1956
as Takai
MOVIE
Confession
1956
MOVIE★ 8.0
Called to the Stand
1956
MOVIE
Cell No. 8
1956
MOVIE★ 10.0
The Doctor
1955
MOVIE
Tsukiyo no kasa
1955
MOVIE★ 8.3
The Maid's Kid
1955
MOVIE★ 7.0
Ofukuro
1955
MOVIE★ 7.0
Policeman's Diary
1955
as Patrolman Yabuta
MOVIE
His Highness Surabaya
1955
as Applied Atomic Energy Research Institute Worker with a Tohoku Accent
MOVIE
My Pistol Is Quick
1954
as Airplane Passenger
MOVIE★ 6.0
Women's House
1954
as Okada (employee of Inogawa's company)
MOVIE★ 10.0
The Black Current
1954
as Newspaper Reporter
MOVIE
Twist & Shoot: Mister Suzuki
—
as Self (archive footage)