Joe Shishido
Known for
Acting
Life
1933 – 2020 (aged 86)
Born in
Kita, Osaka, Japan
Credits
View on IMDb251 acting credits
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).
Known For
Branded to Kill
15 Jun 1967
Youth of the Beast
21 Apr 1963
Gate of Flesh
31 May 1964
A Colt Is My Passport
04 Feb 1967
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode
29 Jun 1974
Edo Porn
12 Sep 1981
Flower & Snake II
14 May 2005
Kisaragi
16 Jun 2007
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Filmography
2012
- The Final Judgementas Lao Porto
2010
- A Night in Nude: Salvationas Naoki Yamagami
2009
- The Codeas Detective 500
2007
- Switching – Goodbye Meas Yoshinosuke Yoshida
- Kisaragias Ooiso Long Beach Host
- Mobile Detectives: The Movie 2
2005
- Detective Office 5as 500
- Detective Office 5: Another Story50 episodes
- Shin Japan's Don 6
- Proud Ambition 3
- Flower & Snake IIas Takayoshi Tooyama
- Shin Japan's Don 5
- Shin Japan's Don 4
2002
2001
- Drowning Fishas Ace no Jo
- Shibuya Midnight War Dark Street
1999
1997
- To Loveas Chinen
- Remembering the Cosmos Flower
1996
- The Trapas Jo Shishido
1995
- Fukushu no Teioas Kazunari Inaba
- The Files of the Young Kindaichias Fujio Tashiro2 episodes
- The Stairway to the Distant Pastas Jo Shishido
- Tough Cop 2 - HEART CRASH
1994
1992
- The Setting Sun
- The Gambleras Joe of Aces
- 8 Man - For All Lonely Nightsas Dr. Tani
1991
- Danger Point: The Road to Hell
- The Notorious Bored Samurai 6
- God's Pinch Hitter
- Neo Chinpira 2: Zoom Goes the Bulletas Junichi Mizuta
- Kimi no na waas 角倉勘次312 episodes
- The Killers
1990
- Run the Beast
- Codename 348 Female Detective Sashiba
- Neo Chinpira: Zoom Goes the Bulletas Junichi Mizuta
- Nozomi Witchesas Ryotaro's father
1989
1988
- This Heartbeat
- Tokyo: The Last Megalopolisas Noritsugu Hayakawa
1987
- Star Force: Fugitive Alien IIas Captain Joe
- Fugitive Alienas Captain Joe
- The Beauty in the Black Maskas Takeo Sato
1986
- Leave My Girl Aloneas Bar Owner
- Bound for the Fields, the Mountains, and the Seacoastas School Principal
- Katayoku dake no tenshi
- Take It Easy
1985
- I'm All Yoursas Priest
- Caribe: Symphony of Loveas Shunsuke Saichu
- Yakyuukyou no Uta
1984
- Again
- Sukanpin Walkas Tatsuya Sekikawa
1983
1982
- I Are You, You Am Meas Kouzou Saitoh
- Fossilized Wilderness
1981
- Edo Pornas Jyuppensha Ikku
- Blue Jeans Memory
- Pro Hunteras 菊島雄三25 episodes
1980
1979
- Necchu Jidai: Keiji Hen26 episodes
1978
- Prime Minister of Yuhigaoka40 episodes
- Bandits vs. Samurai Squadronas Tominoichi
- Star Wolfas Captain Joe24 episodes
1977
- Black Jack: The Visitor in the Eyeas Black Jack
- High Seas Hijackas Chief Engineer Kosai
- Gambling Code and Feudsas Katsuya Sekikawa
- Ore no soraas Genjiro Yasuda
- A Tale of Sorrow and Sadnessas Cop
- Dazzling Cops1 episode
- The Alaska Storyas George Oshima
1976
- Big City: Days of Struggle31 episodes
- The Sea of Genkaias Sawaki
- Wind, Clouds, and Rainbowas Gendō52 episodes
1975
- Conflagrationas Chief Engineer Kosai
1974
- New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1as Hachiro Tachibana
- Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episodeas Katsutoshi Otomo
- Center of Tokyoas Hyodo
- Blitz!! Strada 5as Takamura Terujiro13 episodes
1972
1971
- Bad Girl Makoas Yasuoka
- Monk's Paradise
- Blood for Bloodas Naoto Tezuka
- Okusama wa 18 sai: shinkon kyoshitsu
- Go As Messy As Messy Can Beas Mujitori
- A Man's World
- New Shameless Schoolas Gebageba
1970
- Shameless School: Tackle Kissas Macaroni
- New Prison Walls of Abashiri: High Stakes at Abashiri
- Shameless School: Health Check in the Nudeas Macaroni
- Charming Menas Kobe Saburo
- Kikeki: onna mo tsurai wa
- Shameless Schoolas Macaroni
- A Hoodlum At The Risk Of His Life
- Greatest Boss of Japan
- Profile of a Boss' Son
1969
1968
- 魔性の女
- Retaliationas Hino
- Key Hunter1 episode
- Stardust Wharf
1967
- Outlaw's Goldas 三鬼鉄
- The Aftermath of War
- My Sweetheartas President Shishido
- The Return of the Filthy Seven
- Velvet Hustler
- Massacre Gunas Ryûichi Kuroda
- Asia-Polas George
- Branded to Killas Gorô Hanada
- Burning Clouds
- A Colt Is My Passportas Shuji Kamimura
1966
- Asiapol Secret Serviceas George Eaton
- Your Life
- Love Eternal
- Love and Desire in the Night Mist
- Blood Shedas Seiji
- Cat Girls Gamblers: Abandoned Fangs of Triumphas Kokichi Yamaguch
- The Dragon and the Tiger
1965
- The Dragon of Macaoas Aizu
- Three Stray Dogs
- Murder Unincorporatedas Jiro (Joe of Spades)
- Inochi Shirazu no Rokudenashias Tornado George
- Modern Yakuza: Chivalry
- Kenjū burai jō nagare-sha no mure
1964
- Quick-Draw Joe: Sand Dune Duelas Joe of Aces
- Tiger of the Sea
- Gate of Fleshas Shintaro Ibuki
- Nukî uchi ryuji - kênju no otâ
- Jinsei Gekijo
- Cruel Gun Storyas Togawa
- Tale on Tokai Chivalry
1963
- Hell Festivalas Tetsu the Otter
- Chivalrous Outlaw
- Tale on Kanto Chivalryas Masa from Kanto
- Detective Bureau 2-3: A Man Weak to Money and Womenas Hideo Tajima
- Red Shoes and a Good-For-Nothing
- Youth of the Beastas Jôji 'Jo' Mizuno
- Notorious Bastardas Tatsumaki Takeji (Tornado Joe)
- Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell, Bastards!as Hideo Tajima
1962
1961
- Quick Draw Outlaw: Man of the Great Plains
- Crimson Pistol
- I'll End in Hellas Joji Dan
- Gun of Nosappu
- The Crimson Plainsas Joji Sakuma
- Gambler in the Sea
- Joe of Aces: Give and Takeas Eiji Yano (Joe of Aces)
- Quick Draw Joeas Joe the Ace
- Joe of Aces: Gambling for a Livingas Eiji Yano (Joe of Aces)
- Pacific Porters
- The Rambler under the Southern Cross
1960
- Tales of a Gunman: The Man Without Tomorrowas Jo of the Colt
- The Wild, Unruly Drifter
- The Rambler Rides Again
- The Rambler on a Pearl Farm
- The Man with a Sinister Laughas Ken
- The Rambler in the Sunset
- Volcano Wind
- The Gun Like Lightningas Goro
- Return of the Vagabond
- The Drifter from the Sea
- Ryuji, the Gun Slingeras Gin of the Colt
- The Cards Will Tell
- The Guitarist and the Rancher
1959
1958
- Orera wa nagashi no ninkisha
- Voice Without a Shadowas Hamazaki
- Taiyō o buchi otose
- The Boy Who Came Backas Kajita
- 死の壁の脱出as Jiro Asaoka
- Rusty Knifeas Shimabara
- Breasts and Bullets
1957
- The Naked Woman and the Gun
- Small Rats of the Edo Townas Hidematsu
- Temptationas Goro Yasui
- The Championas Boxer Ishiyama
- Muhō Ichidai
- Kawakami Tetsuji, No. 16as Masaki Yoshihara
1956
- Frankie the Milkmanas Zenkichi Matsubara
- Kingorô no omawari-san
- Kanshō fujin
- Shiawase wa doko nias Tetsuo Shimura
- The Happy Dancers
- This Is Home
- Seishun wo warera nias Takai
- Confession
- Called to the Stand
- Cell No. 8
1955
- The Doctor
- Tsukiyo no kasa
- The Maid's Kid
- Ofukuro
- Policeman's Diaryas Patrolman Yabuta
- His Highness Surabayaas Applied Atomic Energy Research Institute Worker with a Tohoku Accent
1954
- My Pistol Is Quickas Airplane Passenger
- Women's Houseas Okada (employee of Inogawa's company)
- The Black Currentas Newspaper Reporter