Acting
Joe Shishido
- Born
- 1933-12-06
- Died
- 2020-01-18
- Birthplace
- Kita, Osaka, Japan
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
Filmography
253 titles · Newest first · Cast and crew credits
Twist & Shoot: Mister Suzuki
2026 · Movie
Self (archive footage)
The Final Judgement
2012 · Movie
Lao Porto
Mobile Detectives: The Movie 3
2011 · Movie
Cast
A Night in Nude: Salvation
2010 · Movie
Naoki Yamagami
The Code
2009 · Movie
Detective 500
Kisaragi
2007 · Movie
Ooiso Long Beach Host
Mobile Detectives: The Movie 2
2007 · Movie
Cast
Switching – Goodbye Me
2007 · Movie
Yoshinosuke Yoshida
A Surgeon Named Hitman
2006 · Movie
Cast
Proud Ambition
2006 · Movie
Cast
Proud Ambition 2
2006 · Movie
Cast
Proud Ambition 4
2006 · Movie
Cast
Proud Ambition 5
2006 · Movie
Cast
Detective Office 5
2005 · Movie
500
Detective Office 5: Another Story
2005 · TV Show
Chief 500 · Cast
Flower & Snake II
2005 · Movie
Takayoshi Tooyama
Proud Ambition 3
2005 · Movie
Cast
Shin Japan's Don 4
2005 · Movie
Cast
Shin Japan's Don 5
2005 · Movie
Cast
Shin Japan's Don 6
2005 · Movie
Cast
Class Reunion
2004 · Movie
Cast
Shin Japan's Don 2: Ruthless
2004 · Movie
Cast
Shin Japan's Don: Waves
2004 · Movie
Cast
Yakuza Jihad
2002 · Movie
Cast
Drowning Fish
2001 · Movie
Ace no Jo
Shibuya Midnight War Dark Street
2001 · Movie
Cast
Debt King Part VII: Millennium
2000 · Movie
Cast
Heisei Kin'yudo: Muruhi no Onna
2000 · Movie
Cast
Hometown
1999 · Movie
Cast
Remembering the Cosmos Flower
1997 · Movie
Cast
To Love
1997 · Movie
Chinen
The Trap
1996 · Movie
Jo Shishido
Fukushu no Teio
1995 · Movie
Kazunari Inaba
The Files of the Young Kindaichi
1995 · TV Show
Fujio Tashiro
The Stairway to the Distant Past
1995 · Movie
Jo Shishido
Tough Cop 2 - HEART CRASH
1995 · Movie
Cast
Mahjong Demon 3: Extraterritorial Mahjong
1994 · Movie
Cast
The Most Terrible Time in My Life
1994 · Movie
Joe
Tough Cop - Ginza Police
1994 · Movie
Cast
Turning Point
1994 · Movie
Hashizume
Bored Hatamoto: Letter of Death
1993 · Movie
Cast
JACK KNIFE Wolves' Bet
1993 · Movie
Cast
8 Man - For All Lonely Nights
1992 · Movie
Dr. Tani
The Gambler
1992 · Movie
Joe of Aces
The Setting Sun
1992 · Movie
Cast
Danger Point: The Road to Hell
1991 · Movie
Cast
God's Pinch Hitter
1991 · Movie
Cast
Kimi no na wa
1991 · TV Show
角倉勘次
Neo Chinpira 2: Zoom Goes the Bullet
1991 · Movie
Junichi Mizuta
The Killers
1991 · Movie
Cast
The Notorious Bored Samurai 6
1991 · Movie
Cast
Codename 348 Female Detective Sashiba
1990 · Movie
Cast
Neo Chinpira: Zoom Goes the Bullet
1990 · Movie
Junichi Mizuta
Nozomi Witches
1990 · Movie
Ryotaro's father
Run the Beast
1990 · Movie
Cast
Red Crow and the Ghost Ship
1989 · Movie
Captain
You'll Fall For Me
1989 · Movie
Cast
This Heartbeat
1988 · Movie
Cast
Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis
1988 · Movie
Tokuji Hayakawa · Noritsugu Hayakawa
Fugitive Alien
1987 · Movie
Captain Joe
Star Force: Fugitive Alien II
1987 · Movie
Captain Joe
The Beauty in the Black Mask
1987 · Movie
Takeo Sato
Bound for the Fields, the Mountains, and the Seacoast
1986 · Movie
School Principal
Katayoku dake no tenshi
1986 · Movie
Cast
Leave My Girl Alone
1986 · Movie
Bar Owner
Take It Easy
1986 · Movie
Cast
Caribe: Symphony of Love
1985 · Movie
Shunsuke Saichu
I'm All Yours
1985 · Movie
Priest
Yakyuukyou no Uta
1985 · Movie
Cast
Again
1984 · Movie
Cast
Sukanpin Walk
1984 · Movie
Tatsuya Sekikawa
Our Wedding
1983 · Movie
Cast
Fossilized Wilderness
1982 · Movie
Cast
I Are You, You Am Me
1982 · Movie
Kouzou Saitoh
Blue Jeans Memory
1981 · Movie
Cast
Edo Porn
1981 · Movie
Jyuppensha Ikku
Pro Hunter
1981 · TV Show
菊島雄三
Hashire! Nekketsu Keiji
1980 · TV Show
Cast
Nurse's Husband
1980 · Movie
Cast
The First Catch
1980 · Movie
Cast
Necchu Jidai: Keiji Hen
1979 · TV Show
Cast
Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron
1978 · Movie
Tominoichi
Prime Minister of Yuhigaoka
1978 · TV Show
Cast
Star Wolf
1978 · TV Show
Captain Joe
A Tale of Sorrow and Sadness
1977 · Movie
Cop
Black Jack: The Visitor in the Eye
1977 · Movie
Black Jack
Dazzling Cops
1977 · TV Show
Cast
Gambling Code and Feuds
1977 · Movie
Katsuya Sekikawa
High Seas Hijack
1977 · Movie
Chief Engineer Kosai
Ore no sora
1977 · Movie
Genjiro Yasuda
The Alaska Story
1977 · Movie
George Oshima
Big City: Days of Struggle
1976 · TV Show
Cast
The Sea of Genkai
1976 · Movie
Sawaki
Wind, Clouds, and Rainbow
1976 · TV Show
Gendō
Conflagration
1975 · Movie
Chief Engineer Kosai
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode
1974 · Movie
Katsutoshi Otomo
Blitz!! Strada 5
1974 · TV Show
Takamura Terujiro / Jupiter
Center of Tokyo
1974 · Movie
Hyodo
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1
1974 · Movie
Hachiro Tachibana
Kigeki: koko kara hajimaru monogatari
1973 · Movie
Cast
None But the Brave
1973 · Movie
Cast
The Hard Core Criminal
1973 · Movie
Cast
New Abashiri Prison Story: Honor and Humanity, Ammunition That Attracts the Storm
1972 · Movie
Cast
New Hoodlum Soldier Story: Firing Line
1972 · Movie
Cast
The Witty Samurai
1972 · Movie
Cast
A Man's World
1971 · Movie
Cast
Bad Girl Mako
1971 · Movie
Yasuoka
Blood for Blood
1971 · Movie
Naoto Tezuka
Go As Messy As Messy Can Be
1971 · Movie
Mujitori
Monk's Paradise
1971 · Movie
Cast
New Shameless School
1971 · Movie
Gebageba
Okusama wa 18 sai: shinkon kyoshitsu
1971 · Movie
Cast
A Hoodlum At The Risk Of His Life
1970 · Movie
Cast
Charming Men
1970 · Movie
Kobe Saburo
Greatest Boss of Japan
1970 · Movie
Cast
Kikeki: onna mo tsurai wa
1970 · Movie
Cast
New Prison Walls of Abashiri: High Stakes at Abashiri
1970 · Movie
Cast
Profile of a Boss' Son
1970 · Movie
Cast
Shameless School
1970 · Movie
Macaroni
Shameless School: Health Check in the Nude
1970 · Movie
Macaroni
Shameless School: Tackle Kiss
1970 · Movie
Macaroni
100 Gamblers
1969 · Movie
Cast
Biographies of Killers
1969 · Movie
Cast
Chivalrous Pride
1969 · Movie
Cast
Ex Convict: Sword Storm
1969 · Movie
Cast
Exiled to Hell
1969 · Movie
Cast
The Cleanup
1969 · Movie
Cast
The Rough One
1969 · Movie
Imano's Bodyguard
Thirteen Times a Loser
1969 · Movie
Seiji Okitsu
Women of the Night - Butterfly Flower
1969 · Movie
Cast
Yabanjin no Nekutai
1969 · Movie
Cast
Yakuza Wanderer: Villainous Livelihood
1969 · Movie
Cast
Key Hunter
1968 · TV Show
Cast
Retaliation
1968 · Movie
Hino
Stardust Wharf
1968 · Movie
Cast
魔性の女
1968 · Movie
Cast
A Colt is My Passport
1967 · Movie
Shuji Kamimura
Asia-Pol
1967 · Movie
George
Branded to Kill
1967 · Movie
Gorô Hanada
Burning Clouds
1967 · Movie
Cast
Massacre Gun
1967 · Movie
Ryûichi Kuroda
My Sweetheart
1967 · Movie
President Shishido
Outlaw's Gold
1967 · Movie
三鬼鉄
The Aftermath of War
1967 · Movie
Cast
The Return of the Filthy Seven
1967 · Movie
Cast
Velvet Hustler
1967 · Movie
Cast
Asiapol Secret Service
1966 · Movie
George Eaton
Blood Shed
1966 · Movie
Seiji
Cat Girls Gamblers: Abandoned Fangs of Triumph
1966 · Movie
Kokichi Yamaguch
Love and Desire in the Night Mist
1966 · Movie
Cast
Love Eternal
1966 · Movie
Cast
The Dragon and the Tiger
1966 · Movie
Cast
Your Life
1966 · Movie
Cast
Inochi Shirazu no Rokudenashi
1965 · Movie
Tornado George / Jouji Tatsumaki
Kenjū burai jō nagare-sha no mure
1965 · Movie
Cast
Modern Yakuza: Chivalry
1965 · Movie
Cast
Murder Unincorporated
1965 · Movie
Jiro (Joe of Spades)
The Dragon of Macao
1965 · Movie
Aizu
Three Stray Dogs
1965 · Movie
Cast
Cruel Gun Story
1964 · Movie
Togawa
Gate of Flesh
1964 · Movie
Shintaro Ibuki
Jinsei Gekijo
1964 · Movie
Cast
Nukî uchi ryuji - kênju no otâ
1964 · Movie
Cast
Quick-Draw Joe: Sand Dune Duel
1964 · Movie
Joe of Aces
Tale on Tokai Chivalry
1964 · Movie
Cast
Tiger of the Sea
1964 · Movie
Cast
Chivalrous Outlaw
1963 · Movie
Cast
Detective Bureau 2-3: A Man Weak to Money and Women
1963 · Movie
Hideo Tajima
Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell, Bastards!
1963 · Movie
Hideo Tajima
Hell Festival
1963 · Movie
Tetsu the Otter
Notorious Bastard
1963 · Movie
Tatsumaki Takeji (Tornado Joe)
Red Shoes and a Good-For-Nothing
1963 · Movie
Cast
Tale on Kanto Chivalry
1963 · Movie
Masa from Kanto
Youth of the Beast
1963 · Movie
Jôji 'Jo' Mizuno
Danger Pays
1962 · Movie
Jôji Kondô
Glass-Hearted Johnny
1962 · Movie
Jô
Jūdan no arashi
1962 · Movie
Cast
Kimagure tosei
1962 · Movie
Cast
Last Round
1962 · Movie
Cast
Mexico Drifter
1962 · Movie
Cast
Nuki uchi fūraibō
1962 · Movie
Cast
Solo Traveler
1962 · Movie
Cast
The Frozen Plains
1962 · Movie
Cast
Traces of Lead
1962 · Movie
Cast
Crimson Pistol
1961 · Movie
Cast
Gambler in the Sea
1961 · Movie
Cast
Gun of Nosappu
1961 · Movie
Cast
I'll End in Hell
1961 · Movie
Joji Dan
Joe of Aces: Gambling for a Living
1961 · Movie
Eiji Yano (Joe of Aces)
Joe of Aces: Give and Take
1961 · Movie
Eiji Yano (Joe of Aces)
Pacific Porters
1961 · Movie
Cast
Quick Draw Joe
1961 · Movie
Joe the Ace
Quick Draw Outlaw: Man of the Great Plains
1961 · Movie
Cast
The Crimson Plains
1961 · Movie
Joji Sakuma
The Rambler under the Southern Cross
1961 · Movie
Cast
Return of the Vagabond
1960 · Movie
Cast
Ryuji, the Gun Slinger
1960 · Movie
Gin of the Colt
Tales of a Gunman: The Man Without Tomorrow
1960 · Movie
Jo of the Colt
The Cards Will Tell
1960 · Movie
Cast
The Drifter from the Sea
1960 · Movie
Cast
The Guitarist and the Rancher
1960 · Movie
Cast
The Gun Like Lightning
1960 · Movie
Goro
The Man with a Sinister Laugh
1960 · Movie
Ken
The Rambler in the Sunset
1960 · Movie
Cast
The Rambler on a Pearl Farm
1960 · Movie
Cast
The Rambler Rides Again
1960 · Movie
Cast
The Wild, Unruly Drifter
1960 · Movie
Cast
Volcano Wind
1960 · Movie
Cast
Crime Reporter
1959 · Movie
Fujimoto
Gun Number Zero
1959 · Movie
Cast
Machi ga nemuru toki
1959 · Movie
Cast
Merciless Bullet
1959 · Movie
Yukie's lover
Mighty Rules
1959 · Movie
Cast
The Human Cyclone
1959 · Movie
Masa
The Rambling Guitarist
1959 · Movie
George
Tokyo no Kodoku
1959 · Movie
Cast
We Live Today
1959 · Movie
Cast
Who is in the Background?
1959 · Movie
Cast
Wounded Beast
1959 · Movie
Cast
Zattō ni hikarume
1959 · Movie
Cast
Breasts and Bullets
1958 · Movie
Cast
Orera wa nagashi no ninkisha
1958 · Movie
Cast
Rusty Knife
1958 · Movie
Shimabara
Taiyō o buchi otose
1958 · Movie
Cast
The Boy Who Came Back
1958 · Movie
Kajita
Voice Without a Shadow
1958 · Movie
Hamazaki
死の壁の脱出
1958 · Movie
Jiro Asaoka
Kawakami Tetsuji, No. 16
1957 · Movie
Masaki Yoshihara
Muhō Ichidai
1957 · Movie
Cast
Small Rats of the Edo Town
1957 · Movie
Hidematsu
Temptation
1957 · Movie
Goro Yasui
The Champion
1957 · Movie
Boxer Ishiyama
The Naked Woman and the Gun
1957 · Movie
Cast
Called to the Stand
1956 · Movie
Hotta
Cell No. 8
1956 · Movie
Cast
Confession
1956 · Movie
Cast
Frankie the Milkman
1956 · Movie
Zenkichi Matsubara
Kanshō fujin
1956 · Movie
Cast
Kingorô no omawari-san
1956 · Movie
Cast
Seishun wo warera ni
1956 · Movie
Takai
Shiawase wa doko ni
1956 · Movie
Tetsuo Shimura
The Happy Dancers
1956 · Movie
Cast
This Is Home
1956 · Movie
Cast
His Highness Surabaya
1955 · Movie
Applied Atomic Energy Research Institute Worker with a Tohoku Accent
Ofukuro
1955 · Movie
Cast
Policeman's Diary
1955 · Movie
Patrolman Yabuta
The Doctor
1955 · Movie
Cast
The Maid's Kid
1955 · Movie
Cast
Tsukiyo no kasa
1955 · Movie
Cast
Women of Ginza
1955 · Movie
Cast
My Pistol Is Quick
1954 · Movie
Airplane Passenger
The Black Current
1954 · Movie
Newspaper Reporter
Women's House
1954 · Movie
Okada (employee of Inogawa's company)