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Joe Shishido

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

Dec 6, 1933 (92 years old)

Place of Birth

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

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