
Joe Shishido
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
Gorô Hanada
Youth of the Beast
Jôji 'Jo' Mizuno
A Colt Is My Passport
Shuji Kamimura
Gate of Flesh
Shintaro Ibuki
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode
Katsutoshi Otomo
Kisaragi
Ooiso Long Beach Host
Flower & Snake II
Edo Porn
Jyuppensha Ikku
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Filmography
Acting (239)
Movies (226)
The Final Judgement
2012as Lao Porto
Mobile Detectives: The Movie 3
2011
A Night In Nude: Salvation
2010as Naoki Yamagami
The Code
2009as Detective 500
Switching – Goodbye Me
2007as Yoshinosuke Yoshida
Kisaragi
2007as Ooiso Long Beach Host
Mobile Detectives: The Movie 2
2007
A Surgeon Named Hitman
2006
Proud Ambition 5
2006
Proud Ambition 4
2006
Proud Ambition 2
2006
Proud Ambition
2006
Flower & Snake II
2005
Shin Japan's Don 5
2005
Shin Japan's Don 4
2005
Detective Office 5
2005as 500
Shin Japan's Don 6
2005
Proud Ambition 3
2005
Shin Japan's Don: Waves
2004
Alumni Association
2004
Shin Japan's Don 2: Ruthless
2004
Yakuza Jihad
2002
Shibuya Midnight War Dark Street
2001
Drowning Fish
2001as Ace no Jo
Debt King Part VII: Millennium
2000
Hometown
1999
To Love
1997as Chinen
Remembering the Cosmos Flower
1997
The Trap
1996as Jo Shishido
The Stairway to the Distant Past
1995as Jo Shishido
Fukushu no Teio
1995as Kazunari Inaba
Turning Point
1994as Hashizume
The Most Terrible Time in My Life
1994as Joe
Mahjong Demon 3: Extraterritorial Mahjong
1994
JACK KNIFE Wolves' Bet
1993
Bored Hatamoto: Letter of Death
1993
The Gambler
1992as Joe of Aces
8 Man - For All Lonely Nights
1992as Dr. Tani
The Setting Sun
1992The Notorious Bored Samurai 6
1991
Danger Point: The Road to Hell
1991
Neo Chinpira 2: Zoom Goes the Bullet
1991as Junichi Mizuta
The Killers
1991
God's Pinch Hitter
1991
Neo Chinpira: Zoom Goes the Bullet
1990as Junichi Mizuta
Run the Beast
1990
Nozomi Witches
1990as Ryotaro's father
Codename 348 Female Detective Sashiba
1990
You'll Fall For Me
1989
Red Crow and the Ghost Ship
1989as Captain
Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis
1988as Tokuji Hayakawa
This Heartbeat
1988
Star Force: Fugitive Alien II
1987as Captain Joe
Fugitive Alien
1987as Captain Joe
Take It Easy
1986
Bound for the Fields, the Mountains, and the Seacoast
1986as School Principal
Leave My Girl Alone
1986as Bar Owner
Katayoku dake no tenshi
1986
Yakyuukyou no Uta
1985
Caribe: Symphony of Love
1985as Shunsuke Saichu
I'm All Yours
1985
Sukanpin Walk
1984as Tatsuya Sekikawa
Again
1984
Our Wedding
1983
Fossilized Wilderness
1982
I Are You, You Am Me
1982as Kouzou Saitoh
Edo Porn
1981as Jyuppensha Ikku
Blue Jeans Memory
1981
The First Catch
1980Nurse's Husband
1980
Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron
1978as Tominoichi
Ore no sora
1977as Genjiro Yasuda
Gambling Code and Feuds
1977as Katsuya Sekikawa
The Alaska Story
1977
Black Jack: The Visitor in the Eye
1977as Black Jack
A Tale of Sorrow and Sadness
1977as Cop
High Seas Hijack
1977as Chief Engineer Kosai
The Sea of Genkai
1976as Sawaki
Conflagration
1975as Chief Engineer Kosai
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode
1974as Katsutoshi Otomo
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1
1974as Hachiro Tachibana
Center of Tokyo
1974as Hyodo
Kigeki: koko kara hajimaru monogatari
1973
The Hard Core Criminal
1973
None But the Brave
1973
The Witty Samurai
1972
New Hoodlum Soldier Story: Firing Line
1972
New Abashiri Prison Story: Honor and Humanity, Ammunition That Attracts the Storm
1972
Bad Girl Mako
1971as Yasuoka
A Man's World
1971
Monk's Paradise
1971
New Shameless School
1971as Gebageba
Blood for Blood
1971as Naoto Tezuka
Okusama wa 18 sai: shinkon kyoshitsu
1971
Go As Messy As Messy Can Be
1971as Mujitori
Kikeki: onna mo tsurai wa
1970
Profile of a Boss' Son
1970
Shameless School: Health Check in the Nude
1970as Macaroni
Shameless School
1970as Macaroni
Shameless School: Tackle Kiss
1970as Macaroni
New Prison Walls of Abashiri: High Stakes at Abashiri
1970
Charming Men
1970as Kobe Saburo
A Hoodlum At The Risk Of His Life
1970
Greatest Boss of Japan
1970
The Rough One
1969as Imano's Bodyguard
Exiled to Hell
1969
Chivalrous Pride
1969
100 Gamblers
1969
Yabanjin no Nekutai
1969
Yakuza Wanderer: Villainous Livelihood
1969
The Cleanup
1969
Women of the Night - Butterfly Flower
1969
Biographies of Killers
1969
Ex Convict: Sword Storm
1969
Retaliation
1968as Hino
魔性の女
1968
Stardust Wharf
1968
The Aftermath of War
1967
Branded to Kill
1967as Gorô Hanada
My Sweetheart
1967as President Shishido
Outlaw's Gold
1967as 三鬼鉄
Massacre Gun
1967as Ryûichi Kuroda
Velvet Hustler
1967
Burning Clouds
1967
A Colt Is My Passport
1967as Shuji Kamimura
The Return of the Filthy Seven
1967
Asia-Pol
1967as George
Love Eternal
1966
Your Life
1966
Asiapol Secret Service
1966as George Eaton
The Dragon and the Tiger
1966
Cat Girls Gamblers: Abandoned Fangs of Triumph
1966as Kokichi Yamaguch
Blood Shed
1966as Seiji
Love and Desire in the Night Mist
1966
Modern Yakuza: Chivalry
1965
Inochi Shirazu no Rokudenashi
1965
Murder Unincorporated
1965as Jiro (Joe of Spades)
The Dragon of Macao
1965as Aizu
Kenjū burai jō nagare-sha no mure
1965
Three Stray Dogs
1965
Gate of Flesh
1964as Shintaro Ibuki
Quick-Draw Joe: Sand Dune Duel
1964as Joe of Aces
Tale on Tokai Chivalry
1964
Cruel Gun Story
1964as Togawa
Tiger of the Sea
1964
Jinsei Gekijo
1964
Nukî uchi ryuji - kênju no otâ
1964
Hell Festival
1963
Notorious Bastard
1963as Tatsumaki Takeji (Tornado Joe)
Youth of the Beast
1963as Jôji 'Jo' Mizuno
Akai ka to Rokudenashi
1963
Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell, Bastards!
1963as Hideo Tajima
Chivalrous Outlaw
1963
Detective Bureau 2-3: A Man Weak to Money and Women
1963as Hideo Tajima
Tale on Kanto Chivalry
1963as Masa from Kanto
Kimagure tosei
1962
Nuki uchi fūraibō
1962
The Frozen Plains
1962
Last Round
1962
Jūdan no arashi
1962
Solo Traveler
1962
Glass-Hearted Johnny
1962as Jô
Mexico Drifter
1962
Danger Pays
1962as Jôji Kondô
Traces of Lead
1962
I'll End in Hell
1961as Joji Dan
Joe of Aces: Give and Take
1961as Eiji Yano (Joe of Aces)
Crimson pistol belt
1961
The Crimson Plains
1961as Joji Sakuma
Gambler in the Sea
1961
The Rambler under the Southern Cross
1961
Joe of Aces: Gambling for a Living
1961as Eiji Yano (Joe of Aces)
Hayauchi burai - Daiheigen no otoko
1961
Pacific Porters
1961
Quick Draw Joe
1961as Joe the Ace
Gun of Nosappu
1961
The Rambler Rides Again
1960
The Rambler in the Sunset
1960
The Angry Rambler
1960
The Man with a Sinister Laugh
1960as Ken
Ryuji, the Gun Slinger
1960as Gin of the Colt
The Rambler on a Pearl Farm
1960
The Cards Will Tell
1960
Wind of Volcano
1960
The Gun Like Lightning
1960as Goro
Return of the Vagabond
1960
The Guitarist from the Sea
1960
Tales of a Gunman: The Man Without Tomorrow
1960as Jo of the Colt
The Guitarist and the Rancher
1960
Gun Number Zero
1959
Who is in the Background?
1959
We Live Today
1959
The Human Cyclone
1959as Masa
Merciless Bullet
1959as Yukie's lover
Mighty Rules
1959
Zattō ni hikarume
1959
Wounded Beast
1959
Tokyo no Kodoku
1959
The Rambling Guitarist
1959as George
Machi ga nemuru toki
1959
Voice Without a Shadow
1958as Hamazaki
Breasts and Bullets
1958
Taiyō o buchi otose
1958
Orera wa nagashi no ninkisha
1958
Rusty Knife
1958as Shimabara
The Boy Who Came Back
1958
The Naked Woman and the Gun
1957
Small Rats of the Edo Town
1957as Hidematsu
Temptation
1957as Goro Yasui
The Champion
1957as Boxer Ishiyama
Muhō Ichidai
1957
Kawakami Tetsuji, No. 16
1957as Masaki Yoshihara
Called to the Stand
1956
Shiawase wa doko ni
1956as Tetsuo Shimura
Kanshō fujin
1956
Seishun wo warera ni
1956as Takai
Cell No. 8
1956The Happy Dancers
1956Kingorô no omawari-san
1956
Confession
1956
Frankie the Milkman
1956as Zenkichi Matsubara
Tsukiyo no kasa
1955
The Doctor
1955
Ofukuro
1955
Policeman's Diary
1955as Patrolman Yabuta
The Maid's Kid
1955Television (13)
Detective Office 5: Another Story
2005
Detective Office 5: Another Story
2005as Chief 500
The Files of the Young Kindaichi
1995as Fujio Tashiro
Kimi no na wa
1991as 角倉勘次
Pro Hunter
1981as 菊島雄三
Hashire! Nekketsu Keiji
1980
Necchu Jidai: Keiji Hen
1979
Star Wolf
1978as Captain Joe
Prime Minister of Yuhigaoka
1978
Dazzling Cops
1977
Big City: Days of Struggle
1976
Wind, Clouds, and Rainbow
1976as Gendō
Blitz!! Strada 5
1974as Takamura Terujiro / Jupiter
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