Joe Shishido
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- December 6, 1933
- Died
- January 18, 2020 (aged 86)
- 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
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Filmography
Twist & Shoot: Mister Suzuki
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Final Judgement
Movie · as Lao Porto
Mobile Detectives: The Movie 3
Movie
A Night in Nude: Salvation
Movie · as Naoki Yamagami
The Code
Movie · as Detective 500
Mobile Detectives: The Movie 2
Movie
Kisaragi
Movie · as Ooiso Long Beach Host
Switching – Goodbye Me
Movie · as Yoshinosuke Yoshida
A Surgeon Named Hitman
Movie
Proud Ambition 2
Movie
Proud Ambition
Movie
Proud Ambition 4
Movie
Proud Ambition 5
Movie
Detective Office 5
Movie · as 500
Flower & Snake II
Movie · as Takayoshi Tooyama
Proud Ambition 3
Movie
Shin Japan's Don 4
Movie
Shin Japan's Don 5
Movie
Shin Japan's Don 6
Movie
Detective Office 5: Another Story
TV · as Chief 500 · 3 eps
Class Reunion
Movie
Shin Japan's Don: Waves
Movie
Shin Japan's Don 2: Ruthless
Movie
Yakuza Jihad
Movie
Drowning Fish
Movie · as Ace no Jo
Shibuya Midnight War Dark Street
Movie
Debt King Part VII: Millennium
Movie
Heisei Kin'yudo: Muruhi no Onna
Movie
Hometown
Movie
To Love
Movie · as Chinen
Remembering the Cosmos Flower
Movie
The Trap
Movie · as Jo Shishido
San-ban Tēburu no Kyaku
TV · 1 ep
The Stairway to the Distant Past
Movie · as Jo Shishido
Fukushu no Teio
Movie · as Kazunari Inaba
Tough Cop 2 - HEART CRASH
Movie
The Files of the Young Kindaichi
TV · as Fujio Tashiro · 2 eps
The Most Terrible Time in My Life
Movie · as Joe
Turning Point
Movie · as Hashizume
Mahjong Demon 3: Extraterritorial Mahjong
Movie
Tough Cop - Ginza Police
Movie
JACK KNIFE Wolves' Bet
Movie
Bored Hatamoto: Letter of Death
Movie
The Setting Sun
Movie
8 Man - For All Lonely Nights
Movie · as Dr. Tani
The Gambler
Movie · as Joe of Aces
The Killers
Movie
God's Pinch Hitter
Movie
The Notorious Bored Samurai 6
Movie
Neo Chinpira 2: Zoom Goes the Bullet
Movie · as Junichi Mizuta
Danger Point: The Road to Hell
Movie
Kimi no na wa
TV · as 角倉勘次 · 312 eps
Codename 348 Female Detective Sashiba
Movie
Run the Beast
Movie
Nozomi Witches
Movie · as Ryotaro's father
Neo Chinpira: Zoom Goes the Bullet
Movie · as Junichi Mizuta
Red Crow and the Ghost Ship
Movie · as Captain
You'll Fall For Me
Movie
Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis
Movie · as Tokuji Hayakawa, Noritsugu Hayakawa
This Heartbeat
Movie
Fugitive Alien
Movie · as Captain Joe
Star Force: Fugitive Alien II
Movie · as Captain Joe
The Beauty in the Black Mask
Movie · as Takeo Sato
Bound for the Fields, the Mountains, and the Seacoast
Movie · as School Principal
Leave My Girl Alone
Movie · as Bar Owner
Take It Easy
Movie
Katayoku dake no tenshi
Movie
I'm All Yours
Movie · as Priest
Caribe: Symphony of Love
Movie · as Shunsuke Saichu
Yakyuukyou no Uta
Movie
Sukanpin Walk
Movie · as Tatsuya Sekikawa
Again
Movie
Our Wedding
Movie
I Are You, You Am Me
Movie · as Kouzou Saitoh
Fossilized Wilderness
Movie
Edo Porn
Movie · as Jyuppensha Ikku
Blue Jeans Memory
Movie
Pro Hunter
TV · as 菊島雄三 · 25 eps
Nurse's Husband
Movie
The First Catch
Movie
Hashire! Nekketsu Keiji
TV · 26 eps
Necchu Jidai: Keiji Hen
TV · 26 eps
Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron
Movie · as Tominoichi
Star Wolf
TV · as Captain Joe · 24 eps
Prime Minister of Yuhigaoka
TV · 40 eps
The Alaska Story
Movie · as George Oshima
A Tale of Sorrow and Sadness
Movie · as Cop
Black Jack: The Visitor in the Eye
Movie · as Black Jack
High Seas Hijack
Movie · as Chief Engineer Kosai
Ore no sora
Movie · as Genjiro Yasuda
Gambling Code and Feuds
Movie · as Katsuya Sekikawa
Dazzling Cops
TV · 1 ep
The Sea of Genkai
Movie · as Sawaki
Wind, Clouds, and Rainbow
TV · as Gendō · 52 eps
Big City: Days of Struggle
TV · 31 eps
Conflagration
Movie · as Chief Engineer Kosai
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1
Movie · as Hachiro Tachibana
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode
Movie · as Katsutoshi Otomo
Center of Tokyo
Movie · as Hyodo
Blitz!! Strada 5
TV · as Takamura Terujiro / Jupiter · 13 eps
None But the Brave
Movie
Kigeki: koko kara hajimaru monogatari
Movie
The Hard Core Criminal
Movie
New Hoodlum Soldier Story: Firing Line
Movie
New Abashiri Prison Story: Honor and Humanity, Ammunition That Attracts the Storm
Movie
The Witty Samurai
Movie
Bad Girl Mako
Movie · as Yasuoka
Go As Messy As Messy Can Be
Movie · as Mujitori
New Shameless School
Movie · as Gebageba
Okusama wa 18 sai: shinkon kyoshitsu
Movie
A Man's World
Movie
Blood for Blood
Movie · as Naoto Tezuka
Monk's Paradise
Movie
Greatest Boss of Japan
Movie
Profile of a Boss' Son
Movie
Charming Men
Movie · as Kobe Saburo
Shameless School: Health Check in the Nude
Movie · as Macaroni
Shameless School: Tackle Kiss
Movie · as Macaroni
Shameless School
Movie · as Macaroni
New Prison Walls of Abashiri: High Stakes at Abashiri
Movie
A Hoodlum At The Risk Of His Life
Movie
Kikeki: onna mo tsurai wa
Movie
The Cleanup
Movie
100 Gamblers
Movie
Exiled to Hell
Movie
Yabanjin no Nekutai
Movie
Women of the Night - Butterfly Flower
Movie
Chivalrous Pride
Movie
The Rough One
Movie · as Imano's Bodyguard
Yakuza Wanderer: Villainous Livelihood
Movie
Biographies of Killers
Movie
Ex Convict: Sword Storm
Movie
Thirteen Times a Loser
Movie · as Seiji Okitsu
Retaliation
Movie · as Hino
魔性の女
Movie
Stardust Wharf
Movie
Key Hunter
TV · 1 ep
A Colt is My Passport
Movie · as Shuji Kamimura
Branded to Kill
Movie · as Gorô Hanada
Velvet Hustler
Movie
Massacre Gun
Movie · as Ryûichi Kuroda
The Aftermath of War
Movie
Asia-Pol
Movie · as George
The Return of the Filthy Seven
Movie
My Sweetheart
Movie · as President Shishido
Burning Clouds
Movie
Outlaw's Gold
Movie · as 三鬼鉄
Love Eternal
Movie
Your Life
Movie
Asiapol Secret Service
Movie · as George Eaton
Love and Desire in the Night Mist
Movie
The Dragon and the Tiger
Movie
Cat Girls Gamblers: Abandoned Fangs of Triumph
Movie · as Kokichi Yamaguch
Blood Shed
Movie · as Seiji
Murder Unincorporated
Movie · as Jiro (Joe of Spades)
The Dragon of Macao
Movie · as Aizu
Inochi Shirazu no Rokudenashi
Movie · as Tornado George / Jouji Tatsumaki
Kenjū burai jō nagare-sha no mure
Movie
Modern Yakuza: Chivalry
Movie
Three Stray Dogs
Movie
Tale on Tokai Chivalry
Movie
Cruel Gun Story
Movie · as Togawa
Quick-Draw Joe: Sand Dune Duel
Movie · as Joe of Aces
Gate of Flesh
Movie · as Shintaro Ibuki
Tiger of the Sea
Movie
Jinsei Gekijo
Movie
Nukî uchi ryuji - kênju no otâ
Movie
Notorious Bastard
Movie · as Tatsumaki Takeji (Tornado Joe)
Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell, Bastards!
Movie · as Hideo Tajima
Youth of the Beast
Movie · as Jôji 'Jo' Mizuno
Detective Bureau 2-3: A Man Weak to Money and Women
Movie · as Hideo Tajima
Red Shoes and a Good-For-Nothing
Movie
Hell Festival
Movie · as Tetsu the Otter
Tale on Kanto Chivalry
Movie · as Masa from Kanto
Chivalrous Outlaw
Movie
Kimagure tosei
Movie
Nuki uchi fūraibō
Movie
The Frozen Plains
Movie
Solo Traveler
Movie
Last Round
Movie
Jūdan no arashi
Movie
Traces of Lead
Movie
Glass-Hearted Johnny
Movie · as Jô
Danger Pays
Movie · as Jôji Kondô
Mexico Drifter
Movie
Quick Draw Outlaw: Man of the Great Plains
Movie
Joe of Aces: Give and Take
Movie · as Eiji Yano (Joe of Aces)
I'll End in Hell
Movie · as Joji Dan
Quick Draw Joe
Movie · as Joe the Ace
The Crimson Plains
Movie · as Joji Sakuma
Crimson Pistol
Movie
The Rambler under the Southern Cross
Movie
Joe of Aces: Gambling for a Living
Movie · as Eiji Yano (Joe of Aces)
Gun of Nosappu
Movie
Gambler in the Sea
Movie
Pacific Porters
Movie
The Wild, Unruly Drifter
Movie
Return of the Vagabond
Movie
The Rambler Rides Again
Movie
The Rambler on a Pearl Farm
Movie
The Rambler in the Sunset
Movie
Volcano Wind
Movie
The Drifter from the Sea
Movie
Ryuji, the Gun Slinger
Movie · as Gin of the Colt
The Gun Like Lightning
Movie · as Goro
The Man with a Sinister Laugh
Movie · as Ken
The Guitarist and the Rancher
Movie
Tales of a Gunman: The Man Without Tomorrow
Movie · as Jo of the Colt
The Cards Will Tell
Movie
Zattō ni hikarume
Movie
Who is in the Background?
Movie
The Rambling Guitarist
Movie · as George
Tokyo no Kodoku
Movie
The Human Cyclone
Movie · as Masa
Wounded Beast
Movie
Gun Number Zero
Movie
Mighty Rules
Movie
Machi ga nemuru toki
Movie
Merciless Bullet
Movie · as Yukie's lover
We Live Today
Movie
Crime Reporter
Movie · as Fujimoto
Rusty Knife
Movie · as Shimabara
Voice Without a Shadow
Movie · as Hamazaki
The Boy Who Came Back
Movie · as Kajita
Taiyō o buchi otose
Movie
Orera wa nagashi no ninkisha
Movie
Breasts and Bullets
Movie
死の壁の脱出
Movie · as Jiro Asaoka
Small Rats of the Edo Town
Movie · as Hidematsu
Kawakami Tetsuji, No. 16
Movie · as Masaki Yoshihara
The Naked Woman and the Gun
Movie
The Champion
Movie · as Boxer Ishiyama
Temptation
Movie · as Goro Yasui
Muhō Ichidai
Movie
Cell No. 8
Movie
Frankie the Milkman
Movie · as Zenkichi Matsubara
The Happy Dancers
Movie
Called to the Stand
Movie · as Hotta
Kingorô no omawari-san
Movie
Kanshō fujin
Movie
Shiawase wa doko ni
Movie · as Tetsuo Shimura
Confession
Movie
Seishun wo warera ni
Movie · as Takai
This Is Home
Movie
Ofukuro
Movie
The Doctor
Movie
Tsukiyo no kasa
Movie
Policeman's Diary
Movie · as Patrolman Yabuta
The Maid's Kid
Movie
His Highness Surabaya
Movie · as Applied Atomic Energy Research Institute Worker with a Tohoku Accent
Women of Ginza
Movie
My Pistol Is Quick
Movie · as Airplane Passenger
Women's House
Movie · as Okada (employee of Inogawa's company)
The Black Current
Movie · as Newspaper Reporter