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).

Personal Facts

Known For

Acting

Gender

male

Known Credits

234

Birth Date

1933-12-06 00:00:00

Birth Place

Kita, Osaka, Japan

Known For

• 

  Shameless School
• 

  Neo Chinpira: Zoom Goes the Bullet
• 

  Shameless School: Health Check in the Nude
• 

  Branded to Kill
• 

  A Colt Is My Passport
• 

  Gate of Flesh

Credits

• actors (234 credits)

  • The Final Judgement

    Lao Porto

    actor

    actors
    2012
  • Mobile Detectives: The Movie 3

    actor

    actors
    2011
  • A Night In Nude: Salvation

    Naoki Yamagami

    actor

    actors
    2010
  • The Code

    Detective 500

    actor

    actors
    2009
  • Switching – Goodbye Me

    Yoshinosuke Yoshida

    actor

    actors
    2007
  • Kisaragi

    Ooiso Long Beach Host

    actor

    actors
    2007
  • Mobile Detectives: The Movie 2

    actor

    actors
    2007
  • Proud Ambition 5

    actor

    actors
    2006
  • Proud Ambition 4

    actor

    actors
    2006
  • Proud Ambition 2

    actor

    actors
    2006
  • Proud Ambition

    actor

    actors
    2006
  • A Surgeon Named Hitman

    actor

    actors
    2006
  • Detective Office 5

    500

    actor

    actors
    2005
  • Shin Japan's Don 6

    actor

    actors
    2005
  • Proud Ambition 3

    actor

    actors
    2005
  • Flower & Snake II

    actor

    actors
    2005
  • Shin Japan's Don 5

    actor

    actors
    2005
  • Shin Japan's Don 4

    actor

    actors
    2005
  • Alumni Association

    actor

    actors
    2004
  • Shin Japan's Don 2: Ruthless

    actor

    actors
    2004
  • Shin Japan's Don: Waves

    actor

    actors
    2004
  • Yakuza Jihad

    actor

    actors
    2002
  • Drowning Fish

    Ace no Jo

    actor

    actors
    2001
  • Shibuya Midnight War Dark Street

    actor

    actors
    2001
  • Debt King Part VII: Millennium

    actor

    actors
    2000
  • Hometown

    actor

    actors
    1999
  • To Love

    Chinen

    actor

    actors
    1997
  • Remembering the Cosmos Flower

    actor

    actors
    1997
  • The Trap

    Jo Shishido

    actor

    actors
    1996
  • Fukushu no Teio

    Kazunari Inaba

    actor

    actors
    1995
  • The Stairway to the Distant Past

    Jo Shishido

    actor

    actors
    1995
  • The Files of the Young Kindaichi

    - Russian Dolls Murder Case (2001) ... Fujio Tashiro actor actors

    - Russian Dolls Murder Case (2001) ... Fujio Tashiro actor actors
    1995
  • Turning Point

    Hashizume

    actor

    actors
    1994
  • The Most Terrible Time in My Life

    Joe

    actor

    actors
    1994
  • Mahjong Demon 3: Extraterritorial Mahjong

    actor

    actors
    1994
  • Bored Hatamoto: Letter of Death

    actor

    actors
    1993
  • JACK KNIFE Wolves' Bet

    actor

    actors
    1993
  • The Setting Sun

    actor

    actors
    1992
  • The Gambler

    Joe of Aces

    actor

    actors
    1992
  • 8 Man - For All Lonely Nights

    Dr. Tani

    actor

    actors
    1992
  • Danger Point: The Road to Hell

    actor

    actors
    1991
  • The Notorious Bored Samurai 6

    actor

    actors
    1991
  • God's Pinch Hitter

    actor

    actors
    1991
  • Neo Chinpira 2: Zoom Goes the Bullet

    Junichi Mizuta

    actor

    actors
    1991
  • The Killers

    actor

    actors
    1991
  • Run the Beast

    actor

    actors
    1990
  • Codename 348 Female Detective Sashiba

    actor

    actors
    1990
  • Neo Chinpira: Zoom Goes the Bullet

    Junichi Mizuta

    actor

    actors
    1990
  • Nozomi Witches

    Ryotaro's father

    actor

    actors
    1990
  • You'll Fall For Me

    actor

    actors
    1989
  • Red Crow and the Ghost Ship

    Captain

    actor

    actors
    1989
  • This Heartbeat

    actor

    actors
    1988
  • Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis

    Tokuji Hayakawa

    actor

    actors
    1988
  • Fugitive Alien

    Captain Joe

    actor

    actors
    1987
  • Star Force: Fugitive Alien II

    Captain Joe

    actor

    actors
    1987
  • The Beauty in the Black Mask

    Takeo Sato

    actor

    actors
    1987
  • Leave My Girl Alone

    Bar Owner

    actor

    actors
    1986
  • Bound for the Fields, the Mountains, and the Seacoast

    School Principal

    actor

    actors
    1986
  • Katayoku dake no tenshi

    actor

    actors
    1986
  • Take It Easy

    actor

    actors
    1986
  • I'm All Yours

    Priest

    actor

    actors
    1985
  • Caribe: Symphony of Love

    Shunsuke Saichu

    actor

    actors
    1985
  • Yakyuukyou no Uta

    actor

    actors
    1985
  • Again

    actor

    actors
    1984
  • Sukanpin Walk

    Tatsuya Sekikawa

    actor

    actors
    1984
  • Our Wedding

    actor

    actors
    1983
  • I Are You, You Am Me

    Kouzou Saitoh

    actor

    actors
    1982
  • Fossilized Wilderness

    actor

    actors
    1982
  • Edo Porn

    Jyuppensha Ikku

    actor

    actors
    1981
  • Blue Jeans Memory

    actor

    actors
    1981
  • The First Catch

    actor

    actors
    1980
  • Nurse's Husband

    actor

    actors
    1980
  • Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron

    Tominoichi

    actor

    actors
    1978
  • Black Jack: The Visitor in the Eye

    Black Jack

    actor

    actors
    1977
  • High Seas Hijack

    Chief Engineer Kosai

    actor

    actors
    1977
  • Gambling Code and Feuds

    Katsuya Sekikawa

    actor

    actors
    1977
  • Ore no sora

    Genjiro Yasuda

    actor

    actors
    1977
  • A Tale of Sorrow and Sadness

    Cop

    actor

    actors
    1977
  • The Alaska Story

    actor

    actors
    1977
  • The Sea of Genkai

    Sawaki

    actor

    actors
    1976
  • Conflagration

    Chief Engineer Kosai

    actor

    actors
    1975
  • New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1

    Hachiro Tachibana

    actor

    actors
    1974
  • Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode

    Katsutoshi Otomo

    actor

    actors
    1974
  • Center of Tokyo

    Hyodo

    actor

    actors
    1974
  • The Hard Core Criminal

    actor

    actors
    1973
  • None But the Brave

    actor

    actors
    1973
  • Kigeki: koko kara hajimaru monogatari

    actor

    actors
    1973
  • New Abashiri Prison Story: Honor and Humanity, Ammunition That Attracts the Storm

    actor

    actors
    1972
  • New Hoodlum Soldier Story: Firing Line

    actor

    actors
    1972
  • The Witty Samurai

    actor

    actors
    1972
  • Bad Girl Mako

    Yasuoka

    actor

    actors
    1971
  • Monk's Paradise

    actor

    actors
    1971
  • Blood for Blood

    Naoto Tezuka

    actor

    actors
    1971
  • Okusama wa 18 sai: shinkon kyoshitsu

    actor

    actors
    1971
  • Go As Messy As Messy Can Be

    Mujitori

    actor

    actors
    1971
  • A Man's World

    actor

    actors
    1971
  • New Shameless School

    Gebageba

    actor

    actors
    1971
  • Shameless School: Tackle Kiss

    Macaroni

    actor

    actors
    1970
  • New Prison Walls of Abashiri: High Stakes at Abashiri

    actor

    actors
    1970
  • Shameless School: Health Check in the Nude

    Macaroni

    actor

    actors
    1970
  • Charming Men

    Kobe Saburo

    actor

    actors
    1970
  • Kikeki: onna mo tsurai wa

    actor

    actors
    1970
  • Shameless School

    Macaroni

    actor

    actors
    1970
  • A Hoodlum At The Risk Of His Life

    actor

    actors
    1970
  • Greatest Boss of Japan

    actor

    actors
    1970
  • Profile of a Boss' Son

    actor

    actors
    1970
  • The Cleanup

    actor

    actors
    1969
  • Biographies of Killers

    actor

    actors
    1969
  • Thirteen Times a Loser

    Seiji Okitsu

    actor

    actors
    1969
  • Chivalrous Pride

    actor

    actors
    1969
  • Ex Convict: Sword Storm

    actor

    actors
    1969
  • The Rough One

    Imano's Bodyguard

    actor

    actors
    1969
  • 100 Gamblers

    actor

    actors
    1969
  • Yabanjin no Nekutai

    actor

    actors
    1969
  • Yakuza Wanderer: Villainous Livelihood

    actor

    actors
    1969
  • Exiled to Hell

    actor

    actors
    1969
  • Women of the Night - Butterfly Flower

    actor

    actors
    1969
  • 魔性の女

    actor

    actors
    1968
  • Retaliation

    Hino

    actor

    actors
    1968
  • Stardust Wharf

    actor

    actors
    1968
  • Outlaw's Gold

    三鬼鉄

    actor

    actors
    1967
  • The Aftermath of War

    actor

    actors
    1967
  • My Sweetheart

    President Shishido

    actor

    actors
    1967
  • The Return of the Filthy Seven

    actor

    actors
    1967
  • Velvet Hustler

    actor

    actors
    1967
  • Massacre Gun

    Ryûichi Kuroda

    actor

    actors
    1967
  • Asia-Pol

    George

    actor

    actors
    1967
  • Branded to Kill

    Gorô Hanada

    actor

    actors
    1967
  • Burning Clouds

    actor

    actors
    1967
  • A Colt Is My Passport

    Shuji Kamimura

    actor

    actors
    1967
  • Asiapol Secret Service

    George Eaton

    actor

    actors
    1966
  • Your Life

    actor

    actors
    1966
  • Love Eternal

    actor

    actors
    1966
  • Love and Desire in the Night Mist

    actor

    actors
    1966
  • Blood Shed

    Seiji

    actor

    actors
    1966
  • Cat Girls Gamblers: Abandoned Fangs of Triumph

    Kokichi Yamaguch

    actor

    actors
    1966
  • The Dragon and the Tiger

    actor

    actors
    1966
  • The Dragon of Macao

    Aizu

    actor

    actors
    1965
  • Three Stray Dogs

    actor

    actors
    1965
  • Murder Unincorporated

    Jiro (Joe of Spades)

    actor

    actors
    1965
  • Inochi Shirazu no Rokudenashi

    Tornado George / Jouji Tatsumaki

    actor

    actors
    1965
  • Modern Yakuza: Chivalry

    actor

    actors
    1965
  • Kenjū burai jō nagare-sha no mure

    actor

    actors
    1965
  • Quick-Draw Joe: Sand Dune Duel

    Joe of Aces

    actor

    actors
    1964
  • Tiger of the Sea

    actor

    actors
    1964
  • Gate of Flesh

    Shintaro Ibuki

    actor

    actors
    1964
  • Nukî uchi ryuji - kênju no otâ

    actor

    actors
    1964
  • Jinsei Gekijo

    actor

    actors
    1964
  • Tale on Tokai Chivalry

    actor

    actors
    1964
  • Hell Festival

    Tetsu the Otter

    actor

    actors
    1963
  • Chivalrous Outlaw

    actor

    actors
    1963
  • Tale on Kanto Chivalry

    Masa from Kanto

    actor

    actors
    1963
  • Detective Bureau 2-3: A Man Weak to Money and Women

    Hideo Tajima

    actor

    actors
    1963
  • Akai ka to Rokudenashi

    actor

    actors
    1963
  • Youth of the Beast

    Jôji 'Jo' Mizuno

    actor

    actors
    1963
  • Notorious Bastard

    Tatsumaki Takeji (Tornado Joe)

    actor

    actors
    1963
  • Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell, Bastards!

    Hideo Tajima

    actor

    actors
    1963
  • Traces of Lead

    actor

    actors
    1962
  • Danger Pays

    Jôji Kondô

    actor

    actors
    1962
  • Glass-Hearted Johnny

    Jô

    actor

    actors
    1962
  • Jūdan no arashi

    actor

    actors
    1962
  • Last Round

    actor

    actors
    1962
  • Solo Traveler

    actor

    actors
    1962
  • The Frozen Plains

    actor

    actors
    1962
  • Nuki uchi fūraibō

    actor

    actors
    1962
  • Kimagure tosei

    actor

    actors
    1962
  • Mexico Drifter

    actor

    actors
    1962
  • Quick Draw Outlaw: Man of the Great Plains

    actor

    actors
    1961
  • Crimson Pistol

    actor

    actors
    1961
  • I'll End in Hell

    Joji Dan

    actor

    actors
    1961
  • Gun of Nosappu

    actor

    actors
    1961
  • The Crimson Plains

    Joji Sakuma

    actor

    actors
    1961
  • Gambler in the Sea

    actor

    actors
    1961
  • Joe of Aces: Give and Take

    Eiji Yano (Joe of Aces)

    actor

    actors
    1961
  • Quick Draw Joe

    Joe the Ace

    actor

    actors
    1961
  • Joe of Aces: Gambling for a Living

    Eiji Yano (Joe of Aces)

    actor

    actors
    1961
  • Pacific Porters

    actor

    actors
    1961
  • The Rambler under the Southern Cross

    actor

    actors
    1961
  • Tales of a Gunman: The Man Without Tomorrow

    Jo of the Colt

    actor

    actors
    1960
  • The Angry Rambler

    actor

    actors
    1960
  • The Rambler Rides Again

    actor

    actors
    1960
  • The Rambler on a Pearl Farm

    actor

    actors
    1960
  • The Man with a Sinister Laugh

    Ken

    actor

    actors
    1960
  • The Rambler in the Sunset

    actor

    actors
    1960
  • Wind of Volcano

    actor

    actors
    1960
  • The Gun Like Lightning

    Goro

    actor

    actors
    1960
  • Return of the Vagabond

    actor

    actors
    1960
  • The Guitarist from the Sea

    actor

    actors
    1960
  • Ryuji, the Gun Slinger

    Gin of the Colt

    actor

    actors
    1960
  • The Cards Will Tell

    actor

    actors
    1960
  • The Guitarist and the Rancher

    actor

    actors
    1960
  • Mighty Rules

    actor

    actors
    1959
  • Who is in the Background?

    actor

    actors
    1959
  • The Rambling Guitarist

    George

    actor

    actors
    1959
  • The Human Cyclone

    Masa

    actor

    actors
    1959
  • Crime Reporter

    Fujimoto

    actor

    actors
    1959
  • Merciless Bullet

    Yukie's lover

    actor

    actors
    1959
  • Tokyo no Kodoku

    actor

    actors
    1959
  • Machi ga nemuru toki

    actor

    actors
    1959
  • Gun Number Zero

    actor

    actors
    1959
  • Wounded Beast

    actor

    actors
    1959
  • We Live Today

    actor

    actors
    1959
  • Zattō ni hikarume

    actor

    actors
    1959
  • Orera wa nagashi no ninkisha

    actor

    actors
    1958
  • Voice Without a Shadow

    Hamazaki

    actor

    actors
    1958
  • Taiyō o buchi otose

    actor

    actors
    1958
  • The Boy Who Came Back

    Kajita

    actor

    actors
    1958
  • Rusty Knife

    Shimabara

    actor

    actors
    1958
  • Breasts and Bullets

    actor

    actors
    1958
  • The Naked Woman and the Gun

    actor

    actors
    1957
  • Small Rats of the Edo Town

    Hidematsu

    actor

    actors
    1957
  • Temptation

    Goro Yasui

    actor

    actors
    1957
  • The Champion

    Boxer Ishiyama

    actor

    actors
    1957
  • Muhō Ichidai

    actor

    actors
    1957
  • Kawakami Tetsuji, No. 16

    Masaki Yoshihara

    actor

    actors
    1957
  • Frankie the Milkman

    Zenkichi Matsubara

    actor

    actors
    1956
  • Kingorô no omawari-san

    actor

    actors
    1956
  • Kanshō fujin

    actor

    actors
    1956
  • Shiawase wa doko ni

    Tetsuo Shimura

    actor

    actors
    1956
  • The Happy Dancers

    actor

    actors
    1956
  • This Is Home

    actor

    actors
    1956
  • Seishun wo warera ni

    Takai

    actor

    actors
    1956
  • Confession

    actor

    actors
    1956
  • Called to the Stand

    actor

    actors
    1956
  • Cell No. 8

    actor

    actors
    1956
  • The Doctor

    actor

    actors
    1955
  • Tsukiyo no kasa

    actor

    actors
    1955
  • The Maid's Kid

    actor

    actors
    1955
  • Ofukuro

    actor

    actors
    1955
  • Policeman's Diary

    Patrolman Yabuta

    actor

    actors
    1955
  • His Highness Surabaya

    Applied Atomic Energy Research Institute Worker with a Tohoku Accent

    actor

    actors
    1955
  • My Pistol Is Quick

    Airplane Passenger

    actor

    actors
    1954
  • Women's House

    Okada (employee of Inogawa's company)

    actor

    actors
    1954
  • The Black Current

    Newspaper Reporter

    actor

    actors
    1954