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Joe Shishido

Joe Shishido

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).

Born

Dec 06, 1933

Kita, Osaka, Japan

Died

Jan 18, 2020

Known For

Acting

Movies

238 acting

0 crew

Popularity

0.8

movie

Known For

Branded to Kill

Branded to Kill

1967

as Gorô Hanada
Neo Chinpira 2: Zoom Goes the Bullet
Neo Chinpira 2: Zoom Goes the Bullet
1991 • as Junichi Mizuta
Neo Chinpira: Zoom Goes the Bullet
Neo Chinpira: Zoom Goes the Bullet
1990 • as Junichi Mizuta
★ 6.7
Flower & Snake II
Flower & Snake II
2005
★ 6.5
Edo Porn
Edo Porn
1981 • as Jyuppensha Ikku
★ 6.0
Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron
Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron
1978 • as Tominoichi
★ 6.1
Branded to Kill
Branded to Kill
1967 • as Gorô Hanada
★ 7.2
Gate of Flesh
Gate of Flesh
1964 • as Shintaro Ibuki
★ 6.6
Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis
Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis
1988 • as Tokuji Hayakawa
★ 6.3
Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis
Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis
1988 • as Noritsugu Hayakawa
★ 6.3
Codename 348 Female Detective Sashiba
Codename 348 Female Detective Sashiba
1990
I Are You, You Am Me
I Are You, You Am Me
1982 • as Kouzou Saitoh
★ 6.6
Leave My Girl Alone
Leave My Girl Alone
1986 • as Bar Owner
★ 7.5
Youth of the Beast
Youth of the Beast
1963 • as Jôji 'Jo' Mizuno
★ 6.9
A Night In Nude: Salvation
A Night In Nude: Salvation
2010 • as Naoki Yamagami
★ 6.1
Turning Point
Turning Point
1994 • as Hashizume
★ 7.0
Switching – Goodbye Me
Switching – Goodbye Me
2007 • as Yoshinosuke Yoshida
★ 6.6
A Colt Is My Passport
A Colt Is My Passport
1967 • as Shuji Kamimura
★ 7.1
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode
1974 • as Katsutoshi Otomo
★ 7.2
Love Eternal
Love Eternal
1966
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1
1974 • as Hachiro Tachibana
★ 5.7
Bound for the Fields, the Mountains, and the Seacoast
Bound for the Fields, the Mountains, and the Seacoast
1986 • as School Principal
★ 6.9
Kisaragi
Kisaragi
2007 • as Ooiso Long Beach Host
★ 6.9
Retaliation
Retaliation
1968 • as Hino
★ 5.9
Cruel Gun Story
Cruel Gun Story
1964 • as Togawa
★ 6.6
I'm All Yours
I'm All Yours
1985 • as Priest
★ 4.7
Fossilized Wilderness
Fossilized Wilderness
1982
★ 8.0
Rusty Knife
Rusty Knife
1958 • as Shimabara
★ 5.9
Ore no sora
Ore no sora
1977 • as Genjiro Yasuda
The Boy Who Came Back
The Boy Who Came Back
1958 • as Kajita
★ 7.6
The Rambling Guitarist
The Rambling Guitarist
1959 • as George
★ 6.9
Black Jack: The Visitor in the Eye
Black Jack: The Visitor in the Eye
1977 • as Black Jack
★ 6.2
Yakyuukyou no Uta
Yakyuukyou no Uta
1985
The Cleanup
The Cleanup
1969
★ 10.0
Bad Girl Mako
Bad Girl Mako
1971 • as Yasuoka
★ 6.0
Shameless School: Health Check in the Nude
Shameless School: Health Check in the Nude
1970 • as Macaroni
★ 8.0
Shameless School
Shameless School
1970 • as Macaroni
★ 5.0
Drowning Fish
Drowning Fish
2001 • as Ace no Jo
★ 7.7
movie
Nurse's Husband
1980
★ 7.0
A Tale of Sorrow and Sadness
A Tale of Sorrow and Sadness
1977 • as Cop
★ 5.5
Tale on Tokai Chivalry
Tale on Tokai Chivalry
1964
Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell, Bastards!
Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell, Bastards!
1963 • as Hideo Tajima
★ 6.5
The Most Terrible Time in My Life
The Most Terrible Time in My Life
1994 • as Joe
★ 7.5
New Prison Walls of Abashiri: High Stakes at Abashiri
New Prison Walls of Abashiri: High Stakes at Abashiri
1970
★ 8.0
Greatest Boss of Japan
Greatest Boss of Japan
1970
The Angry Rambler
The Angry Rambler
1960
A Hoodlum At The Risk Of His Life
A Hoodlum At The Risk Of His Life
1970
★ 9.0
Take It Easy
Take It Easy
1986
The Trap
The Trap
1996 • as Jo Shishido
★ 6.8
Blood Shed
Blood Shed
1966 • as Seiji
★ 7.0
Glass-Hearted Johnny
Glass-Hearted Johnny
1962 • as Jô
Cat Girls Gamblers: Abandoned Fangs of Triumph
Cat Girls Gamblers: Abandoned Fangs of Triumph
1966 • as Kokichi Yamaguch
★ 6.3
Remembering the Cosmos Flower
Remembering the Cosmos Flower
1997
★ 5.0
The Code
The Code
2009 • as Detective 500
★ 6.2
New Shameless School
New Shameless School
1971 • as Gebageba
★ 9.0
The Rambler under the Southern Cross
The Rambler under the Southern Cross
1961
The Gun Like Lightning
The Gun Like Lightning
1960 • as Goro
Detective Office 5
Detective Office 5
2005 • as 500
Women of the Night - Butterfly Flower
Women of the Night - Butterfly Flower
1969
Machi ga nemuru toki
Machi ga nemuru toki
1959
Voice Without a Shadow
Voice Without a Shadow
1958 • as Hamazaki
★ 6.5
Nozomi Witches
Nozomi Witches
1990 • as Ryotaro's father
Quick Draw Outlaw: Man of the Great Plains
Quick Draw Outlaw: Man of the Great Plains
1961
This Heartbeat
This Heartbeat
1988
Modern Yakuza: Chivalry
Modern Yakuza: Chivalry
1965
Ryuji, the Gun Slinger
Ryuji, the Gun Slinger
1960 • as Gin of the Colt
★ 8.0
Tsukiyo no kasa
Tsukiyo no kasa
1955
The Guitarist and the Rancher
The Guitarist and the Rancher
1960
The Setting Sun
The Setting Sun
1992
★ 5.6
Murder Unincorporated
Murder Unincorporated
1965 • as Jiro (Joe of Spades)
★ 6.5
100 Gamblers
100 Gamblers
1969
★ 7.0
Conflagration
Conflagration
1975 • as Chief Engineer Kosai
★ 7.0
The Black Current
The Black Current
1954 • as Newspaper Reporter
★ 10.0
New Abashiri Prison Story: Honor and Humanity, Ammunition That Attracts the Storm
New Abashiri Prison Story: Honor and Humanity, Ammunition That Attracts the Storm
1972
★ 10.0
None But the Brave
None But the Brave
1973
★ 6.3
The Dragon of Macao
The Dragon of Macao
1965 • as Aizu
★ 8.0
Blood for Blood
Blood for Blood
1971 • as Naoto Tezuka
★ 7.0
Who is in the Background?
Who is in the Background?
1959
The Cards Will Tell
The Cards Will Tell
1960
The Human Cyclone
The Human Cyclone
1959 • as Masa
The First Catch
The First Catch
1980
★ 2.7
The Naked Woman and the Gun
The Naked Woman and the Gun
1957
★ 7.0
The Frozen Plains
The Frozen Plains
1962
Notorious Bastard
Notorious Bastard
1963 • as Tatsumaki Takeji (Tornado Joe)
My Sweetheart
My Sweetheart
1967 • as President Shishido
The Witty Samurai
The Witty Samurai
1972
Center of Tokyo
Center of Tokyo
1974 • as Hyodo
Yabanjin no Nekutai
Yabanjin no Nekutai
1969
8 Man - For All Lonely Nights
8 Man - For All Lonely Nights
1992 • as Dr. Tani
★ 4.1
Frankie the Milkman
Frankie the Milkman
1956 • as Zenkichi Matsubara
★ 8.5
Love and Desire in the Night Mist
Love and Desire in the Night Mist
1966
Wounded Beast
Wounded Beast
1959
Massacre Gun
Massacre Gun
1967 • as Ryûichi Kuroda
★ 7.2
The Rough One
The Rough One
1969 • as Imano's Bodyguard
★ 10.0
Joe of Aces: Give and Take
Joe of Aces: Give and Take
1961 • as Eiji Yano (Joe of Aces)
Detective Bureau 2-3: A Man Weak to Money and Women
Detective Bureau 2-3: A Man Weak to Money and Women
1963 • as Hideo Tajima
Joe of Aces: Gambling for a Living
Joe of Aces: Gambling for a Living
1961 • as Eiji Yano (Joe of Aces)
Shameless School: Tackle Kiss
Shameless School: Tackle Kiss
1970 • as Macaroni
★ 8.0
Seishun wo warera ni
Seishun wo warera ni
1956 • as Takai
★ 10.0
Asiapol Secret Service
Asiapol Secret Service
1966 • as George Eaton
★ 6.0
The Alaska Story
The Alaska Story
1977
★ 8.0
movie
Kanshō fujin
1956
Kigeki: koko kara hajimaru monogatari
Kigeki: koko kara hajimaru monogatari
1973
Temptation
Temptation
1957 • as Goro Yasui
★ 8.0
Yakuza Jihad
Yakuza Jihad
2002
★ 8.0
Last Round
Last Round
1962
Red Crow and the Ghost Ship
Red Crow and the Ghost Ship
1989 • as Captain
★ 7.0
The Gambler
The Gambler
1992 • as Joe of Aces
Again
Again
1984
The Hard Core Criminal
The Hard Core Criminal
1973
★ 7.5
Mexico Drifter
Mexico Drifter
1962
★ 8.0
Sukanpin Walk
Sukanpin Walk
1984 • as Tatsuya Sekikawa
★ 7.5
Policeman's Diary
Policeman's Diary
1955 • as Patrolman Yabuta
★ 7.0
Caribe: Symphony of Love
Caribe: Symphony of Love
1985 • as Shunsuke Saichu
★ 7.0
You'll Fall For Me
You'll Fall For Me
1989
★ 7.0
Hometown
Hometown
1999
Small Rats of the Edo Town
Small Rats of the Edo Town
1957 • as Hidematsu
The Aftermath of War
The Aftermath of War
1967
Cell No. 8
Cell No. 8
1956
The Guitarist from the Sea
The Guitarist from the Sea
1960
★ 3.5
Quick-Draw Joe: Sand Dune Duel
Quick-Draw Joe: Sand Dune Duel
1964 • as Joe of Aces
★ 6.0
Wind of Volcano
Wind of Volcano
1960
Tokyo no Kodoku
Tokyo no Kodoku
1959
Bored Hatamoto: Letter of Death
Bored Hatamoto: Letter of Death
1993
Our Wedding
Our Wedding
1983
★ 8.5
Fugitive Alien
Fugitive Alien
1987 • as Captain Joe
★ 3.9
Mighty Rules
Mighty Rules
1959
The Man with a Sinister Laugh
The Man with a Sinister Laugh
1960 • as Ken
★ 8.0
Crimson Pistol
Crimson Pistol
1961
Your Life
Your Life
1966
Velvet Hustler
Velvet Hustler
1967
★ 6.8
The Stairway to the Distant Past
The Stairway to the Distant Past
1995 • as Jo Shishido
★ 7.2
Go As Messy As Messy Can Be
Go As Messy As Messy Can Be
1971 • as Mujitori
Profile of a Boss' Son
Profile of a Boss' Son
1970
★ 10.0
Danger Pays
Danger Pays
1962 • as Jôji Kondô
★ 7.0
Tales of a Gunman: The Man Without Tomorrow
Tales of a Gunman: The Man Without Tomorrow
1960 • as Jo of the Colt
★ 9.0
movie
Kingorô no omawari-san
1956
The Rambler on a Pearl Farm
The Rambler on a Pearl Farm
1960
Ofukuro
Ofukuro
1955
★ 7.0
Zattō ni hikarume
Zattō ni hikarume
1959
Danger Point: The Road to Hell
Danger Point: The Road to Hell
1991
★ 7.5
The Dragon and the Tiger
The Dragon and the Tiger
1966
★ 7.0
Confession
Confession
1956
The Rambler Rides Again
The Rambler Rides Again
1960
★ 10.0
Debt King Part VII: Millennium
Debt King Part VII: Millennium
2000
Called to the Stand
Called to the Stand
1956
★ 8.0
Pacific Porters
Pacific Porters
1961
★ 10.0
To Love
To Love
1997 • as Chinen
★ 6.7
Gambling Code and Feuds
Gambling Code and Feuds
1977 • as Katsuya Sekikawa
★ 7.0
Solo Traveler
Solo Traveler
1962
Fukushu no Teio
Fukushu no Teio
1995 • as Kazunari Inaba
★ 6.0
Quick Draw Joe
Quick Draw Joe
1961 • as Joe the Ace
The Maid's Kid
The Maid's Kid
1955
★ 8.3
Exiled to Hell
Exiled to Hell
1969
movie
The Happy Dancers
1956
A Surgeon Named Hitman
A Surgeon Named Hitman
2006
The Rambler in the Sunset
The Rambler in the Sunset
1960
Jinsei Gekijo
Jinsei Gekijo
1964
★ 7.0
Tiger of the Sea
Tiger of the Sea
1964
Merciless Bullet
Merciless Bullet
1959 • as Yukie's lover
Chivalrous Pride
Chivalrous Pride
1969
Gambler in the Sea
Gambler in the Sea
1961
New Hoodlum Soldier Story: Firing Line
New Hoodlum Soldier Story: Firing Line
1972
★ 7.1
Women's House
Women's House
1954 • as Okada (employee of Inogawa's company)
★ 6.0
The Final Judgement
The Final Judgement
2012 • as Lao Porto
★ 1.0
Muhō Ichidai
Muhō Ichidai
1957
Jūdan no arashi
Jūdan no arashi
1962
Akai ka to Rokudenashi
Akai ka to Rokudenashi
1963
Charming Men
Charming Men
1970 • as Kobe Saburo
★ 9.0
A Man's World
A Man's World
1971
★ 8.0
Nukî uchi ryuji - kênju no otâ
Nukî uchi ryuji - kênju no otâ
1964
My Pistol Is Quick
My Pistol Is Quick
1954 • as Airplane Passenger
The Sea of Genkai
The Sea of Genkai
1976 • as Sawaki
★ 5.8
Mobile Detectives: The Movie 2
Mobile Detectives: The Movie 2
2007
★ 5.0
Burning Clouds
Burning Clouds
1967
I'll End in Hell
I'll End in Hell
1961 • as Joji Dan
★ 9.0
Traces of Lead
Traces of Lead
1962
Return of the Vagabond
Return of the Vagabond
1960
★ 5.0
Kawakami Tetsuji, No. 16
Kawakami Tetsuji, No. 16
1957 • as Masaki Yoshihara
movie
The Notorious Bored Samurai 6
1991
High Seas Hijack
High Seas Hijack
1977 • as Chief Engineer Kosai
★ 10.0
Asia-Pol
Asia-Pol
1967 • as George
★ 7.3
Gun of Nosappu
Gun of Nosappu
1961
★ 10.0
The Doctor
The Doctor
1955
★ 10.0
Nuki uchi fūraibō
Nuki uchi fūraibō
1962
We Live Today
We Live Today
1959
Shiawase wa doko ni
Shiawase wa doko ni
1956 • as Tetsuo Shimura
★ 9.0
Breasts and Bullets
Breasts and Bullets
1958
Gun Number Zero
Gun Number Zero
1959
Alumni Association
Alumni Association
2004
Taiyō o buchi otose
Taiyō o buchi otose
1958
Kimagure tosei
Kimagure tosei
1962
Kenjū burai jō nagare-sha no mure
Kenjū burai jō nagare-sha no mure
1965
Star Force: Fugitive Alien II
Star Force: Fugitive Alien II
1987 • as Captain Joe
★ 4.7
Okusama wa 18 sai: shinkon kyoshitsu
Okusama wa 18 sai: shinkon kyoshitsu
1971
Mahjong Demon 3: Extraterritorial Mahjong
Mahjong Demon 3: Extraterritorial Mahjong
1994
Crime Reporter
Crime Reporter
1959 • as Fujimoto
Proud Ambition
Proud Ambition
2006
Tale on Kanto Chivalry
Tale on Kanto Chivalry
1963 • as Masa from Kanto
Mobile Detectives: The Movie 3
Mobile Detectives: The Movie 3
2011
★ 5.0
Inochi Shirazu no Rokudenashi
Inochi Shirazu no Rokudenashi
1965 • as Tornado George / Jouji Tatsumaki
The Crimson Plains
The Crimson Plains
1961 • as Joji Sakuma
Orera wa nagashi no ninkisha
Orera wa nagashi no ninkisha
1958
The Return of the Filthy Seven
The Return of the Filthy Seven
1967
★ 9.0
Hell Festival
Hell Festival
1963 • as Tetsu the Otter
魔性の女
魔性の女
1968
★ 7.0
The Champion
The Champion
1957 • as Boxer Ishiyama
★ 6.4
JACK KNIFE Wolves' Bet
JACK KNIFE Wolves' Bet
1993
Blue Jeans Memory
Blue Jeans Memory
1981
This Is Home
This Is Home
1956
Yakuza Wanderer: Villainous Livelihood
Yakuza Wanderer: Villainous Livelihood
1969
★ 9.0
Proud Ambition 2
Proud Ambition 2
2006
Biographies of Killers
Biographies of Killers
1969
Run the Beast
Run the Beast
1990
Monk's Paradise
Monk's Paradise
1971
★ 7.0
The Beauty in the Black Mask
The Beauty in the Black Mask
1987 • as Takeo Sato
Three Stray Dogs
Three Stray Dogs
1965
Ex Convict: Sword Storm
Ex Convict: Sword Storm
1969
The Killers
The Killers
1991
God's Pinch Hitter
God's Pinch Hitter
1991
Proud Ambition 4
Proud Ambition 4
2006
Proud Ambition 3
Proud Ambition 3
2005
Proud Ambition 5
Proud Ambition 5
2006
Chivalrous Outlaw
Chivalrous Outlaw
1963
Katayoku dake no tenshi
Katayoku dake no tenshi
1986
Stardust Wharf
Stardust Wharf
1968
★ 8.0
Outlaw's Gold
Outlaw's Gold
1967 • as 三鬼鉄
Kikeki: onna mo tsurai wa
Kikeki: onna mo tsurai wa
1970
Shin Japan's Don 4
Shin Japan's Don 4
2005
Shin Japan's Don 2: Ruthless
Shin Japan's Don 2: Ruthless
2004
Shin Japan's Don 5
Shin Japan's Don 5
2005
Shin Japan's Don: Waves
Shin Japan's Don: Waves
2004
Tough Cop 2 - HEART CRASH
Tough Cop 2 - HEART CRASH
1995
Shibuya Midnight War Dark Street
Shibuya Midnight War Dark Street
2001
Thirteen Times a Loser
Thirteen Times a Loser
1969 • as Seiji Okitsu
movie
Twist & Shoot: Mister Suzuki
• as Self (archive footage)
Shin Japan's Don 6
Shin Japan's Don 6
2005
Tough Cop - Ginza Police
Tough Cop - Ginza Police
1994
His Highness Surabaya
His Highness Surabaya
1955 • as Applied Atomic Energy Research Institute Worker with a Tohoku Accent