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).
247 acting credits
Acting · 247
The Files of the Young Kindaichi
1995
Pro Hunter
1981
Neo Chinpira 2: Zoom Goes the Bullet
1991
Detective Office 5: Another Story
2005
Kimi no na wa
1991
Blitz!! Strada 5
1974
Neo Chinpira: Zoom Goes the Bullet
1990
Big City: Days of Struggle
1976
Prime Minister of Yuhigaoka
1978
Flower & Snake II
2005
Asia-Pol
1967
Star Wolf
1978
Wind, Clouds, and Rainbow
1976
Edo Porn
1981
Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis
1988
Hashire! Nekketsu Keiji
1980
Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron
1978
Necchu Jidai: Keiji Hen
1979
Gate of Flesh
1964
Branded to Kill
1967
Turning Point
1994
Bound for the Fields, the Mountains, and the Seacoast
1986
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode
1974
I Are You, You Am Me
1982
I'm All Yours
1985
Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell, Bastards!
1963
Black Jack: The Visitor in the Eye
1977
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1
1974
Cruel Gun Story
1964
The Most Terrible Time in My Life
1994
My Sweetheart
1967
Youth of the Beast
1963
Leave My Girl Alone
1986
The Code
2009
Drowning Fish
2001
Kisaragi
2007
Love Eternal
1966
Conflagration
1975
Codename 348 Female Detective Sashiba
1990
The Stairway to the Distant Past
1995
A Colt Is My Passport
1967
A Night In Nude: Salvation
2010
Rusty Knife
1958
The Gun Like Lightning
1960
Voice Without a Shadow
1958
Murder Unincorporated
1965
The Human Cyclone
1959
Shameless School
1970
The Cleanup
1969
The Trap
1996
The Rambling Guitarist
1959
Fossilized Wilderness
1982
Velvet Hustler
1967
Shameless School: Health Check in the Nude
1970
Yakuza Jihad
2002
Switching – Goodbye Me
2007
Again
1984
The Maid's Kid
1955
To Love
1997
Bad Girl Mako
1971
The Cards Will Tell
1960
Blood for Blood
1971
A Tale of Sorrow and Sadness
1977
New Shameless School
1971
Joe of Aces: Give and Take
1961
This Heartbeat
1988
Ore no sora
1977
Nozomi Witches
1990
Retaliation
1968
The Rough One
1969
Women of the Night - Butterfly Flower
1969
Danger Pays
1962
Gambling Code and Feuds
1977
Muhō Ichidai
1957
Shameless School: Tackle Kiss
1970
Massacre Gun
1967
Wounded Beast
1959
Yabanjin no Nekutai
1969
Gun of Nosappu
1961
100 Gamblers
1969
A Hoodlum At The Risk Of His Life
1970
Our Wedding
1983
Glass-Hearted Johnny
1962
The Aftermath of War
1967
The Naked Woman and the Gun
1957
The Alaska Story
1977
Jūdan no arashi
1962
Sukanpin Walk
1984
Who is in the Background?
1959
Blue Jeans Memory
1981
New Prison Walls of Abashiri: High Stakes at Abashiri
1970
Caribe: Symphony of Love
1985
Nurse's Husband
1980
Quick-Draw Joe: Sand Dune Duel
1964
The First Catch
1980
Detective Office 5
2005
New Abashiri Prison Story: Honor and Humanity, Ammunition That Attracts the Storm
1972
The Angry Rambler
1960
New Hoodlum Soldier Story: Firing Line
1972
The Witty Samurai
1972
Detective Bureau 2-3: A Man Weak to Money and Women
1963
Danger Point: The Road to Hell
1991
Ofukuro
1955
Solo Traveler
1962
Modern Yakuza: Chivalry
1965
Center of Tokyo
1974
Yakyuukyou no Uta
1985
Policeman's Diary
1955
The Hard Core Criminal
1973
Take It Easy
1986
Asiapol Secret Service
1966
Seishun wo warera ni
1956
Tales of a Gunman: The Man Without Tomorrow
1960
Temptation
1957
Mighty Rules
1959
8 Man - For All Lonely Nights
1992
Crimson Pistol
1961
Last Round
1962
The Frozen Plains
1962
魔性の女
1968
Mobile Detectives: The Movie 2
2007
Remembering the Cosmos Flower
1997
Pacific Porters
1961
Tokyo no Kodoku
1959
Cat Girls Gamblers: Abandoned Fangs of Triumph
1966
You'll Fall For Me
1989
Ryuji, the Gun Slinger
1960
I'll End in Hell
1961
Tale on Tokai Chivalry
1964
Exiled to Hell
1969
Profile of a Boss' Son
1970
Gun Number Zero
1959
Chivalrous Pride
1969
High Seas Hijack
1977
Greatest Boss of Japan
1970
Your Life
1966
Joe of Aces: Gambling for a Living
1961
The Setting Sun
1992
Frankie the Milkman
1956
The Boy Who Came Back
1958
Small Rats of the Edo Town
1957
The Man with a Sinister Laugh
1960
None But the Brave
1973
Quick Draw Outlaw: Man of the Great Plains
1961
Crime Reporter
1959
Star Force: Fugitive Alien II
1987
Alumni Association
2004
The Dragon and the Tiger
1966
Merciless Bullet
1959
Jinsei Gekijo
1964
Love and Desire in the Night Mist
1966
Women's House
1954
The Happy Dancers
1956
Gambler in the Sea
1961
The Rambler on a Pearl Farm
1960
Nukî uchi ryuji - kênju no otâ
1964
Called to the Stand
1956
Mexico Drifter
1962
Quick Draw Joe
1961
The Gambler
1992
The Crimson Plains
1961
Cell No. 8
1956
Okusama wa 18 sai: shinkon kyoshitsu
1971
Kigeki: koko kara hajimaru monogatari
1973
The Doctor
1955
A Man's World
1971
The Rambler under the Southern Cross
1961
Shiawase wa doko ni
1956
Mobile Detectives: The Movie 3
2011
Wind of Volcano
1960
Akai ka to Rokudenashi
1963
Charming Men
1970
Fugitive Alien
1987
Zattō ni hikarume
1959
Kanshō fujin
1956
Breasts and Bullets
1958
Burning Clouds
1967
The Champion
1957
The Dragon of Macao
1965
Mahjong Demon 3: Extraterritorial Mahjong
1994
The Guitarist from the Sea
1960
A Surgeon Named Hitman
2006
Taiyō o buchi otose
1958
The Black Current
1954
Hell Festival
1963
Blood Shed
1966
Debt King Part VII: Millennium
2000
The Rambler in the Sunset
1960
We Live Today
1959
Thirteen Times a Loser
1969
Traces of Lead
1962
Notorious Bastard
1963
Dazzling Cops
1977
Kenjū burai jō nagare-sha no mure
1965
Inochi Shirazu no Rokudenashi
1965
Orera wa nagashi no ninkisha
1958
Proud Ambition 3
2005
Tsukiyo no kasa
1955
Hometown
1999
Kimagure tosei
1962
Return of the Vagabond
1960
My Pistol Is Quick
1954
JACK KNIFE Wolves' Bet
1993
Proud Ambition 2
2006
Fukushu no Teio
1995
The Rambler Rides Again
1960
The Sea of Genkai
1976
Kawakami Tetsuji, No. 16
1957
Kingorô no omawari-san
1956
Nuki uchi fūraibō
1962
Go As Messy As Messy Can Be
1971
Proud Ambition
2006
The Return of the Filthy Seven
1967
The Notorious Bored Samurai 6
1991
Red Crow and the Ghost Ship
1989
Tiger of the Sea
1964
The Guitarist and the Rancher
1960
The Killers
1991
Bored Hatamoto: Letter of Death
1993
God's Pinch Hitter
1991
Machi ga nemuru toki
1959
Kikeki: onna mo tsurai wa
1970
Proud Ambition 4
2006
Outlaw's Gold
1967
Chivalrous Outlaw
1963
Shin Japan's Don: Waves
2004
Confession
1956
Proud Ambition 5
2006
Run the Beast
1990
The Final Judgement
2012
Monk's Paradise
1971
Katayoku dake no tenshi
1986
Shibuya Midnight War Dark Street
2001
Ex Convict: Sword Storm
1969
Yakuza Wanderer: Villainous Livelihood
1969
His Highness Surabaya
1955
Three Stray Dogs
1965
Shin Japan's Don 5
2005
Tale on Kanto Chivalry
1963
Shin Japan's Don 6
2005
Stardust Wharf
1968
Shin Japan's Don 2: Ruthless
2004
Twist & Shoot: Mister Suzuki
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Biographies of Killers
1969
The Beauty in the Black Mask
1987
Shin Japan's Don 4
2005
This Is Home
1956