Joe Shishido
Acting
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Acting Credits
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
Filmography
Twist & Shoot: Mister Suzuki
2026
as Self (archive footage)
The Final Judgement
2012
as Lao Porto
Mobile Detectives: The Movie 3
2011
A Night in Nude: Salvation
2010
as Naoki Yamagami
The Code
2009
as Detective 500
Mobile Detectives: The Movie 2
2007
Kisaragi
2007
as Ooiso Long Beach Host
Switching – Goodbye Me
2007
as Yoshinosuke Yoshida
A Surgeon Named Hitman
2006
Proud Ambition 2
2006
Proud Ambition
2006
Proud Ambition 4
2006
Proud Ambition 5
2006
Detective Office 5
2005
as 500
Flower & Snake II
2005
as Takayoshi Tooyama
Proud Ambition 3
2005
Shin Japan's Don 4
2005
Shin Japan's Don 5
2005
Shin Japan's Don 6
2005
Detective Office 5: Another Story
2005
as Chief 500
Detective Office 5: Another Story
2005
Class Reunion
2004
Shin Japan's Don: Waves
2004
Shin Japan's Don 2: Ruthless
2004
Yakuza Jihad
2002
Drowning Fish
2001
as Ace no Jo
Shibuya Midnight War Dark Street
2001
Debt King Part VII: Millennium
2000
Heisei Kin'yudo: Muruhi no Onna
2000
Hometown
1999
To Love
1997
as Chinen
Remembering the Cosmos Flower
1997
The Trap
1996
as Jo Shishido
The Stairway to the Distant Past
1995
as Jo Shishido
Fukushu no Teio
1995
as Kazunari Inaba
Tough Cop 2 - HEART CRASH
1995
The Files of the Young Kindaichi
1995
as Fujio Tashiro
The Most Terrible Time in My Life
1994
as Joe
Turning Point
1994
as Hashizume
Mahjong Demon 3: Extraterritorial Mahjong
1994
Tough Cop - Ginza Police
1994
JACK KNIFE Wolves' Bet
1993
Bored Hatamoto: Letter of Death
1993
The Setting Sun
1992
8 Man - For All Lonely Nights
1992
as Dr. Tani
The Gambler
1992
as Joe of Aces
The Killers
1991
God's Pinch Hitter
1991
The Notorious Bored Samurai 6
1991
Neo Chinpira 2: Zoom Goes the Bullet
1991
as Junichi Mizuta
Danger Point: The Road to Hell
1991
Kimi no na wa
1991
as 角倉勘次
Codename 348 Female Detective Sashiba
1990
Run the Beast
1990
Nozomi Witches
1990
as Ryotaro's father
Neo Chinpira: Zoom Goes the Bullet
1990
as Junichi Mizuta
Red Crow and the Ghost Ship
1989
as Captain
You'll Fall For Me
1989
Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis
1988
as Tokuji Hayakawa
Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis
1988
as Noritsugu Hayakawa
This Heartbeat
1988
Fugitive Alien
1987
as Captain Joe
Star Force: Fugitive Alien II
1987
as Captain Joe
The Beauty in the Black Mask
1987
as Takeo Sato
Bound for the Fields, the Mountains, and the Seacoast
1986
as School Principal
Leave My Girl Alone
1986
as Bar Owner
Take It Easy
1986
Katayoku dake no tenshi
1986
I'm All Yours
1985
as Priest
Caribe: Symphony of Love
1985
as Shunsuke Saichu
Yakyuukyou no Uta
1985
Sukanpin Walk
1984
as Tatsuya Sekikawa
Again
1984
Our Wedding
1983
I Are You, You Am Me
1982
as Kouzou Saitoh
Fossilized Wilderness
1982
Edo Porn
1981
as Jyuppensha Ikku
Blue Jeans Memory
1981
Pro Hunter
1981
as 菊島雄三
Nurse's Husband
1980
The First Catch
1980
Hashire! Nekketsu Keiji
1980
Necchu Jidai: Keiji Hen
1979
Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron
1978
as Tominoichi
Star Wolf
1978
as Captain Joe
Prime Minister of Yuhigaoka
1978
The Alaska Story
1977
as George Oshima
A Tale of Sorrow and Sadness
1977
as Cop
Black Jack: The Visitor in the Eye
1977
as Black Jack
High Seas Hijack
1977
as Chief Engineer Kosai
Ore no sora
1977
as Genjiro Yasuda
Gambling Code and Feuds
1977
as Katsuya Sekikawa
Dazzling Cops
1977
The Sea of Genkai
1976
as Sawaki
Wind, Clouds, and Rainbow
1976
as Gendō
Big City: Days of Struggle
1976
Conflagration
1975
as Chief Engineer Kosai
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1
1974
as Hachiro Tachibana
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode
1974
as Katsutoshi Otomo
Center of Tokyo
1974
as Hyodo
Blitz!! Strada 5
1974
as Takamura Terujiro / Jupiter
None But the Brave
1973
Kigeki: koko kara hajimaru monogatari
1973
The Hard Core Criminal
1973
New Hoodlum Soldier Story: Firing Line
1972
New Abashiri Prison Story: Honor and Humanity, Ammunition That Attracts the Storm
1972
The Witty Samurai
1972
Bad Girl Mako
1971
as Yasuoka
Go As Messy As Messy Can Be
1971
as Mujitori
New Shameless School
1971
as Gebageba
Okusama wa 18 sai: shinkon kyoshitsu
1971
A Man's World
1971
Blood for Blood
1971
as Naoto Tezuka
Monk's Paradise
1971
Greatest Boss of Japan
1970
Profile of a Boss' Son
1970
Charming Men
1970
as Kobe Saburo
Shameless School: Health Check in the Nude
1970
as Macaroni
Shameless School: Tackle Kiss
1970
as Macaroni
Shameless School
1970
as Macaroni
New Prison Walls of Abashiri: High Stakes at Abashiri
1970
A Hoodlum At The Risk Of His Life
1970
Kikeki: onna mo tsurai wa
1970
The Cleanup
1969
100 Gamblers
1969
Exiled to Hell
1969
Yabanjin no Nekutai
1969
Women of the Night - Butterfly Flower
1969
Chivalrous Pride
1969
The Rough One
1969
as Imano's Bodyguard
Yakuza Wanderer: Villainous Livelihood
1969
Biographies of Killers
1969
Ex Convict: Sword Storm
1969
Thirteen Times a Loser
1969
as Seiji Okitsu
Retaliation
1968
as Hino
魔性の女
1968
Stardust Wharf
1968
Key Hunter
1968
A Colt Is My Passport
1967
as Shuji Kamimura
Branded to Kill
1967
as Gorô Hanada
Velvet Hustler
1967
Massacre Gun
1967
as Ryûichi Kuroda
The Aftermath of War
1967
Asia-Pol
1967
as George
The Return of the Filthy Seven
1967
My Sweetheart
1967
as President Shishido
Burning Clouds
1967
Outlaw's Gold
1967
as 三鬼鉄
Love Eternal
1966
Your Life
1966
Asiapol Secret Service
1966
as George Eaton
Love and Desire in the Night Mist
1966
The Dragon and the Tiger
1966
Cat Girls Gamblers: Abandoned Fangs of Triumph
1966
as Kokichi Yamaguch
Blood Shed
1966
as Seiji
Murder Unincorporated
1965
as Jiro (Joe of Spades)
The Dragon of Macao
1965
as Aizu
Inochi Shirazu no Rokudenashi
1965
as Tornado George / Jouji Tatsumaki
Kenjū burai jō nagare-sha no mure
1965
Modern Yakuza: Chivalry
1965
Three Stray Dogs
1965
Tale on Tokai Chivalry
1964
Cruel Gun Story
1964
as Togawa
Quick-Draw Joe: Sand Dune Duel
1964
as Joe of Aces
Gate of Flesh
1964
as Shintaro Ibuki
Tiger of the Sea
1964
Jinsei Gekijo
1964
Nukî uchi ryuji - kênju no otâ
1964
Notorious Bastard
1963
as Tatsumaki Takeji (Tornado Joe)
Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell, Bastards!
1963
as Hideo Tajima
Youth of the Beast
1963
as Jôji 'Jo' Mizuno
Detective Bureau 2-3: A Man Weak to Money and Women
1963
as Hideo Tajima
Red Shoes and a Good-For-Nothing
1963
Hell Festival
1963
as Tetsu the Otter
Tale on Kanto Chivalry
1963
as Masa from Kanto
Chivalrous Outlaw
1963
Kimagure tosei
1962
Nuki uchi fūraibō
1962
The Frozen Plains
1962
Solo Traveler
1962
Last Round
1962
Jūdan no arashi
1962
Traces of Lead
1962
Glass-Hearted Johnny
1962
as Jô
Danger Pays
1962
as Jôji Kondô
Mexico Drifter
1962
Quick Draw Outlaw: Man of the Great Plains
1961
Joe of Aces: Give and Take
1961
as Eiji Yano (Joe of Aces)
I'll End in Hell
1961
as Joji Dan
Quick Draw Joe
1961
as Joe the Ace
The Crimson Plains
1961
as Joji Sakuma
Crimson Pistol
1961
The Rambler under the Southern Cross
1961
Joe of Aces: Gambling for a Living
1961
as Eiji Yano (Joe of Aces)
Gun of Nosappu
1961
Gambler in the Sea
1961
Pacific Porters
1961
The Wild, Unruly Drifter
1960
Return of the Vagabond
1960
The Rambler Rides Again
1960
The Rambler on a Pearl Farm
1960
The Rambler in the Sunset
1960
Volcano Wind
1960
The Drifter from the Sea
1960
Ryuji, the Gun Slinger
1960
as Gin of the Colt
The Gun Like Lightning
1960
as Goro
The Man with a Sinister Laugh
1960
as Ken
The Guitarist and the Rancher
1960
Tales of a Gunman: The Man Without Tomorrow
1960
as Jo of the Colt
The Cards Will Tell
1960
Zattō ni hikarume
1959
Who is in the Background?
1959
The Rambling Guitarist
1959
as George
Tokyo no Kodoku
1959
The Human Cyclone
1959
as Masa
Wounded Beast
1959
Gun Number Zero
1959
Mighty Rules
1959
Machi ga nemuru toki
1959
Merciless Bullet
1959
as Yukie's lover
We Live Today
1959
Crime Reporter
1959
as Fujimoto
Rusty Knife
1958
as Shimabara
Voice Without a Shadow
1958
as Hamazaki
The Boy Who Came Back
1958
as Kajita
Taiyō o buchi otose
1958
Orera wa nagashi no ninkisha
1958
Breasts and Bullets
1958
死の壁の脱出
1958
as Jiro Asaoka
Small Rats of the Edo Town
1957
as Hidematsu
Kawakami Tetsuji, No. 16
1957
as Masaki Yoshihara
The Naked Woman and the Gun
1957
The Champion
1957
as Boxer Ishiyama
Temptation
1957
as Goro Yasui
Muhō Ichidai
1957
Cell No. 8
1956
Frankie the Milkman
1956
as Zenkichi Matsubara
The Happy Dancers
1956
Called to the Stand
1956
Kingorô no omawari-san
1956
Kanshō fujin
1956
Shiawase wa doko ni
1956
as Tetsuo Shimura
Confession
1956
Seishun wo warera ni
1956
as Takai
This Is Home
1956
Ofukuro
1955
The Doctor
1955
Tsukiyo no kasa
1955
Policeman's Diary
1955
as Patrolman Yabuta
The Maid's Kid
1955
His Highness Surabaya
1955
as Applied Atomic Energy Research Institute Worker with a Tohoku Accent
My Pistol Is Quick
1954
as Airplane Passenger
Women's House
1954
as Okada (employee of Inogawa's company)
The Black Current
1954
as Newspaper Reporter