Acting
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).
Filmography
Twist & Shoot: Mister Suzuki
Film · 2026
The Final Judgement
Film · 2012
Mobile Detectives: The Movie 3
Film · 2011
A Night in Nude: Salvation
Film · 2010
The Code
Film · 2009
Mobile Detectives: The Movie 2
Film · 2007
Kisaragi
Film · 2007
Switching – Goodbye Me
Film · 2007
A Surgeon Named Hitman
Film · 2006
Proud Ambition 2
Film · 2006
Proud Ambition
Film · 2006
Proud Ambition 4
Film · 2006
Proud Ambition 5
Film · 2006
Detective Office 5
Film · 2005
Flower & Snake II
Film · 2005
Proud Ambition 3
Film · 2005
Shin Japan's Don 4
Film · 2005
Shin Japan's Don 5
Film · 2005
Shin Japan's Don 6
Film · 2005
Detective Office 5: Another Story
Series · 2005
Detective Office 5: Another Story
Series · 2005
Class Reunion
Film · 2004
Shin Japan's Don: Waves
Film · 2004
Shin Japan's Don 2: Ruthless
Film · 2004
Yakuza Jihad
Film · 2002
Drowning Fish
Film · 2001
Shibuya Midnight War Dark Street
Film · 2001
Debt King Part VII: Millennium
Film · 2000
Heisei Kin'yudo: Muruhi no Onna
Film · 2000
Hometown
Film · 1999
To Love
Film · 1997
Remembering the Cosmos Flower
Film · 1997
The Trap
Film · 1996
The Stairway to the Distant Past
Film · 1995
Fukushu no Teio
Film · 1995
Tough Cop 2 - HEART CRASH
Film · 1995
The Files of the Young Kindaichi
Series · 1995
The Most Terrible Time in My Life
Film · 1994
Turning Point
Film · 1994
Mahjong Demon 3: Extraterritorial Mahjong
Film · 1994
Tough Cop - Ginza Police
Film · 1994
JACK KNIFE Wolves' Bet
Film · 1993
Bored Hatamoto: Letter of Death
Film · 1993
The Setting Sun
Film · 1992
8 Man - For All Lonely Nights
Film · 1992
The Gambler
Film · 1992
The Killers
Film · 1991
God's Pinch Hitter
Film · 1991
The Notorious Bored Samurai 6
Film · 1991
Neo Chinpira 2: Zoom Goes the Bullet
Film · 1991
Danger Point: The Road to Hell
Film · 1991
Kimi no na wa
Series · 1991
Codename 348 Female Detective Sashiba
Film · 1990
Run the Beast
Film · 1990
Nozomi Witches
Film · 1990
Neo Chinpira: Zoom Goes the Bullet
Film · 1990
Red Crow and the Ghost Ship
Film · 1989
You'll Fall For Me
Film · 1989
Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis
Film · 1988
Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis
Film · 1988
This Heartbeat
Film · 1988
Fugitive Alien
Film · 1987
Star Force: Fugitive Alien II
Film · 1987
The Beauty in the Black Mask
Film · 1987
Bound for the Fields, the Mountains, and the Seacoast
Film · 1986
Leave My Girl Alone
Film · 1986
Take It Easy
Film · 1986
Katayoku dake no tenshi
Film · 1986
I'm All Yours
Film · 1985
Caribe: Symphony of Love
Film · 1985
Yakyuukyou no Uta
Film · 1985
Sukanpin Walk
Film · 1984
Again
Film · 1984
Our Wedding
Film · 1983
I Are You, You Am Me
Film · 1982
Fossilized Wilderness
Film · 1982
Edo Porn
Film · 1981
Blue Jeans Memory
Film · 1981
Pro Hunter
Series · 1981
Nurse's Husband
Film · 1980
The First Catch
Film · 1980
Hashire! Nekketsu Keiji
Series · 1980
Necchu Jidai: Keiji Hen
Series · 1979
Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron
Film · 1978
Star Wolf
Series · 1978
Prime Minister of Yuhigaoka
Series · 1978
The Alaska Story
Film · 1977
A Tale of Sorrow and Sadness
Film · 1977
Black Jack: The Visitor in the Eye
Film · 1977
High Seas Hijack
Film · 1977
Ore no sora
Film · 1977
Gambling Code and Feuds
Film · 1977
Dazzling Cops
Series · 1977
The Sea of Genkai
Film · 1976
Wind, Clouds, and Rainbow
Series · 1976
Big City: Days of Struggle
Series · 1976
Conflagration
Film · 1975
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1
Film · 1974
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode
Film · 1974
Center of Tokyo
Film · 1974
Blitz!! Strada 5
Series · 1974
None But the Brave
Film · 1973
Kigeki: koko kara hajimaru monogatari
Film · 1973
The Hard Core Criminal
Film · 1973
New Hoodlum Soldier Story: Firing Line
Film · 1972
New Abashiri Prison Story: Honor and Humanity, Ammunition That Attracts the Storm
Film · 1972
The Witty Samurai
Film · 1972
Bad Girl Mako
Film · 1971
Go As Messy As Messy Can Be
Film · 1971
New Shameless School
Film · 1971
Okusama wa 18 sai: shinkon kyoshitsu
Film · 1971
A Man's World
Film · 1971
Blood for Blood
Film · 1971
Monk's Paradise
Film · 1971
Greatest Boss of Japan
Film · 1970
Profile of a Boss' Son
Film · 1970
Charming Men
Film · 1970
Shameless School: Health Check in the Nude
Film · 1970
Shameless School: Tackle Kiss
Film · 1970
Shameless School
Film · 1970
New Prison Walls of Abashiri: High Stakes at Abashiri
Film · 1970
A Hoodlum At The Risk Of His Life
Film · 1970
Kikeki: onna mo tsurai wa
Film · 1970
The Cleanup
Film · 1969
100 Gamblers
Film · 1969
Exiled to Hell
Film · 1969
Yabanjin no Nekutai
Film · 1969
Women of the Night - Butterfly Flower
Film · 1969
Chivalrous Pride
Film · 1969
The Rough One
Film · 1969
Yakuza Wanderer: Villainous Livelihood
Film · 1969
Biographies of Killers
Film · 1969
Ex Convict: Sword Storm
Film · 1969
Thirteen Times a Loser
Film · 1969
Retaliation
Film · 1968
魔性の女
Film · 1968
Stardust Wharf
Film · 1968
Key Hunter
Series · 1968
A Colt is My Passport
Film · 1967
Branded to Kill
Film · 1967
Velvet Hustler
Film · 1967
Massacre Gun
Film · 1967
The Aftermath of War
Film · 1967
Asia-Pol
Film · 1967
The Return of the Filthy Seven
Film · 1967
My Sweetheart
Film · 1967
Burning Clouds
Film · 1967
Outlaw's Gold
Film · 1967
Love Eternal
Film · 1966
Your Life
Film · 1966
Asiapol Secret Service
Film · 1966
Love and Desire in the Night Mist
Film · 1966
The Dragon and the Tiger
Film · 1966
Cat Girls Gamblers: Abandoned Fangs of Triumph
Film · 1966
Blood Shed
Film · 1966
Murder Unincorporated
Film · 1965
The Dragon of Macao
Film · 1965
Inochi Shirazu no Rokudenashi
Film · 1965
Kenjū burai jō nagare-sha no mure
Film · 1965
Modern Yakuza: Chivalry
Film · 1965
Three Stray Dogs
Film · 1965
Tale on Tokai Chivalry
Film · 1964
Cruel Gun Story
Film · 1964
Quick-Draw Joe: Sand Dune Duel
Film · 1964
Gate of Flesh
Film · 1964
Tiger of the Sea
Film · 1964
Jinsei Gekijo
Film · 1964
Nukî uchi ryuji - kênju no otâ
Film · 1964
Notorious Bastard
Film · 1963
Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell, Bastards!
Film · 1963
Youth of the Beast
Film · 1963
Detective Bureau 2-3: A Man Weak to Money and Women
Film · 1963
Red Shoes and a Good-For-Nothing
Film · 1963
Hell Festival
Film · 1963
Tale on Kanto Chivalry
Film · 1963
Chivalrous Outlaw
Film · 1963
Kimagure tosei
Film · 1962
Nuki uchi fūraibō
Film · 1962
The Frozen Plains
Film · 1962
Solo Traveler
Film · 1962
Last Round
Film · 1962
Jūdan no arashi
Film · 1962
Traces of Lead
Film · 1962
Glass-Hearted Johnny
Film · 1962
Danger Pays
Film · 1962
Mexico Drifter
Film · 1962
Quick Draw Outlaw: Man of the Great Plains
Film · 1961
Joe of Aces: Give and Take
Film · 1961
I'll End in Hell
Film · 1961
Quick Draw Joe
Film · 1961
The Crimson Plains
Film · 1961
Crimson Pistol
Film · 1961
The Rambler under the Southern Cross
Film · 1961
Joe of Aces: Gambling for a Living
Film · 1961
Gun of Nosappu
Film · 1961
Gambler in the Sea
Film · 1961
Pacific Porters
Film · 1961
The Wild, Unruly Drifter
Film · 1960
Return of the Vagabond
Film · 1960
The Rambler Rides Again
Film · 1960
The Rambler on a Pearl Farm
Film · 1960
The Rambler in the Sunset
Film · 1960
Volcano Wind
Film · 1960
The Drifter from the Sea
Film · 1960
Ryuji, the Gun Slinger
Film · 1960
The Gun Like Lightning
Film · 1960
The Man with a Sinister Laugh
Film · 1960
The Guitarist and the Rancher
Film · 1960
Tales of a Gunman: The Man Without Tomorrow
Film · 1960
The Cards Will Tell
Film · 1960
Zattō ni hikarume
Film · 1959
Who is in the Background?
Film · 1959
The Rambling Guitarist
Film · 1959
Tokyo no Kodoku
Film · 1959
The Human Cyclone
Film · 1959
Wounded Beast
Film · 1959
Gun Number Zero
Film · 1959
Mighty Rules
Film · 1959
Machi ga nemuru toki
Film · 1959
Merciless Bullet
Film · 1959
We Live Today
Film · 1959
Crime Reporter
Film · 1959
Rusty Knife
Film · 1958
Voice Without a Shadow
Film · 1958
The Boy Who Came Back
Film · 1958
Taiyō o buchi otose
Film · 1958
Orera wa nagashi no ninkisha
Film · 1958
Breasts and Bullets
Film · 1958
死の壁の脱出
Film · 1958
Small Rats of the Edo Town
Film · 1957
Kawakami Tetsuji, No. 16
Film · 1957
The Naked Woman and the Gun
Film · 1957
The Champion
Film · 1957
Temptation
Film · 1957
Muhō Ichidai
Film · 1957
Cell No. 8
Film · 1956
Frankie the Milkman
Film · 1956
The Happy Dancers
Film · 1956
Called to the Stand
Film · 1956
Kingorô no omawari-san
Film · 1956
Kanshō fujin
Film · 1956
Shiawase wa doko ni
Film · 1956
Confession
Film · 1956
Seishun wo warera ni
Film · 1956
This Is Home
Film · 1956
Ofukuro
Film · 1955
The Doctor
Film · 1955
Tsukiyo no kasa
Film · 1955
Policeman's Diary
Film · 1955
The Maid's Kid
Film · 1955
His Highness Surabaya
Film · 1955
Women of Ginza
Film · 1955
My Pistol Is Quick
Film · 1954
Women's House
Film · 1954
The Black Current
Film · 1954