Joe Shishido
Acting·December 6, 1933·† January 18, 2020 — 86 years old·Kita, Osaka, Japan
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
Branded to Kill
1967·7.2
Youth of the Beast
1963·6.9
Gate of Flesh
1964·6.6
A Colt Is My Passport
1967·7.1
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode
1974·7.2
Edo Porn
1981·6.0
Flower & Snake II
2005·6.5
Kisaragi
2007·6.9
Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell, Bastards!
1963·6.5
Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis
1988·6.3
Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron
1978·6.1
Cruel Gun Story
1964·6.6
Filmography · 250
—Twist & Shoot: Mister SuzukiSelf (archive footage)2012The Final JudgementLao Porto2011Mobile Detectives: The Movie 32010A Night In Nude: SalvationNaoki Yamagami2009The CodeDetective 5002007Switching – Goodbye MeYoshinosuke Yoshida2007KisaragiOoiso Long Beach Host2007Mobile Detectives: The Movie 22006Proud Ambition 52006Proud Ambition 42006Proud Ambition 22006Proud Ambition2006A Surgeon Named Hitman2005Detective Office 55002005Detective Office 5: Another StoryTVChief 5002005Shin Japan's Don 62005Proud Ambition 32005Flower & Snake II2005Shin Japan's Don 52005Shin Japan's Don 42004Alumni Association2004Shin Japan's Don 2: Ruthless2004Shin Japan's Don: Waves2002Yakuza Jihad2001Drowning FishAce no Jo2001Shibuya Midnight War Dark Street2000Debt King Part VII: Millennium1999Hometown1997To LoveChinen1997Remembering the Cosmos Flower1996The TrapJo Shishido1995Fukushu no TeioKazunari Inaba1995The Files of the Young KindaichiTVFujio Tashiro1995The Stairway to the Distant PastJo Shishido1995Tough Cop 2 - HEART CRASH1994Turning PointHashizume1994The Most Terrible Time in My LifeJoe1994Mahjong Demon 3: Extraterritorial Mahjong1994Tough Cop - Ginza Police1993Bored Hatamoto: Letter of Death1993JACK KNIFE Wolves' Bet1992The Setting Sun1992The GamblerJoe of Aces19928 Man - For All Lonely NightsDr. Tani1991Danger Point: The Road to Hell1991The Notorious Bored Samurai 61991God's Pinch Hitter1991Neo Chinpira 2: Zoom Goes the BulletJunichi Mizuta1991Kimi no na waTV角倉勘次1991The Killers1990Run the Beast1990Codename 348 Female Detective Sashiba1990Neo Chinpira: Zoom Goes the BulletJunichi Mizuta1990Nozomi WitchesRyotaro's father1989You'll Fall For Me1989Red Crow and the Ghost ShipCaptain1988This Heartbeat1988Tokyo: The Last MegalopolisTokuji Hayakawa · Noritsugu Hayakawa1987Star Force: Fugitive Alien IICaptain Joe1987Fugitive AlienCaptain Joe1987The Beauty in the Black MaskTakeo Sato1986Leave My Girl AloneBar Owner1986Bound for the Fields, the Mountains, and the SeacoastSchool Principal1986Katayoku dake no tenshi1986Take It Easy1985I'm All YoursPriest1985Caribe: Symphony of LoveShunsuke Saichu1985Yakyuukyou no Uta1984Again1984Sukanpin WalkTatsuya Sekikawa1983Our Wedding1982I Are You, You Am MeKouzou Saitoh1982Fossilized Wilderness1981Edo PornJyuppensha Ikku1981Blue Jeans Memory1981Pro HunterTV菊島雄三1980The First Catch1980Hashire! Nekketsu KeijiTV1980Nurse's Husband1979Necchu Jidai: Keiji HenTV1978Prime Minister of YuhigaokaTV1978Bandits vs. Samurai SquadronTominoichi1978Star WolfTVCaptain Joe1977Black Jack: The Visitor in the EyeBlack Jack1977High Seas HijackChief Engineer Kosai1977Gambling Code and FeudsKatsuya Sekikawa1977Ore no soraGenjiro Yasuda1977A Tale of Sorrow and SadnessCop1977Dazzling CopsTV1977The Alaska Story1976Big City: Days of StruggleTV1976The Sea of GenkaiSawaki1976Wind, Clouds, and RainbowTVGendō1975ConflagrationChief Engineer Kosai1974New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1Hachiro Tachibana1974Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final EpisodeKatsutoshi Otomo1974Center of TokyoHyodo1974Blitz!! Strada 5TVTakamura Terujiro / Jupiter1973The Hard Core Criminal1973None But the Brave1973Kigeki: koko kara hajimaru monogatari1972New Abashiri Prison Story: Honor and Humanity, Ammunition That Attracts the Storm1972New Hoodlum Soldier Story: Firing Line1972The Witty Samurai1971Bad Girl MakoYasuoka1971Monk's Paradise1971Blood for BloodNaoto Tezuka1971Okusama wa 18 sai: shinkon kyoshitsu1971Go As Messy As Messy Can BeMujitori1971A Man's World1971New Shameless SchoolGebageba1970Shameless School: Tackle KissMacaroni1970New Prison Walls of Abashiri: High Stakes at Abashiri1970Shameless School: Health Check in the NudeMacaroni1970Charming MenKobe Saburo1970Kikeki: onna mo tsurai wa1970Shameless SchoolMacaroni1970A Hoodlum At The Risk Of His Life1970Greatest Boss of Japan1970Profile of a Boss' Son1969The Cleanup1969Biographies of Killers1969Thirteen Times a LoserSeiji Okitsu1969Chivalrous Pride1969Ex Convict: Sword Storm1969The Rough OneImano's Bodyguard1969100 Gamblers1969Yabanjin no Nekutai1969Yakuza Wanderer: Villainous Livelihood1969Exiled to Hell1969Women of the Night - Butterfly Flower1968魔性の女1968RetaliationHino1968Stardust Wharf1967Outlaw's Gold三鬼鉄1967The Aftermath of War1967My SweetheartPresident Shishido1967The Return of the Filthy Seven1967Velvet Hustler1967Massacre GunRyûichi Kuroda1967Asia-PolGeorge1967Branded to KillGorô Hanada1967Burning Clouds1967A Colt Is My PassportShuji Kamimura1966Asiapol Secret ServiceGeorge Eaton1966Your Life1966Love Eternal1966Love and Desire in the Night Mist1966Blood ShedSeiji1966Cat Girls Gamblers: Abandoned Fangs of TriumphKokichi Yamaguch1966The Dragon and the Tiger1965The Dragon of MacaoAizu1965Three Stray Dogs1965Murder UnincorporatedJiro (Joe of Spades)1965Inochi Shirazu no RokudenashiTornado George / Jouji Tatsumaki1965Modern Yakuza: Chivalry1965Kenjū burai jō nagare-sha no mure1964Quick-Draw Joe: Sand Dune DuelJoe of Aces1964Tiger of the Sea1964Gate of FleshShintaro Ibuki1964Nukî uchi ryuji - kênju no otâ1964Jinsei Gekijo1964Cruel Gun StoryTogawa1964Tale on Tokai Chivalry1963Hell FestivalTetsu the Otter1963Chivalrous Outlaw1963Tale on Kanto ChivalryMasa from Kanto1963Detective Bureau 2-3: A Man Weak to Money and WomenHideo Tajima1963Akai ka to Rokudenashi1963Youth of the BeastJôji 'Jo' Mizuno1963Notorious BastardTatsumaki Takeji (Tornado Joe)1963Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell, Bastards!Hideo Tajima1962Traces of Lead1962Danger PaysJôji Kondô1962Glass-Hearted JohnnyJô1962Jūdan no arashi1962Last Round1962Solo Traveler1962The Frozen Plains1962Nuki uchi fūraibō1962Kimagure tosei1962Mexico Drifter1961Quick Draw Outlaw: Man of the Great Plains1961Crimson Pistol1961I'll End in HellJoji Dan1961Gun of Nosappu1961The Crimson PlainsJoji Sakuma1961Gambler in the Sea1961Joe of Aces: Give and TakeEiji Yano (Joe of Aces)1961Quick Draw JoeJoe the Ace1961Joe of Aces: Gambling for a LivingEiji Yano (Joe of Aces)1961Pacific Porters1961The Rambler under the Southern Cross1960Tales of a Gunman: The Man Without TomorrowJo of the Colt1960The Angry Rambler1960The Rambler Rides Again1960The Rambler on a Pearl Farm1960The Man with a Sinister LaughKen1960The Rambler in the Sunset1960Wind of Volcano1960The Gun Like LightningGoro1960Return of the Vagabond1960The Guitarist from the Sea1960Ryuji, the Gun SlingerGin of the Colt1960The Cards Will Tell1960The Guitarist and the Rancher1959Mighty Rules1959Who is in the Background?1959The Rambling GuitaristGeorge1959The Human CycloneMasa1959Crime ReporterFujimoto1959Merciless BulletYukie's lover1959Tokyo no Kodoku1959Machi ga nemuru toki1959Gun Number Zero1959Wounded Beast1959We Live Today1959Zattō ni hikarume1958Orera wa nagashi no ninkisha1958Voice Without a ShadowHamazaki1958Taiyō o buchi otose1958The Boy Who Came BackKajita1958死の壁の脱出Jiro Asaoka1958Rusty KnifeShimabara1958Breasts and Bullets1957The Naked Woman and the Gun1957Small Rats of the Edo TownHidematsu1957TemptationGoro Yasui1957The ChampionBoxer Ishiyama1957Muhō Ichidai1957Kawakami Tetsuji, No. 16Masaki Yoshihara1956Frankie the MilkmanZenkichi Matsubara1956Kingorô no omawari-san1956Kanshō fujin1956Shiawase wa doko niTetsuo Shimura1956The Happy Dancers1956This Is Home1956Seishun wo warera niTakai1956Confession1956Called to the Stand1956Cell No. 81955The Doctor1955Tsukiyo no kasa1955The Maid's Kid1955Ofukuro1955Policeman's DiaryPatrolman Yabuta1955His Highness SurabayaApplied Atomic Energy Research Institute Worker with a Tohoku Accent1954My Pistol Is QuickAirplane Passenger1954Women's HouseOkada (employee of Inogawa's company)1954The Black CurrentNewspaper Reporter