Joe Shishido
Born: 1933-12-06 in 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).
Rated Filmography (117)
Sorted by Score
The Cleanup
1969
Profile of a Boss' Son
1970
The Doctor
1955
The Rambler Rides Again
1960
High Seas Hijack
1977
The Rough One
1969
New Abashiri Prison Story: Honor and Humanity, Ammunition That Attracts the Storm
1972
Seishun wo warera ni
1956
Gun of Nosappu
1961
Pacific Porters
1961
The Black Current
1954
I'll End in Hell
1961
The Return of the Filthy Seven
1967
Charming Men
1970
New Shameless School
1971
Shiawase wa doko ni
1956
A Hoodlum At The Risk Of His Life
1970
Tales of a Gunman: The Man Without Tomorrow
1960
Yakuza Wanderer: Villainous Livelihood
1969
Frankie the Milkman
1956
Our Wedding
1983
The Maid's Kid
1955
The Alaska Story
1977
Called to the Stand
1956
Shameless School: Health Check in the Nude
1970
Ryuji, the Gun Slinger
1960
A Man's World
1971
The Man with a Sinister Laugh
1960
The Dragon of Macao
1965
Shameless School: Tackle Kiss
1970
New Prison Walls of Abashiri: High Stakes at Abashiri
1970
Temptation
1957
Yakuza Jihad
2002
Mexico Drifter
1962
Fossilized Wilderness
1982
Stardust Wharf
1968
Drowning Fish
2001
The Boy Who Came Back
1958
The Most Terrible Time in My Life
1994
The Hard Core Criminal
1973
Leave My Girl Alone
1986
Sukanpin Walk
1984
Danger Point: The Road to Hell
1991
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode
1974
Branded to Kill
1967
Massacre Gun
1967
Asia-Pol
1967
The Stairway to the Distant Past
1995
A Colt Is My Passport
1967
New Hoodlum Soldier Story: Firing Line
1972
100 Gamblers
1969
Ofukuro
1955
Caribe: Symphony of Love
1985
Conflagration
1975
Policeman's Diary
1955
Danger Pays
1962
Red Crow and the Ghost Ship
1989
The Dragon and the Tiger
1966
The Naked Woman and the Gun
1957
Blood for Blood
1971
Gambling Code and Feuds
1977
Monk's Paradise
1971
You'll Fall For Me
1989
Blood Shed
1966
Turning Point
1994
Jinsei Gekijo
1964
魔性の女
1968
Youth of the Beast
1963
Kisaragi
2007
Bound for the Fields, the Mountains, and the Seacoast
1986
The Rambling Guitarist
1959
The Trap
1996
Velvet Hustler
1967
Cruel Gun Story
1964
To Love
1997
The Champion
1957
Gate of Flesh
1964
Switching – Goodbye Me
2007
Neo Chinpira: Zoom Goes the Bullet
1990
Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell, Bastards!
1963
Murder Unincorporated
1965
Flower & Snake II
2005
I Are You, You Am Me
1982
None But the Brave
1973
Cat Girls Gamblers: Abandoned Fangs of Triumph
1966
Voice Without a Shadow
1958
The Code
2009
Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis
1988
Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis
1988
Black Jack: The Visitor in the Eye
1977
Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron
1978
Quick-Draw Joe: Sand Dune Duel
1964
Bad Girl Mako
1971
Asiapol Secret Service
1966
Nozomi Witches
1990
Fukushu no Teio
1995
Women's House
1954
Rusty Knife
1958
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1
1974
Edo Porn
1981
Retaliation
1968
The Sea of Genkai
1976
A Night in Nude: Salvation
2010
A Tale of Sorrow and Sadness
1977
Mobile Detectives: The Movie 2
2007
Remembering the Cosmos Flower
1997
Return of the Vagabond
1960
Shameless School
1970
Mobile Detectives: The Movie 3
2011
The Setting Sun
1992
Star Force: Fugitive Alien II
1987
I'm All Yours
1985
8 Man - For All Lonely Nights
1992
Fugitive Alien
1987
The Guitarist from the Sea
1960
The First Catch
1980
The Final Judgement
2012