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Joe Shishido

Actor

Joe Shishido

Born December 6, 1933 in Kita, Osaka, JapanDied January 18, 2020239 films

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).

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Branded to Kill posterFirst watchBranded to Kill19677.2as Gorô HanadaAfter botching his latest assignment, a third-ranked Japanese hit man becomes the target of another assassin.View film

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Youth of the Beast poster6.9Youth of the Beast1963A Colt is My Passport poster7.1A Colt is My Passport1967Gate of Flesh poster6.6Gate of Flesh1964

Filmography

239 films as actor
  1. 2012The Final JudgementLao Porto
  2. 2011Mobile Detectives: The Movie 3
  3. 2010A Night in Nude: SalvationNaoki Yamagami
  4. 2009The CodeDetective 500
  5. 2007Switching – Goodbye MeYoshinosuke Yoshida
  6. 2007KisaragiOoiso Long Beach Host
  7. 2007Mobile Detectives: The Movie 2
  8. 2006Proud Ambition 5
  9. 2006Proud Ambition 4
  10. 2006Proud Ambition 2
  11. 2006Proud Ambition
  12. 2006A Surgeon Named Hitman
  13. 2005Detective Office 5500
  14. 2005Shin Japan's Don 6
  15. 2005Proud Ambition 3
  16. 2005Flower & Snake IITakayoshi Tooyama
  17. 2005Shin Japan's Don 5
  18. 2005Shin Japan's Don 4
  19. 2004Class Reunion
  20. 2004Shin Japan's Don 2: Ruthless
  21. 2004Shin Japan's Don: Waves
  22. 2002Yakuza Jihad
  23. 2001Drowning FishAce no Jo
  24. 2001Shibuya Midnight War Dark Street
  25. 2000Debt King Part VII: Millennium
  26. 2000Heisei Kin'yudo: Muruhi no Onna
  27. 1999Hometown
  28. 1997To LoveChinen
  29. 1997Remembering the Cosmos Flower
  30. 1996The TrapJo Shishido
  31. 1995Fukushu no TeioKazunari Inaba
  32. 1995The Stairway to the Distant PastJo Shishido
  33. 1995Tough Cop 2 - HEART CRASH
  34. 1994Turning PointHashizume
  35. 1994The Most Terrible Time in My LifeJoe
  36. 1994Mahjong Demon 3: Extraterritorial Mahjong
  37. 1994Tough Cop - Ginza Police
  38. 1993Bored Hatamoto: Letter of Death
  39. 1993JACK KNIFE Wolves' Bet
  40. 1992The Setting Sun
  41. 1992The GamblerJoe of Aces
  42. 19928 Man - For All Lonely NightsDr. Tani
  43. 1991Danger Point: The Road to Hell
  44. 1991The Notorious Bored Samurai 6
  45. 1991God's Pinch Hitter
  46. 1991Neo Chinpira 2: Zoom Goes the BulletJunichi Mizuta
  47. 1991The Killers
  48. 1990Run the Beast
  49. 1990Codename 348 Female Detective Sashiba
  50. 1990Neo Chinpira: Zoom Goes the BulletJunichi Mizuta
  51. 1990Nozomi WitchesRyotaro's father
  52. 1989You'll Fall For Me
  53. 1989Red Crow and the Ghost ShipCaptain
  54. 1988This Heartbeat
  55. 1988Tokyo: The Last MegalopolisTokuji Hayakawa
  56. 1987Star Force: Fugitive Alien IICaptain Joe
  57. 1987Fugitive AlienCaptain Joe
  58. 1987The Beauty in the Black MaskTakeo Sato
  59. 1986Leave My Girl AloneBar Owner
  60. 1986Bound for the Fields, the Mountains, and the SeacoastSchool Principal
  61. 1986Katayoku dake no tenshi
  62. 1986Take It Easy
  63. 1985I'm All YoursPriest
  64. 1985Caribe: Symphony of LoveShunsuke Saichu
  65. 1985Yakyuukyou no Uta
  66. 1984Again
  67. 1984Sukanpin WalkTatsuya Sekikawa
  68. 1983Our Wedding
  69. 1982I Are You, You Am MeKouzou Saitoh
  70. 1982Fossilized Wilderness
  71. 1981Edo PornJyuppensha Ikku
  72. 1981Blue Jeans Memory
  73. 1980The First Catch
  74. 1980Nurse's Husband
  75. 1978Bandits vs. Samurai SquadronTominoichi
  76. 1977Black Jack: The Visitor in the EyeBlack Jack
  77. 1977High Seas HijackChief Engineer Kosai
  78. 1977Gambling Code and FeudsKatsuya Sekikawa
  79. 1977Ore no soraGenjiro Yasuda
  80. 1977A Tale of Sorrow and SadnessCop
  81. 1977The Alaska StoryGeorge Oshima
  82. 1976The Sea of GenkaiSawaki
  83. 1975ConflagrationChief Engineer Kosai
  84. 1974New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1Hachiro Tachibana
  85. 1974Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final EpisodeKatsutoshi Otomo
  86. 1974Center of TokyoHyodo
  87. 1973The Hard Core Criminal
  88. 1973None But the Brave
  89. 1973Kigeki: koko kara hajimaru monogatari
  90. 1972New Abashiri Prison Story: Honor and Humanity, Ammunition That Attracts the Storm
  91. 1972New Hoodlum Soldier Story: Firing Line
  92. 1972The Witty Samurai
  93. 1971Bad Girl MakoYasuoka
  94. 1971Monk's Paradise
  95. 1971Blood for BloodNaoto Tezuka
  96. 1971Okusama wa 18 sai: shinkon kyoshitsu
  97. 1971Go As Messy As Messy Can BeMujitori
  98. 1971A Man's World
  99. 1971New Shameless SchoolGebageba
  100. 1970Shameless School: Tackle KissMacaroni
  101. 1970New Prison Walls of Abashiri: High Stakes at Abashiri
  102. 1970Shameless School: Health Check in the NudeMacaroni
  103. 1970Charming MenKobe Saburo
  104. 1970Kikeki: onna mo tsurai wa
  105. 1970Shameless SchoolMacaroni
  106. 1970A Hoodlum At The Risk Of His Life
  107. 1970Greatest Boss of Japan
  108. 1970Profile of a Boss' Son
  109. 1969The Cleanup
  110. 1969Biographies of Killers
  111. 1969Thirteen Times a LoserSeiji Okitsu
  112. 1969Chivalrous Pride
  113. 1969Ex Convict: Sword Storm
  114. 1969The Rough OneImano's Bodyguard
  115. 1969100 Gamblers
  116. 1969Yabanjin no Nekutai
  117. 1969Yakuza Wanderer: Villainous Livelihood
  118. 1969Exiled to Hell
  119. 1969Women of the Night - Butterfly Flower
  120. 1968魔性の女