Joe Shishido

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Acting

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