Joe Shishido

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1933-12-06 (87 years old)

Deathday

2020-01-18

Place of Birth

Kita, Osaka, Japan

Joe Shishido

Biography

Beloved Japanese actor most recognizable for his intense, eccentric yakuza film roles and his artificially enlarged cheekbones. He has appeared in some 300 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).

Acting

1996

The Trap

as Jo Shishido

1967

A Colt Is My Passport

as Shuji Kamimura

1967

Branded to Kill

as Gorô Hanada

1997

To Love

as Chinen

1961

Joe of Aces: Give and Take

as Eiji Yano (Joe of Aces)

2010

A Night in Nude: Salvation

as Naoki / Yamagami

1958

Rusty Knife

as Shimabara

1964

1963

Notorious Bastard

as Tatsumaki Takeji (Tornado Joe)

1988

Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis

as Tokuji Hayakawa

1964

Gate of Flesh

as Shintaro Ibuki

1981

Edo Porn

as Jyuppensha Ikku

1987

Fugitive Alien

as Captain Joe

1982

I Are You, You Am Me

as Kouzou Saitoh

1971

Bad Girl Mako

as Yasuoka

1967

Massacre Gun

as Ryûichi Kuroda

2012

1963

Youth of the Beast

as Jôji 'Jo' Mizuno

1961

I'll End in Hell

as Joji Dan

1961

Quick Draw Joe

as Joe the Ace

1967

Asia-Pol

as George

1961

The Crimson Plains

as Joji Sakuma

1956

Frankie the Milkman

as Zenkichi Matsubara

1985

Caribe: Symphony of Love

as Shunsuke Saichu

2009

The Code

as Detective 500

1966

Asiapol Secret Service

as George Eaton

2001

Drowning Fish

as Ace no Jo

1968

1958

1975

Conflagration

as Chief Engineer Kosai

1970

Charming Men

as Kobe Saburo

1955

Policeman's Diary

as Patrolman Yabuta

1965

Murder Unincorporated

as Jiro (Joe of Spades)

1962

Danger Pays

as Jôji Kondô

1977

High Seas Hijack

as Chief Engineer Kosai

1977

Ore no sora

as Genjiro Yasuda

1990

Nozomi Witches

as Ryotaro's father

1971

1976

1957

Kawakami Tetsuji, No. 16

as Masaki Yoshihara

1960

Ryuji, the Gun Slinger

as Gin of the Colt

1969

The Rough One

as Imano's Bodyguard

1977

Gambling Code and Feuds

as Katsuya Sekikawa

1967

My Sweetheart

as President Shishido

2007

Kisaragi

as Ooiso Long Beach Host

1966

Blood Shed

as Seiji

1994

Turning Point

as Hashizume

1970

Shameless School

as Macaroni

1986

1984

Sukanpin Walk

as Tatsuya Sekikawa

1956

Shiawase wa doko ni

as Tetsuo Shimura

1957

The Champion

as Boxer Ishiyama

1957

Temptation

as Goro Yasui

1984

1961

Joe of Aces: Gambling for a Living

as Eiji Yano (Joe of Aces)

1992

The Gambler

as Joe of Aces

1995

Fukushu no Teio

as Kazunari Inaba

1959

Merciless Bullet

as Yukie's lover

1988

Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis

as Noritsugu Hayakawa

1974

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