Joe Shishido
Acting · Born Dec 6, 1933 · Died Jan 18, 2020 (86) · 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
Films
Twist & Shoot: Mister Suzuki
2026
The Final Judgement
20125.5
Mobile Detectives: The Movie 3
20115.0
A Night in Nude: Salvation
20105.6
The Code
20096.2
Switching – Goodbye Me
20076.6
Kisaragi
20076.9
Mobile Detectives: The Movie 2
20075.0
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
20056.5
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
20028.0
Drowning Fish
20017.7
Shibuya Midnight War Dark Street
2001
Debt King Part VII: Millennium
2000
Heisei Kin'yudo: Muruhi no Onna
2000
Hometown
1999
To Love
19976.7
Remembering the Cosmos Flower
19975.0
The Trap
19966.8
Fukushu no Teio
19956.0
The Stairway to the Distant Past
19957.2
Tough Cop 2 - HEART CRASH
1995
Turning Point
19947.0
The Most Terrible Time in My Life
19947.5
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
19924.8
The Gambler
1992
8 Man - For All Lonely Nights
19924.1
Danger Point: The Road to Hell
19917.5
God's Pinch Hitter
1991
Neo Chinpira 2: Zoom Goes the Bullet
19916.0
The Killers
1991
Run the Beast
1990
Codename 348 Female Detective Sashiba
1990
Neo Chinpira: Zoom Goes the Bullet
19906.5
Nozomi Witches
19906.0
You'll Fall For Me
19897.0
Red Crow and the Ghost Ship
19897.0
This Heartbeat
1988
Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis
19886.1
Star Force: Fugitive Alien II
19874.7
Fugitive Alien
19873.9
The Beauty in the Black Mask
1987
Leave My Girl Alone
19867.5
Bound for the Fields, the Mountains, and the Seacoast
19866.9
Katayoku dake no tenshi
1986
Take It Easy
1986
I'm All Yours
19854.7
Caribe: Symphony of Love
19857.0
Yakyuukyou no Uta
1985
Again
1984
Sukanpin Walk
19847.5
Our Wedding
19838.5
I Are You, You Am Me
19826.4
Fossilized Wilderness
19828.0
Edo Porn
19815.9
Blue Jeans Memory
1981
The First Catch
19803.5
Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron
19786.1
Black Jack: The Visitor in the Eye
19776.2
High Seas Hijack
197710.0
Gambling Code and Feuds
19777.0
Ore no sora
1977
A Tale of Sorrow and Sadness
19775.6
The Alaska Story
19778.0
The Sea of Genkai
19765.8
Conflagration
19757.0
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1
19745.9
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode
19747.2
Center of Tokyo
1974
The Hard Core Criminal
19737.5
None But the Brave
19736.3
Kigeki: koko kara hajimaru monogatari
1973
New Abashiri Prison Story: Honor and Humanity, Ammunition That Attracts the Storm
197210.0
New Hoodlum Soldier Story: Firing Line
19727.1
The Witty Samurai
1972
Bad Girl Mako
19716.0
Monk's Paradise
19717.0
Blood for Blood
19717.0
Okusama wa 18 sai: shinkon kyoshitsu
1971
Go As Messy As Messy Can Be
1971
A Man's World
19718.0
New Shameless School
19719.0
Shameless School: Tackle Kiss
19708.0
New Prison Walls of Abashiri: High Stakes at Abashiri
19708.0
Shameless School: Health Check in the Nude
19708.0
Charming Men
19709.0
Kikeki: onna mo tsurai wa
1970
Shameless School
19705.0
A Hoodlum At The Risk Of His Life
19709.0
Greatest Boss of Japan
1970
Profile of a Boss' Son
197010.0
The Cleanup
196910.0
Biographies of Killers
1969
Thirteen Times a Loser
1969
Chivalrous Pride
1969
Ex Convict: Sword Storm
1969
The Rough One
196910.0
100 Gamblers
19697.0
Yabanjin no Nekutai
1969
Yakuza Wanderer: Villainous Livelihood
19699.0
Exiled to Hell
1969
Women of the Night - Butterfly Flower
1969
魔性の女
19687.0
Retaliation
19685.9
Stardust Wharf
19688.0
Outlaw's Gold
1967
The Aftermath of War
1967
My Sweetheart
1967
The Return of the Filthy Seven
19679.0
Velvet Hustler
19676.8
Massacre Gun
19677.2
Asia-Pol
19677.2
Branded to Kill
19677.2
Burning Clouds
1967
A Colt is My Passport
19677.1
Asiapol Secret Service
19666.0
Your Life
1966
Love Eternal
1966
Love and Desire in the Night Mist
1966
Blood Shed
19667.0
Cat Girls Gamblers: Abandoned Fangs of Triumph
19666.3
The Dragon and the Tiger
19667.0
The Dragon of Macao
19658.0
Three Stray Dogs
1965
Murder Unincorporated
19656.5
Inochi Shirazu no Rokudenashi
1965
Modern Yakuza: Chivalry
1965
Kenjū burai jō nagare-sha no mure
1965
Quick-Draw Joe: Sand Dune Duel
19646.0
Tiger of the Sea
1964
Gate of Flesh
19646.6
Nukî uchi ryuji - kênju no otâ
1964
Jinsei Gekijo
19647.0
Cruel Gun Story
19646.7
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
19636.9
Notorious Bastard
1963
Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell, Bastards!
19636.5
Traces of Lead
1962
Danger Pays
19627.0
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
19628.0
Quick Draw Outlaw: Man of the Great Plains
1961
Crimson Pistol
1961
I'll End in Hell
19619.0
Gun of Nosappu
196110.0
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
196110.0
The Rambler under the Southern Cross
1961
Tales of a Gunman: The Man Without Tomorrow
19609.0
The Wild, Unruly Drifter
1960
The Rambler Rides Again
196010.0
The Rambler on a Pearl Farm
1960
The Man with a Sinister Laugh
19608.0
The Rambler in the Sunset
1960
Volcano Wind
1960
The Gun Like Lightning
1960
Return of the Vagabond
19605.0
The Drifter from the Sea
19603.5
Ryuji, the Gun Slinger
19608.0
The Cards Will Tell
1960
The Guitarist and the Rancher
1960
Mighty Rules
1959
Who is in the Background?
1959
The Rambling Guitarist
19596.9
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
19586.2
Taiyō o buchi otose
1958
The Boy Who Came Back
19587.6
死の壁の脱出
1958
Rusty Knife
19585.9
Breasts and Bullets
1958
The Naked Woman and the Gun
19577.0
Small Rats of the Edo Town
1957
Temptation
19578.0
The Champion
19576.7
Muhō Ichidai
1957
Kawakami Tetsuji, No. 16
1957
Frankie the Milkman
19568.5
Shiawase wa doko ni
19569.0
This Is Home
1956
Seishun wo warera ni
195610.0
Confession
1956
Called to the Stand
19568.0
Cell No. 8
1956
The Doctor
195510.0
Tsukiyo no kasa
1955
The Maid's Kid
19558.3
Ofukuro
19557.0
Women of Ginza
19559.0
Policeman's Diary
19557.0
His Highness Surabaya
1955
My Pistol Is Quick
1954
Women's House
19546.0
The Black Current
195410.0
