Joe Shishido
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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Movies (240)
Twist & Shoot: Mister Suzuki
2026 · Self (archive footage)
The Final Judgement
2012 · Lao Porto
Mobile Detectives: The Movie 3
2011
A Night in Nude: Salvation
2010 · Naoki Yamagami
The Code
2009 · Detective 500
Switching – Goodbye Me
2007 · Yoshinosuke Yoshida
Kisaragi
2007 · Ooiso Long Beach Host
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 · 500
Shin Japan's Don 6
2005
Proud Ambition 3
2005
Flower & Snake II
2005 · Takayoshi Tooyama
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 · Ace no Jo
Shibuya Midnight War Dark Street
2001
Debt King Part VII: Millennium
2000
Heisei Kin'yudo: Muruhi no Onna
2000
Hometown
1999
To Love
1997 · Chinen
Remembering the Cosmos Flower
1997
The Trap
1996 · Jo Shishido
Fukushu no Teio
1995 · Kazunari Inaba
The Stairway to the Distant Past
1995 · Jo Shishido
Tough Cop 2 - HEART CRASH
1995
Turning Point
1994 · Hashizume
The Most Terrible Time in My Life
1994 · Joe
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 · Joe of Aces
8 Man - For All Lonely Nights
1992 · Dr. Tani
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 · Junichi Mizuta
The Killers
1991
Run the Beast
1990
Codename 348 Female Detective Sashiba
1990
Neo Chinpira: Zoom Goes the Bullet
1990 · Junichi Mizuta
Nozomi Witches
1990 · Ryotaro's father
You'll Fall For Me
1989
Red Crow and the Ghost Ship
1989 · Captain
This Heartbeat
1988
Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis
1988 · Tokuji Hayakawa, Noritsugu Hayakawa
Star Force: Fugitive Alien II
1987 · Captain Joe
Fugitive Alien
1987 · Captain Joe
The Beauty in the Black Mask
1987 · Takeo Sato
Leave My Girl Alone
1986 · Bar Owner
Bound for the Fields, the Mountains, and the Seacoast
1986 · School Principal
Katayoku dake no tenshi
1986
Take It Easy
1986
I'm All Yours
1985 · Priest
Caribe: Symphony of Love
1985 · Shunsuke Saichu
Yakyuukyou no Uta
1985
Again
1984
Sukanpin Walk
1984 · Tatsuya Sekikawa
Our Wedding
1983
I Are You, You Am Me
1982 · Kouzou Saitoh
Fossilized Wilderness
1982
Edo Porn
1981 · Jyuppensha Ikku
Blue Jeans Memory
1981
The First Catch
1980
Nurse's Husband
1980
Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron
1978 · Tominoichi
Black Jack: The Visitor in the Eye
1977 · Black Jack
High Seas Hijack
1977 · Chief Engineer Kosai
Gambling Code and Feuds
1977 · Katsuya Sekikawa
Ore no sora
1977 · Genjiro Yasuda
A Tale of Sorrow and Sadness
1977 · Cop
The Alaska Story
1977 · George Oshima
The Sea of Genkai
1976 · Sawaki
Conflagration
1975 · Chief Engineer Kosai
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1
1974 · Hachiro Tachibana
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode
1974 · Katsutoshi Otomo
Center of Tokyo
1974 · Hyodo
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 · Yasuoka
Monk's Paradise
1971
Blood for Blood
1971 · Naoto Tezuka
Okusama wa 18 sai: shinkon kyoshitsu
1971
Go As Messy As Messy Can Be
1971 · Mujitori
A Man's World
1971
New Shameless School
1971 · Gebageba
Shameless School: Tackle Kiss
1970 · Macaroni
New Prison Walls of Abashiri: High Stakes at Abashiri
1970
Shameless School: Health Check in the Nude
1970 · Macaroni
Charming Men
1970 · Kobe Saburo
Kikeki: onna mo tsurai wa
1970
Shameless School
1970 · Macaroni
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 · Seiji Okitsu
Chivalrous Pride
1969
Ex Convict: Sword Storm
1969
The Rough One
1969 · Imano's Bodyguard
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 · Hino
Stardust Wharf
1968
Outlaw's Gold
1967 · 三鬼鉄
The Aftermath of War
1967
My Sweetheart
1967 · President Shishido
The Return of the Filthy Seven
1967
Velvet Hustler
1967
Massacre Gun
1967 · Ryûichi Kuroda
Asia-Pol
1967 · George
Branded to Kill
1967 · Gorô Hanada
Burning Clouds
1967
A Colt is My Passport
1967 · Shuji Kamimura
Asiapol Secret Service
1966 · George Eaton
Your Life
1966
Love Eternal
1966
Love and Desire in the Night Mist
1966
Blood Shed
1966 · Seiji
Cat Girls Gamblers: Abandoned Fangs of Triumph
1966 · Kokichi Yamaguch
The Dragon and the Tiger
1966
The Dragon of Macao
1965 · Aizu
Three Stray Dogs
1965
Murder Unincorporated
1965 · Jiro (Joe of Spades)
Inochi Shirazu no Rokudenashi
1965 · Tornado George / Jouji Tatsumaki
Modern Yakuza: Chivalry
1965
Kenjū burai jō nagare-sha no mure
1965
Quick-Draw Joe: Sand Dune Duel
1964 · Joe of Aces
Tiger of the Sea
1964
Gate of Flesh
1964 · Shintaro Ibuki
Nukî uchi ryuji - kênju no otâ
1964
Jinsei Gekijo
1964
Cruel Gun Story
1964 · Togawa
Tale on Tokai Chivalry
1964
Hell Festival
1963 · Tetsu the Otter
Chivalrous Outlaw
1963
Tale on Kanto Chivalry
1963 · Masa from Kanto
Detective Bureau 2-3: A Man Weak to Money and Women
1963 · Hideo Tajima
Red Shoes and a Good-For-Nothing
1963
Youth of the Beast
1963 · Jôji 'Jo' Mizuno
Notorious Bastard
1963 · Tatsumaki Takeji (Tornado Joe)
Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell, Bastards!
1963 · Hideo Tajima
Traces of Lead
1962
Danger Pays
1962 · Jôji Kondô
Glass-Hearted Johnny
1962 · Jô
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 · Joji Dan
Gun of Nosappu
1961
The Crimson Plains
1961 · Joji Sakuma
Gambler in the Sea
1961
Joe of Aces: Give and Take
1961 · Eiji Yano (Joe of Aces)
Quick Draw Joe
1961 · Joe the Ace
Joe of Aces: Gambling for a Living
1961 · Eiji Yano (Joe of Aces)
Pacific Porters
1961
The Rambler under the Southern Cross
1961
Tales of a Gunman: The Man Without Tomorrow
1960 · Jo of the Colt
The Wild, Unruly Drifter
1960
The Rambler Rides Again
1960
The Rambler on a Pearl Farm
1960
The Man with a Sinister Laugh
1960 · Ken
The Rambler in the Sunset
1960
Volcano Wind
1960
The Gun Like Lightning
1960 · Goro
Return of the Vagabond
1960
The Drifter from the Sea
1960
Ryuji, the Gun Slinger
1960 · Gin of the Colt
The Cards Will Tell
1960
The Guitarist and the Rancher
1960
Mighty Rules
1959
Who is in the Background?
1959
The Rambling Guitarist
1959 · George
The Human Cyclone
1959 · Masa
Crime Reporter
1959 · Fujimoto
Merciless Bullet
1959 · Yukie's lover
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 · Hamazaki
Taiyō o buchi otose
1958
The Boy Who Came Back
1958 · Kajita
死の壁の脱出
1958 · Jiro Asaoka
Rusty Knife
1958 · Shimabara
Breasts and Bullets
1958
The Naked Woman and the Gun
1957
Small Rats of the Edo Town
1957 · Hidematsu
Temptation
1957 · Goro Yasui
The Champion
1957 · Boxer Ishiyama
Muhō Ichidai
1957
Kawakami Tetsuji, No. 16
1957 · Masaki Yoshihara
Frankie the Milkman
1956 · Zenkichi Matsubara
Kingorô no omawari-san
1956
Kanshō fujin
1956
Shiawase wa doko ni
1956 · Tetsuo Shimura
The Happy Dancers
1956
This Is Home
1956
Seishun wo warera ni
1956 · Takai
Confession
1956
Called to the Stand
1956 · Hotta
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 · Patrolman Yabuta
His Highness Surabaya
1955 · Applied Atomic Energy Research Institute Worker with a Tohoku Accent
My Pistol Is Quick
1954 · Airplane Passenger
Women's House
1954 · Okada (employee of Inogawa's company)
The Black Current
1954 · Newspaper Reporter
TV shows (14)
Detective Office 5: Another Story
2005 · Chief 500
San-ban Tēburu no Kyaku
1996
The Files of the Young Kindaichi
1995 · Fujio Tashiro
Kimi no na wa
1991 · 角倉勘次
Pro Hunter
1981 · 菊島雄三
Hashire! Nekketsu Keiji
1980
Necchu Jidai: Keiji Hen
1979
Prime Minister of Yuhigaoka
1978
Star Wolf
1978 · Captain Joe
Dazzling Cops
1977
Big City: Days of Struggle
1976
Wind, Clouds, and Rainbow
1976 · Gendō
Blitz!! Strada 5
1974 · Takamura Terujiro / Jupiter
Key Hunter
1968