Joe Shishido
Acting1933Kita, Osaka, Japan
Biography
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
Acting History
2012
The Final Judgement
as Lao Porto
2010
A Night In Nude: Salvation
as Naoki Yamagami
2009
The Code
as Detective 500
2007
Switching – Goodbye Me
as Yoshinosuke Yoshida
Kisaragi
as Ooiso Long Beach Host
2002
2001
Drowning Fish
as Ace no Jo
The Files of the Young Kindaichi
TVas Fujio Tashiro• 2 eps
1999
1997
To Love
as Chinen
1996
The Trap
as Jo Shishido
1995
Fukushu no Teio
as Kazunari Inaba
The Stairway to the Distant Past
as Jo Shishido
1994
1992
1990
Nozomi Witches
as Ryotaro's father
Neo Chinpira: Zoom Goes the Bullet
as Junichi Mizuta
1989
1988
Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis
as Noritsugu Hayakawa
1987
Star Force: Fugitive Alien II
as Captain Joe
Fugitive Alien
as Captain Joe
1986
Leave My Girl Alone
as Bar Owner
Bound for the Fields, the Mountains, and the Seacoast
as School Principal
1985
1984
Sukanpin Walk
as Tatsuya Sekikawa
1983
1982
I Are You, You Am Me
as Kouzou Saitoh
1981
1978
1977
Gambling Code and Feuds
as Katsuya Sekikawa
Black Jack: The Visitor in the Eye
as Black Jack
Ore no sora
as Genjiro Yasuda
High Seas Hijack
as Chief Engineer Kosai
1976
1975
Conflagration
as Chief Engineer Kosai
1974
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode
as Katsutoshi Otomo
Center of Tokyo
as Hyodo
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1
as Hachiro Tachibana
Blitz!! Strada 5
TVas Takamura Terujiro / Jupiter
1971
New Shameless School
as Gebageba
Go As Messy As Messy Can Be
as Mujitori
Bad Girl Mako
as Yasuoka
Blood for Blood
as Naoto Tezuka
1970
Charming Men
as Kobe Saburo
Shameless School: Tackle Kiss
as Macaroni
Shameless School
as Macaroni
Shameless School: Health Check in the Nude
as Macaroni
1968
1967
Outlaw's Gold
as 三鬼鉄
My Sweetheart
as President Shishido
A Colt Is My Passport
as Shuji Kamimura
Massacre Gun
as Ryûichi Kuroda
Asia-Pol
as George
Branded to Kill
as Gorô Hanada
1966
Asiapol Secret Service
as George Eaton
Blood Shed
as Seiji
Cat Girls Gamblers: Abandoned Fangs of Triumph
as Kokichi Yamaguch
1964
1963
Tale on Kanto Chivalry
as Masa from Kanto
Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell, Bastards!
as Hideo Tajima
Youth of the Beast
as Jôji 'Jo' Mizuno
Notorious Bastard
as Tatsumaki Takeji (Tornado Joe)
Detective Bureau 2-3: A Man Weak to Money and Women
as Hideo Tajima
1961
I'll End in Hell
as Joji Dan
Joe of Aces: Gambling for a Living
as Eiji Yano (Joe of Aces)
Joe of Aces: Give and Take
as Eiji Yano (Joe of Aces)
The Crimson Plains
as Joji Sakuma
Quick Draw Joe
as Joe the Ace
1960
Ryuji, the Gun Slinger
as Gin of the Colt
Tales of a Gunman: The Man Without Tomorrow
as Jo of the Colt
The Gun Like Lightning
as Goro
1957
Small Rats of the Edo Town
as Hidematsu
Temptation
as Goro Yasui
The Champion
as Boxer Ishiyama
Kawakami Tetsuji, No. 16
as Masaki Yoshihara
1956
Shiawase wa doko ni
as Tetsuo Shimura
Frankie the Milkman
as Zenkichi Matsubara
Seishun wo warera ni
as Takai
1955
Policeman's Diary
as Patrolman Yabuta
His Highness Surabaya
as Applied Atomic Energy Research Institute Worker with a Tohoku Accent