Joe Shishido
Born
12/6/1933
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 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).
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 For118 Movies
Flower & Snake II
2005
★6.5
Edo Porn
1981
★6.0
Neo Chinpira: Zoom Goes the Bullet
1990
★6.6
Mobile Detectives: The Movie 3
2011
★5.0
Branded to Kill
1967
★7.2
Gate of Flesh
1964
★6.7
The Trap
1996
★6.8
The Return of the Filthy Seven
1967
★9.0
The Dragon of Macao
1965
★8.0
The Setting Sun
1992
★4.8
Youth of the Beast
1963
★7.0
I Are You, You Am Me
1982
★6.3
Jinsei Gekijo
1964
★7.0
The Code
2009
★6.2
I'm All Yours
1985
★4.7
Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron
1978
★6.1
None But the Brave
1973
★6.3
The Final Judgement
2012
★1.0
Red Crow and the Ghost Ship
1989
★7.0
A Night in Nude: Salvation
2010
★5.7
The Black Current
1954
★10.0
Bound for the Fields, the Mountains, and the Seacoast
1986
★6.9
Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis
1988
★6.2
Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis
1988
★6.2
Kisaragi
2007
★6.9
Conflagration
1975
★7.0
The Rambler Rides Again
1960
★10.0
The Sea of Genkai
1976
★5.8
Black Jack: The Visitor in the Eye
1977
★6.2
Seishun wo warera ni
1956
★10.0
The Stairway to the Distant Past
1995
★7.2
Frankie the Milkman
1956
★8.5
Switching – Goodbye Me
2007
★6.6
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode
1974
★7.2
Mobile Detectives: The Movie 2
2007
★5.0
Blood Shed
1966
★7.0
Fossilized Wilderness
1982
★8.0
Velvet Hustler
1967
★6.8
Retaliation
1968
★5.9
Bad Girl Mako
1971
★6.0
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1
1974
★5.8
High Seas Hijack
1977
★10.0
A Colt Is My Passport
1967
★7.1
Leave My Girl Alone
1986
★7.5
The Most Terrible Time in My Life
1994
★7.5
Drowning Fish
2001
★7.7
Voice Without a Shadow
1958
★6.2
Quick Draw Joe
1961
★NR
Monk's Paradise
1971
★7.0
Fugitive Alien
1987
★3.9
Rusty Knife
1958
★5.9
Danger Point: The Road to Hell
1991
★7.5
Cruel Gun Story
1964
★6.7
Yakuza Wanderer: Villainous Livelihood
1969
★9.0
The Naked Woman and the Gun
1957
★7.0
Temptation
1957
★8.0
Asia-Pol
1967
★7.2
A Tale of Sorrow and Sadness
1977
★5.6
The Man with a Sinister Laugh
1960
★8.0
The Maid's Kid
1955
★8.3
To Love
1997
★6.7
Massacre Gun
1967
★7.2
You'll Fall For Me
1989
★7.0
魔性の女
1968
★7.0
Murder Unincorporated
1965
★6.5
Shiawase wa doko ni
1956
★9.0
The Champion
1957
★6.4
A Hoodlum At The Risk Of His Life
1970
★9.0
The Boy Who Came Back
1958
★7.6
The Rambling Guitarist
1959
★6.9
Our Wedding
1983
★8.5
The Dragon and the Tiger
1966
★7.0
Star Force: Fugitive Alien II
1987
★4.7
Shameless School
1970
★5.0
Danger Pays
1962
★7.0
Yakuza Jihad
2002
★8.0
Cat Girls Gamblers: Abandoned Fangs of Triumph
1966
★6.3
Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell, Bastards!
1963
★6.5
Shameless School: Tackle Kiss
1970
★8.0
New Shameless School
1971
★9.0
The Rough One
1969
★10.0
New Prison Walls of Abashiri: High Stakes at Abashiri
1970
★8.0
Ofukuro
1955
★7.0
The First Catch
1980
★3.5
Charming Men
1970
★9.0
Stardust Wharf
1968
★8.0
100 Gamblers
1969
★7.0
Asiapol Secret Service
1966
★6.0
Mexico Drifter
1962
★8.0
The Alaska Story
1977
★8.0
Remembering the Cosmos Flower
1997
★5.0
The Guitarist from the Sea
1960
★3.5
Blood for Blood
1971
★7.0
8 Man - For All Lonely Nights
1992
★4.1
Return of the Vagabond
1960
★5.0
New Hoodlum Soldier Story: Firing Line
1972
★7.1
Women's House
1954
★6.0
Caribe: Symphony of Love
1985
★7.0
A Man's World
1971
★8.0
The Hard Core Criminal
1973
★7.5
Pacific Porters
1961
★10.0
Turning Point
1994
★7.0
Ryuji, the Gun Slinger
1960
★8.0
Shameless School: Health Check in the Nude
1970
★8.0
Fukushu no Teio
1995
★6.0
Policeman's Diary
1955
★7.0
The Doctor
1955
★10.0
Sukanpin Walk
1984
★7.5
The Cleanup
1969
★10.0
Gambling Code and Feuds
1977
★7.0
Nozomi Witches
1990
★6.0
New Abashiri Prison Story: Honor and Humanity, Ammunition That Attracts the Storm
1972
★10.0
Quick-Draw Joe: Sand Dune Duel
1964
★6.0
Profile of a Boss' Son
1970
★10.0
Called to the Stand
1956
★8.0
Gun of Nosappu
1961
★10.0
Tales of a Gunman: The Man Without Tomorrow
1960
★9.0
I'll End in Hell
1961
★9.0