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Joe Shishido

ACTING

1933-12-06

2020-01-18

Kita, 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).

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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).

Best known for:

Filmography:

The Black Current poster

The Black Current(1954)

Newspaper Reporter

Women's House poster

Women's House(1954)

Okada (employee of Inogawa's company)

My Pistol Is Quick poster

My Pistol Is Quick(1954)

Airplane Passenger

Policeman's Diary poster

Policeman's Diary(1955)

Patrolman Yabuta

His Highness Surabaya poster

His Highness Surabaya(1955)

Applied Atomic Energy Research Institute Worker with a Tohoku Accent

Frankie the Milkman poster

Frankie the Milkman(1956)

Zenkichi Matsubara

Shiawase wa doko ni poster

Shiawase wa doko ni(1956)

Tetsuo Shimura

Seishun wo warera ni poster

Seishun wo warera ni(1956)

Takai

Temptation poster

Temptation(1957)

Goro Yasui

The Champion poster

The Champion(1957)

Boxer Ishiyama

Kawakami Tetsuji, No. 16 poster

Kawakami Tetsuji, No. 16(1957)

Masaki Yoshihara

Small Rats of the Edo Town poster

Small Rats of the Edo Town(1957)

Hidematsu

Rusty Knife poster

Rusty Knife(1958)

Shimabara

Voice Without a Shadow poster

Voice Without a Shadow(1958)

Hamazaki

The Boy Who Came Back poster

The Boy Who Came Back(1958)

Kajita

The Rambling Guitarist poster

The Rambling Guitarist(1959)

George

The Human Cyclone poster

The Human Cyclone(1959)

Masa

Merciless Bullet poster

Merciless Bullet(1959)

Yukie's lover

Crime Reporter poster

Crime Reporter(1959)

Fujimoto

Ryuji, the Gun Slinger poster

Ryuji, the Gun Slinger(1960)

Gin of the Colt

The Gun Like Lightning poster

The Gun Like Lightning(1960)

Goro

The Man with a Sinister Laugh poster

The Man with a Sinister Laugh(1960)

Ken

Tales of a Gunman: The Man Without Tomorrow poster

Tales of a Gunman: The Man Without Tomorrow(1960)

Jo of the Colt

Quick Draw Joe poster

Quick Draw Joe(1961)

Joe the Ace

Joe of Aces: Gambling for a Living poster

Joe of Aces: Gambling for a Living(1961)

Eiji Yano (Joe of Aces)

I'll End in Hell poster

I'll End in Hell(1961)

Joji Dan

Joe of Aces: Give and Take poster

Joe of Aces: Give and Take(1961)

Eiji Yano (Joe of Aces)

The Crimson Plains poster

The Crimson Plains(1961)

Joji Sakuma

Glass-Hearted Johnny poster

Glass-Hearted Johnny(1962)

Jô

Danger Pays poster

Danger Pays(1962)

Jôji Kondô

Youth of the Beast poster

Youth of the Beast(1963)

Jôji 'Jo' Mizuno

Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell, Bastards! poster

Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell, Bastards!(1963)

Hideo Tajima

Detective Bureau 2-3: A Man Weak to Money and Women poster

Detective Bureau 2-3: A Man Weak to Money and Women(1963)

Hideo Tajima

Notorious Bastard poster

Notorious Bastard(1963)

Tatsumaki Takeji (Tornado Joe)

Hell Festival poster

Hell Festival(1963)

Tetsu the Otter

Tale on Kanto Chivalry poster

Tale on Kanto Chivalry(1963)

Masa from Kanto

Cruel Gun Story poster

Cruel Gun Story(1964)

Togawa

Gate of Flesh poster

Gate of Flesh(1964)

Shintaro Ibuki

Quick-Draw Joe: Sand Dune Duel poster

Quick-Draw Joe: Sand Dune Duel(1964)

Joe of Aces

Murder Unincorporated poster

Murder Unincorporated(1965)

Jiro (Joe of Spades)

The Dragon of Macao poster

The Dragon of Macao(1965)

Aizu

Inochi Shirazu no Rokudenashi poster

Inochi Shirazu no Rokudenashi(1965)

Tornado George / Jouji Tatsumaki

Cat Girls Gamblers: Abandoned Fangs of Triumph poster

Cat Girls Gamblers: Abandoned Fangs of Triumph(1966)

Kokichi Yamaguch

Blood Shed poster

Blood Shed(1966)

Seiji

Asiapol Secret Service poster

Asiapol Secret Service(1966)

George Eaton

Branded to Kill poster

Branded to Kill(1967)

Gorô Hanada

A Colt Is My Passport poster

A Colt Is My Passport(1967)

Shuji Kamimura

Massacre Gun poster

Massacre Gun(1967)

Ryûichi Kuroda

Asia-Pol poster

Asia-Pol(1967)

George

My Sweetheart poster

My Sweetheart(1967)

President Shishido

Outlaw's Gold poster

Outlaw's Gold(1967)

三鬼鉄

Retaliation poster

Retaliation(1968)

Hino

The Rough One poster

The Rough One(1969)

Imano's Bodyguard

Thirteen Times a Loser poster

Thirteen Times a Loser(1969)

Seiji Okitsu

Shameless School poster

Shameless School(1970)

Macaroni

Shameless School: Health Check in the Nude poster

Shameless School: Health Check in the Nude(1970)

Macaroni

Shameless School: Tackle Kiss poster

Shameless School: Tackle Kiss(1970)

Macaroni

Charming Men poster

Charming Men(1970)

Kobe Saburo

New Shameless School poster

New Shameless School(1971)

Gebageba

Bad Girl Mako poster

Bad Girl Mako(1971)

Yasuoka

Go As Messy As Messy Can Be poster

Go As Messy As Messy Can Be(1971)

Mujitori

Blood for Blood poster

Blood for Blood(1971)

Naoto Tezuka

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode poster

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode(1974)

Katsutoshi Otomo

New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1 poster

New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1(1974)

Hachiro Tachibana

Blitz!! Strada 5 poster

Blitz!! Strada 5(1974)

Takamura Terujiro / Jupiter

Center of Tokyo poster

Center of Tokyo(1974)

Hyodo

Conflagration poster

Conflagration(1975)

Chief Engineer Kosai

Wind, Clouds, and Rainbow poster

Wind, Clouds, and Rainbow(1976)

Gendō

The Sea of Genkai poster

The Sea of Genkai(1976)

Sawaki

A Tale of Sorrow and Sadness poster

A Tale of Sorrow and Sadness(1977)

Cop

Black Jack: The Visitor in the Eye poster

Black Jack: The Visitor in the Eye(1977)

Black Jack

High Seas Hijack poster

High Seas Hijack(1977)

Chief Engineer Kosai

Ore no sora poster

Ore no sora(1977)

Genjiro Yasuda

Gambling Code and Feuds poster

Gambling Code and Feuds(1977)

Katsuya Sekikawa

Star Wolf poster

Star Wolf(1978)

Captain Joe

Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron poster

Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron(1978)

Tominoichi

Edo Porn poster

Edo Porn(1981)

Jyuppensha Ikku

Pro Hunter poster

Pro Hunter(1981)

菊島雄三

I Are You, You Am Me poster

I Are You, You Am Me(1982)

Kouzou Saitoh

Sukanpin Walk poster

Sukanpin Walk(1984)

Tatsuya Sekikawa

I'm All Yours poster

I'm All Yours(1985)

Priest

Caribe: Symphony of Love poster

Caribe: Symphony of Love(1985)

Shunsuke Saichu

Bound for the Fields, the Mountains, and the Seacoast poster

Bound for the Fields, the Mountains, and the Seacoast(1986)

School Principal

Leave My Girl Alone poster

Leave My Girl Alone(1986)

Bar Owner

Fugitive Alien poster

Fugitive Alien(1987)

Captain Joe

Star Force: Fugitive Alien II poster

Star Force: Fugitive Alien II(1987)

Captain Joe

The Beauty in the Black Mask poster

The Beauty in the Black Mask(1987)

Takeo Sato

Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis poster

Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis(1988)

Tokuji Hayakawa, Noritsugu Hayakawa

Red Crow and the Ghost Ship poster

Red Crow and the Ghost Ship(1989)

Captain

Nozomi Witches poster

Nozomi Witches(1990)

Ryotaro's father

Neo Chinpira: Zoom Goes the Bullet poster

Neo Chinpira: Zoom Goes the Bullet(1990)

Junichi Mizuta

Kimi no na wa poster

Kimi no na wa(1991)

角倉勘次

Neo Chinpira 2: Zoom Goes the Bullet poster

Neo Chinpira 2: Zoom Goes the Bullet(1991)

Junichi Mizuta

8 Man - For All Lonely Nights poster

8 Man - For All Lonely Nights(1992)

Dr. Tani

The Gambler poster

The Gambler(1992)

Joe of Aces

The Most Terrible Time in My Life poster

The Most Terrible Time in My Life(1994)

Joe

Turning Point poster

Turning Point(1994)

Hashizume

The Files of the Young Kindaichi poster

The Files of the Young Kindaichi(1995)

Fujio Tashiro

The Stairway to the Distant Past poster

The Stairway to the Distant Past(1995)

Jo Shishido

Fukushu no Teio poster

Fukushu no Teio(1995)

Kazunari Inaba

The Trap poster

The Trap(1996)

Jo Shishido

To Love poster

To Love(1997)

Chinen

Drowning Fish poster

Drowning Fish(2001)

Ace no Jo

Detective Office 5 poster

Detective Office 5(2005)

500

Kisaragi poster

Kisaragi(2007)

Ooiso Long Beach Host

Switching – Goodbye Me poster

Switching – Goodbye Me(2007)

Yoshinosuke Yoshida

The Code poster

The Code(2009)

Detective 500

A Night In Nude: Salvation poster

A Night In Nude: Salvation(2010)

Naoki Yamagami

The Final Judgement poster

The Final Judgement(2012)

Lao Porto