Joe Shishido
ActingDecember 6, 1933 – January 18, 2020 (aged 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).
Filmography
Twist & Shoot: Mister Suzuki2026 · Self (archive footage)
The Final Judgement2012 · Lao Porto
Mobile Detectives: The Movie 32011
The End of the Road2010 · Naoki Yamagami
The Code2009 · Detective 500
Switching – Goodbye Me2007 · Yoshinosuke Yoshida
Kisaragi2007 · Ooiso Long Beach Host
Mobile Detectives: The Movie 22007
Proud Ambition 52006
Proud Ambition 42006
Proud Ambition 22006
Proud Ambition2006
A Surgeon Named Hitman2006
Detective Office 52005 · 500
Detective Office 5: Another Story2005 · Chief 500
Shin Japan's Don 62005
Proud Ambition 32005
Flower & Snake II2005 · Takayoshi Tooyama
Shin Japan's Don 52005
Shin Japan's Don 42005
Class Reunion2004
Shin Japan's Don 2: Ruthless2004
Shin Japan's Don: Waves2004
Yakuza Jihad2002
Drowning Fish2001 · Ace no Jo
Shibuya Midnight War Dark Street2001
Debt King Part VII: Millennium2000
Heisei Kin'yudo: Muruhi no Onna2000
Hometown1999
To Love1997 · Chinen
Remembering the Cosmos Flower1997
Joe Pickett1996 · Jo Shishido
Fukushu no Teio1995 · Kazunari Inaba
The Files of the Young Kindaichi1995 · Fujio Tashiro
The Stairway to the Distant Past1995 · Jo Shishido
Tough Cop 2 - HEART CRASH1995
Turning Point1994 · Hashizume
The Most Terrible Time in My Life1994 · Joe
Mahjong Demon 3: Extraterritorial Mahjong1994
Tough Cop - Ginza Police1994
8 Man - For All Lonely Nights1992
Danger Point: The Road to Hell1991
The Notorious Bored Samurai 6
The Notorious Bored Samurai 61991
Codename 348 Female Detective Sashiba1990
Star Force: Fugitive Alien II1987
Gambling Code and Feuds1977
Black Jack: The Visitor in the Eye1977
Ore no sora1977
Wind, Clouds, and Rainbow1976
The Sea of Genkai1976
Conflagration1975
Center of Tokyo1974
Blitz!! Strada 51974
Kigeki: koko kara hajimaru monogatari1973
None But the Brave1973
New Hoodlum Soldier Story: Firing Line1972
Monk's Paradise1971
Okusama wa 18 sai: shinkon kyoshitsu1971
Shameless School: Health Check in the Nude1970
Shameless School: Tackle Kiss1970
A Hoodlum At The Risk Of His Life1970
Greatest Boss of Japan1970
Kikeki: onna mo tsurai wa1970
Thirteen Times a Loser1969
Ex Convict: Sword Storm1969
100 Gamblers1969
The Cleanup1969
Exiled to Hell1969
Chivalrous Pride1969
Retaliation1968
A Colt Is My Passport1967
Massacre Gun1967
Branded to Kill1967
The Return of the Filthy Seven1967
The Aftermath of War1967
Outlaw's Gold1967
Velvet Hustler1967
Your Life1966
Asiapol Secret Service1966
Cat Girls Gamblers: Abandoned Fangs of Triumph1966
Blood Shed1966
Inochi Shirazu no Rokudenashi1965
Murder Unincorporated1965
Kenjū burai jō nagare-sha no mure1965
Tiger of the Sea1964
Tale on Tokai Chivalry1964
Jinsei Gekijo1964
Detective Bureau 2-3: A Man Weak to Money and Women1963
Chivalrous Outlaw1963
Notorious Bastard1963
Red Shoes and a Good-For-Nothing1963
Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell, Bastards!1963
Tale on Kanto Chivalry1963
Danger Pays1962
Glass-Hearted Johnny1962
Nuki uchi fūraibō1962
Solo Traveler1962
Jūdan no arashi1962
Traces of Lead1962
The Frozen Plains1962
I'll End in Hell1961
Quick Draw Joe1961
The Crimson Plains1961
Gun of Nosappu1961
Joe of Aces: Give and Take1961
Gambler in the Sea1961
Pacific Porters1961
Tales of a Gunman: The Man Without Tomorrow1960
The Drifter from the Sea1960
Zattō ni hikarume1959
Gun Number Zero1959
Crime Reporter1959
Who is in the Background?1959
The Boy Who Came Back1958
Kanshō fujin
Kanshō fujin1956
Confession1956
Frankie the Milkman1956
The Maid's Kid1955