Joe Shishido
Department: Acting
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
Zattō ni hikarume
1959
The Alaska Story
1977
Tale on Tokai Chivalry
1964
Codename 348 Female Detective Sashiba
1990
Debt King Part VII: Millennium
2000
The Cleanup
1969
The Trap
1996
Run the Beast
1990
JACK KNIFE Wolves' Bet
1993
100 Gamblers
1969
Love Eternal
1966
Kimagure tosei
1962
The Angry Rambler
1960
Nuki uchi fūraibō
1962
A Colt Is My Passport
1967
Cell No. 8
1956
Quick Draw Outlaw: Man of the Great Plains
1961
Branded to Kill
1967
Mobile Detectives: The Movie 2
2007
To Love
1997
The Frozen Plains
1962
Bored Hatamoto: Letter of Death
1993
Joe of Aces: Give and Take
1961
A Night In Nude: Salvation
2010
Rusty Knife
1958
Cruel Gun Story
1964
Small Rats of the Edo Town
1957
The Killers
1991
Quick-Draw Joe: Sand Dune Duel
1964
Notorious Bastard
1963
Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis
1988
Gate of Flesh
1964
Edo Porn
1981
A Surgeon Named Hitman
2006
Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron
1978
Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell, Bastards!
1963
Fugitive Alien
1987
I Are You, You Am Me
1982
Detective Office 5
2005
Star Force: Fugitive Alien II
1987
Velvet Hustler
1967
Bad Girl Mako
1971
Greatest Boss of Japan
1970
Massacre Gun
1967
Ofukuro
1955
Exiled to Hell
1969
None But the Brave
1973
Solo Traveler
1962
The Final Judgement
2012
The Aftermath of War
1967
Profile of a Boss' Son
1970
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1
1974
Last Round
1962
Youth of the Beast
1963
I'm All Yours
1985
Your Life
1966
I'll End in Hell
1961
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode
1974
Quick Draw Joe
1961
Yabanjin no Nekutai
1969
Women of the Night - Butterfly Flower
1969
Go As Messy As Messy Can Be
1971
Asia-Pol
1967
Jūdan no arashi
1962
The Return of the Filthy Seven
1967
The Crimson Plains
1961
A Tale of Sorrow and Sadness
1977
God's Pinch Hitter
1991
Remembering the Cosmos Flower
1997
Frankie the Milkman
1956
Caribe: Symphony of Love
1985
The Doctor
1955
Crimson pistol belt
1961
The Most Terrible Time in My Life
1994
The Code
2009
The Stairway to the Distant Past
1995
Asiapol Secret Service
1966
Drowning Fish
2001
Who is in the Background?
1959
The Setting Sun
1992
Black Jack: The Visitor in the Eye
1977
Traces of Lead
1962
Chivalrous Pride
1969
Bound for the Fields, the Mountains, and the Seacoast
1986
Return of the Vagabond
1960
The Rambler Rides Again
1960
Love and Desire in the Night Mist
1966
The Rambler on a Pearl Farm
1960
Kigeki: koko kara hajimaru monogatari
1973
Retaliation
1968
Tsukiyo no kasa
1955
Voice Without a Shadow
1958
Yakyuukyou no Uta
1985
Glass-Hearted Johnny
1962
Conflagration
1975
Charming Men
1970
The Rambling Guitarist
1959
The Notorious Bored Samurai 6
1991
Policeman's Diary
1955
Murder Unincorporated
1965
Nurse's Husband
1980
The Happy Dancers
1956
Called to the Stand
1956
Kingorô no omawari-san
1956
Kanshō fujin
1956
Danger Pays
1962
High Seas Hijack
1977
The Maid's Kid
1955
Tokyo no Kodoku
1959
Ore no sora
1977
Nozomi Witches
1990
Shameless School: Health Check in the Nude
1970
New Shameless School
1971
Neo Chinpira: Zoom Goes the Bullet
1990
The Sea of Genkai
1976
The Boy Who Came Back
1958
Red Crow and the Ghost Ship
1989
Tiger of the Sea
1964
Okusama wa 18 sai: shinkon kyoshitsu
1971
Kawakami Tetsuji, No. 16
1957
The Dragon and the Tiger
1966
The Rambler in the Sunset
1960
Wind of Volcano
1960
The Guitarist from the Sea
1960
Ryuji, the Gun Slinger
1960
The Hard Core Criminal
1973
A Man's World
1971
The Naked Woman and the Gun
1957
Blood for Blood
1971
The Rough One
1969
New Hoodlum Soldier Story: Firing Line
1972
Gambling Code and Feuds
1977
Neo Chinpira 2: Zoom Goes the Bullet
1991
My Sweetheart
1967
The Gun Like Lightning
1960
The Man with a Sinister Laugh
1960
The Human Cyclone
1959
Monk's Paradise
1971
Kisaragi
2007
Our Wedding
1983
The Rambler under the Southern Cross
1961
Cat Girls Gamblers: Abandoned Fangs of Triumph
1966
You'll Fall For Me
1989
The Dragon of Macao
1965
Blood Shed
1966
Turning Point
1994
The First Catch
1980
Blue Jeans Memory
1981
Shameless School: Tackle Kiss
1970
Shameless School
1970
Leave My Girl Alone
1986
Burning Clouds
1967
Sukanpin Walk
1984
Take It Easy
1986
Flower & Snake II
2005
Shiawase wa doko ni
1956
Danger Point: The Road to Hell
1991
The Champion
1957
New Prison Walls of Abashiri: High Stakes at Abashiri
1970
New Abashiri Prison Story: Honor and Humanity, Ammunition That Attracts the Storm
1972
Jinsei Gekijo
1964
Confession
1956
A Hoodlum At The Risk Of His Life
1970
Temptation
1957
8 Man - For All Lonely Nights
1992
The Guitarist and the Rancher
1960
Wounded Beast
1959
Gun Number Zero
1959
Mighty Rules
1959
Taiyō o buchi otose
1958
Orera wa nagashi no ninkisha
1958
Again
1984
Joe of Aces: Gambling for a Living
1961
Seishun wo warera ni
1956
The Gambler
1992
Yakuza Jihad
2002
Mexico Drifter
1962
Gun of Nosappu
1961
Detective Bureau 2-3: A Man Weak to Money and Women
1963
Machi ga nemuru toki
1959
Mobile Detectives: The Movie 3
2011
Breasts and Bullets
1958
Tales of a Gunman: The Man Without Tomorrow
1960
Fukushu no Teio
1995
Muhō Ichidai
1957
Gambler in the Sea
1961
Merciless Bullet
1959
Pacific Porters
1961
The Cards Will Tell
1960
Mahjong Demon 3: Extraterritorial Mahjong
1994
Fossilized Wilderness
1982
Inochi Shirazu no Rokudenashi
1965
Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis
1988
This Heartbeat
1988
魔性の女
1968
Akai ka to Rokudenashi
1963
We Live Today
1959
The Witty Samurai
1972
Hell Festival
1963
Kenjū burai jō nagare-sha no mure
1965
Center of Tokyo
1974
Nukî uchi ryuji - kênju no otâ
1964
Modern Yakuza: Chivalry
1965
Switching – Goodbye Me
2007
Proud Ambition 2
2006
Proud Ambition
2006
Hometown
1999
Kikeki: onna mo tsurai wa
1970
Alumni Association
2004
Proud Ambition 3
2005
Proud Ambition 4
2006
Shin Japan's Don: Waves
2004
Shin Japan's Don 2: Ruthless
2004
Shin Japan's Don 4
2005
Shin Japan's Don 5
2005
Shin Japan's Don 6
2005
Proud Ambition 5
2006
Outlaw's Gold
1967
Tale on Kanto Chivalry
1963
Three Stray Dogs
1965
Yakuza Wanderer: Villainous Livelihood
1969
Shibuya Midnight War Dark Street
2001
Chivalrous Outlaw
1963
Stardust Wharf
1968
Biographies of Killers
1969
Ex Convict: Sword Storm
1969
Katayoku dake no tenshi
1986
His Highness Surabaya
1955
Star Wolf
1978
Detective Office 5: Another Story
2005
Blitz!! Strada 5
1974
Kimi no na wa
1991
Pro Hunter
1981
Prime Minister of Yuhigaoka
1978
Hashire! Nekketsu Keiji
1980
Wind, Clouds, and Rainbow
1976
The Files of the Young Kindaichi
1995
Necchu Jidai: Keiji Hen
1979
Big City: Days of Struggle
1976
Detective Office 5: Another Story
2005
Dazzling Cops
1977