Joe Shishido
Born December 6, 1933 · 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).
Notable Appearances
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I'm All Yours
The Killers
The Code
Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis
Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron
Conflagration
His Highness Surabaya
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode
High Seas Hijack
Switching – Goodbye Me
Voice Without a Shadow
None But the Brave
Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell, Bastards!
Twist & Shoot: Mister Suzuki
The Setting Sun
The Return of the Filthy Seven
A Night in Nude: Salvation
Kisaragi
Leave My Girl Alone
Drowning Fish
Codename 348 Female Detective Sashiba
Danger Point: The Road to Hell
Turning Point
The Stairway to the Distant Past
Bad Girl Mako
Red Crow and the Ghost Ship
A Colt is My Passport
The Sea of Genkai
Star Force: Fugitive Alien II
The Alaska Story
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1
The Final Judgement
Temptation
死の壁の脱出
Danger Pays
Bored Hatamoto: Letter of Death
Detective Bureau 2-3: A Man Weak to Money and Women
Return of the Vagabond
Debt King Part VII: Millennium
Fossilized Wilderness
Retaliation
Cruel Gun Story
Black Jack: The Visitor in the Eye
Mobile Detectives: The Movie 3
Frankie the Milkman
The Guitarist and the Rancher
The Dragon of Macao
Velvet Hustler
Our Wedding
The Black Current
Thirteen Times a Loser
The Maid's Kid
New Abashiri Prison Story: Honor and Humanity, Ammunition That Attracts the Storm
Tiger of the Sea
The Cards Will Tell
The Boy Who Came Back
Biographies of Killers
Blood for Blood
Massacre Gun
8 Man - For All Lonely Nights
The Rough One
Tokyo no Kodoku
You'll Fall For Me
A Tale of Sorrow and Sadness
Love and Desire in the Night Mist
Asia-Pol
The Champion
Go As Messy As Messy Can Be
Pacific Porters
Again
Detective Office 5
Policeman's Diary
The Rambler on a Pearl Farm
Nuki uchi fūraibō
Ex Convict: Sword Storm
Gambler in the Sea
The Rambler in the Sunset
The Most Terrible Time in My Life
Quick Draw Outlaw: Man of the Great Plains
Ore no sora
Tsukiyo no kasa
The Hard Core Criminal
Center of Tokyo
My Sweetheart
This Heartbeat
Katayoku dake no tenshi
Fugitive Alien
Chivalrous Pride
The Rambler Rides Again
The First Catch
Women's House
New Shameless School
Blue Jeans Memory
Mobile Detectives: The Movie 2
The Wild, Unruly Drifter
Kigeki: koko kara hajimaru monogatari
Rusty Knife
Jinsei Gekijo
Hell Festival
Cat Girls Gamblers: Abandoned Fangs of Triumph
Glass-Hearted Johnny
Shameless School: Health Check in the Nude
Called to the Stand
Your Life
God's Pinch Hitter
Muhō Ichidai
Women of the Night - Butterfly Flower
Murder Unincorporated
The Aftermath of War
Quick Draw Joe
Yabanjin no Nekutai
The Naked Woman and the Gun
Machi ga nemuru toki
The Cleanup
Charming Men
Tale on Kanto Chivalry
Crimson Pistol
Hometown
Greatest Boss of Japan
Ryuji, the Gun Slinger
Nozomi Witches
Take It Easy
The Man with a Sinister Laugh
Caribe: Symphony of Love
Stardust Wharf
Last Round
The Human Cyclone
We Live Today
Chivalrous Outlaw
Exiled to Hell
Tale on Tokai Chivalry
Mahjong Demon 3: Extraterritorial Mahjong
Ofukuro
Yakuza Jihad
Solo Traveler
Cell No. 8
The Gun Like Lightning
Shameless School
The Rambling Guitarist
Merciless Bullet
Shameless School: Tackle Kiss
Tough Cop - Ginza Police
Monk's Paradise
Asiapol Secret Service
A Hoodlum At The Risk Of His Life
Yakuza Wanderer: Villainous Livelihood
Gun Number Zero
Love Eternal
Kimagure tosei
To Love
Blood Shed
Kawakami Tetsuji, No. 16
The Drifter from the Sea
Traces of Lead
The Gambler
New Hoodlum Soldier Story: Firing Line
Sukanpin Walk
The Beauty in the Black Mask
Red Shoes and a Good-For-Nothing
Okusama wa 18 sai: shinkon kyoshitsu
My Pistol Is Quick
This Is Home
Joe of Aces: Gambling for a Living
The Frozen Plains
魔性の女
100 Gamblers
Wounded Beast
Mexico Drifter
Quick-Draw Joe: Sand Dune Duel
New Prison Walls of Abashiri: High Stakes at Abashiri
The Rambler under the Southern Cross
Seishun wo warera ni
Gun of Nosappu
The Doctor
Gambling Code and Feuds
Joe of Aces: Give and Take
I'll End in Hell
A Man's World
Shin Japan's Don 2: Ruthless
Taiyō o buchi otose
Burning Clouds
Kikeki: onna mo tsurai wa
Remembering the Cosmos Flower
Breasts and Bullets
Who is in the Background?
Volcano Wind
Notorious Bastard
Jūdan no arashi
Run the Beast
Shibuya Midnight War Dark Street
Class Reunion
The Crimson Plains
Shin Japan's Don: Waves
Profile of a Boss' Son
Small Rats of the Edo Town
The Dragon and the Tiger
Proud Ambition 4
Confession
Outlaw's Gold
Proud Ambition 2
Fukushu no Teio
Nukî uchi ryuji - kênju no otâ
Proud Ambition
Shin Japan's Don 5
Mighty Rules
The Witty Samurai
Yakyuukyou no Uta
Shiawase wa doko ni
Proud Ambition 3
Tales of a Gunman: The Man Without Tomorrow
Crime Reporter
Inochi Shirazu no Rokudenashi
Three Stray Dogs
Zattō ni hikarume
Shin Japan's Don 6
Modern Yakuza: Chivalry
Kenjū burai jō nagare-sha no mure
Orera wa nagashi no ninkisha
Tough Cop 2 - HEART CRASH
Shin Japan's Don 4
Proud Ambition 5
A Surgeon Named Hitman
