Joe Shishido
Acting
BornDecember 6, 1933
DiedJanuary 18, 2020 · 86
FromKita, Osaka, Japan
GenderMale
241
Movies
14
TV Shows
72
Years Active
★ 2
Popularity
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).
AKA Jo Shishido
Known For
Top 8 by popularity
Photos (6)
Filmography
241 titles
1996The Trapas Jo Shishido ★ 6.8 Watch 
2005Flower & Snake IIas Takayoshi Tooyama ★ 6.5 Watch 
1969Thirteen Times a Loseras Seiji Okitsu Watch 
1990Neo Chinpira: Zoom Goes the Bulletas Junichi Mizuta ★ 6.5 Watch 
1968Stardust Wharf ★ 8.0 Watch 
1963Youth of the Beastas Jôji 'Jo' Mizuno ★ 6.9 Watch 
1969Biographies of Killers Watch 
1987The Beauty in the Black Maskas Takeo Sato Watch 
1973None But the Brave ★ 6.3 Watch 
1981Edo Pornas Jyuppensha Ikku ★ 5.9 Watch 
1981Blue Jeans Memory Watch 
2026Twist & Shoot: Mister Suzukias Self (archive footage) Watch 
1974Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episodeas Katsutoshi Otomo ★ 7.2 Watch 
1958死の壁の脱出as Jiro Asaoka Watch 
2000Heisei Kin'yudo: Muruhi no Onna Watch 
1955His Highness Surabayaas Applied Atomic Energy Research Institute Worker with a Tohoku Accent Watch 
1982I Are You, You Am Meas Kouzou Saitoh ★ 6.4 Watch 
1957The Championas Boxer Ishiyama ★ 6.7 Watch 
1986Katayoku dake no tenshi Watch 
1967Branded to Killas Gorô Hanada ★ 7.2 Watch 
2012The Final Judgementas Lao Porto ★ 5.5 Watch 
1978Bandits vs. Samurai Squadronas Tominoichi ★ 6.1 Watch 
1988Tokyo: The Last Megalopolisas Tokuji Hayakawa ★ 6.1 Watch 1988Tokyo: The Last Megalopolisas Noritsugu Hayakawa ★ 6.1 Watch 
1964Gate of Fleshas Shintaro Ibuki ★ 6.6 Watch 
1957Kawakami Tetsuji, No. 16as Masaki Yoshihara Watch 
1967The Return of the Filthy Seven ★ 9.0 Watch 
1970Shameless Schoolas Macaroni ★ 5.0 Watch 
1989Red Crow and the Ghost Shipas Captain ★ 7.0 Watch 
2007Switching – Goodbye Meas Yoshinosuke Yoshida ★ 6.6 Watch 
1971Monk's Paradise ★ 7.0 Watch 
1960The Rambler Rides Again ★ 10.0 Watch 
1961Quick Draw Joeas Joe the Ace Watch 
1955Tsukiyo no kasa Watch 
1993Bored Hatamoto: Letter of Death Watch 
2001Shibuya Midnight War Dark Street Watch 
1971Go As Messy As Messy Can Beas Mujitori Watch 
1992The Setting Sun ★ 4.8 Watch 
1966Blood Shedas Seiji ★ 7.0 Watch 
1976The Sea of Genkaias Sawaki ★ 5.8 Watch 
1965The Dragon of Macaoas Aizu ★ 8.0 Watch 
1959Machi ga nemuru toki Watch Kingorô no omawari-san
1982Fossilized Wilderness ★ 8.0 Watch 
1964Tiger of the Sea Watch 
1958Voice Without a Shadowas Hamazaki ★ 6.2 Watch 
2007Kisaragias Ooiso Long Beach Host ★ 6.9 Watch 
1954The Black Currentas Newspaper Reporter ★ 10.0 Watch 
1956Frankie the Milkmanas Zenkichi Matsubara ★ 8.5 Watch 
1956This Is Home Watch 
1960The Rambler in the Sunset Watch 
1977Black Jack: The Visitor in the Eyeas Black Jack ★ 6.2 Watch 
1991Neo Chinpira 2: Zoom Goes the Bulletas Junichi Mizuta ★ 6.0 Watch 
1975Conflagrationas Chief Engineer Kosai ★ 7.0 Watch 
1956Confession Watch 
1985I'm All Yoursas Priest ★ 4.7 Watch 
1969Yakuza Wanderer: Villainous Livelihood ★ 9.0 Watch 
1969Ex Convict: Sword Storm Watch 
1973The Hard Core Criminal ★ 7.5 Watch 
1963Tale on Kanto Chivalryas Masa from Kanto Watch 
1963Chivalrous Outlaw Watch 
1960The Guitarist and the Rancher Watch 
1967Velvet Hustler ★ 6.8 Watch 
1967My Sweetheartas President Shishido Watch 
1967Asia-Polas George ★ 7.2 Watch 
1994Tough Cop - Ginza Police Watch 
1969Exiled to Hell Watch 
2010A Night in Nude: Salvationas Naoki Yamagami ★ 5.6 Watch 
1995Tough Cop 2 - HEART CRASH Watch 
2009The Codeas Detective 500 ★ 6.2 Watch 
2011Mobile Detectives: The Movie 3 ★ 5.0 Watch 
1961Gambler in the Sea Watch 
1964Cruel Gun Storyas Togawa ★ 6.7 Watch 
1990Codename 348 Female Detective Sashiba Watch 
1955The Maid's Kid ★ 8.3 Watch 
1977A Tale of Sorrow and Sadnessas Cop ★ 5.6 Watch 
2001Drowning Fishas Ace no Jo ★ 7.7 Watch 
1960The Wild, Unruly Drifter Watch 
1970Charming Menas Kobe Saburo ★ 9.0 Watch 
1995The Stairway to the Distant Pastas Jo Shishido ★ 7.2 Watch 
1974New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1as Hachiro Tachibana ★ 5.9 Watch 
1972New Abashiri Prison Story: Honor and Humanity, Ammunition That Attracts the Storm ★ 10.0 Watch 
1994Turning Pointas Hashizume ★ 7.0 Watch 
1965Murder Unincorporatedas Jiro (Joe of Spades) ★ 6.5 Watch 
1959The Human Cycloneas Masa Watch 
1967Outlaw's Goldas 三鬼鉄 Watch 
1986Bound for the Fields, the Mountains, and the Seacoastas School Principal ★ 6.9 Watch 
1969The Cleanup ★ 10.0 Watch 
1954My Pistol Is Quickas Airplane Passenger Watch 
1994The Most Terrible Time in My Lifeas Joe ★ 7.5 Watch 
1963Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell, Bastards!as Hideo Tajima ★ 6.5 Watch 
1968Retaliationas Hino ★ 5.9 Watch 
1960The Drifter from the Sea ★ 3.5 Watch 
1986Leave My Girl Aloneas Bar Owner ★ 7.5 Watch 
1966Love Eternal Watch 
1985Yakyuukyou no Uta Watch 
1962Last Round Watch 
1967A Colt is My Passportas Shuji Kamimura ★ 7.1 Watch 
1957Small Rats of the Edo Townas Hidematsu Watch 
1960Ryuji, the Gun Slingeras Gin of the Colt ★ 8.0 Watch 
1971Bad Girl Makoas Yasuoka ★ 6.0 Watch 
1959Who is in the Background? Watch 
1970Shameless School: Tackle Kissas Macaroni ★ 8.0 Watch 
1960The Gun Like Lightningas Goro Watch 
1957Temptationas Goro Yasui ★ 8.0 Watch 
1966Cat Girls Gamblers: Abandoned Fangs of Triumphas Kokichi Yamaguch ★ 6.3 Watch 
1960The Cards Will Tell Watch 
1970New Prison Walls of Abashiri: High Stakes at Abashiri ★ 8.0 Watch 
1980The First Catch ★ 3.5 Watch 
1962Nuki uchi fūraibō Watch 
1959Zattō ni hikarume Watch 
1988This Heartbeat Watch 
1962Solo Traveler Watch 
1959Merciless Bulletas Yukie's lover Watch 
1963Hell Festivalas Tetsu the Otter Watch Nurse's Husband
1962Kimagure tosei Watch 
1961Quick Draw Outlaw: Man of the Great Plains Watch 
1966Love and Desire in the Night Mist Watch 
1967Massacre Gunas Ryûichi Kuroda ★ 7.2 Watch 
1958Rusty Knifeas Shimabara ★ 5.9 Watch 
1970A Hoodlum At The Risk Of His Life ★ 9.0 Watch 
1961The Rambler under the Southern Cross Watch 
1957Muhō Ichidai Watch 
1977Ore no soraas Genjiro Yasuda Watch 
1959The Rambling Guitaristas George ★ 6.9 Watch 
1973Kigeki: koko kara hajimaru monogatari Watch 
2005Detective Office 5as 500 Watch 
1990Run the Beast Watch 
2007Mobile Detectives: The Movie 2 ★ 5.0 Watch 
1964Tale on Tokai Chivalry Watch 
1961Joe of Aces: Give and Takeas Eiji Yano (Joe of Aces) Watch 
1956Seishun wo warera nias Takai ★ 10.0 Watch Kanshō fujin
1959Tokyo no Kodoku Watch 
1971Blood for Bloodas Naoto Tezuka ★ 7.0 Watch 
1977The Alaska Storyas George Oshima ★ 8.0 Watch 
1970Shameless School: Health Check in the Nudeas Macaroni ★ 8.0 Watch 
1970Greatest Boss of Japan Watch 
1956Cell No. 8 Watch 
2002Yakuza Jihad ★ 8.0 Watch 
1961Crimson Pistol Watch 
1962Danger Paysas Jôji Kondô ★ 7.0 Watch 
1967The Aftermath of War Watch 
19928 Man - For All Lonely Nightsas Dr. Tani ★ 4.1 Watch 
1959Crime Reporteras Fujimoto Watch 
2000Debt King Part VII: Millennium Watch 
1986Take It Easy Watch 
1969Yabanjin no Nekutai Watch 
1968魔性の女 ★ 7.0 Watch 
1985Caribe: Symphony of Loveas Shunsuke Saichu ★ 7.0 Watch 
1960The Man with a Sinister Laughas Ken ★ 8.0 Watch 
1954Women's Houseas Okada (employee of Inogawa's company) ★ 6.0 Watch 
1972The Witty Samurai Watch 
1995Fukushu no Teioas Kazunari Inaba ★ 6.0 Watch 
1955Ofukuro ★ 7.0 Watch 
1958The Boy Who Came Backas Kajita ★ 7.6 Watch 
1977Gambling Code and Feudsas Katsuya Sekikawa ★ 7.0 Watch 
1990Nozomi Witchesas Ryotaro's father ★ 6.0 Watch 
1956Called to the Standas Hotta ★ 8.0 Watch 
1962Glass-Hearted Johnnyas Jô Watch 
1969Women of the Night - Butterfly Flower Watch 
1962Mexico Drifter ★ 8.0 Watch 
1956Shiawase wa doko nias Tetsuo Shimura ★ 9.0 Watch 
1960The Rambler on a Pearl Farm Watch 
1969The Rough Oneas Imano's Bodyguard ★ 10.0 Watch 
1962The Frozen Plains Watch 
1971New Shameless Schoolas Gebageba ★ 9.0 Watch 
2006Proud Ambition 5 Watch 
1969Chivalrous Pride Watch 
1972New Hoodlum Soldier Story: Firing Line ★ 7.1 Watch 
1997To Loveas Chinen ★ 6.7 Watch 
1964Jinsei Gekijo ★ 7.0 Watch 
1959We Live Today Watch 
1974Center of Tokyoas Hyodo Watch 
1961I'll End in Hellas Joji Dan ★ 9.0 Watch 
1994Mahjong Demon 3: Extraterritorial Mahjong Watch 
1958Taiyō o buchi otose Watch 
1955Policeman's Diaryas Patrolman Yabuta ★ 7.0 Watch 
1997Remembering the Cosmos Flower ★ 5.0 Watch 
1960Return of the Vagabond ★ 5.0 Watch 
1991The Killers Watch 
1960Tales of a Gunman: The Man Without Tomorrowas Jo of the Colt ★ 9.0 Watch 
1984Again Watch 
1959Wounded Beast Watch 
1966Asiapol Secret Serviceas George Eaton ★ 6.0 Watch 
1958Orera wa nagashi no ninkisha Watch 
1962Traces of Lead Watch 
1963Detective Bureau 2-3: A Man Weak to Money and Womenas Hideo Tajima Watch 
1984Sukanpin Walkas Tatsuya Sekikawa ★ 7.5 Watch 
1969100 Gamblers ★ 7.0 Watch 
1977High Seas Hijackas Chief Engineer Kosai ★ 10.0 Watch 
1959Gun Number Zero Watch 
1991Danger Point: The Road to Hell ★ 7.5 Watch 
1989You'll Fall For Me ★ 7.0 Watch 
1955Women of Ginza ★ 9.0 Watch 
1961Gun of Nosappu ★ 10.0 Watch 
2006Proud Ambition 4 Watch 
2004Shin Japan's Don 2: Ruthless Watch 
1963Notorious Bastardas Tatsumaki Takeji (Tornado Joe) Watch 
2005Shin Japan's Don 4 Watch 
1957The Naked Woman and the Gun ★ 7.0 Watch 
1961Joe of Aces: Gambling for a Livingas Eiji Yano (Joe of Aces) Watch 
1961The Crimson Plainsas Joji Sakuma Watch 
2006Proud Ambition Watch 
1955The Doctor ★ 10.0 Watch 
1971Okusama wa 18 sai: shinkon kyoshitsu Watch 
1970Profile of a Boss' Son ★ 10.0 Watch 
1966Your Life Watch 
1967Burning Clouds Watch 
1966The Dragon and the Tiger ★ 7.0 Watch 
1961Pacific Porters ★ 10.0 Watch 
1987Star Force: Fugitive Alien IIas Captain Joe ★ 4.7 Watch 
1965Inochi Shirazu no Rokudenashias Tornado George / Jouji Tatsumaki Watch 
1999Hometown Watch The Happy Dancers
1992The Gambleras Joe of Aces Watch 
1964Nukî uchi ryuji - kênju no otâ Watch 
1971A Man's World ★ 8.0 Watch 
1958Breasts and Bullets Watch 
2006Proud Ambition 2 Watch 
1965Modern Yakuza: Chivalry Watch 
1960Volcano Wind Watch 
1983Our Wedding ★ 8.5 Watch 
1964Quick-Draw Joe: Sand Dune Duelas Joe of Aces ★ 6.0 Watch 
2005Proud Ambition 3 Watch 
1970Kikeki: onna mo tsurai wa Watch 
1987Fugitive Alienas Captain Joe ★ 3.9 Watch 
1963Red Shoes and a Good-For-Nothing Watch 
1959Mighty Rules Watch 
1962Jūdan no arashi Watch 
1991God's Pinch Hitter Watch 
2006A Surgeon Named Hitman Watch 
1965Kenjū burai jō nagare-sha no mure Watch The Notorious Bored Samurai 6
1993JACK KNIFE Wolves' Bet Watch 
2004Class Reunion Watch 
1965Three Stray Dogs Watch 
2004Shin Japan's Don: Waves Watch 
2005Shin Japan's Don 5 Watch 
2005Shin Japan's Don 6 Watch