Joe Shishido
Profile info
Known forActing
GenderMale
Birthday6 December 1933
Died18 January 2020 (age 86)
Place of birthKita, Osaka, Japan
Known credits252
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).
Twist & Shoot: Mister Suzuki
2026 · Self (archive footage)
The Final Judgement
2012 · Lao Porto
Mobile Detectives: The Movie 3
2011
A Night in Nude: Salvation
2010 · Naoki Yamagami
The Code
2009 · Detective 500
Switching – Goodbye Me
2007 · Yoshinosuke Yoshida
Kisaragi
2007 · Ooiso Long Beach Host
Mobile Detectives: The Movie 2
2007
Proud Ambition 5
2006
Proud Ambition 4
2006
Proud Ambition 2
2006
Proud Ambition
2006
A Surgeon Named Hitman
2006
Detective Office 5
2005 · 500
Detective Office 5: Another Story
2005 · Chief 500
Detective Office 5: Another Story
2005
Shin Japan's Don 6
2005
Proud Ambition 3
2005
Flower & Snake II
2005 · Takayoshi Tooyama
Shin Japan's Don 5
2005
Shin Japan's Don 4
2005
Class Reunion
2004
Shin Japan's Don 2: Ruthless
2004
Shin Japan's Don: Waves
2004
Yakuza Jihad
2002
Drowning Fish
2001 · Ace no Jo
Shibuya Midnight War Dark Street
2001
Debt King Part VII: Millennium
2000
Heisei Kin'yudo: Muruhi no Onna
2000
Hometown
1999
To Love
1997 · Chinen
Remembering the Cosmos Flower
1997
The Trap
1996 · Jo Shishido
Fukushu no Teio
1995 · Kazunari Inaba
The Files of the Young Kindaichi
1995 · Fujio Tashiro
The Stairway to the Distant Past
1995 · Jo Shishido
Tough Cop 2 - HEART CRASH
1995
Turning Point
1994 · Hashizume
The Most Terrible Time in My Life
1994 · Joe
Mahjong Demon 3: Extraterritorial Mahjong
1994
Tough Cop - Ginza Police
1994
Bored Hatamoto: Letter of Death
1993
JACK KNIFE Wolves' Bet
1993
The Setting Sun
1992
The Gambler
1992 · Joe of Aces
8 Man - For All Lonely Nights
1992 · Dr. Tani
Danger Point: The Road to Hell
1991
The Notorious Bored Samurai 6
1991
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