Joe Shishido

Actor

Born: December 6, 1933
Died: January 18, 2020 (age 86)
From: 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 (238)

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
Shin Japan's Don 6 (2005)
Proud Ambition 3 (2005)
Flower & Snake II (2005)
Shin Japan's Don 5 (2005)
Shin Japan's Don 4 (2005)
Alumni Association (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)
Hometown (1999)
To Love (1997)
Chinen
Remembering the Cosmos Flower (1997)
The Trap (1996)
Jo Shishido
Fukushu no Teio (1995)
Kazunari Inaba