Joe Shishido

Biography

Beloved Japanese actor most recognizable for his intense, eccentric yakuza film roles and his artificially enlarged cheekbones. He has appeared in some 300 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
Zattō ni hikarume
The Alaska Story
The Alaska Story
Tale on Tokai Chivalry
Tale on Tokai Chivalry
Codename 348 Female Detective Sashiba
Codename 348 Female Detective Sashiba
The Cleanup
The Cleanup
The Trap
The Trap
Run the Beast
Run the Beast
JACK KNIFE Wolves' Bet
JACK KNIFE Wolves' Bet
100 Gamblers
100 Gamblers

Filmography

2012 The Final Judgement
as Lao Porto
2011 Mobile Detectives: The Movie 3
as
2010 A Night in Nude: Salvation
as Naoki / Yamagami
2009 The Code
as Detective 500
2007 Kisaragi
as Ooiso Long Beach Host
2007 Mobile Detectives: The Movie 2
as
2006 A Surgeon Named Hitman
as
2005 Detective Office 5
as 500
2005 Detective Office 5: Another Story
as Chief 500
2005 Flower & Snake II
as
2002 Gokudô seisen: Jihaado
as
2001 Drowning Fish
as Ace no Jo
2000 Debt King Part VII: Millennium
as
1997 To Love
as Chinen
1997 Remembering the Cosmos Flower
as
1996 The Trap
as Jo Shishido
1995 Fukushu no Teio
as Kazunari Inaba
1995 The Files of the Young Kindaichi
as Fujio Tashiro
1995 The Stairway to the Distant Past
as Jo Shishido
1994 Turning Point
as Hashizume