Jō Shishido

Dec 06, 1933 - Jan 18, 2020 (86 years old) in Kita, Osaka, Japan

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

poster

Kimi no na wa

角倉勘次

poster

The Files of the Young Kindaichi

Fujio Tashiro

poster

Detective Office 5: Another Story

Chief 500

poster

Neo Chinpira 2: Zoom Goes the Bullet

Junichi Mizuta

poster

Pro Hunter

菊島雄三

poster

Star Wolf

Captain Joe

poster

Wind, Clouds, and Rainbow

Gendō

poster

Blitz!! Strada 5

Takamura Terujiro / Jupiter

poster

Neo Chinpira: Zoom Goes the Bullet

Junichi Mizuta

poster

Prime Minister of Yuhigaoka

Credits

The Final Judgement 2012

Lao Porto

★ 1
Mobile Detectives: The Movie 3 2011

★ 5
A Night in Nude: Salvation 2010

Naoki / Yamagami

★ 6.5
The Code 2009

Detective 500

★ 6.2
Kisaragi 2007

Ooiso Long Beach Host

★ 7
Mobile Detectives: The Movie 2 2007

★ 5
A Surgeon Named Hitman 2006

★ NR
Detective Office 5 2005

500

★ NR
Detective Office 5: Another Story 2005

Chief 500

★ NR
Flower & Snake II 2005

★ 6.4
Gokudô seisen: Jihaado 2002

★ NR
Drowning Fish 2001

Ace no Jo

★ 7
Debt King Part VII: Millennium 2000

★ NR
To Love 1997

Chinen

★ 5.5
Remembering the Cosmos Flower 1997

★ 4
The Trap 1996

Jo Shishido

★ 6.8
Fukushu no Teio 1995

Kazunari Inaba

★ 6
The Files of the Young Kindaichi 1995

Fujio Tashiro

★ 8.2
The Stairway to the Distant Past 1995

Jo Shishido

★ 7
Turning Point 1994

Hashizume

★ 6
The Most Terrible Time in My Life 1994

Joe

★ 7.1
Mahjong Demon 3: Extraterritorial Mahjong 1994

★ NR
Bored Hatamoto: Letter of Death 1993

★ NR
JACK KNIFE Wolves' Bet 1993

★ NR
The Setting Sun 1992

★ 5.3
The Gambler 1992

Joe of Aces

★ NR
8 Man - For All Lonely Nights 1992

Dr. Tani

★ 3.4
Danger Point: The Road to Hell 1991

★ 6
The Notorious Bored Samurai 6 1991

★ NR
神様のピンチヒッター 1991

★ NR
Neo Chinpira 2: Zoom Goes the Bullet 1991

Junichi Mizuta

★ NR
Kimi no na wa 1991

角倉勘次

★ 7
The Killers 1991

★ NR
Run the Beast 1990

★ NR
Codename 348 Female Detective Sashiba 1990

★ NR
Neo Chinpira: Zoom Goes the Bullet 1990

Junichi Mizuta

★ 5
Nozomi Witches 1990

Ryotaro's father

★ NR
You'll Fall For Me 1989

★ NR
Red Crow and the Ghost Ship 1989

Captain

★ 7
This Heartbeat 1988

★ NR
Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis 1988

Tokuji Hayakawa

★ 6.2
Fugitive Alien 1987

Captain Joe

★ 3.4
Star Force: Fugitive Alien II 1987

Captain Joe

★ 3.8
Leave My Girl Alone 1986

Bar Owner

★ 6
Bound for the Fields, the Mountains, and the Seacoast 1986

School Principal

★ 6.7
Take It Easy 1986

★ NR
I'm All Yours 1985

★ 2
Caribe: Symphony of Love 1985

Shunsuke Saichu

★ NR
Yakyuukyou no Uta 1985

★ NR
Again 1984

★ NR
Sukanpin Walk 1984

Tatsuya Sekikawa

★ 5
Our Wedding 1983

★ 7
I Are You, You Am Me 1982

Kouzou Saitoh

★ 6.6
Fossilized Wilderness 1982

★ NR
Edo Porn 1981

Jyuppensha Ikku

★ 6
Blue Jeans Memory 1981

★ NR
Pro Hunter 1981

菊島雄三

★ NR
The First Catch 1980

★ 3.5
Hashire! Nekketsu Keiji 1980

★ NR
Nurse's Husband 1980

★ NR
Netchū Jidai: Keiji Hen 1979

★ NR
Prime Minister of Yuhigaoka 1978

★ NR
Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron 1978

Tominoichi

★ 6.3
Star Wolf 1978

Captain Joe

★ NR
Black Jack: The Visitor in the Eye 1977

Black Jack

★ 5.5
High Seas Hijack 1977

Chief Engineer Kosai

★ 10
Gambling Code and Feuds 1977

Katsuya Sekikawa

★ NR
Ore no sora 1977

Genjiro Yasuda

★ NR
A Tale of Sorrow and Sadness 1977

Cop

★ 5.6
The Alaska Story 1977

★ 6
The Sea of Genkai 1976

Sawaki

★ 5
Wind, Clouds, and Rainbow 1976

Gendō

★ 9
Conflagration 1975

Chief Engineer Kosai

★ 4
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1 1974

Hachiro Tachibana

★ 5.5
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode 1974

Katsutoshi Otomo

★ 7.3
Tokyo do mannaka 1974

Hyodo

★ NR
Blitz!! Strada 5 1974

Takamura Terujiro / Jupiter

★ NR
The Hard Core Criminal 1973

★ 7.5
None But the Brave 1973

★ 5.6
Kigeki: koko kara hajimaru monogatari 1973

★ NR
New Abashiri Prison Story: Honor and Humanity, Ammunition That Attracts the Storm 1972

★ NR
New Hoodlum Soldier Story: Firing Line 1972

★ 6.9
The Witty Samurai 1972

★ NR
Bad Girl Mako 1971

Yasuoka

★ 6.2
Monk's Paradise 1971

★ NR
Blood for Blood 1971

★ 7
Okusama wa 18 sai: shinkon kyoshitsu 1971

★ NR
Go As Messy As Messy Can Be 1971

Mujitori

★ NR
A Man's World 1971

★ NR
New Shameless School 1971

Gebageba

★ NR
Shameless School: Tackle Kiss 1970

Macaroni

★ NR
New Prison Walls of Abashiri: High Stakes at Abashiri 1970

★ NR
Shameless School: Health Check in the Nude 1970

Macaroni

★ NR
Charming Men 1970

Kobe Saburo

★ NR
Shameless School 1970

Macaroni

★ NR
A Hoodlum At The Risk Of His Life 1970

★ NR
Greatest Boss Of Japan 1970

★ NR
Profile of a Boss' Son 1970

★ NR
The Cleanup 1969

★ NR
Chivalrous Pride 1969

★ NR
The Rough One 1969

Imano's Bodyguard

★ NR
100 Gamblers 1969

★ NR
Yabanjin no Nekutai 1969

★ NR
Exiled to Hell 1969

★ NR
Women of the Night - Butterfly Flower 1969

★ NR
魔性の女 1968

★ NR
Retaliation 1968

Hino

★ 5.8
The Aftermath of War 1967

★ NR
My Sweetheart 1967

President Shishido

★ NR
The Return of the Filthy Seven 1967

★ NR
Velvet Hustler 1967

★ 6.3
Massacre Gun 1967

Ryûichi Kuroda

★ 7.2
Asia-Pol 1967

George

★ 5.9
Branded to Kill 1967

Gorô Hanada

★ 7.2
Burning Clouds 1967

★ NR
A Colt Is My Passport 1967

Shuji Kamimura

★ 6.9
Asiapol Secret Service 1966

George Eaton

★ NR
Your Life 1966

★ NR
Love Eternal 1966

★ NR
Love and Desire in the Night Mist 1966

★ NR
Blood Shed 1966

Seiji

★ NR
Cat Girls Gamblers: Abandoned Fangs of Triumph 1966

Kokichi Yamaguch

★ 6.2
The Dragon and the Tiger 1966

★ NR
The Dragon of Macao 1965

Aizu

★ 8
Murder Unincorporated 1965

Jiro (Joe of Spades)

★ 6.3
Inochi Shirazu no Rokudenashi 1965

★ NR
Modern Yakuza: Chivalry 1965

★ NR
Kenjū burai jō nagare-sha no mure 1965

★ NR
Quick-Draw Joe: Sand Dune Duel 1964

Joe of Aces

★ 6
Tiger of the Sea 1964

★ NR
Gate of Flesh 1964

Shintaro Ibuki

★ 6.5
Nukî uchi ryuji - kênju no otâ 1964

★ NR
Jinsei Gekijo 1964

★ NR
Cruel Gun Story 1964

Togawa

★ 6.5
Tale on Tokai Chivalry 1964

★ NR
Hell Festival 1963

★ NR
Detective Bureau 2-3: A Man Weak to Money and Women 1963

Hideo Tajima

★ NR
Akai ka to Rokudenashi 1963

★ NR
Youth of the Beast 1963

Jôji 'Jo' Mizuno

★ 6.9
Notorious Bastard 1963

Tatsumaki Takeji (Tornado Joe)

★ NR
Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell, Bastards! 1963

Hideo Tajima

★ 6.3
Namari o buchikome 1962

★ NR
Danger Pays 1962

Jôji Kondô

★ 6.9
Glass-Hearted Johnny 1962

Jô

★ NR
Jūdan no arashi 1962

★ NR
Moeru minamijūjisei 1962

★ NR
Hitori tabi 1962

★ NR
The Frozen Plains 1962

★ NR
Nuki uchi fūraibō 1962

★ NR
Kimagure tosei 1962

★ NR
Mekishiko mushuku 1962

★ NR
早射ち無頼　大平原の男 1961

★ NR
Crimson pistol belt 1961

★ NR
I'll End in Hell 1961

Joji Dan

★ NR
Nosappu no jū 1961

★ NR
The Crimson Plains 1961

Joji Sakuma

★ NR
Gambler in the Sea 1961

★ NR
Joe of Aces: Give and Take 1961

Eiji Yano (Joe of Aces)

★ NR
Joe of Aces: Gambling for a Living 1961

Eiji Yano (Joe of Aces)

★ NR
Quick Draw Joe 1961

Joe the Ace

★ NR
Taiheiyō no katsugiya 1961

★ NR
The Rambler under the Southern Cross 1961

★ NR
Tales of a Gunman: The Man Without Tomorrow 1960

Jo of the Colt

★ NR
The Angry Rambler 1960

★ NR
The Rambler Rides Again 1960

★ NR
The Rambler on a Pearl Farm 1960

★ NR
The Man with a Sinister Laugh 1960

Ken

★ NR
The Rambler in the Sunset 1960

★ NR
Wind of Volcano 1960

★ NR
The Gun Like Lightning 1960

Goro

★ NR
Return of the Vagabond 1960

★ 5
The Guitarist from the Sea 1960

★ 3.5
Ryuji, the Gun Slinger 1960

Gin of the Colt

★ NR
The Cards Will Tell 1960

★ NR
The Guitarist and the Rancher 1960

★ NR
Mighty Rules 1959

★ NR
Who is in the Background? 1959

★ NR
The Rambling Guitarist 1959

George

★ 6.2
The Human Cyclone 1959

Masa

★ NR
Merciless Bullet 1959

Yukie's lover

★ NR
Tokyo no Kodoku 1959

★ NR
Machi ga nemuru toki 1959

★ NR
Gun Number Zero 1959

★ NR
Wounded Beast 1959

★ NR
We Live Today 1959

★ NR
Zattō ni hikarume 1959

★ NR
Orera wa nagashi no ninkisha 1958

★ NR
Voice Without a Shadow 1958

Hamazaki

★ 6.4
Taiyō o buchi otose 1958

★ NR
The Boy Who Came Back 1958

★ 7.8
Rusty Knife 1958

Shimabara

★ 5.9
Breasts and Bullets 1958

★ NR
The Naked Woman and the Gun 1957

★ NR
Small Rats of the Edo Town 1957

Hidematsu

★ NR
Temptation 1957

Goro Yasui

★ 8
The Champion 1957

Boxer Ishiyama

★ 6
Muhō Ichidai 1957

★ NR
Kawakami Tetsuji, No. 16 1957

Masaki Yoshihara

★ NR
Frankie the Milkman 1956

Zenkichi Matsubara

★ 9
Kingorô no omawari-san 1956

★ NR
Kanshō fujin 1956

★ NR
Shiawase wa doko ni 1956

Tetsuo Shimura

★ NR
The Happy Dancers 1956

★ NR
Seishun wo warera ni 1956

Takai

★ 10
Confession 1956

★ NR
Called to the Stand 1956

★ NR
Cell No. 8 1956

★ NR
The Doctor 1955

★ NR
Tsukiyo no kasa 1955

★ NR
The Maid's Kid 1955

★ 7
Ofukuro 1955

★ NR
Policeman's Diary 1955

Patrolman Yabuta

★ 6.5

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