Jō Shishido

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).

Movies

The Final Judgement

0 %|Jun 2, 2012

Drama

Mobile Detectives: The Movie 3

50 %|Feb 5, 2011

Action, Mystery

A Night in Nude: Salvation

65 %|Oct 2, 2010

Drama, Thriller, Crime

The Code

62 %|May 9, 2009

Drama

Kisaragi

69.06 %|Jun 16, 2007

Comedy, Mystery

Mobile Detectives: The Movie 2

50 %|Jan 1, 2007

A Surgeon Named Hitman

0 %|Feb 6, 2006

Detective Office 5

0 %|Nov 26, 2005

Crime

Flower & Snake II

65 %|May 14, 2005

Drama, Thriller, Romance, Horror

Gokudô seisen: Jihaado

0 %|Jul 8, 2002

Drama

Drowning Fish

70 %|Feb 3, 2001

Drama, Action

Debt King Part VII: Millennium

0 %|Jul 22, 2000

To Love

55 %|Oct 4, 1997

Drama, Romance

Remembering the Cosmos Flower

40 %|May 3, 1997

Drama

The Trap

68 %|May 25, 1996

Drama, Thriller, Mystery, Crime

Fukushu no Teio

0 %|Aug 12, 1995

Action

The Stairway to the Distant Past

70 %|Mar 18, 1995

Drama, Crime

Turning Point

60 %|Jun 18, 1994

Drama

The Most Terrible Time in My Life

71 %|Mar 5, 1994

Drama, Action, Crime, Thriller

Mahjong Demon 3: Extraterritorial Mahjong

0 %|Feb 25, 1994

Bored Hatamoto: Letter of Death

0 %|Mar 27, 1993

JACK KNIFE Wolves' Bet

0 %|Mar 12, 1993

The Setting Sun

47 %|Sep 15, 1992

Drama, War, Romance

The Gambler

0 %|Sep 1, 1992

Action, Crime

8 Man - For All Lonely Nights

37 %|Jun 4, 1992

Action, Science Fiction

Danger Point: The Road to Hell

0 %|Oct 11, 1991

Action

The Notorious Bored Samurai 6

0 %|Aug 15, 1991

Action, Drama, History

神様のピンチヒッター

0 %|May 23, 1991

Neo Chinpira 2: Zoom Goes the Bullet

0 %|Apr 12, 1991

The Killers

0 %|Jan 1, 1991

Action

Run the Beast

0 %|Dec 14, 1990

Codename 348 Female Detective Sashiba

0 %|Dec 10, 1990

Neo Chinpira: Zoom Goes the Bullet

50 %|May 11, 1990

Comedy, Romance

Nozomi Witches

0 %|Mar 17, 1990

Romance, Comedy

You'll Fall For Me

0 %|Nov 3, 1989

Romance, Comedy

Red Crow and the Ghost Ship

70 %|Jul 24, 1989

Adventure

Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis

61.94 %|Jan 30, 1988

Mystery, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller

Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis

61.94 %|Jan 30, 1988

Mystery, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller

Fugitive Alien

34 %|Nov 3, 1987

Science Fiction, Action, TV Movie

Star Force: Fugitive Alien II

38 %|Nov 3, 1987

Science Fiction, TV Movie, Action

Leave My Girl Alone

60 %|Dec 13, 1986

Thriller

Bound for the Fields, the Mountains, and the Seacoast

67 %|Oct 4, 1986

Drama, Comedy, War

Take It Easy

0 %|Apr 12, 1986

Drama

I'm All Yours

20 %|Apr 20, 1985

Comedy

Caribe: Symphony of Love

0 %|Apr 13, 1985

Drama, Romance

Yakyuukyou no Uta

0 %|Jan 7, 1985

Again

0 %|Feb 18, 1984

Sukanpin Walk

50 %|Feb 11, 1984

Our Wedding

70 %|Apr 29, 1983

Mystery, Thriller, Comedy

I Are You, You Am Me

66 %|Apr 17, 1982

Comedy, Drama

Fossilized Wilderness

0 %|Apr 17, 1982

Action, Crime, Mystery

Edo Porn

61 %|Sep 12, 1981

Drama, History

Blue Jeans Memory

0 %|Jul 11, 1981

The First Catch

35 %|Dec 27, 1980

Comedy

Nurse's Husband

0 %|May 10, 1980

Comedy

Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron

62.65 %|Jul 1, 1978

Action, Adventure, Drama

Black Jack: The Visitor in the Eye

55 %|Nov 26, 1977

Science Fiction, Mystery

High Seas Hijack

100 %|Oct 20, 1977

Adventure, Action

Gambling Code and Feuds

0 %|Aug 27, 1977

Action, Crime

Ore no sora

0 %|May 28, 1977

Drama

A Tale of Sorrow and Sadness

56 %|May 21, 1977

Drama

The Alaska Story

60 %|Jan 22, 1977

Drama

The Sea of Genkai

50 %|May 29, 1976

Crime, Drama

Conflagration

40 %|Jul 12, 1975

Adventure, Action, Thriller

New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1

54.62 %|Dec 28, 1974

Drama, Crime, Action

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode

73 %|Jun 29, 1974

Action, Drama, Crime

The Hard Core Criminal

75 %|May 12, 1973

Crime, Thriller

None But the Brave

56 %|May 9, 1973

Action, Drama

Kigeki: koko kara hajimaru monogatari

0 %|May 2, 1973

Comedy

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

0 %|Aug 12, 1972

New Hoodlum Soldier Story: Firing Line

69 %|Apr 22, 1972

Bad Girl Mako

62 %|Aug 25, 1971

Action, Crime

Monk's Paradise

0 %|Jul 31, 1971

Blood for Blood

70 %|Jun 10, 1971

Crime, Drama

Okusama wa 18 sai: shinkon kyoshitsu

0 %|Jun 5, 1971

Romance, Comedy

Go As Messy As Messy Can Be

0 %|Mar 20, 1971

Comedy

A Man's World

0 %|Jan 13, 1971

New Harenchi Gakuen College

0 %|Jan 3, 1971

Comedy

Shameless School: Tackle Kiss

0 %|Sep 12, 1970

Comedy

New Prison Walls of Abashiri: High Stakes at Abashiri

0 %|Aug 14, 1970

Crime

Shameless School: Health Check in the Nude

0 %|Aug 1, 1970

Comedy

Charming Men

0 %|Jun 13, 1970

Comedy

Shameless School

0 %|May 2, 1970

Comedy

A Hoodlum At The Risk Of His Life

0 %|May 1, 1970

Greatest Boss Of Japan

0 %|Apr 18, 1970

Action, Crime

Profile of a Boss' Son

0 %|Jan 24, 1970

Drama, Crime, Action

The Cleanup

0 %|Dec 31, 1969

Crime, Action

Chivalrous Pride

0 %|Sep 13, 1969

Action

The Rough One

0 %|Jun 13, 1969

Drama

100 Gamblers

0 %|May 14, 1969

Crime

Yabanjin no Nekutai

0 %|May 1, 1969

Action, Drama

Exiled to Hell

0 %|Jan 22, 1969

Drama, Crime

Women of the Night - Butterfly Flower

0 %|Jan 22, 1969

Action

Retaliation

60 %|Oct 5, 1968

Action, Crime

The Aftermath of War

0 %|Nov 18, 1967

Drama, Crime, Action

My Sweetheart

0 %|Nov 3, 1967

The Return of the Filthy Seven

0 %|Oct 21, 1967

Crime, Drama

Velvet Hustler

62 %|Oct 6, 1967

Action

Massacre Gun

72 %|Sep 6, 1967

Crime, Action

Asia-Pol

59 %|Jun 22, 1967

Crime, Drama

Branded to Kill

72 %|Jun 15, 1967

Thriller, Crime, Action

Burning Clouds

0 %|May 3, 1967

Drama

A Colt Is My Passport

69 %|Feb 4, 1967

Action, Thriller, Crime

Asiapol Secret Service

0 %|Dec 10, 1966

Your Life

0 %|Aug 13, 1966

Action, Crime

Love Eternal

0 %|Jul 9, 1966

Action, Romance

Love and Desire in the Night Mist

0 %|Jun 1, 1966

Action, Crime

Blood Shed

0 %|Apr 10, 1966

Action, Crime

Cat Girls Gamblers: Abandoned Fangs of Triumph

62 %|Mar 12, 1966

Crime, Action

The Dragon and the Tiger

0 %|Jan 14, 1966

The Dragon of Macao

80 %|Dec 18, 1965

Crime, Action

Murder Unincorporated

65 %|Aug 25, 1965

Comedy, Action

Inochi Shirazu no Rokudenashi

0 %|Jun 20, 1965

Crime, Drama

Quick-Draw Joe: Sand Dune Duel

60 %|Oct 11, 1964

Crime, Drama

Tiger of the Sea

0 %|Aug 14, 1964

Action, Adventure, Drama, Crime

Gate of Flesh

66 %|May 31, 1964

Drama, Crime

Jinsei Gekijo

0 %|Feb 23, 1964

Crime, Drama

Cruel Gun Story

63 %|Feb 1, 1964

Action, Crime, Thriller

Tale on Tokai Chivalry

0 %|Jan 12, 1964

Drama, Action

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

0 %|Jul 7, 1963

Crime, Action

Youth of the Beast

69 %|Apr 21, 1963

Thriller, Crime, Action

Notorious Bastard

0 %|Mar 3, 1963

Comedy, Crime

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

63 %|Jan 27, 1963

Crime, Action

Namari o buchikome

0 %|Dec 16, 1962

Danger Pays

66 %|Dec 1, 1962

Comedy, Crime

Glass-Hearted Johnny

0 %|Sep 30, 1962

Action

Jūdan no arashi

0 %|Sep 2, 1962

Moeru minamijūjisei

0 %|Jul 29, 1962

Hitori tabi

0 %|Jun 24, 1962

The Frozen Plains

0 %|Apr 22, 1962

Nuki uchi fūraibō

0 %|Mar 18, 1962

Kimagure tosei

0 %|Feb 18, 1962

Mekishiko mushuku

0 %|Jan 3, 1962

Western

早射ち無頼　大平原の男

0 %|Dec 6, 1961

Crimson pistol belt

0 %|Nov 12, 1961

Action, Western, Drama

I'll End in Hell

0 %|Oct 1, 1961

Action, Thriller

Nosappu no jū

0 %|Sep 2, 1961

Action, Western

The Crimson Plains

0 %|Jul 30, 1961

Western, Action, Crime

Gambler in the Sea

0 %|Jul 1, 1961

Action, Drama

Joe of Aces: Give and Take

0 %|Jun 11, 1961

Crime, Action

Joe of Aces: Gambling for a Living

0 %|May 13, 1961

Action, Comedy, Crime

Quick Draw Joe

0 %|Apr 1, 1961

Action, Western

Taiheiyō no katsugiya

0 %|Jan 27, 1961

The Rambler under the Southern Cross

0 %|Jan 3, 1961

Action

Tales of a Gunman: The Man Without Tomorrow

0 %|Dec 3, 1960

Action, Crime

The Angry Rambler

0 %|Nov 16, 1960

The Rambler Rides Again

0 %|Oct 12, 1960

Western, Crime

The Rambler on a Pearl Farm

0 %|Sep 3, 1960

The Man with a Sinister Laugh

0 %|Aug 6, 1960

Action

The Rambler in the Sunset

0 %|Jul 1, 1960

Action, Western

Wind of Volcano

0 %|May 28, 1960

Crime

The Gun Like Lightning

0 %|May 14, 1960

Action

Return of the Vagabond

50 %|Apr 23, 1960

Music, Action

The Guitarist from the Sea

35 %|Feb 28, 1960

Action, Crime

Ryuji, the Gun Slinger

0 %|Feb 14, 1960

Action, Crime

The Cards Will Tell

0 %|Jan 16, 1960

Crime

The Guitarist and the Rancher

0 %|Jan 3, 1960

Western, Crime

Mighty Rules

0 %|Dec 14, 1959

Action, Crime

Who is in the Background?

0 %|Dec 6, 1959

Action, Crime

The Rambling Guitarist

62 %|Oct 11, 1959

Crime, Drama

The Human Cyclone

0 %|Sep 20, 1959

Merciless Bullet

0 %|Jun 30, 1959

Crime

Tokyo no Kodoku

0 %|May 12, 1959

Drama

Machi ga nemuru toki

0 %|May 6, 1959

Action, Crime

Gun Number Zero

0 %|Apr 28, 1959

Crime, Action

Wounded Beast

0 %|Apr 1, 1959

Action, Crime

Zattō ni hikarume

0 %|Jan 28, 1959

Orera wa nagashi no ninkisha

0 %|Oct 29, 1958

Voice Without a Shadow

64 %|Oct 22, 1958

Crime, Drama, Mystery

Taiyō o buchi otose

0 %|Oct 1, 1958

The Boy Who Came Back

78 %|Jun 29, 1958

Drama

Rusty Knife

59 %|Mar 11, 1958

Thriller, Action, Crime

Breasts and Bullets

0 %|Jan 29, 1958

The Naked Woman and the Gun

0 %|Dec 7, 1957

Action, Crime

Small Rats of the Edo Town

0 %|Oct 15, 1957

Drama, History

Temptation

80 %|Sep 22, 1957

Comedy

The Champion

60 %|May 1, 1957

Action, Romance, Drama, Music

Muhō Ichidai

0 %|Mar 20, 1957

Drama

Kawakami Tetsuji, No. 16

0 %|Jan 3, 1957

Drama

Frankie the Milkman

90 %|Dec 5, 1956

Comedy

Kingorô no omawari-san

0 %|Nov 14, 1956

Music, Drama

Kanshō fujin

0 %|Oct 24, 1956

Drama

Shiawase wa doko ni

0 %|Jul 19, 1956

Drama

The Happy Dancers

0 %|May 10, 1956

Music, Comedy

Seishun wo warera ni

100 %|Mar 28, 1956

Confession

0 %|Mar 21, 1956

Called to the Stand

0 %|Feb 25, 1956

Cell No. 8

0 %|Jan 15, 1956

Sara no hana no toge

0 %|Oct 11, 1955

Drama

Tsukiyo no kasa

0 %|Aug 21, 1955

The Maid's Kid

0 %|Jun 28, 1955

Drama

Ofukuro

0 %|Apr 10, 1955

Drama

Policeman's Diary

65 %|Feb 3, 1955

Drama, Comedy

Series

Detective Office 5: Another Story

0 %|Sep 29, 2005

Mystery

The Files of the Young Kindaichi

82 %|Apr 8, 1995

Drama, Mystery

Kimi no na wa

70 %|Apr 2, 1991

Drama

Pro Hunter

0 %|Apr 7, 1981

Comedy, Action & Adventure, Crime

Hashire! Nekketsu Keiji

0 %|Nov 10, 1980

Crime, Action & Adventure, Mystery, Drama

Netchū Jidai: Keiji Hen

0 %|Apr 7, 1979

Action & Adventure, Crime, Drama

Prime Minister of Yuhigaoka

0 %|Oct 11, 1978

Comedy, Drama

Star Wolf

0 %|Apr 2, 1978

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Wind, Clouds, and Rainbow

90 %|Jan 4, 1976

Drama

Blitz!! Strada 5

0 %|Apr 5, 1974

Drama, Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Crime