Jō Shishido
Born
December 6, 1933
Died
January 18, 2020 (86 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
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).
The Final Judgement
Lao Porto
2012
Mobile Detectives: The Movie 3
2011
A Night in Nude: Salvation
Naoki / Yamagami
2010
The Code
Detective 500
2009
Kisaragi
Ooiso Long Beach Host
2007
Mobile Detectives: The Movie 2
2007
A Surgeon Named Hitman
2006
Detective Office 5
500
2005
Detective Office 5: Another Story
Chief 500 · (3 episodes)
2005
Flower & Snake II
2005
Gokudô seisen: Jihaado
2002
Drowning Fish
Ace no Jo
2001
Debt King Part VII: Millennium
2000
To Love
Chinen
1997
Remembering the Cosmos Flower
1997
The Trap
Jo Shishido
1996
Fukushu no Teio
Kazunari Inaba
1995
The Files of the Young Kindaichi
Fujio Tashiro · (2 episodes)
1995
The Stairway to the Distant Past
Jo Shishido
1995
Turning Point
Hashizume
1994
The Most Terrible Time in My Life
Joe
1994
Mahjong Demon 3: Extraterritorial Mahjong
1994
Bored Hatamoto: Letter of Death
1993
JACK KNIFE Wolves' Bet
1993
The Setting Sun
1992
The Gambler
Joe of Aces
1992
8 Man - For All Lonely Nights
Dr. Tani
1992
Danger Point: The Road to Hell
1991
The Notorious Bored Samurai 6
1991
神様のピンチヒッター
1991
Neo Chinpira 2: Zoom Goes the Bullet
Junichi Mizuta
1991
Kimi no na wa
角倉勘次 · (312 episodes)
1991
The Killers
1991
Run the Beast
1990
Codename 348 Female Detective Sashiba
1990
Neo Chinpira: Zoom Goes the Bullet
Junichi Mizuta
1990
Nozomi Witches
Ryotaro's father
1990
You'll Fall For Me
1989
Red Crow and the Ghost Ship
Captain
1989
This Heartbeat
1988
Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis
Tokuji Hayakawa
1988
Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis
Noritsugu Hayakawa
1988
Fugitive Alien
Captain Joe
1987
Star Force: Fugitive Alien II
Captain Joe
1987
Leave My Girl Alone
Bar Owner
1986
Bound for the Fields, the Mountains, and the Seacoast
School Principal
1986
Take It Easy
1986
I'm All Yours
1985
Caribe: Symphony of Love
Shunsuke Saichu
1985
Yakyuukyou no Uta
1985
Again
1984
Sukanpin Walk
Tatsuya Sekikawa
1984
Our Wedding
1983
I Are You, You Am Me
Kouzou Saitoh
1982
Fossilized Wilderness
1982
Edo Porn
Jyuppensha Ikku
1981
Blue Jeans Memory
1981
Pro Hunter
菊島雄三 · (25 episodes)
1981
The First Catch
1980
Hashire! Nekketsu Keiji
(26 episodes)
1980
Nurse's Husband
1980
Netchū Jidai: Keiji Hen
(26 episodes)
1979
Prime Minister of Yuhigaoka
(40 episodes)
1978
Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron
Tominoichi
1978
Star Wolf
Captain Joe · (24 episodes)
1978
Black Jack: The Visitor in the Eye
Black Jack
1977
High Seas Hijack
Chief Engineer Kosai
1977
Gambling Code and Feuds
Katsuya Sekikawa
1977
Ore no sora
Genjiro Yasuda
1977
A Tale of Sorrow and Sadness
Cop
1977
The Alaska Story
1977
The Sea of Genkai
Sawaki
1976
Wind, Clouds, and Rainbow
Gendō · (52 episodes)
1976
Conflagration
Chief Engineer Kosai
1975
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1
Hachiro Tachibana
1974
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode
Katsutoshi Otomo
1974
Tokyo do mannaka
Hyodo
1974
Blitz!! Strada 5
Takamura Terujiro / Jupiter · (13 episodes)
1974
The Hard Core Criminal
1973
None But the Brave
1973
Kigeki: koko kara hajimaru monogatari
1973
New Abashiri Prison Story: Honor and Humanity, Ammunition That Attracts the Storm
1972
New Hoodlum Soldier Story: Firing Line
1972
The Witty Samurai
1972
Bad Girl Mako
Yasuoka
1971
Monk's Paradise
1971
Blood for Blood
1971
Okusama wa 18 sai: shinkon kyoshitsu
1971
Go As Messy As Messy Can Be
Mujitori
1971
A Man's World
1971
New Shameless School
Gebageba
1971
Shameless School: Tackle Kiss
Macaroni
1970
New Prison Walls of Abashiri: High Stakes at Abashiri
1970
Shameless School: Health Check in the Nude
Macaroni
1970
Charming Men
Kobe Saburo
1970
Shameless School
Macaroni
1970
A Hoodlum At The Risk Of His Life
1970
Greatest Boss Of Japan
1970
Profile of a Boss' Son
1970
The Cleanup
1969
Chivalrous Pride
1969
The Rough One
Imano's Bodyguard
1969
100 Gamblers
1969
Yabanjin no Nekutai
1969
Exiled to Hell
1969
Women of the Night - Butterfly Flower
1969
魔性の女
1968
Retaliation
Hino
1968
The Aftermath of War
1967
My Sweetheart
President Shishido
1967
The Return of the Filthy Seven
1967
Velvet Hustler
1967
Massacre Gun
Ryûichi Kuroda
1967
Asia-Pol
George
1967
Branded to Kill
Gorô Hanada
1967
Burning Clouds
1967
A Colt Is My Passport
Shuji Kamimura
1967
Asiapol Secret Service
George Eaton
1966
Your Life
1966
Love Eternal
1966
Love and Desire in the Night Mist
1966
Blood Shed
Seiji
1966
Cat Girls Gamblers: Abandoned Fangs of Triumph
Kokichi Yamaguch
1966
The Dragon and the Tiger
1966
The Dragon of Macao
Aizu
1965
Murder Unincorporated
Jiro (Joe of Spades)
1965
Inochi Shirazu no Rokudenashi
1965
Modern Yakuza: Chivalry
1965
Kenjū burai jō nagare-sha no mure
1965
Quick-Draw Joe: Sand Dune Duel
Joe of Aces
1964
Tiger of the Sea
1964
Gate of Flesh
Shintaro Ibuki
1964
Nukî uchi ryuji - kênju no otâ
1964
Jinsei Gekijo
1964
Cruel Gun Story
Togawa
1964
Tale on Tokai Chivalry
1964
Hell Festival
1963
Detective Bureau 2-3: A Man Weak to Money and Women
Hideo Tajima
1963
Akai ka to Rokudenashi
1963
Youth of the Beast
Jôji 'Jo' Mizuno
1963
Notorious Bastard
Tatsumaki Takeji (Tornado Joe)
1963
Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell, Bastards!
Hideo Tajima
1963
Namari o buchikome
1962
Danger Pays
Jôji Kondô
1962
Glass-Hearted Johnny
Jô
1962
Jūdan no arashi
1962
Moeru minamijūjisei
1962
Hitori tabi
1962
The Frozen Plains
1962
Nuki uchi fūraibō
1962
Kimagure tosei
1962
Mekishiko mushuku
1962
早射ち無頼 大平原の男
1961
Crimson pistol belt
1961
I'll End in Hell
Joji Dan
1961
Nosappu no jū
1961
The Crimson Plains
Joji Sakuma
1961
Gambler in the Sea
1961
Joe of Aces: Give and Take
Eiji Yano (Joe of Aces)
1961
Joe of Aces: Gambling for a Living
Eiji Yano (Joe of Aces)
1961
Quick Draw Joe
Joe the Ace
1961
Taiheiyō no katsugiya
1961
The Rambler under the Southern Cross
1961
Tales of a Gunman: The Man Without Tomorrow
Jo of the Colt
1960
The Angry Rambler
1960
The Rambler Rides Again
1960
The Rambler on a Pearl Farm
1960
The Man with a Sinister Laugh
Ken
1960
The Rambler in the Sunset
1960
Wind of Volcano
1960
The Gun Like Lightning
Goro
1960
Return of the Vagabond
1960
The Guitarist from the Sea
1960
Ryuji, the Gun Slinger
Gin of the Colt
1960
The Cards Will Tell
1960
The Guitarist and the Rancher
1960
Mighty Rules
1959
Who is in the Background?
1959
The Rambling Guitarist
George
1959
The Human Cyclone
Masa
1959
Merciless Bullet
Yukie's lover
1959
Tokyo no Kodoku
1959
Machi ga nemuru toki
1959
Gun Number Zero
1959
Wounded Beast
1959
We Live Today
1959
Zattō ni hikarume
1959
Orera wa nagashi no ninkisha
1958
Voice Without a Shadow
Hamazaki
1958
Taiyō o buchi otose
1958
The Boy Who Came Back
1958
Rusty Knife
Shimabara
1958
Breasts and Bullets
1958
The Naked Woman and the Gun
1957
Small Rats of the Edo Town
Hidematsu
1957
Temptation
Goro Yasui
1957
The Champion
Boxer Ishiyama
1957
Muhō Ichidai
1957
Kawakami Tetsuji, No. 16
Masaki Yoshihara
1957
Frankie the Milkman
Zenkichi Matsubara
1956
Kingorô no omawari-san
1956
Kanshō fujin
1956
Shiawase wa doko ni
Tetsuo Shimura
1956
The Happy Dancers
1956
Seishun wo warera ni
Takai
1956
Confession
1956
Called to the Stand
1956
Cell No. 8
1956
The Doctor
1955
Tsukiyo no kasa
1955
The Maid's Kid
1955
Ofukuro
1955
Policeman's Diary
Patrolman Yabuta
1955