Joe Shishido

Actor

Born: December 6, 1933 (86 years old)

Died: January 18, 2020

Place of birth: Kita, Osaka, Japan

Biography

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 (40)

• The Trap (1996, ★ 6.6)
• A Colt Is My Passport (1967, ★ 7)
• Branded to Kill (1967, ★ 7.2)
• Massacre Gun (1967, ★ 7.2)
• A Night In Nude: Salvation (2010, ★ 6.1)
• Cruel Gun Story (1964, ★ 6.5)
• Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis (1988, ★ 6.2)
• Gate of Flesh (1964, ★ 6.6)
• Edo Porn (1981, ★ 5.9)
• Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron (1978, ★ 5.9)
• Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell, Bastards! (1963, ★ 6.3)
• I Are You, You Am Me (1982, ★ 6.6)
• Velvet Hustler (1967, ★ 6.3)
• Youth of the Beast (1963, ★ 6.9)
• Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode (1974, ★ 7.2)
• Asia-Pol (1967, ★ 6.7)
• The Most Terrible Time in My Life (1994, ★ 7.3)
• The Stairway to the Distant Past (1995, ★ 7)
• Bound for the Fields, the Mountains, and the Seacoast (1986, ★ 6.7)
• Danger Pays (1962, ★ 7)
• Neo Chinpira: Zoom Goes the Bullet (1990, ★ 6.7)
• The Boy Who Came Back (1958, ★ 7.3)
• New Hoodlum Soldier Story: Firing Line (1972, ★ 6.9)
• Kisaragi (2007, ★ 7)
• The Files of the Young Kindaichi (1995, ★ 7.6)
• Rusty Knife (1958, ★ 5.7)
• None But the Brave (1973, ★ 5.6)
• New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1 (1974, ★ 5.5)
• The Code (2009, ★ 6.2)
• Retaliation (1968, ★ 5.8)