Jō Shishido

Jō Shishido

  • Birthday: 1933-12-06
  • Deathday: 2020-01-18
  • Place of birth: Osaka Prefecture, Japan
  • Also know as: 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).

Filmography

A Colt Is My Passport

1967

As Shuji Kamimura

Branded to Kill

1967

As Gorô Hanada

To Love

1997

As Chinen

A Night in Nude: Salvation

2010

As Naoki / Yamagami

Cruel Gun Story

1964

As Togawa

Rusty Knife

1958

As Shimabara

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode

1974

As Katsutoshi Otomo

Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis

1988

As Tokuji Hayakawa

Edo Porn

1981

As Jyuppensha Ikku

Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron

1978

As Tominoichi

Gate of Flesh

1964

As Shintaro Ibuki

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

1963

As Hideo Tajima

Fugitive Alien

1987

As Captain Joe

I Are You, You Am Me

1982

As Kouzou Saitoh

Called to the Stand

1956

As

Star Force: Fugitive Alien II

1987

As Captain Joe

Velvet Hustler

1967

As

Massacre Gun

1967

As Ryûichi Kuroda

None But the Brave

1973

As

The Final Judgement

2012

As Lao Porto

New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1

1974

As Hachiro Tachibana

Youth of the Beast

1963

As Jôji 'Jo' Mizuno

Quick Draw Joe

1961

As Joe the Ace

A Tale of Sorrow and Sadness

1977

As Cop

Frankie the Milkman

1956

As Zenkichi Matsubara

The Most Terrible Time in My Life

1994

As Joe

The Code

2009

As Detective 500

The Stairway to the Distant Past

1995

As Jo Shishido

The Visitor in the Eye

1977

As Black Jack

Return of the Vagabond

1960

As

Voice Without a Shadow

1958

As Hamazaki

Bound for the Fields, the Mountains, and the Seacoast

1986

As School Principal

The Rambler Rides Again

1960

As

Glass-Hearted Johnny

1962

As Jô

Conflagration

1975

As Chief Engineer Kosai

Drowning Fish

2001

As Ace no Jo

The Rambling Guitarist

1959

As George

Asia-Pol

1967

As George

Murder Unincorporated

1965

As Jiro (Joe of Spades)

Retaliation

1968

As Hino

Nurse's Husband

1980

As

Kingorô no omawari-san

1956

As

Kanshō fujin

1956

As

The Happy Dancers

1956

As

Policeman's Diary

1955

As Patrolman Yabuta

Danger Pays

1962

As Jôji Kondô

Go As Messy As Messy Can Be

1971

As Mujitori

High Seas Hijack

1977

As Chief Engineer Kosai

Bad Girl Mako

1971

As Yasuoka

The Maid's Kid

1955

As

Ore no sora

1977

As Genjiro Yasuda

Nozomi Witches

1990

As Ryotaro's father

Shameless School: Health Check in the Nude

1970

As Macaroni

New Harenchi Gakuen College

1971

As Gebageba

The Sea of Genkai

1976

As Sawaki

Neo Chinpira: Zoom Goes the Bullet

1990

As Junichi Mizuta

Red Crow and the Ghost Ship

1989

As Captain

The Boy Who Came Back

1958

As Кадзита

Tiger of the Sea

1964

As

Okusama wa 18 sai: shinkon kyoshitsu

1971

As

Kawakami Tetsuji, No. 16

1957

As Masaki Yoshihara

The Dragon and the Tiger

1966

As

The Rambler in the Sunset

1960

As

The Guitarist from the Sea

1960

As

Wind of Volcano

1960

As

Ryuji, the Gun Slinger

1960

As Gin of the Colt

The Hard Core Criminal

1973

As

A Man's World

1971

As

The Naked Woman and the Gun

1957

As

New Hoodlum Soldier Story: Firing Line

1972

As

Blood For Blood

1971

As

The Rough One

1969

As Imano's Bodyguard

Gambling Code and Feuds

1977

As Katsuya Sekikawa

Neo Chinpira 2: Zoom Goes the Bullet

1991

As Junichi Mizuta

The Man with a Sinister Laugh

1960

As Ken

The Gun Like Lightning

1960

As Goro

The Human Cyclone

1959

As Masa

My Sweetheart

1967

As President Shishido

Monk's Paradise

1971

As

Kisaragi

2007

As Ooiso Long Beach Host

The Rambler under the Southern Cross

1961

As

Cat Girls Gamblers: Abandoned Fangs of Triumph

1966

As Kokichi Yamaguch

Our Wedding

1983

As

You'll Fall For Me

1989

As

The Dragon of Macao

1965

As Aizu

Blood Shed

1966

As Seiji

The First Catch

1980

As

Turning Point

1994

As Hashizume, Reporter

Blue Jeans Memory

1981

As

Shameless School

1970

As Macaroni

Shameless School: Tackle Kiss

1970

As Macaroni

Leave My Girl Alone

1986

As Bar Owner

Burning Clouds

1967

As

Take It Easy

1986

As

Sukanpin Walk

1984

As Tatsuya Sekikawa

Flower & Snake II

2005

As

Shiawase wa doko ni

1956

As Tetsuo Shimura

The Champion

1957

As Boxer Ishiyama

Danger Point: The Road to Hell

1991

As

New Prison Walls of Abashiri: High Stakes at Abashiri

1970

As

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

1972

As

Jinsei Gekijo

1964

As

Confession

1956

As

A Hoodlum At The Risk Of His Life

1970

As

Temptation

1957

As Goro Yasui

8 Man - For All Lonely Nights

1992

As Dr. Tani

Again

1984

As

The Guitarist and the Rancher

1960

As

Wounded Beast

1959

As

Gun Number Zero

1959

As

Mighty Rules

1959

As

Taiyō o buchi otose

1958

As

Orera wa nagashi no ninkisha

1958

As

Joe of Aces: Gambling for a Living

1961

As Eiji Yano (Joe of Aces)

Seishun wo warera ni

1956

As Takai

The Gambler

1992

As Joe of Aces

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

1963

As Hideo Tajima

Gokudô seisen: Jihaado

2002

As

Mekishiko mushuku

1962

As

Nosappu no jū

1961

As

Machi ga nemuru toki

1959

As

Mobile Detectives: The Movie 3

2011

As

Breasts and Bullets

1958

As

Tales of a Gunman: The Man Without Tomorrow

1960

As Jo of the Colt

The Alaska Story

1977

As

Codename 348 Female Detective Sashiba

1990

As

Debt King Part VII: Millennium

2000

As

The Cleanup

1969

As

The Trap

1996

As Jo Shishido

Small Rats of the Edo Town

1957

As Hidematsu

The Killers

1991

As

Quick-Draw Joe: Sand Dune Duel

1964

As Joe of Aces

A Surgeon Named Hitman

2006

As

Detective Office 5

2005

As 500

Exiled to Hell

1969

As

Ofukuro

1955

As

Profile of a Boss' Son

1970

As

The Aftermath of War

1967

As

I'm All Yours

1985

As

I'll End in Hell

1961

As Joji Dan

The Return of the Filthy Seven

1967

As

神様のピンチヒッター

1991

As

Remembering the Cosmos Flower

1997

As

Caribe: Symphony of Love

1985

As Shunsuke Saichu

Crimson pistol belt

1961

As

Asiapol Secret Service

1966

As George Eaton

The Setting Sun

1992

As

Who is in the Background?

1959

As

Chivalrous Pride

1969

As

The Rambler on a Pearl Farm

1960

As

Tsukiyo no kasa

1955

As

Kigeki: koko kara hajimaru monogatari

1973

As

Tale on Tokai Chivalry

1964

As

Zattō ni hikarume

1959

As

Run the Beast

1990

As

JACK KNIFE Wolves' Bet

1993

As

100 Gamblers

1969

As

Love Eternal

1966

As

Kimagure tosei

1962

As

The Angry Rambler

1960

As

Nuki uchi fūraibō

1962

As

Cell No. 8

1956

As

Mobile Detectives: The Movie 2

2007

As

早射ち無頼　大平原の男

1961

As

The Frozen Plains

1962

As

Bored Hatamoto: Letter of Death

1993

As

Joe of Aces: Give and Take

1961

As Eiji Yano (Joe of Aces)

Notorious Bastard

1963

As Tatsumaki Takeji (Tornado Joe)

Greatest Boss Of Japan

1970

As

Hitori tabi

1962

As

Moeru minamijūjisei

1962

As

Your Life

1966

As

Yabanjin no Nekutai

1969

As

Women of the Night - Butterfly Flower

1969

As

Jūdan no arashi

1962

As

The Crimson Plains

1961

As Joji Sakuma

Sara no hana no toge

1955

As

Namari o buchikome

1962

As

Love and Desire in the Night Mist

1966

As

Yakyuukyou no Uta

1985

As

Charming Men

1970

As Kobe Saburo

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