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Joe Shishido is a Actor Japonais born on 6 december 1933 at Kita-ku (Japon)

Joe Shishido

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Birth name Jō Shishido
Nationality Japon
Birth 6 december 1933 at Kita-ku (Japon)
Death 18 january 2020 (at 86 years)

Joe Shishido (宍戸 錠, Shishido Jō, born December 6, 1933) is a 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).

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Seijun Suzuki
Seijun Suzuki
(7 films)
Akira Kobayashi
Akira Kobayashi
(5 films)
Kaizo Hayashi
Kaizo Hayashi
(2 films)
Kaku Takashina
Kaku Takashina
(4 films)
Nobuo Kaneko
Nobuo Kaneko
(4 films)
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Filmography of Joe Shishido (26 films)

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Kisaragi
Kisaragi (2007)
, 1h48
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Teruyuki Kagawa, Shun Oguri, Joe Shishido, Yūsuke Santamaria, Kanako Sakai
Roles Ooiso Long Beach Host
Rating71% 3.5903753.5903753.5903753.5903753.590375
One year after the suicide of C-list model Kisaragi Miki, five of her fans come together for a commemorative meeting. They slowly come to the realization that her death did not occur the way they thought it did. The more they talk, the more the case takes shape in their minds, and the closer they come to the truth.
Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis
Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis (1988)
, 2h15
Directed by Akio Jissōji
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Fantasy, Horror, Animation
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films
Actors Shintarō Katsu, Kyūsaku Shimada, Mieko Harada, Jun'ichi Ishida, Shirō Sano, Mikijirō Hira
Roles Tokuji Hayakawa
Rating61% 3.0511253.0511253.0511253.0511253.051125
The live-action film is an adaptation of the first 1/3rd of the original novel or the first four volumes (out of a total of 12).
I Are You, You Am Me
I Are You, You Am Me (1982)
, 1h52
Directed by Nobuhiko Ōbayashi
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Satomi Kobayashi, Toshinori Omi, Makoto Satō, Wakaba Irie, Joe Shishido, Katsuhiko Nakagawa
Roles Kouzou Saitoh
Rating71% 3.5805153.5805153.5805153.5805153.580515
Kazuo et Kazumi, 15 ans environ, font une chute dans un temple d'une petite ville côtière du Japon. Suite à une intervention surnaturelle, leurs âmes et corps sont échangés, leur permettant de découvrir ce qu'est être du sexe opposé à l'adolescence.
Edo Porn
Edo Porn (1981)
, 1h59
Directed by Kaneto Shindō
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Documentary, Historical
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films
Actors Ken Ogata, Nobuko Otowa, Toshiyuki Nishida, Yūko Tanaka, Kanako Higuchi, Frankie Sakai
Roles Jyuppensha Ikku
Rating64% 3.2295053.2295053.2295053.2295053.229505
Tetsuzō (Ken Ogata) is an unsuccessful ukiyo-e painter who lives with his young daughter Ōei (Yūko Tanaka) in poverty over a geta shop owned by Ōyaku (Nobuko Otowa), the older wife of the aspirant writer Sashichi (Toshiyuki Nishida) who is a childhood friend of Tetsuzō.
Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron
Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron (1978)
, 2h40
Directed by Hideo Gosha
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure
Themes Seafaring films, Sports films, Transport films, Martial arts films, Samurai films
Actors Tatsuya Nakadai, Shima Iwashita, Matsumoto Kōshirō IX, Tetsurō Tanba, Keiko Matsuzaka, Junko Miyashita
Roles Tominoichi
Rating65% 3.286283.286283.286283.286283.28628
Une force spéciale de la police impériale constituée de samouraïs est mise sur pied pour lutter contre le crime. Son ennemi n° 1 : Nizaemon Kumokiri, un bandit de grand chemin dont personne ne connaît la véritable identité, qui multiplie les cambriolages audacieux dans les demeures des riches commerçants.
A Tale of Sorrow and Sadness
A Tale of Sorrow and Sadness (1977)
, 1h33
Directed by Seijun Suzuki
Genres Drama
Themes Sports films, Golf films
Actors Yoshio Harada, Masumi Okada, Kyōko Enami, Joe Shishido, Asao Koike
Roles Cop
Rating63% 3.181893.181893.181893.181893.18189
The film is about a professional model Reiko (Shiraki) who is being groomed for the golf circuit by the editor of a golfing fashion magazine. During her first professional competition she has great success, winning the approval of her mentor, a TV audience and others. Suddenly, everyone wants a piece of Reiko. The plot turns sinister as one of her devoted followers develops an obsession with Reiko and starts to blackmail and threaten her.
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode (1974)
, 1h38
Directed by Kinji Fukasaku
Genres Drama, Action, Crime
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Yakuza films, Gangster films
Actors Bunta Sugawara, Nobuo Kaneko, Akira Kobayashi, Kin'ya Kitaōji, Shingo Yamashiro, Kunie Tanaka
Roles Katsutoshi Otomo
Rating72% 3.6407653.6407653.6407653.6407653.640765
Following the previous film, Shozo Hirono is serving seven years in prison and Akira Takeda was released from prison on a technicality. Takeda then united all the families in the Hiroshima region, shed their yakuza image, and formed the Tensei Coalition political party. In August 1965, Takeda is leader as Chairman, Katsutoshi Otomo is Vice Chairman, Tamotsu Matsumura is Managing Director, Hideo Hayakawa is Secretary General, and Shoichi Eda a Director. Hirono's men get into an altercation with some low-level Tensei members. Elder yakuza Otomo and Hayakawa demand the instigators should have to commit yubitsume, however, after a vote the Coalition agrees to let Matsumura handle discipline on account of wanting to avoid the rituals tied to yakuza for their public image. In 1966, Hirono's friend Terukichi Ichioka has a Tensei financial adviser killed and attends the funeral, angering Otomo who openly vows to take him on. However, Takeda threatens that anyone who responds to the attack will be expelled from Tensei.
Branded to Kill
Branded to Kill (1967)
, 1h38
Directed by Seijun Suzuki
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Noir, Crime
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Yakuza films, Gangster films
Actors Joe Shishido, Koji Nanbara, Annu Mari, Atsushi Yamatoya
Roles Gorô Hanada
Rating71% 3.5989453.5989453.5989453.5989453.598945
Goro Hanada, the Japanese underworld's third-ranked hitman, and his wife, Mami, fly into Tokyo and are met by Kasuga, a formerly ranked hitman turned taxi driver. Kasuga petitions Hanada to assist him in breaking back into the profession. Hanada agrees and the three go to a club owned by the yakuza boss Michihiko Yabuhara. The two men are hired to escort a client from Sagami Beach to Nagano. After the meeting, Yabuhara covertly seduces Hanada's wife. Hanada and Kasuga pick up a car designated for the job which unexpectedly has a corpse in the back seat. They dispose of the body, then meet the client and proceed towards their destination. En route Hanada spots an ambush. He dispatches a number of gunmen while Kasuga panics and flails about in hysterics. Foaming at the mouth, Kasuga charges an ambusher, Koh, the fourth-ranked hitman, and they kill each other. Hanada leaves the client to secure Koh's car but hears three gunshots and rushes back to find the client is safe and three additional ambushers have been shot cleanly through the forehead. At a second ambush, Hanada kills more gunmen and sets Sakura, the second-ranked hitman, on fire. Sakura madly rushes towards the client but is shot dead by him. On his way home Hanada's car breaks down. Misako, a mysterious woman with a deathwish, stops and gives him a ride. At home, he has rough sex with his wife, fueled by his obsession with sniffing boiling rice.
A Colt Is My Passport
A Colt Is My Passport (1967)
, 1h24
Genres Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Yakuza films, Gangster films
Actors Joe Shishido, Kanjūrō Arashi, Hitoshi Takagi, Wataru Takagi
Roles Shuji Kamimura
Rating73% 3.690653.690653.690653.690653.69065
It stars Joe Shishido as a hitman who, along with his sidekick played by Jerry Fujio, is hired by the yakuza to eliminate a rival gang's boss. The two are captured after the job, escape and are waylaid once again resulting in a climatic battle. The film was among Shishido's first starring roles, cementing him as a hardboiled action hero, and remains a personal favourite of the 170 films he made at Nikkatsu.