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).
Zattō ni hikarume
The Alaska Story
Tale on Tokai Chivalry
Codename 348 Female Detective Sashiba
Debt King Part VII: Millennium
The Cleanup
The Trap
(Jo Shishido)
Run the Beast
JACK KNIFE Wolves' Bet
100 Gamblers
Love Eternal
Kimagure tosei
The Angry Rambler
Nuki uchi fūraibō
A Colt Is My Passport
(Shuji Kamimura)
Cell No. 8
Hayauchi burai - Daiheigen no otoko
Branded to Kill
(Gorô Hanada)
Mobile Detectives: The Movie 2
To Love
(Chinen)
The Frozen Plains
Bored Hatamoto: Letter of Death
Joe of Aces: Give and Take
(Eiji Yano (Joe of Aces))
A Night In Nude: Salvation
(Naoki Yamagami)
Rusty Knife
(Shimabara)
Cruel Gun Story
(Togawa)
Small Rats of the Edo Town
(Hidematsu)
The Killers
Quick-Draw Joe: Sand Dune Duel
(Joe of Aces)
Notorious Bastard
(Tatsumaki Takeji (Tornado Joe))
Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis
(Tokuji Hayakawa)
Gate of Flesh
(Shintaro Ibuki)
Edo Porn
(Jyuppensha Ikku)
Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron
(Tominoichi)
A Surgeon Named Hitman
Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell, Bastards!
(Hideo Tajima)
Fugitive Alien
(Captain Joe)
I Are You, You Am Me
(Kouzou Saitoh)
Detective Office 5
(500)
Star Force: Fugitive Alien II
(Captain Joe)
Velvet Hustler
Bad Girl Mako
(Yasuoka)
Greatest Boss Of Japan
Massacre Gun
(Ryûichi Kuroda)
Ofukuro
Exiled to Hell
None But the Brave
Hitori tabi
The Final Judgement
(Lao Porto)
The Aftermath of War
Profile of a Boss' Son
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1
(Hachiro Tachibana)
Last Round
Youth of the Beast
(Jôji 'Jo' Mizuno)
I'm All Yours
Your Life
I'll End in Hell
(Joji Dan)
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode
(Katsutoshi Otomo)
Quick Draw Joe
(Joe the Ace)
Yabanjin no Nekutai
Women of the Night - Butterfly Flower
Go As Messy As Messy Can Be
(Mujitori)
Asia-Pol
(George)
Jūdan no arashi
The Return of the Filthy Seven
The Crimson Plains
(Joji Sakuma)
A Tale of Sorrow and Sadness
(Cop)
神様のピンチヒッター
Remembering the Cosmos Flower
Frankie the Milkman
(Zenkichi Matsubara)
Caribe: Symphony of Love
(Shunsuke Saichu)
The Doctor
Crimson pistol belt
The Most Terrible Time in My Life
(Joe)
The Code
(Detective 500)
The Stairway to the Distant Past
(Jo Shishido)
Asiapol Secret Service
(George Eaton)
Drowning Fish
(Ace no Jo)
Who is in the Background?
The Setting Sun
Black Jack: The Visitor in the Eye
(Black Jack)
Namari o buchikome
Chivalrous Pride
Bound for the Fields, the Mountains, and the Seacoast
(School Principal)
Return of the Vagabond
The Rambler Rides Again
Love and Desire in the Night Mist
The Rambler on a Pearl Farm
Retaliation
(Hino)
Kigeki: koko kara hajimaru monogatari
Tsukiyo no kasa
Voice Without a Shadow
(Hamazaki)
Yakyuukyou no Uta
Glass-Hearted Johnny
(Jô)
Conflagration
(Chief Engineer Kosai)
Charming Men
(Kobe Saburo)
The Rambling Guitarist
(George)
The Notorious Bored Samurai 6
Policeman's Diary
(Patrolman Yabuta)
Murder Unincorporated
(Jiro (Joe of Spades))
Nurse's Husband
The Happy Dancers
Kingorô no omawari-san
Called to the Stand
Kanshō fujin
Danger Pays
(Jôji Kondô)
High Seas Hijack
(Chief Engineer Kosai)
The Maid's Kid
Tokyo no Kodoku
Ore no sora
(Genjiro Yasuda)
Nozomi Witches
(Ryotaro's father)
Shameless School: Health Check in the Nude
(Macaroni)
New Shameless School
(Gebageba)
Neo Chinpira: Zoom Goes the Bullet
(Junichi Mizuta)
The Sea of Genkai
(Sawaki)
The Boy Who Came Back
Red Crow and the Ghost Ship
(Captain)
Tiger of the Sea
Okusama wa 18 sai: shinkon kyoshitsu
Kawakami Tetsuji, No. 16
(Masaki Yoshihara)
The Dragon and the Tiger
The Rambler in the Sunset
Wind of Volcano
The Guitarist from the Sea
Ryuji, the Gun Slinger
(Gin of the Colt)
The Hard Core Criminal
A Man's World
The Naked Woman and the Gun
Blood for Blood
The Rough One
(Imano's Bodyguard)
New Hoodlum Soldier Story: Firing Line
Gambling Code and Feuds
(Katsuya Sekikawa)
Neo Chinpira 2: Zoom Goes the Bullet
(Junichi Mizuta)
My Sweetheart
(President Shishido)
The Man with a Sinister Laugh
(Ken)
The Gun Like Lightning
(Goro)
The Human Cyclone
(Masa)
Monk's Paradise
Kisaragi
(Ooiso Long Beach Host)
Our Wedding
The Rambler under the Southern Cross
Cat Girls Gamblers: Abandoned Fangs of Triumph
(Kokichi Yamaguch)
You'll Fall For Me
The Dragon of Macao
(Aizu)
Blood Shed
(Seiji)
Turning Point
(Hashizume)
The First Catch
Blue Jeans Memory
Shameless School
(Macaroni)
Shameless School: Tackle Kiss
(Macaroni)
Leave My Girl Alone
(Bar Owner)
Burning Clouds
Take It Easy
Sukanpin Walk
(Tatsuya Sekikawa)
Flower & Snake II
Shiawase wa doko ni
(Tetsuo Shimura)
Danger Point: The Road to Hell
The Champion
(Boxer Ishiyama)
New Abashiri Prison Story: Honor and Humanity, Ammunition That Attracts the Storm
New Prison Walls of Abashiri: High Stakes at Abashiri
Jinsei Gekijo
Confession
A Hoodlum At The Risk Of His Life
Temptation
(Goro Yasui)
8 Man - For All Lonely Nights
(Dr. Tani)
The Guitarist and the Rancher
Wounded Beast
Gun Number Zero
Mighty Rules
Again
Orera wa nagashi no ninkisha
Taiyō o buchi otose
Joe of Aces: Gambling for a Living
(Eiji Yano (Joe of Aces))
Seishun wo warera ni
(Takai)
The Gambler
(Joe of Aces)
Yakuza Jihad
Mekishiko mushuku
Nosappu no jū
Detective Bureau 2-3: A Man Weak to Money and Women
(Hideo Tajima)
Machi ga nemuru toki
Mobile Detectives: The Movie 3
Breasts and Bullets
Tales of a Gunman: The Man Without Tomorrow
(Jo of the Colt)
Fukushu no Teio
(Kazunari Inaba)
Muhō Ichidai
Gambler in the Sea
Merciless Bullet
(Yukie's lover)
Pacific Porters
The Cards Will Tell
Mahjong Demon 3: Extraterritorial Mahjong
Fossilized Wilderness
Inochi Shirazu no Rokudenashi
Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis
(Noritsugu Hayakawa)
This Heartbeat
魔性の女
Akai ka to Rokudenashi
We Live Today
The Witty Samurai
Hell Festival
Kenjū burai jō nagare-sha no mure
Tokyo do mannaka
(Hyodo)
Nukî uchi ryuji - kênju no otâ
Modern Yakuza: Chivalry
Switching – Goodbye Me
(Yoshinosuke Yoshida)
Proud Ambition 2
Proud Ambition
Hometown
Kikeki: onna mo tsurai wa
Alumni Association
Proud Ambition 3
Proud Ambition 4
Shin Japan's Don: Waves
Shin Japan's Don 2: Ruthless
Shin Japan's Don 4
Shin Japan's Don 5
Shin Japan's Don 6
Proud Ambition 5
Outlaw's Gold
(三鬼鉄)
Tale on Kanto Chivalry
(Masa from Kanto)
Three Stray Dogs
Yakuza Wanderer: Villainous Livelihood
Shibuya Midnight War Dark Street
Chivalrous Outlaw
Star Wolf
(Captain Joe)
Detective Office 5: Another Story
(Chief 500)
Blitz!! Strada 5
(Takamura Terujiro / Jupiter)
Kimi no na wa
(角倉勘次)
Pro Hunter
(菊島雄三)
Prime Minister of Yuhigaoka
Hashire! Nekketsu Keiji
Wind, Clouds, and Rainbow
(Gendō)
The Files of the Young Kindaichi
(Fujio Tashiro)
Necchu Jidai: Keiji Hen
Big City: Days of Struggle
Detective Office 5: Another Story
Dazzling Cops