
Acting · Kita, Osaka, Japan · Born December 6, 1933
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).
MovieThe Final Judgement
2012
as Lao Porto
MovieMobile Detectives: The Movie 3
2011
MovieA Night In Nude: Salvation
2010
as Naoki Yamagami
MovieThe Code
2009
as Detective 500
MovieSwitching – Goodbye Me
2007
as Yoshinosuke Yoshida
MovieKisaragi
2007
as Ooiso Long Beach Host
MovieMobile Detectives: The Movie 2
2007
MovieProud Ambition 5
2006
MovieProud Ambition 4
2006
MovieProud Ambition 2
2006
MovieProud Ambition
2006
MovieA Surgeon Named Hitman
2006
MovieDetective Office 5
2005
as 500
TVDetective Office 5: Another Story
2005
as Chief 500
MovieShin Japan's Don 6
2005
MovieProud Ambition 3
2005
MovieFlower & Snake II
2005
MovieShin Japan's Don 5
2005
MovieShin Japan's Don 4
2005
MovieClass Reunion
2004
MovieShin Japan's Don 2: Ruthless
2004
MovieShin Japan's Don: Waves
2004
MovieYakuza Jihad
2002
MovieDrowning Fish
2001
as Ace no Jo
MovieShibuya Midnight War Dark Street
2001
MovieDebt King Part VII: Millennium
2000
MovieHometown
1999
MovieTo Love
1997
as Chinen
MovieRemembering the Cosmos Flower
1997
MovieThe Trap
1996
as Jo Shishido
MovieFukushu no Teio
1995
as Kazunari Inaba
TVThe Files of the Young Kindaichi
1995
as Fujio Tashiro
MovieThe Stairway to the Distant Past
1995
as Jo Shishido
MovieTough Cop 2 - HEART CRASH
1995
MovieTurning Point
1994
as Hashizume
MovieThe Most Terrible Time in My Life
1994
as Joe
MovieMahjong Demon 3: Extraterritorial Mahjong
1994
MovieTough Cop - Ginza Police
1994
MovieBored Hatamoto: Letter of Death
1993
MovieJACK KNIFE Wolves' Bet
1993
MovieThe Setting Sun
1992
MovieThe Gambler
1992
as Joe of Aces
Movie8 Man - For All Lonely Nights
1992
as Dr. Tani
MovieDanger Point: The Road to Hell
1991
The Notorious Bored Samurai 6
1991
MovieGod's Pinch Hitter
1991
MovieNeo Chinpira 2: Zoom Goes the Bullet
1991
as Junichi Mizuta
TVKimi no na wa
1991
as 角倉勘次
MovieThe Killers
1991
MovieRun the Beast
1990
MovieCodename 348 Female Detective Sashiba
1990
MovieNeo Chinpira: Zoom Goes the Bullet
1990
as Junichi Mizuta
MovieNozomi Witches
1990
as Ryotaro's father
MovieYou'll Fall For Me
1989
MovieRed Crow and the Ghost Ship
1989
as Captain
MovieThis Heartbeat
1988
MovieTokyo: The Last Megalopolis
1988
as Tokuji Hayakawa
MovieStar Force: Fugitive Alien II
1987
as Captain Joe
MovieFugitive Alien
1987
as Captain Joe
MovieThe Beauty in the Black Mask
1987
as Takeo Sato
MovieLeave My Girl Alone
1986
as Bar Owner
MovieBound for the Fields, the Mountains, and the Seacoast
1986
as School Principal
MovieKatayoku dake no tenshi
1986
MovieTake It Easy
1986
MovieI'm All Yours
1985
as Priest
MovieCaribe: Symphony of Love
1985
as Shunsuke Saichu
MovieYakyuukyou no Uta
1985
MovieAgain
1984
MovieSukanpin Walk
1984
as Tatsuya Sekikawa
MovieOur Wedding
1983
MovieI Are You, You Am Me
1982
as Kouzou Saitoh
MovieFossilized Wilderness
1982
MovieEdo Porn
1981
as Jyuppensha Ikku
MovieBlue Jeans Memory
1981
TVPro Hunter
1981
as 菊島雄三
MovieThe First Catch
1980
TVHashire! Nekketsu Keiji
1980
Nurse's Husband
1980
TVNecchu Jidai: Keiji Hen
1979
TVPrime Minister of Yuhigaoka
1978
MovieBandits vs. Samurai Squadron
1978
as Tominoichi
TVStar Wolf
1978
as Captain Joe
MovieBlack Jack: The Visitor in the Eye
1977
as Black Jack
MovieHigh Seas Hijack
1977
as Chief Engineer Kosai
MovieGambling Code and Feuds
1977
as Katsuya Sekikawa
MovieOre no sora
1977
as Genjiro Yasuda
MovieA Tale of Sorrow and Sadness
1977
as Cop
TVDazzling Cops
1977
MovieThe Alaska Story
1977
TVBig City: Days of Struggle
1976
MovieThe Sea of Genkai
1976
as Sawaki
TVWind, Clouds, and Rainbow
1976
as Gendō
MovieConflagration
1975
as Chief Engineer Kosai
MovieNew Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1
1974
as Hachiro Tachibana
MovieBattles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode
1974
as Katsutoshi Otomo
MovieCenter of Tokyo
1974
as Hyodo
TVBlitz!! Strada 5
1974
as Takamura Terujiro / Jupiter
MovieThe Hard Core Criminal
1973
MovieNone But the Brave
1973
MovieKigeki: koko kara hajimaru monogatari
1973
MovieNew Abashiri Prison Story: Honor and Humanity, Ammunition That Attracts the Storm
1972
MovieNew Hoodlum Soldier Story: Firing Line
1972
MovieThe Witty Samurai
1972
MovieBad Girl Mako
1971
as Yasuoka
MovieMonk's Paradise
1971
MovieBlood for Blood
1971
as Naoto Tezuka
MovieOkusama wa 18 sai: shinkon kyoshitsu
1971
MovieGo As Messy As Messy Can Be
1971
as Mujitori
MovieA Man's World
1971
MovieNew Shameless School
1971
as Gebageba
MovieShameless School: Tackle Kiss
1970
as Macaroni
MovieNew Prison Walls of Abashiri: High Stakes at Abashiri
1970
MovieShameless School: Health Check in the Nude
1970
as Macaroni
MovieCharming Men
1970
as Kobe Saburo
MovieKikeki: onna mo tsurai wa
1970
MovieShameless School
1970
as Macaroni
MovieA Hoodlum At The Risk Of His Life
1970
MovieGreatest Boss of Japan
1970
MovieProfile of a Boss' Son
1970
MovieThe Cleanup
1969
MovieBiographies of Killers
1969
MovieThirteen Times a Loser
1969
as Seiji Okitsu
MovieChivalrous Pride
1969
MovieEx Convict: Sword Storm
1969
MovieThe Rough One
1969
as Imano's Bodyguard
Movie100 Gamblers
1969
MovieYabanjin no Nekutai
1969
MovieYakuza Wanderer: Villainous Livelihood
1969
MovieExiled to Hell
1969
MovieWomen of the Night - Butterfly Flower
1969
Movie魔性の女
1968
MovieRetaliation
1968
as Hino
MovieStardust Wharf
1968
MovieOutlaw's Gold
1967
as 三鬼鉄
MovieThe Aftermath of War
1967
MovieMy Sweetheart
1967
as President Shishido
MovieThe Return of the Filthy Seven
1967
MovieVelvet Hustler
1967
MovieMassacre Gun
1967
as Ryûichi Kuroda
MovieAsia-Pol
1967
as George
MovieBranded to Kill
1967
as Gorô Hanada
MovieBurning Clouds
1967
MovieA Colt Is My Passport
1967
as Shuji Kamimura
MovieAsiapol Secret Service
1966
as George Eaton
MovieYour Life
1966
MovieLove Eternal
1966
MovieLove and Desire in the Night Mist
1966
MovieBlood Shed
1966
as Seiji
MovieCat Girls Gamblers: Abandoned Fangs of Triumph
1966
as Kokichi Yamaguch
MovieThe Dragon and the Tiger
1966
MovieThe Dragon of Macao
1965
as Aizu
MovieThree Stray Dogs
1965
MovieMurder Unincorporated
1965
as Jiro (Joe of Spades)
MovieInochi Shirazu no Rokudenashi
1965
as Tornado George / Jouji Tatsumaki
MovieModern Yakuza: Chivalry
1965
MovieKenjū burai jō nagare-sha no mure
1965
MovieQuick-Draw Joe: Sand Dune Duel
1964
as Joe of Aces
MovieTiger of the Sea
1964
MovieGate of Flesh
1964
as Shintaro Ibuki
MovieNukî uchi ryuji - kênju no otâ
1964
MovieJinsei Gekijo
1964
MovieCruel Gun Story
1964
as Togawa
MovieTale on Tokai Chivalry
1964
MovieHell Festival
1963
as Tetsu the Otter
MovieChivalrous Outlaw
1963
MovieTale on Kanto Chivalry
1963
as Masa from Kanto
MovieDetective Bureau 2-3: A Man Weak to Money and Women
1963
as Hideo Tajima
MovieAkai ka to Rokudenashi
1963
MovieYouth of the Beast
1963
as Jôji 'Jo' Mizuno
MovieNotorious Bastard
1963
as Tatsumaki Takeji (Tornado Joe)
MovieDetective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell, Bastards!
1963
as Hideo Tajima
MovieTraces of Lead
1962
MovieDanger Pays
1962
as Jôji Kondô
MovieGlass-Hearted Johnny
1962
as Jô
MovieJūdan no arashi
1962
MovieLast Round
1962
MovieSolo Traveler
1962
MovieThe Frozen Plains
1962
MovieNuki uchi fūraibō
1962
MovieKimagure tosei
1962
MovieMexico Drifter
1962
MovieQuick Draw Outlaw: Man of the Great Plains
1961
MovieCrimson Pistol
1961
MovieI'll End in Hell
1961
as Joji Dan
MovieGun of Nosappu
1961
MovieThe Crimson Plains
1961
as Joji Sakuma
MovieGambler in the Sea
1961
MovieJoe of Aces: Give and Take
1961
as Eiji Yano (Joe of Aces)
MovieQuick Draw Joe
1961
as Joe the Ace
MovieJoe of Aces: Gambling for a Living
1961
as Eiji Yano (Joe of Aces)
MoviePacific Porters
1961
MovieThe Rambler under the Southern Cross
1961
MovieTales of a Gunman: The Man Without Tomorrow
1960
as Jo of the Colt
MovieThe Angry Rambler
1960
MovieThe Rambler Rides Again
1960
MovieThe Rambler on a Pearl Farm
1960
MovieThe Man with a Sinister Laugh
1960
as Ken
MovieThe Rambler in the Sunset
1960
MovieWind of Volcano
1960
MovieThe Gun Like Lightning
1960
as Goro
MovieReturn of the Vagabond
1960
MovieThe Guitarist from the Sea
1960
MovieRyuji, the Gun Slinger
1960
as Gin of the Colt
MovieThe Cards Will Tell
1960
MovieThe Guitarist and the Rancher
1960
MovieMighty Rules
1959
MovieWho is in the Background?
1959
MovieThe Rambling Guitarist
1959
as George
MovieThe Human Cyclone
1959
as Masa
MovieCrime Reporter
1959
as Fujimoto
MovieMerciless Bullet
1959
as Yukie's lover
MovieTokyo no Kodoku
1959
MovieMachi ga nemuru toki
1959
MovieGun Number Zero
1959
MovieWounded Beast
1959
MovieWe Live Today
1959
MovieZattō ni hikarume
1959
MovieOrera wa nagashi no ninkisha
1958
MovieVoice Without a Shadow
1958
as Hamazaki
MovieTaiyō o buchi otose
1958
MovieThe Boy Who Came Back
1958
as Kajita
Movie死の壁の脱出
1958
as Jiro Asaoka
MovieRusty Knife
1958
as Shimabara
MovieBreasts and Bullets
1958
MovieThe Naked Woman and the Gun
1957
MovieSmall Rats of the Edo Town
1957
as Hidematsu
MovieTemptation
1957
as Goro Yasui
MovieThe Champion
1957
as Boxer Ishiyama
MovieMuhō Ichidai
1957
MovieKawakami Tetsuji, No. 16
1957
as Masaki Yoshihara
MovieFrankie the Milkman
1956
as Zenkichi Matsubara
Kingorô no omawari-san
1956
Kanshō fujin
1956
MovieShiawase wa doko ni
1956
as Tetsuo Shimura
The Happy Dancers
1956
MovieThis Is Home
1956
MovieSeishun wo warera ni
1956
as Takai
MovieConfession
1956
MovieCalled to the Stand
1956
MovieCell No. 8
1956
MovieThe Doctor
1955
MovieTsukiyo no kasa
1955
MovieThe Maid's Kid
1955
MovieOfukuro
1955
MoviePoliceman's Diary
1955
as Patrolman Yabuta
MovieHis Highness Surabaya
1955
as Applied Atomic Energy Research Institute Worker with a Tohoku Accent
MovieMy Pistol Is Quick
1954
as Airplane Passenger
MovieWomen's House
1954
as Okada (employee of Inogawa's company)
MovieThe Black Current
1954
as Newspaper Reporter
Twist & Shoot: Mister Suzuki
as Self (archive footage)