
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).
Movie | The Final Judgement | Lao Porto | 2012-06-02 |
Movie | Mobile Detectives: The Movie 3 | 2011-02-05 | |
Movie | A Night In Nude: Salvation | Naoki Yamagami | 2010-10-02 |
Movie | The Code | Detective 500 | 2009-05-09 |
Movie | Mobile Detectives: The Movie 2 | 2007-01-01 | |
Movie | Kisaragi | Ooiso Long Beach Host | 2007-06-16 |
Movie | Switching – Goodbye Me | Yoshinosuke Yoshida | 2007-06-23 |
Movie | A Surgeon Named Hitman | 2006-02-06 | |
Movie | Flower & Snake II | 2005-05-14 | |
Movie | Detective Office 5 | 500 | 2005-11-26 |
Series | Detective Office 5: Another Story | 2005-09-29 | |
Movie | Gokudô seisen: Jihaado | 2002-07-08 | |
Movie | Drowning Fish | Ace no Jo | 2001-02-03 |
Movie | Debt King Part VII: Millennium | 2000-07-22 | |
Movie | Hometown | 1999-04-10 | |
Movie | Remembering the Cosmos Flower | 1997-05-03 | |
Movie | To Love | Chinen | 1997-10-04 |
Movie | The Trap | Jo Shishido | 1996-05-25 |
Movie | Fukushu no Teio | Kazunari Inaba | 1995-08-12 |
Movie | The Stairway to the Distant Past | Jo Shishido | 1995-03-18 |
Series | The Files of the Young Kindaichi | Fujio Tashiro | 1995-07-15 |
Movie | Mahjong Demon 3: Extraterritorial Mahjong | 1994-02-25 | |
Movie | Turning Point | Hashizume | 1994-06-18 |
Movie | The Most Terrible Time in My Life | Joe | 1994-03-05 |
Movie | JACK KNIFE Wolves' Bet | 1993-03-12 | |
Movie | Bored Hatamoto: Letter of Death | 1993-03-27 | |
Movie | The Gambler | Joe of Aces | 1992-09-01 |
Movie | 8 Man - For All Lonely Nights | Dr. Tani | 1992-06-04 |
Movie | The Setting Sun | 1992-09-15 | |
Series | Kimi no na wa | 角倉勘次 | 1991-04-02 |
Movie | The Killers | 1991-01-01 | |
Movie | Neo Chinpira 2: Zoom Goes the Bullet | Junichi Mizuta | 1991-04-12 |
Movie | The Notorious Bored Samurai 6 | 1991-08-15 | |
Movie | 神様のピンチヒッター | 1991-05-23 | |
Movie | Danger Point: The Road to Hell | 1991-10-11 | |
Movie | Neo Chinpira: Zoom Goes the Bullet | Junichi Mizuta | 1990-05-11 |
Movie | Nozomi Witches | Ryotaro's father | 1990-03-17 |
Movie | Codename 348 Female Detective Sashiba | 1990-12-10 | |
Movie | Run the Beast | 1990-12-14 | |
Movie | Red Crow and the Ghost Ship | Captain | 1989-07-24 |
Movie | You'll Fall For Me | 1989-11-03 | |
Movie | Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis | Noritsugu Hayakawa | 1988-01-30 |
Movie | This Heartbeat | 1988-10-08 | |
Movie | Star Force: Fugitive Alien II | Captain Joe | 1987-11-03 |
Movie | Fugitive Alien | Captain Joe | 1987-11-03 |
Movie | Bound for the Fields, the Mountains, and the Seacoast | School Principal | 1986-10-04 |
Movie | Take It Easy | 1986-04-12 | |
Movie | Leave My Girl Alone | Bar Owner | 1986-12-13 |
Movie | Yakyuukyou no Uta | 1985-01-07 | |
Movie | Caribe: Symphony of Love | Shunsuke Saichu | 1985-04-13 |
Movie | I'm All Yours | 1985-04-20 | |
Movie | Sukanpin Walk | Tatsuya Sekikawa | 1984-02-11 |
Movie | Again | 1984-02-18 | |
Movie | Our Wedding | 1983-04-29 | |
Movie | Fossilized Wilderness | 1982-04-17 | |
Movie | I Are You, You Am Me | Kouzou Saitoh | 1982-04-17 |
Movie | Blue Jeans Memory | 1981-07-11 | |
Series | Pro Hunter | 菊島雄三 | 1981-04-07 |
Movie | Edo Porn | Jyuppensha Ikku | 1981-09-12 |
Movie | Nurse's Husband | 1980-05-10 | |
Series | Hashire! Nekketsu Keiji | 1980-11-10 | |
Movie | The First Catch | 1980-12-27 | |
Series | Necchu Jidai: Keiji Hen | 1979-04-07 | |
Series | Star Wolf | Captain Joe | 1978-04-02 |
Movie | Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron | Tominoichi | 1978-07-01 |
Series | Prime Minister of Yuhigaoka | 1978-10-11 | |
Movie | The Alaska Story | 1977-01-22 | |
Movie | Ore no sora | Genjiro Yasuda | 1977-05-28 |
Movie | A Tale of Sorrow and Sadness | Cop | 1977-05-21 |
Movie | Gambling Code and Feuds | Katsuya Sekikawa | 1977-08-27 |
Movie | Black Jack: The Visitor in the Eye | Black Jack | 1977-11-26 |
Movie | High Seas Hijack | Chief Engineer Kosai | 1977-10-20 |
Series | Wind, Clouds, and Rainbow | Gendō | 1976-01-04 |
Series | Big City: Days of Struggle | Unknown | 1976-11-29 |
Movie | The Sea of Genkai | Sawaki | 1976-05-29 |
Movie | Conflagration | Chief Engineer Kosai | 1975-07-12 |
Series | Blitz!! Strada 5 | Takamura Terujiro / Jupiter | 1974-04-05 |
Movie | Tokyo do mannaka | Hyodo | 1974-06-01 |
Movie | Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode | Katsutoshi Otomo | 1974-06-29 |
Movie | New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1 | Hachiro Tachibana | 1974-12-28 |
Movie | Kigeki: koko kara hajimaru monogatari | 1973-05-02 | |
Movie | The Hard Core Criminal | 1973-05-12 | |
Movie | None But the Brave | 1973-05-09 | |
Movie | The Witty Samurai | 1972-01-21 | |
Movie | New Abashiri Prison Story: Honor and Humanity, Ammunition That Attracts the Storm | 1972-08-12 | |
Movie | New Hoodlum Soldier Story: Firing Line | 1972-04-22 | |
Movie | Okusama wa 18 sai: shinkon kyoshitsu | 1971-06-05 | |
Movie | New Shameless School | Gebageba | 1971-01-03 |
Movie | A Man's World | 1971-01-13 | |
Movie | Go As Messy As Messy Can Be | Mujitori | 1971-03-20 |
Movie | Blood for Blood | 1971-06-10 | |
Movie | Bad Girl Mako | Yasuoka | 1971-08-25 |
Movie | Monk's Paradise | 1971-07-31 | |
Movie | A Hoodlum At The Risk Of His Life | 1970-05-01 | |
Movie | Profile of a Boss' Son | 1970-01-24 | |
Movie | Shameless School | Macaroni | 1970-05-02 |
Movie | Greatest Boss Of Japan | 1970-04-18 | |
Movie | Charming Men | Kobe Saburo | 1970-06-13 |
Movie | Shameless School: Health Check in the Nude | Macaroni | 1970-08-01 |
Movie | Shameless School: Tackle Kiss | Macaroni | 1970-09-12 |
Movie | New Prison Walls of Abashiri: High Stakes at Abashiri | 1970-08-14 | |
Movie | Yabanjin no Nekutai | 1969-05-01 | |
Movie | 100 Gamblers | 1969-05-14 | |
Movie | Women of the Night - Butterfly Flower | 1969-01-22 | |
Movie | Exiled to Hell | 1969-01-22 | |
Movie | The Cleanup | 1969-12-31 | |
Movie | Chivalrous Pride | 1969-09-13 | |
Movie | The Rough One | Imano's Bodyguard | 1969-06-13 |
Movie | Retaliation | Hino | 1968-10-05 |
Movie | 魔性の女 | 1968-11-22 | |
Movie | Branded to Kill | Gorô Hanada | 1967-06-15 |
Movie | Burning Clouds | 1967-05-03 | |
Movie | A Colt Is My Passport | Shuji Kamimura | 1967-02-04 |
Movie | Asia-Pol | George | 1967-06-22 |
Movie | Velvet Hustler | 1967-10-06 | |
Movie | The Aftermath of War | 1967-11-18 | |
Movie | Massacre Gun | Ryûichi Kuroda | 1967-09-06 |
Movie | My Sweetheart | President Shishido | 1967-11-03 |
Movie | The Return of the Filthy Seven | 1967-10-21 | |
Movie | Cat Girls Gamblers: Abandoned Fangs of Triumph | Kokichi Yamaguch | 1966-03-12 |
Movie | Blood Shed | Seiji | 1966-04-10 |
Movie | The Dragon and the Tiger | 1966-01-14 | |
Movie | Asiapol Secret Service | George Eaton | 1966-12-10 |
Movie | Love and Desire in the Night Mist | 1966-06-01 | |
Movie | Your Life | 1966-08-13 | |
Movie | Love Eternal | 1966-07-09 | |
Movie | Modern Yakuza: Chivalry | 1965-02-03 | |
Movie | Kenjū burai jō nagare-sha no mure | 1965-01-15 | |
Movie | Inochi Shirazu no Rokudenashi | 1965-06-20 | |
Movie | Murder Unincorporated | Jiro (Joe of Spades) | 1965-08-25 |
Movie | The Dragon of Macao | Aizu | 1965-12-18 |
Movie | Cruel Gun Story | Togawa | 1964-02-01 |
Movie | Jinsei Gekijo | 1964-02-23 | |
Movie | Tale on Tokai Chivalry | 1964-01-12 | |
Movie | Quick-Draw Joe: Sand Dune Duel | Joe of Aces | 1964-10-11 |
Movie | Nukî uchi ryuji - kênju no otâ | 1964-04-04 | |
Movie | Tiger of the Sea | 1964-08-14 | |
Movie | Gate of Flesh | Shintaro Ibuki | 1964-05-31 |
Movie | Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell, Bastards! | Hideo Tajima | 1963-01-27 |
Movie | Notorious Bastard | Tatsumaki Takeji (Tornado Joe) | 1963-03-03 |
Movie | Youth of the Beast | Jôji 'Jo' Mizuno | 1963-04-21 |
Movie | Hell Festival | 1963-12-08 | |
Movie | Detective Bureau 2-3: A Man Weak to Money and Women | Hideo Tajima | 1963-07-07 |
Movie | Akai ka to Rokudenashi | 1963-05-19 | |
Movie | Nuki uchi fūraibō | 1962-03-18 | |
Movie | The Frozen Plains | 1962-04-22 | |
Movie | Mekishiko mushuku | 1962-01-03 | |
Movie | Hitori tabi | 1962-06-24 | |
Movie | Kimagure tosei | 1962-02-18 | |
Movie | Glass-Hearted Johnny | Jô | 1962-09-30 |
Movie | Last Round | 1962-07-29 | |
Movie | Namari o buchikome | 1962-12-16 | |
Movie | Danger Pays | Jôji Kondô | 1962-12-01 |
Movie | Jūdan no arashi | 1962-09-02 | |
Movie | Joe of Aces: Give and Take | Eiji Yano (Joe of Aces) | 1961-06-11 |
Movie | Quick Draw Joe | Joe the Ace | 1961-04-01 |
Movie | The Rambler under the Southern Cross | 1961-01-03 | |
Movie | Taiheiyō no katsugiya | 1961-01-27 | |
Movie | Joe of Aces: Gambling for a Living | Eiji Yano (Joe of Aces) | 1961-03-15 |
Movie | Gambler in the Sea | 1961-07-01 | |
Movie | Hayauchi burai - Daiheigen no otoko | 1961-12-06 | |
Movie | Crimson pistol belt | 1961-11-12 | |
Movie | The Crimson Plains | Joji Sakuma | 1961-07-30 |
Movie | I'll End in Hell | Joji Dan | 1961-10-01 |
Movie | Nosappu no jū | 1961-09-02 | |
Movie | The Guitarist from the Sea | 1960-02-28 | |
Movie | Return of the Vagabond | 1960-04-23 | |
Movie | Ryuji, the Gun Slinger | Gin of the Colt | 1960-02-14 |
Movie | The Guitarist and the Rancher | 1960-01-03 | |
Movie | The Gun Like Lightning | Goro | 1960-05-14 |
Movie | The Cards Will Tell | 1960-01-16 | |
Movie | Wind of Volcano | 1960-05-28 | |
Movie | The Rambler Rides Again | 1960-10-12 | |
Movie | Tales of a Gunman: The Man Without Tomorrow | Jo of the Colt | 1960-12-03 |
Movie | The Rambler on a Pearl Farm | 1960-09-03 | |
Movie | The Angry Rambler | 1960-11-16 | |
Movie | The Man with a Sinister Laugh | Ken | 1960-08-06 |
Movie | The Rambler in the Sunset | 1960-07-01 | |
Movie | Machi ga nemuru toki | 1959-05-06 | |
Movie | Gun Number Zero | 1959-04-28 | |
Movie | Wounded Beast | 1959-04-01 | |
Movie | Tokyo no Kodoku | 1959-05-12 | |
Movie | Zattō ni hikarume | 1959-01-28 | |
Movie | We Live Today | 1959-03-10 | |
Movie | Merciless Bullet | Yukie's lover | 1959-06-30 |
Movie | Mighty Rules | 1959-12-14 | |
Movie | Who is in the Background? | 1959-12-06 | |
Movie | The Rambling Guitarist | George | 1959-10-11 |
Movie | The Human Cyclone | Masa | 1959-09-20 |
Movie | Rusty Knife | Shimabara | 1958-03-11 |
Movie | Breasts and Bullets | 1958-01-29 | |
Movie | The Boy Who Came Back | 1958-06-29 | |
Movie | Voice Without a Shadow | Hamazaki | 1958-10-22 |
Movie | Taiyō o buchi otose | 1958-10-01 | |
Movie | Orera wa nagashi no ninkisha | 1958-10-29 | |
Movie | The Champion | Boxer Ishiyama | 1957-05-01 |
Movie | Kawakami Tetsuji, No. 16 | Masaki Yoshihara | 1957-01-03 |
Movie | Muhō Ichidai | 1957-03-20 | |
Movie | Temptation | Goro Yasui | 1957-09-22 |
Movie | The Naked Woman and the Gun | 1957-12-07 | |
Movie | Small Rats of the Edo Town | Hidematsu | 1957-10-15 |
Movie | Confession | 1956-03-21 | |
Movie | Cell No. 8 | 1956-01-15 | |
Movie | The Happy Dancers | 1956-05-10 | |
Movie | Called to the Stand | 1956-02-25 | |
Movie | Seishun wo warera ni | Takai | 1956-03-28 |
Movie | Shiawase wa doko ni | Tetsuo Shimura | 1956-07-19 |
Movie | Frankie the Milkman | Zenkichi Matsubara | 1956-12-05 |
Movie | Kingorô no omawari-san | 1956-11-14 | |
Movie | Kanshō fujin | 1956-10-24 | |
Movie | Policeman's Diary | Patrolman Yabuta | 1955-02-03 |
Movie | Ofukuro | 1955-04-10 | |
Movie | The Doctor | 1955-10-11 | |
Movie | Tsukiyo no kasa | 1955-08-21 | |
Movie | The Maid's Kid | 1955-06-28 |