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