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).
2026Twist & Shoot: Mister SuzukiMovieas Self (archive footage)
2012The Final JudgementMovieas Lao Porto
2011Mobile Detectives: The Movie 3Movie
2010A Night in Nude: SalvationMovieas Naoki Yamagami
2009The CodeMovieas Detective 500
2007Switching – Goodbye MeMovieas Yoshinosuke Yoshida2007KisaragiMovieas Ooiso Long Beach Host
2007Mobile Detectives: The Movie 2Movie
2006Proud Ambition 5Movie
2006Proud Ambition 4Movie
2006Proud Ambition 2Movie
2006Proud AmbitionMovie
2006A Surgeon Named HitmanMovie
2005Detective Office 5Movieas 500
2005Detective Office 5: Another StoryTV showas Chief 500 · 50 episodes
2005Shin Japan's Don 6Movie
2005Proud Ambition 3Movie2005Flower & Snake IIMovieas Takayoshi Tooyama
2005Shin Japan's Don 5Movie
2005Shin Japan's Don 4Movie
2004Class ReunionMovie
2004Shin Japan's Don 2: RuthlessMovie
2004Shin Japan's Don: WavesMovie
2002Yakuza JihadMovie
2001Drowning FishMovieas Ace no Jo
2001Shibuya Midnight War Dark StreetMovie
2000Debt King Part VII: MillenniumMovie
2000Heisei Kin'yudo: Muruhi no OnnaMovie
1999HometownMovie
1997To LoveMovieas Chinen
1997Remembering the Cosmos FlowerMovie
1996The TrapMovieas Jo Shishido
1995Fukushu no TeioMovieas Kazunari Inaba
1995The Files of the Young KindaichiTV showas Fujio Tashiro · 2 episodes
1995The Stairway to the Distant PastMovieas Jo Shishido
1995Tough Cop 2 - HEART CRASHMovie
1994Turning PointMovieas Hashizume
1994The Most Terrible Time in My LifeMovieas Joe
1994Mahjong Demon 3: Extraterritorial MahjongMovie
1994Tough Cop - Ginza PoliceMovie
1993Bored Hatamoto: Letter of DeathMovie
1993JACK KNIFE Wolves' BetMovie
1992The Setting SunMovie
1992The GamblerMovieas Joe of Aces
19928 Man - For All Lonely NightsMovieas Dr. Tani
1991Danger Point: The Road to HellMovie
1991The Notorious Bored Samurai 6Movie
1991God's Pinch HitterMovie
1991Neo Chinpira 2: Zoom Goes the BulletMovieas Junichi Mizuta
1991Kimi no na waTV showas 角倉勘次 · 312 episodes
1991The KillersMovie
1990Run the BeastMovie
1990Codename 348 Female Detective SashibaMovie
1990Neo Chinpira: Zoom Goes the BulletMovieas Junichi Mizuta
1990Nozomi WitchesMovieas Ryotaro's father
1989You'll Fall For MeMovie
1989Red Crow and the Ghost ShipMovieas Captain
1988This HeartbeatMovie1988Tokyo: The Last MegalopolisMovieas Tokuji Hayakawa · as Noritsugu Hayakawa
1987Star Force: Fugitive Alien IIMovieas Captain Joe1987Fugitive AlienMovieas Captain Joe
1987The Beauty in the Black MaskMovieas Takeo Sato
1986Leave My Girl AloneMovieas Bar Owner
1986Bound for the Fields, the Mountains, and the SeacoastMovieas School Principal
1986Katayoku dake no tenshiMovie
1986Take It EasyMovie
1985I'm All YoursMovieas Priest
1985Caribe: Symphony of LoveMovieas Shunsuke Saichu
1985Yakyuukyou no UtaMovie
1984AgainMovie
1984Sukanpin WalkMovieas Tatsuya Sekikawa
1983Our WeddingMovie1982I Are You, You Am MeMovieas Kouzou Saitoh
1982Fossilized WildernessMovie1981Edo PornMovieas Jyuppensha Ikku
1981Blue Jeans MemoryMovie
1981Pro HunterTV showas 菊島雄三 · 25 episodes
1980The First CatchMovie
1980Hashire! Nekketsu KeijiTV show26 episodes
1979Necchu Jidai: Keiji HenTV show26 episodes
1978Prime Minister of YuhigaokaTV show40 episodes1978Bandits vs. Samurai SquadronMovieas Tominoichi
1978Star WolfTV showas Captain Joe · 24 episodes
1977Black Jack: The Visitor in the EyeMovieas Black Jack
1977High Seas HijackMovieas Chief Engineer Kosai
1977Gambling Code and FeudsMovieas Katsuya Sekikawa
1977Ore no soraMovieas Genjiro Yasuda1977A Tale of Sorrow and SadnessMovieas Cop
1977Dazzling CopsTV show1 episodes
1977The Alaska StoryMovieas George Oshima
1976Big City: Days of StruggleTV show31 episodes
1976The Sea of GenkaiMovieas Sawaki
1976Wind, Clouds, and RainbowTV showas Gendō · 52 episodes
1975ConflagrationMovieas Chief Engineer Kosai1974New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1Movieas Hachiro Tachibana1974Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final EpisodeMovieas Katsutoshi Otomo
1974Center of TokyoMovieas Hyodo
1974Blitz!! Strada 5TV showas Takamura Terujiro / Jupiter · 13 episodes
1973The Hard Core CriminalMovie
1973None But the BraveMovie
1973Kigeki: koko kara hajimaru monogatariMovie
1972New Abashiri Prison Story: Honor and Humanity, Ammunition That Attracts the StormMovie1972New Hoodlum Soldier Story: Firing LineMovie
1972The Witty SamuraiMovie
1971Bad Girl MakoMovieas Yasuoka
1971Monk's ParadiseMovie
1971Blood for BloodMovieas Naoto Tezuka
1971Okusama wa 18 sai: shinkon kyoshitsuMovie
1971Go As Messy As Messy Can BeMovieas Mujitori
1971A Man's WorldMovie
1971New Shameless SchoolMovieas Gebageba
1970Shameless School: Tackle KissMovieas Macaroni
1970New Prison Walls of Abashiri: High Stakes at AbashiriMovie
1970Shameless School: Health Check in the NudeMovieas Macaroni
1970Charming MenMovieas Kobe Saburo
1970Kikeki: onna mo tsurai waMovie
1970Shameless SchoolMovieas Macaroni
1970A Hoodlum At The Risk Of His LifeMovie
1970Greatest Boss of JapanMovie
1970Profile of a Boss' SonMovie
1969The CleanupMovie
1969Biographies of KillersMovie
1969Thirteen Times a LoserMovieas Seiji Okitsu
1969Chivalrous PrideMovie
1969Ex Convict: Sword StormMovie
1969The Rough OneMovieas Imano's Bodyguard
1969100 GamblersMovie
1969Yabanjin no NekutaiMovie
1969Yakuza Wanderer: Villainous LivelihoodMovie
1969Exiled to HellMovie
1969Women of the Night - Butterfly FlowerMovie
1968魔性の女Movie1968RetaliationMovieas Hino
1968Key HunterTV show1 episodes
1968Stardust WharfMovie
1967Outlaw's GoldMovieas 三鬼鉄
1967The Aftermath of WarMovie
1967My SweetheartMovieas President Shishido
1967The Return of the Filthy SevenMovie
1967Velvet HustlerMovie1967Massacre GunMovieas Ryûichi Kuroda
1967Asia-PolMovieas George1967Branded to KillMovieas Gorô Hanada
1967Burning CloudsMovie1967A Colt is My PassportMovieas Shuji Kamimura
1966Asiapol Secret ServiceMovieas George Eaton
1966Your LifeMovie
1966Love EternalMovie
1966Love and Desire in the Night MistMovie
1966Blood ShedMovieas Seiji
1966Cat Girls Gamblers: Abandoned Fangs of TriumphMovieas Kokichi Yamaguch
1966The Dragon and the TigerMovie
1965The Dragon of MacaoMovieas Aizu
1965Three Stray DogsMovie
1965Murder UnincorporatedMovieas Jiro (Joe of Spades)
1965Inochi Shirazu no RokudenashiMovieas Tornado George / Jouji Tatsumaki
1965Modern Yakuza: ChivalryMovie
1965Kenjū burai jō nagare-sha no mureMovie
1964Quick-Draw Joe: Sand Dune DuelMovieas Joe of Aces
1964Tiger of the SeaMovie1964Gate of FleshMovieas Shintaro Ibuki
1964Nukî uchi ryuji - kênju no otâMovie
1964Jinsei GekijoMovie1964Cruel Gun StoryMovieas Togawa
1964Tale on Tokai ChivalryMovie
1963Hell FestivalMovieas Tetsu the Otter
1963Chivalrous OutlawMovie
1963Tale on Kanto ChivalryMovieas Masa from Kanto
1963Detective Bureau 2-3: A Man Weak to Money and WomenMovieas Hideo Tajima
1963Red Shoes and a Good-For-NothingMovie1963Youth of the BeastMovieas Jôji 'Jo' Mizuno
1963Notorious BastardMovieas Tatsumaki Takeji (Tornado Joe)1963Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell, Bastards!Movieas Hideo Tajima
1962Traces of LeadMovie
1962Danger PaysMovieas Jôji Kondô
1962Glass-Hearted JohnnyMovieas Jô
1962Jūdan no arashiMovie
1962Last RoundMovie
1962Solo TravelerMovie
1962The Frozen PlainsMovie
1962Nuki uchi fūraibōMovie
1962Kimagure toseiMovie
1962Mexico DrifterMovie
1961Quick Draw Outlaw: Man of the Great PlainsMovie
1961Crimson PistolMovie
1961I'll End in HellMovieas Joji Dan
1961Gun of NosappuMovie
1961The Crimson PlainsMovieas Joji Sakuma
1961Gambler in the SeaMovie
1961Joe of Aces: Give and TakeMovieas Eiji Yano (Joe of Aces)
1961Quick Draw JoeMovieas Joe the Ace
1961Joe of Aces: Gambling for a LivingMovieas Eiji Yano (Joe of Aces)
1961Pacific PortersMovie
1961The Rambler under the Southern CrossMovie
1960Tales of a Gunman: The Man Without TomorrowMovieas Jo of the Colt
1960The Wild, Unruly DrifterMovie
1960The Rambler Rides AgainMovie
1960The Rambler on a Pearl FarmMovie
1960The Man with a Sinister LaughMovieas Ken
1960The Rambler in the SunsetMovie
1960Volcano WindMovie
1960The Gun Like LightningMovieas Goro
1960Return of the VagabondMovie
1960The Drifter from the SeaMovie
1960Ryuji, the Gun SlingerMovieas Gin of the Colt
1960The Cards Will TellMovie
1960The Guitarist and the RancherMovie
1959Mighty RulesMovie
1959Who is in the Background?Movie
1959The Rambling GuitaristMovieas George
1959The Human CycloneMovieas Masa
1959Crime ReporterMovieas Fujimoto
1959Merciless BulletMovieas Yukie's lover
1959Tokyo no KodokuMovie
1959Machi ga nemuru tokiMovie
1959Gun Number ZeroMovie
1959Wounded BeastMovie
1959We Live TodayMovie
1959Zattō ni hikarumeMovie
1958Orera wa nagashi no ninkishaMovie
1958Voice Without a ShadowMovieas Hamazaki
1958Taiyō o buchi otoseMovie
1958The Boy Who Came BackMovieas Kajita
1958死の壁の脱出Movieas Jiro Asaoka1958Rusty KnifeMovieas Shimabara
1958Breasts and BulletsMovie
1957The Naked Woman and the GunMovie
1957Small Rats of the Edo TownMovieas Hidematsu
1957TemptationMovieas Goro Yasui
1957The ChampionMovieas Boxer Ishiyama
1957Muhō IchidaiMovie
1957Kawakami Tetsuji, No. 16Movieas Masaki Yoshihara
1956Frankie the MilkmanMovieas Zenkichi Matsubara
1956Shiawase wa doko niMovieas Tetsuo Shimura
1956This Is HomeMovie
1956Seishun wo warera niMovieas Takai
1956ConfessionMovie
1956Called to the StandMovieas Hotta
1956Cell No. 8Movie
1955The DoctorMovie
1955Tsukiyo no kasaMovie
1955The Maid's KidMovie
1955OfukuroMovie
1955Women of GinzaMovie
1955Policeman's DiaryMovieas Patrolman Yabuta
1955His Highness SurabayaMovieas Applied Atomic Energy Research Institute Worker with a Tohoku Accent
1954My Pistol Is QuickMovieas Airplane Passenger
1954Women's HouseMovieas Okada (employee of Inogawa's company)
1954The Black CurrentMovieas Newspaper Reporter