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).

Filmography

• 2012The Final Judgement — Lao Porto
• 2011Mobile Detectives: The Movie 3
• 2010A Night in Nude: Salvation — Naoki Yamagami
• 2009The Code — Detective 500
• 2007Kisaragi — Ooiso Long Beach Host
• 2007Mobile Detectives: The Movie 2
• 2007Switching – Goodbye Me — Yoshinosuke Yoshida
• 2006A Surgeon Named Hitman
• 2006Proud Ambition
• 2006Proud Ambition 2
• 2006Proud Ambition 4
• 2006Proud Ambition 5
• 2005Detective Office 5 — 500
• Detective Office 5: Another Story — Chief 500
• 2005Flower & Snake II — Takayoshi Tooyama
• 2005Proud Ambition 3
• 2005Shin Japan's Don 4
• 2005Shin Japan's Don 5
• 2005Shin Japan's Don 6
• 2004Class Reunion
• 2004Shin Japan's Don 2: Ruthless
• 2004Shin Japan's Don: Waves
• 2002Yakuza Jihad
• 2001Drowning Fish — Ace no Jo
• 2001Shibuya Midnight War Dark Street
• 2000Debt King Part VII: Millennium
• 2000Heisei Kin'yudo: Muruhi no Onna
• 1999Hometown
• 1997Remembering the Cosmos Flower
• 1997To Love — Chinen
• 1996The Trap — Jo Shishido
• 1995Fukushu no Teio — Kazunari Inaba
• The Files of the Young Kindaichi — Fujio Tashiro
• 1995The Stairway to the Distant Past — Jo Shishido
• 1995Tough Cop 2 - HEART CRASH
• 1994Mahjong Demon 3: Extraterritorial Mahjong
• 1994The Most Terrible Time in My Life — Joe
• 1994Tough Cop - Ginza Police
• 1994Turning Point — Hashizume
• 1993Bored Hatamoto: Letter of Death
• 1993JACK KNIFE Wolves' Bet
• 19928 Man - For All Lonely Nights — Dr. Tani
• 1992The Gambler — Joe of Aces
• 1992The Setting Sun
• 1991Danger Point: The Road to Hell
• 1991God's Pinch Hitter
• Kimi no na wa — 角倉勘次
• 1991Neo Chinpira 2: Zoom Goes the Bullet — Junichi Mizuta
• 1991The Killers
• 1991The Notorious Bored Samurai 6
• 1990Codename 348 Female Detective Sashiba
• 1990Neo Chinpira: Zoom Goes the Bullet — Junichi Mizuta
• 1990Nozomi Witches — Ryotaro's father
• 1990Run the Beast
• 1989Red Crow and the Ghost Ship — Captain
• 1989You'll Fall For Me
• 1988This Heartbeat
• 1988Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis — Tokuji Hayakawa, Noritsugu Hayakawa
• 1987Fugitive Alien — Captain Joe
• 1987Star Force: Fugitive Alien II — Captain Joe
• 1987The Beauty in the Black Mask — Takeo Sato
• 1986Bound for the Fields, the Mountains, and the Seacoast — School Principal
• 1986Katayoku dake no tenshi
• 1986Leave My Girl Alone — Bar Owner
• 1986Take It Easy
• 1985Caribe: Symphony of Love — Shunsuke Saichu
• 1985I'm All Yours — Priest
• 1985Yakyuukyou no Uta
• 1984Again
• 1984Sukanpin Walk — Tatsuya Sekikawa
• 1983Our Wedding
• 1982Fossilized Wilderness
• 1982I Are You, You Am Me — Kouzou Saitoh
• 1981Blue Jeans Memory
• 1981Edo Porn — Jyuppensha Ikku
• Pro Hunter — 菊島雄三
• Hashire! Nekketsu Keiji
• 1980Nurse's Husband
• 1980The First Catch
• Necchu Jidai: Keiji Hen
• 1978Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron — Tominoichi
• Prime Minister of Yuhigaoka
• Star Wolf — Captain Joe
• 1977A Tale of Sorrow and Sadness — Cop
• 1977Black Jack: The Visitor in the Eye — Black Jack
• Dazzling Cops
• 1977Gambling Code and Feuds — Katsuya Sekikawa
• 1977High Seas Hijack — Chief Engineer Kosai
• 1977Ore no sora — Genjiro Yasuda
• 1977The Alaska Story — George Oshima
• Big City: Days of Struggle
• 1976The Sea of Genkai — Sawaki
• Wind, Clouds, and Rainbow — Gendō
• 1975Conflagration — Chief Engineer Kosai
• 1974Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode — Katsutoshi Otomo
• Blitz!! Strada 5 — Takamura Terujiro / Jupiter
• 1974Center of Tokyo — Hyodo
• 1974New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1 — Hachiro Tachibana
• 1973Kigeki: koko kara hajimaru monogatari
• 1973None But the Brave
• 1973The Hard Core Criminal
• 1972New Abashiri Prison Story: Honor and Humanity, Ammunition That Attracts the Storm
• 1972New Hoodlum Soldier Story: Firing Line
• 1972The Witty Samurai
• 1971A Man's World
• 1971Bad Girl Mako — Yasuoka
• 1971Blood for Blood — Naoto Tezuka
• 1971Go As Messy As Messy Can Be — Mujitori
• 1971Monk's Paradise
• 1971New Shameless School — Gebageba
• 1971Okusama wa 18 sai: shinkon kyoshitsu
• 1970A Hoodlum At The Risk Of His Life
• 1970Charming Men — Kobe Saburo
• 1970Greatest Boss of Japan
• 1970Kikeki: onna mo tsurai wa
• 1970New Prison Walls of Abashiri: High Stakes at Abashiri
• 1970Profile of a Boss' Son
• 1970Shameless School — Macaroni
• 1970Shameless School: Health Check in the Nude — Macaroni
• 1970Shameless School: Tackle Kiss — Macaroni
• 1969100 Gamblers
• 1969Biographies of Killers
• 1969Chivalrous Pride
• 1969Ex Convict: Sword Storm
• 1969Exiled to Hell
• 1969The Cleanup
• 1969The Rough One — Imano's Bodyguard
• 1969Thirteen Times a Loser — Seiji Okitsu
• 1969Women of the Night - Butterfly Flower
• 1969Yabanjin no Nekutai
• 1969Yakuza Wanderer: Villainous Livelihood
• Key Hunter
• 1968Retaliation — Hino
• 1968Stardust Wharf
• 1968魔性の女
• 1967A Colt is My Passport — Shuji Kamimura
• 1967Asia-Pol — George
• 1967Branded to Kill — Gorô Hanada
• 1967Burning Clouds
• 1967Massacre Gun — Ryûichi Kuroda
• 1967My Sweetheart — President Shishido
• 1967Outlaw's Gold — 三鬼鉄
• 1967The Aftermath of War
• 1967The Return of the Filthy Seven
• 1967Velvet Hustler
• 1966Asiapol Secret Service — George Eaton
• 1966Blood Shed — Seiji
• 1966Cat Girls Gamblers: Abandoned Fangs of Triumph — Kokichi Yamaguch
• 1966Love Eternal
• 1966Love and Desire in the Night Mist
• 1966The Dragon and the Tiger
• 1966Your Life
• 1965Inochi Shirazu no Rokudenashi — Tornado George / Jouji Tatsumaki
• 1965Kenjū burai jō nagare-sha no mure
• 1965Modern Yakuza: Chivalry
• 1965Murder Unincorporated — Jiro (Joe of Spades)
• 1965The Dragon of Macao — Aizu
• 1965Three Stray Dogs
• 1964Cruel Gun Story — Togawa
• 1964Gate of Flesh — Shintaro Ibuki
• 1964Jinsei Gekijo
• 1964Nukî uchi ryuji - kênju no otâ
• 1964Quick-Draw Joe: Sand Dune Duel — Joe of Aces
• 1964Tale on Tokai Chivalry
• 1964Tiger of the Sea
• 1963Chivalrous Outlaw
• 1963Detective Bureau 2-3: A Man Weak to Money and Women — Hideo Tajima
• 1963Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell, Bastards! — Hideo Tajima
• 1963Hell Festival — Tetsu the Otter
• 1963Notorious Bastard — Tatsumaki Takeji (Tornado Joe)
• 1963Red Shoes and a Good-For-Nothing
• 1963Tale on Kanto Chivalry — Masa from Kanto
• 1963Youth of the Beast — Jôji 'Jo' Mizuno
• 1962Danger Pays — Jôji Kondô
• 1962Glass-Hearted Johnny — Jô
• 1962Jūdan no arashi
• 1962Kimagure tosei
• 1962Last Round
• 1962Mexico Drifter
• 1962Nuki uchi fūraibō
• 1962Solo Traveler
• 1962The Frozen Plains
• 1962Traces of Lead
• 1961Crimson Pistol
• 1961Gambler in the Sea
• 1961Gun of Nosappu
• 1961I'll End in Hell — Joji Dan
• 1961Joe of Aces: Gambling for a Living — Eiji Yano (Joe of Aces)
• 1961Joe of Aces: Give and Take — Eiji Yano (Joe of Aces)
• 1961Pacific Porters
• 1961Quick Draw Joe — Joe the Ace
• 1961Quick Draw Outlaw: Man of the Great Plains
• 1961The Crimson Plains — Joji Sakuma
• 1961The Rambler under the Southern Cross
• 1960Return of the Vagabond
• 1960Ryuji, the Gun Slinger — Gin of the Colt
• 1960Tales of a Gunman: The Man Without Tomorrow — Jo of the Colt
• 1960The Cards Will Tell
• 1960The Drifter from the Sea
• 1960The Guitarist and the Rancher
• 1960The Gun Like Lightning — Goro
• 1960The Man with a Sinister Laugh — Ken
• 1960The Rambler Rides Again
• 1960The Rambler in the Sunset
• 1960The Rambler on a Pearl Farm
• 1960The Wild, Unruly Drifter
• 1960Volcano Wind
• 1959Crime Reporter — Fujimoto
• 1959Gun Number Zero
• 1959Machi ga nemuru toki
• 1959Merciless Bullet — Yukie's lover
• 1959Mighty Rules
• 1959The Human Cyclone — Masa
• 1959The Rambling Guitarist — George
• 1959Tokyo no Kodoku
• 1959We Live Today
• 1959Who is in the Background?
• 1959Wounded Beast
• 1959Zattō ni hikarume
• 1958Breasts and Bullets
• 1958Orera wa nagashi no ninkisha
• 1958Rusty Knife — Shimabara
• 1958Taiyō o buchi otose
• 1958The Boy Who Came Back — Kajita
• 1958Voice Without a Shadow — Hamazaki
• 1958死の壁の脱出 — Jiro Asaoka
• 1957Kawakami Tetsuji, No. 16 — Masaki Yoshihara
• 1957Muhō Ichidai
• 1957Small Rats of the Edo Town — Hidematsu
• 1957Temptation — Goro Yasui
• 1957The Champion — Boxer Ishiyama
• 1957The Naked Woman and the Gun
• 1956Called to the Stand
• 1956Cell No. 8
• 1956Confession
• 1956Frankie the Milkman — Zenkichi Matsubara
• 1956Kanshō fujin
• 1956Kingorô no omawari-san
• 1956Seishun wo warera ni — Takai
• 1956Shiawase wa doko ni — Tetsuo Shimura
• 1956The Happy Dancers
• 1956This Is Home
• 1955His Highness Surabaya — Applied Atomic Energy Research Institute Worker with a Tohoku Accent
• 1955Ofukuro
• 1955Policeman's Diary — Patrolman Yabuta
• 1955The Doctor
• 1955The Maid's Kid
• 1955Tsukiyo no kasa
• 1955Women of Ginza
• 1954My Pistol Is Quick — Airplane Passenger
• 1954The Black Current — Newspaper Reporter
• 1954Women's House — Okada (employee of Inogawa's company)

Appearances as themselves (1)

• 2026Twist & Shoot: Mister Suzuki — Self (archive footage)