Jō Shishido

Overview

Known for
Acting
Gender
Other
Birthday
Dec 06, 1933 (91 years old)
Death date
Jan 18, 2020

Jō Shishido

Known For

Turning Point
1h 58m
Movie 1994

Turning Point

A middle-aged journalist looking to make her big break. After working the same beat on the "women's page", Yumiko gets promoted to editorials.

The Most Terrible Time in My Life
1h 32m
Movie 1994

The Most Terrible Time in My Life

Maiku Hama is a private detective working in Yokohama. Hama comes to the aid of a Taiwanese waiter named Yang and agrees to track down his missing brother. Through a series of double-crosses Hama gets embroiled in a gang war and a revenge plot between the two brothers

Mahjong Demon 3: Extraterritorial Mahjong
1h 35m
Movie 1994

Mahjong Demon 3: Extraterritorial Mahjong

Shoichi Sakurai, who started his own trading company and is obsessed with business, is approached with a mineral resource deal. However, it is a trap set by a politician who wants Sakurai to play as a substitute. Falling right into the trap, Sakurai is forced to participate in an underground mahjong match held at a certain country's embassy...

Bored Hatamoto: Letter of Death
1h 31m
Movie 1993

Bored Hatamoto: Letter of Death

Bored Hatamoto film

JACK KNIFE Wolves' Bet
1h 22m
Movie 1993

JACK KNIFE Wolves' Bet

Kojiro Shimizu challenges the work of Kenzo Kitakata, a popular writer who depicts romance, violence and friendships between men! Hard Boiled action with all the famous Jazz songs!

The Setting Sun
2h 32m
Movie 1992

The Setting Sun

A Japanese soldier is forced to question alliances when he meets and falls in love with the leader of the rebel movement.

Danger Point: The Road to Hell
1h 40m
Movie 1991

Danger Point: The Road to Hell

Killers Ken and Joji undertake the killing of a man named Sakai. He utters some interesting last words before being shot dead, leading Ken and Joji on a trail of death and destruction.

The Notorious Bored Samurai 6
1h 31m
Movie 1991

The Notorious Bored Samurai 6

Sawatari Shusui was told about 7,000 ryo of buried gold by Osuke, who claimed to be a princess of the Fujiwara family. Shusui speculates that powerful people in the Date family and the shogunate are planning to overthrow the shogunate using buried gold and gets excited about a major national crisis. He gets separated from Osuke due to interference but with the help of his sister Kikuji and others he tracks down Osuke's whereabouts. He then realizes that Osuke is not from the Fujiwara family but is actually the daughter of Edo elder Itakura Shōken who has been confined under the pretext of an epidemic disease. Having promised to help Osuke, Shusui goes up to Edo Castle and advises shogun Tsunayoshi not to visit Nikkō Tōshō-gū Shrine which has been restored by Date family because "evil spirits are attached". However, Tsunayoshi is furious and orders him to stay under house arrest.

神様のピンチヒッター
1h 4m
Movie 1991

神様のピンチヒッター

Biography

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).

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