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).
Known For
Flower & Snake II
(2005)
Branded to Kill
(1967)
Gorô Hanada
Gate of Flesh
(1964)
Shintaro Ibuki
Edo Porn
(1981)
Jyuppensha Ikku
Youth of the Beast
(1963)
Jôji 'Jo' Mizuno
Full Filmography
Acting
Policeman's Diary
(1955)
Patrolman Yabuta
The Maid's Kid
(1955)
Ofukuro
(1955)
Tsukiyo no kasa
(1955)
Sara no hana no toge
(1955)
Called to the Stand
(1956)
Frankie the Milkman
(1956)
Zenkichi Matsubara
Kingorô no omawari-san
(1956)
Kanshō fujin
(1956)
The Happy Dancers
(1956)
Shiawase wa doko ni
(1956)
Tetsuo Shimura
Confession
(1956)
Seishun wo warera ni
(1956)
Takai
Cell No. 8
(1956)
Kawakami Tetsuji, No. 16
(1957)
Masaki Yoshihara
The Naked Woman and the Gun
(1957)
The Champion
(1957)
Boxer Ishiyama
Temptation
(1957)
Goro Yasui
Small Rats of the Edo Town
(1957)
Hidematsu
Rusty Knife
(1958)
Shimabara
Voice Without a Shadow
(1958)
Hamazaki
The Boy Who Came Back
(1958)
Кадзита
Taiyō o buchi otose
(1958)
Orera wa nagashi no ninkisha
(1958)
Breasts and Bullets
(1958)
The Rambling Guitarist
(1959)
George
The Human Cyclone
(1959)
Masa
Wounded Beast
(1959)
Gun Number Zero
(1959)
Mighty Rules
(1959)
Machi ga nemuru toki
(1959)
Who is in the Background?
(1959)
Zattō ni hikarume
(1959)
Return of the Vagabond
(1960)
The Rambler Rides Again
(1960)
The Rambler in the Sunset
(1960)
The Guitarist from the Sea
(1960)
Wind of Volcano
(1960)
Ryuji, the Gun Slinger
(1960)
Gin of the Colt
The Man with a Sinister Laugh
(1960)
Ken
The Gun Like Lightning
(1960)
Goro
The Guitarist and the Rancher
(1960)
Tales of a Gunman: The Man Without Tomorrow
(1960)
Jo of the Colt
The Rambler on a Pearl Farm
(1960)
The Angry Rambler
(1960)
Quick Draw Joe
(1961)
Joe the Ace
The Rambler under the Southern Cross
(1961)
Joe of Aces: Gambling for a Living
(1961)
Eiji Yano (Joe of Aces)
Nosappu no jū
(1961)
I'll End in Hell
(1961)
Joji Dan
Crimson pistol belt
(1961)
早射ち無頼 大平原の男
(1961)
Joe of Aces: Give and Take
(1961)
Eiji Yano (Joe of Aces)
The Crimson Plains
(1961)
Joji Sakuma
Glass-Hearted Johnny
(1962)
Jô
Danger Pays
(1962)
Jôji Kondô
Mekishiko mushuku
(1962)
Kimagure tosei
(1962)
Nuki uchi fūraibō
(1962)
The Frozen Plains
(1962)
Hitori tabi
(1962)
Moeru minamijūjisei
(1962)
Jūdan no arashi
(1962)
Namari o buchikome
(1962)
Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell, Bastards!
(1963)
Hideo Tajima
Youth of the Beast
(1963)
Jôji 'Jo' Mizuno
Detective Bureau 2-3: A Man Weak to Money and Women
(1963)
Hideo Tajima
Notorious Bastard
(1963)
Tatsumaki Takeji (Tornado Joe)
Cruel Gun Story
(1964)
Togawa
Gate of Flesh
(1964)
Shintaro Ibuki
Tiger of the Sea
(1964)
Jinsei Gekijo
(1964)
Quick-Draw Joe: Sand Dune Duel
(1964)
Joe of Aces
Tale on Tokai Chivalry
(1964)
Murder Unincorporated
(1965)
Jiro (Joe of Spades)
The Dragon of Macao
(1965)
Aizu
The Dragon and the Tiger
(1966)
Cat Girls Gamblers: Abandoned Fangs of Triumph
(1966)
Kokichi Yamaguch
Blood Shed
(1966)
Seiji
Asiapol Secret Service
(1966)
George Eaton
Love Eternal
(1966)
Your Life
(1966)
Love and Desire in the Night Mist
(1966)
A Colt Is My Passport
(1967)
Shuji Kamimura
Branded to Kill
(1967)
Gorô Hanada
Velvet Hustler
(1967)
Massacre Gun
(1967)
Ryûichi Kuroda
Asia-Pol
(1967)
George
My Sweetheart
(1967)
President Shishido
Burning Clouds
(1967)
The Aftermath of War
(1967)
The Return of the Filthy Seven
(1967)
Retaliation
(1968)
Hino
The Rough One
(1969)
Imano's Bodyguard
The Cleanup
(1969)
Exiled to Hell
(1969)
Chivalrous Pride
(1969)
100 Gamblers
(1969)
Yabanjin no Nekutai
(1969)
Women of the Night - Butterfly Flower
(1969)
Shameless School: Health Check in the Nude
(1970)
Macaroni
Shameless School
(1970)
Macaroni
Shameless School: Tackle Kiss
(1970)
Macaroni
New Prison Walls of Abashiri: High Stakes at Abashiri
(1970)
A Hoodlum At The Risk Of His Life
(1970)
Profile of a Boss' Son
(1970)
Greatest Boss Of Japan
(1970)
Charming Men
(1970)
Kobe Saburo
Go As Messy As Messy Can Be
(1971)
Mujitori
Bad Girl Mako
(1971)
Yasuoka
New Harenchi Gakuen College
(1971)
Gebageba
Okusama wa 18 sai: shinkon kyoshitsu
(1971)
A Man's World
(1971)
Blood For Blood
(1971)
Monk's Paradise
(1971)
New Hoodlum Soldier Story: Firing Line
(1972)
New Abashiri Prison Story: Honor and Humanity, Ammunition That Attracts the Storm
(1972)
None But the Brave
(1973)
The Hard Core Criminal
(1973)
Kigeki: koko kara hajimaru monogatari
(1973)
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode
(1974)
Katsutoshi Otomo
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1
(1974)
Hachiro Tachibana
Conflagration
(1975)
Chief Engineer Kosai
The Sea of Genkai
(1976)
Sawaki
A Tale of Sorrow and Sadness
(1977)
Cop
The Visitor in the Eye
(1977)
Black Jack
High Seas Hijack
(1977)
Chief Engineer Kosai
Ore no sora
(1977)
Genjiro Yasuda
Gambling Code and Feuds
(1977)
Katsuya Sekikawa
The Alaska Story
(1977)
Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron
(1978)
Tominoichi
Nurse's Husband
(1980)
The First Catch
(1980)
Edo Porn
(1981)
Jyuppensha Ikku
Blue Jeans Memory
(1981)
I Are You, You Am Me
(1982)
Kouzou Saitoh
Our Wedding
(1983)
Sukanpin Walk
(1984)
Tatsuya Sekikawa
Again
(1984)
I'm All Yours
(1985)
Caribe: Symphony of Love
(1985)
Shunsuke Saichu
Yakyuukyou no Uta
(1985)
Bound for the Fields, the Mountains, and the Seacoast
(1986)
School Principal
Leave My Girl Alone
(1986)
Bar Owner
Take It Easy
(1986)
Fugitive Alien
(1987)
Captain Joe
Star Force: Fugitive Alien II
(1987)
Captain Joe
Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis
(1988)
Tokuji Hayakawa
Red Crow and the Ghost Ship
(1989)
Captain
You'll Fall For Me
(1989)
Nozomi Witches
(1990)
Ryotaro's father
Neo Chinpira: Zoom Goes the Bullet
(1990)
Junichi Mizuta
Codename 348 Female Detective Sashiba
(1990)
Run the Beast
(1990)
Neo Chinpira 2: Zoom Goes the Bullet
(1991)
Junichi Mizuta
Danger Point: The Road to Hell
(1991)
The Killers
(1991)
神様のピンチヒッター
(1991)
8 Man - For All Lonely Nights
(1992)
Dr. Tani
The Gambler
(1992)
Joe of Aces
The Setting Sun
(1992)
JACK KNIFE Wolves' Bet
(1993)
Bored Hatamoto: Letter of Death
(1993)
The Most Terrible Time in My Life
(1994)
Joe
Turning Point
(1994)
Hashizume, Reporter
The Stairway to the Distant Past
(1995)
Jo Shishido
The Trap
(1996)
Jo Shishido
To Love
(1997)
Chinen
Remembering the Cosmos Flower
(1997)
Debt King Part VII: Millennium
(2000)
Drowning Fish
(2001)
Ace no Jo
Gokudô seisen: Jihaado
(2002)
Flower & Snake II
(2005)
Detective Office 5
(2005)
500
A Surgeon Named Hitman
(2006)
Kisaragi
(2007)
Ooiso Long Beach Host
Mobile Detectives: The Movie 2
(2007)
The Code
(2009)
Detective 500
A Night in Nude: Salvation
(2010)
Naoki / Yamagami
Mobile Detectives: The Movie 3
(2011)
The Final Judgement
(2012)
Lao Porto