Biography
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).
Acted in 248
2010s
- 2012
The Final Judgement
Lao Porto
- 2011
- 2010
2000s
- 2009
The Code
Detective 500
- 2007
- 2006
Proud Ambition 5
Movie
A Surgeon Named Hitman
Movie
- 2005
Detective Office 5
500
Shin Japan's Don 6
Movie
Proud Ambition 3
Movie
Flower & Snake II
Takayoshi Tooyama
Shin Japan's Don 5
Movie
Shin Japan's Don 4
Movie
- 2004
Class Reunion
Movie
Shin Japan's Don 2: Ruthless
Movie
Shin Japan's Don: Waves
Movie
- 2002
- 2001
- 2000
Debt King Part VII: Millennium
Movie
Heisei Kin'yudo: Muruhi no Onna
Movie
1990s
- 1999
Hometown
Movie
- 1997
Remembering the Cosmos Flower
Movie
- 1996
San-ban Tēburu no Kyaku
TV
- 1995
Fukushu no Teio
Kazunari Inaba
Tough Cop 2 - HEART CRASH
Movie
- 1994
Mahjong Demon 3: Extraterritorial Mahjong
Movie
Tough Cop - Ginza Police
Movie
- 1993
Bored Hatamoto: Letter of Death
Movie
JACK KNIFE Wolves' Bet
Movie
- 1992
The Setting Sun
Movie
The Gambler
Joe of Aces
8 Man - For All Lonely Nights
Dr. Tani
- 1991
Danger Point: The Road to Hell
Movie
God's Pinch Hitter
Movie
The Killers
Movie
- 1990
Run the Beast
Movie
Nozomi Witches
Ryotaro's father
1980s
- 1989
You'll Fall For Me
Movie
Red Crow and the Ghost Ship
Captain
- 1988
This Heartbeat
Movie
- 1987
Star Force: Fugitive Alien II
Captain Joe
Fugitive Alien
Captain Joe
The Beauty in the Black Mask
Takeo Sato
- 1986
Leave My Girl Alone
Bar Owner
Bound for the Fields, the Mountains, and the Seacoast
School Principal
Katayoku dake no tenshi
Movie
Take It Easy
Movie
- 1985
I'm All Yours
Priest
Caribe: Symphony of Love
Shunsuke Saichu
Yakyuukyou no Uta
Movie
- 1984
Sukanpin Walk
Tatsuya Sekikawa
- 1983
Our Wedding
Movie
- 1982
I Are You, You Am Me
Kouzou Saitoh
Fossilized Wilderness
Movie
- 1981
- 1980
The First Catch
Movie
Hashire! Nekketsu Keiji
TV
1970s
- 1979
Necchu Jidai: Keiji Hen
TV
- 1978
Prime Minister of Yuhigaoka
TV
Star Wolf
Captain Joe · 24 episodes
- 1977
Black Jack: The Visitor in the Eye
Black Jack
High Seas Hijack
Chief Engineer Kosai
Gambling Code and Feuds
Katsuya Sekikawa
Ore no sora
Genjiro Yasuda
Dazzling Cops
TV
The Alaska Story
George Oshima
- 1976
The Sea of Genkai
Sawaki
Wind, Clouds, and Rainbow
Gendō · 52 episodes
- 1975
Conflagration
Chief Engineer Kosai
- 1974
Center of Tokyo
Hyodo
- 1973
The Hard Core Criminal
Movie
None But the Brave
Movie
Kigeki: koko kara hajimaru monogatari
Movie
- 1972
The Witty Samurai
Movie
- 1971
Bad Girl Mako
Yasuoka
Monk's Paradise
Movie
Blood for Blood
Naoto Tezuka
Okusama wa 18 sai: shinkon kyoshitsu
Movie
A Man's World
Movie
New Shameless School
Gebageba
- 1970
Shameless School: Tackle Kiss
Macaroni
New Prison Walls of Abashiri: High Stakes at Abashiri
Movie
Shameless School: Health Check in the Nude
Macaroni
Kikeki: onna mo tsurai wa
Movie
Shameless School
Macaroni
A Hoodlum At The Risk Of His Life
Movie
Greatest Boss of Japan
Movie
Profile of a Boss' Son
Movie
1960s
- 1969
The Cleanup
Movie
Biographies of Killers
Movie
Thirteen Times a Loser
Seiji Okitsu
Chivalrous Pride
Movie
Ex Convict: Sword Storm
Movie
Yabanjin no Nekutai
Movie
- 1968
魔性の女
Movie
Retaliation
Hino
- 1967
Outlaw's Gold
三鬼鉄
Asia-Pol
George
Branded to Kill
Gorô Hanada
Burning Clouds
Movie
- 1966
Asiapol Secret Service
George Eaton
Love Eternal
Movie
Cat Girls Gamblers: Abandoned Fangs of Triumph
Kokichi Yamaguch
The Dragon and the Tiger
Movie
- 1965
Three Stray Dogs
Movie
Inochi Shirazu no Rokudenashi
Tornado George / Jouji Tatsumaki
Modern Yakuza: Chivalry
Movie
Kenjū burai jō nagare-sha no mure
Movie
- 1964
Quick-Draw Joe: Sand Dune Duel
Joe of Aces
Cruel Gun Story
Togawa
Tale on Tokai Chivalry
Movie
- 1963
Hell Festival
Tetsu the Otter
Chivalrous Outlaw
Movie
Red Shoes and a Good-For-Nothing
Movie
- 1962
Glass-Hearted Johnny
Jô
- 1961
Crimson Pistol
Movie
Gun of Nosappu
Movie
The Crimson Plains
Joji Sakuma
Joe of Aces: Gambling for a Living
Eiji Yano (Joe of Aces)
- 1960
Tales of a Gunman: The Man Without Tomorrow
Jo of the Colt
The Rambler on a Pearl Farm
Movie
The Man with a Sinister Laugh
Ken
Volcano Wind
Movie
Ryuji, the Gun Slinger
Gin of the Colt
1950s
- 1959
Who is in the Background?
Movie
Merciless Bullet
Yukie's lover
We Live Today
Movie
- 1958
Orera wa nagashi no ninkisha
Movie
Voice Without a Shadow
Hamazaki
Breasts and Bullets
Movie
- 1957
The Naked Woman and the Gun
Movie
Small Rats of the Edo Town
Hidematsu
The Champion
Boxer Ishiyama
Muhō Ichidai
Movie
- 1956
Shiawase wa doko ni
Tetsuo Shimura
This Is Home
Movie
Seishun wo warera ni
Takai
Called to the Stand
Hotta
Cell No. 8
Movie
- 1955
Policeman's Diary
Patrolman Yabuta
His Highness Surabaya
Applied Atomic Energy Research Institute Worker with a Tohoku Accent
- 1954
My Pistol Is Quick
Airplane Passenger
Women's House
Okada (employee of Inogawa's company)
