Joe Shishido Movies

1962 Japanese movie

Prisoner Katsuji must fend for himself and his prison mates in the fierce battle involving a family feud.

A tale of wannabe yakuza youths. When not cooking up scams with his buddies, Zenkichi develops a crush on Taro's disgusted sister, Miki. But soon the...

The fourth film in the Tales of a Gunman series. When Ryuji throws his pistol into the sea, he is attacked by a man who calls himself Sabu and says...

In order to pay back Mrs. Kajiki for her good deed in the past, Hatsu moves from her village in Akita to Tokyo to start working as a maid for her...

Joe Shishido is an ambitious bike racetrack tout who becomes inadvertently involved in a triangle with a vulnerable prostitute (Izumi Ashikawa) and...

It is the end of the Taisho era (1912-1926), and at the Hanazuki-tei theatre in Asakusa, the famous performance of storyteller Koiso Kikuji and...

Eikichi Yamashiro, who is a former contender for the boxing title, works as a manager at a Club Champion owned by his fiancé Natsuko’s...

A biopic about Japanese baseball player, Tetsuharu Kawakami.

Set in Mexico. The love story of an architect and a fashion designer. Both from Japan

A real all-star cast turns out for this modern yakuza yarn.

Lending money, job hunting for civilians and babysitting. All these things are usually not listed on a policeman's job description. But for the...

The movie is about a man who started a brothel to make money out of his poor circumstances in the late Meiji period.

It is the first Toei yakuza film directed by Akinori Matsuo, who was active in Nikkatsu action movies. It is a local yakuza movie made following...

A reporter is framed for murder while investigating organized crime. Upon being released from prison the plan for his revenge unravels.

The story of a timid samurai attempting to rid his name of the stigma attached to it.

An anthology that embodies the essence of Nikkatsu action films with a stylish flair, this movie follows an aging hitman (Jō Shishido) on a...

A man who has left the yakuza world is drawn back into the fray for his younger brother in this gunfighting action film.

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...