Jō Shishido

Overview

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

Jō Shishido

Known For

Kimi no na wa
0h 15m
TV Show 1991

Kimi no na wa

A story of a man and a woman who meet amid the Great Tokyo Air Raid in 1945.

You'll Fall For Me
1h 42m
Movie 1989

You'll Fall For Me

Meet Chika. She thinks she's been jinxed: she's going to be dumped on Christmas Eve. Enter Tomako, who likes reading and making pudding. Although they're total opposites, by a twist of fate, they become best friends. However, it turns out they both want to spend Christmas Eve with the same guy. Will they choose friendship? Or love?

Red Crow and the Ghost Ship
1h 1m
Movie 1989

Red Crow and the Ghost Ship

A fantastic adventure of a brother and sister flying a ghost ship, guided by a red crow, in search for an old captain. The ghost ship was designed by Hayao Miyazaki and the red crow was done by Jim Henson's Creature Shop.

This Heartbeat
1h 42m
Movie 1988

This Heartbeat

The love and friendships of high school students

Leave My Girl Alone
1h 35m
Movie 1986

Leave My Girl Alone

Hitomi, a former orphan who is trying to leave behind her delinquent ways, one day agrees to tutor a wealthy young boy who has just become an orphan himself…

Bound for the Fields, the Mountains, and the Seacoast
2h 15m
Movie 1986

Bound for the Fields, the Mountains, and the Seacoast

During the fervently nationalist months leading up to World War II, a rebellious teenager is transferred to a new primary school in a small Inland Sea town. He vies with the school’s reigning bully, who takes a romantic interest in his older stepsister. When they learn she’s going to be sold to a brothel to pay off her father’s debts, they form an uneasy alliance to free her.

Take It Easy
1h 48m
Movie 1986

Take It Easy

Coming of age film about rock musicians.

Caribe: Symphony of Love
1h 40m
Movie 1985

Caribe: Symphony of Love

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

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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