Joe Shishido Movies

A Japanese sailor finds a colony of Eskimos in the Arctic and decides to stay with them. He comes off at a certain moment to look for his luck in the...

A 1967 crime film

A divorced man meets a kindly Korean prostitute whom he cannot get from his mind. Things don’t prove to be straightforward for either of them.

The 3rd film of the famous "Wataridori" (The Rambler) series from Nikkatsu. The young rambler, Shinji Taki (Akira Kobayashi), with his guitar arrives...

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...

A genius gambler and born hunter is a Buddhist monk by occupation. A raunchy comedy about a lecherous monk who, despite serving the solemn Buddha,...

A film from Nikkatsu's "moodo akushon" (mood/action) subgenre.

Former students of the notorious Harenchi Gakuen college open a new school for dissident youths after their former school is ruined by disputes.

Japanese drama film.

The film is set in Fukagawa in the early Showa period and depicts a fateful confrontation between two men who rise and fall in a black stream, trying...

This is Akira Kobayashi's first leading role in a gangster film in the ninkyo-eiga genre. Together with Joe Shishido, he stars in a film about the...

One day, a lone horseman rides into town with a wounded man strapped behind him. Joe, the Ace, had captured one of the bandits who had held up the...

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

Fourth installment of Nikkatsu's "Drifter" series, with Kobayashi Akira.

Shokichi, the owner of the clothing store, lives with his daughter Hideko and plans to open an art gallery. One day, Hideko led a handsome art...

Coming of age film about rock musicians.

The love and friendships of high school students

Set against the backdrop of the vast wilderness of Hokkaido and the Sea of Okhotsk, Ace Joe arrives in the town of Nosappu and explodes with...

Motozo Imamura, a.k.a. Gen, grew up in an upper-class family, but he never went to school and spent his days playing around. One day, he walked into...