Joe Shishido Movies

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...

Comedy about a young man who causes pandemonium by raiding a bar patronized by his father, winning the favors of a hostess and ends up feeling the...

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

1962 Japanese movie

1962 Japanese movie

Two yakuza, one of whom frequently reflects on an uncomfortable past taking advantage of Korean women, meet a stowaway on Japanese soil from across...

A moodo/akushon yakuza picture with heavy emphasis on poignant seishun romance.

A gripping action film starring Akira Kobayashi, Joe Shishido, and Koji Wada. A man accused of diamond theft and imprisoned escapes during transport,...

Against the bosses of the underworld that dominate Yokohama, Kobe, and Hong Kong, ace Joe, who plays an invincible gunman, shows off his transcendent...

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...

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 young gambler returns from prison to find his gang scattered, and many gone over to his old rival. But their rivalry is not only a matter of...

1962 Japanese movie

Ellie, a girl whose marijuana party was ruined by Inumiya, uses her father’s wealth to her advantage and tries to get her own back at every...

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