
Acting
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).

Big City: Days of Struggle
1976

The Files of the Young Kindaichi
1995

Neo Chinpira 2: Zoom Goes the Bullet
1991

Flower & Snake II
2005

Kimi no na wa
1991

Detective Office 5: Another Story
2005

Dazzling Cops
1977

Pro Hunter
1981

Blitz!! Strada 5
1974

Neo Chinpira: Zoom Goes the Bullet
1990

Edo Porn
1981

Star Wolf
1978

Wind, Clouds, and Rainbow
1976

Prime Minister of Yuhigaoka
1978

Gate of Flesh
1964

Branded to Kill
1967

Necchu Jidai: Keiji Hen
1979

Mobile Detectives: The Movie 3
2011

The Return of the Filthy Seven
1967

Hashire! Nekketsu Keiji
1980

Mobile Detectives: The Movie 2
2007

Jinsei Gekijo
1964

Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis
1988

I Are You, You Am Me
1982

The Trap
1996

The Code
2009

Youth of the Beast
1963

Debt King Part VII: Millennium
2000

Bound for the Fields, the Mountains, and the Seacoast
1986

Go As Messy As Messy Can Be
1971

Seishun wo warera ni
1956

The Black Current
1954

I'm All Yours
1985

Black Jack: The Visitor in the Eye
1977

None But the Brave
1973

Conflagration
1975