Born: 1933-12-06 in Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Died: 2020-01-18
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).
Also known as:
The Final Judgement - 2012-06-02
Mobile Detectives: The Movie 3 - 2011-02-05
A Night in Nude: Salvation - 2010-10-02
The Code - 2009-05-09
Kisaragi - 2007-06-16
Mobile Detectives: The Movie 2 - 2007-01-01
A Surgeon Named Hitman - 2006-02-06
Detective Office 5 - 2005-11-26
Flower & Snake II - 2005-05-14
Gokudô seisen: Jihaado - 2002-07-08
Drowning Fish - 2001-02-03
Debt King Part VII: Millennium - 2000-07-22
To Love - 1997-10-04
Remembering the Cosmos Flower - 1997-05-03
The Trap - 1996-05-25
Fukushu no Teio - 1995-08-12
The Stairway to the Distant Past - 1995-03-18
Turning Point - 1994-06-18
The Most Terrible Time in My Life - 1994-03-05
Mahjong Demon 3: Extraterritorial Mahjong - 1994-02-25