Joe Shishido Movies

The movie is about a man who started a brothel to make money out of his poor circumstances in the late Meiji period.

After Tokyo police officer Yokoda is killed in the line of duty, his chief decides give Yokoda's body to Dr. Tani for use in a secret scientific...

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

In the 20th century, the Japanese government exploits prisoners as expendable slave laborers in a coal mine, which results in conflict between the...

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

Set in Uwajima, Shikoku, an action film starring Akira Kobayashi who uncovers evils related to pearl farming.

A major international action film filmed on location in Hong Kong, depicting the activities of Asian Interpol, the Asian branch of a secret police...

The love and friendships of high school students

On her wedding day, Makiko is stabbed by a woman in wedding dress. The wound isn't serious but the attacker blows herself up and can't be identified....

This movie attempts to present the reality of doctorless villages to society at large, while focusing on simple human love in a heartwarming episode...

In the nine part Wataridori series (1959-1962), Kobayashi played a wanderer on Japan’s back roads with most of the accoutrements of a Western...

One day, when Goro (Kiyoshi Atsumi) returns to his poor tenement house from a trip on a deep-sea tuna boat, his neighbor's daughter Haruko (Mitsuko...

Wearing a symbol of justice and brotherhood on his waist – a crimson pistol belt, Ace Joe engages in a fight with villains trying to seize the...

Zenigata Rai is tracking down Detective Okano, who disappeared in the "Forest of Golgoda" in Akasaka, Minato Ward. However, she also gets involved in...

Coming of age film about rock musicians.