Joe Shishido Movies

The "Ginza Whirlwind" (Akira Kobayahsi) smashes a counterfeiting ring. Second in the "Ginza Whirlwind" series.

A tale of wannabe yakuza youths. When not cooking up scams with his buddies, Zenkichi develops a crush on Taro's disgusted sister, Miki. But soon the...

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...

Eric, an American, arrives at an international tourist hotel and loses his self-defense Colt. It was Kudaira, a beggar, who discovered it, and...

1964 Nikkatsu Theater of Life adaptation.

A biopic about Japanese baseball player, Tetsuharu Kawakami.

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...

Comedy of high school where students and teachers run wild, based on a popular comic strip.

A sequel to Detective Bureau 2-3: Go To Hell Bastards!

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

A middle-aged journalist looking to make her big break. After working the same beat on the "women's page", Yumiko gets promoted to editorials.

Tokiko Haebaru, a 76-year-old grandmother living in Nago, Okinawa, embarks on a marathon across Japan.

A Tokyo newspaper reporter goes after the Japanese king of cocaine trafficking but he's tricked by a woman who works for the gangster and gets framed...

Laughter is brought about by a teacher-husband and student-wife couple.

An alien is pursued as a traitor by his own race because he refuses to kill humans.

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

Nobuo is a hot-headed hoodlum fresh out of reform school who struggles to make a clean break with his tearaway past.

A romantic story about a knight who becomes involved in the murder of his brother's wife and ultimately confronts the local yakuza.