Joe Shishido
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Joe Shishido was a Japanese actor recognizable for his intense, eccentric yakuza film roles. He appeared in some 300 films but is best known in the West for his performance in the cult film Branded to
Joe Shishido in 1961
Gate of Flesh
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Gate of Flesh is a 1964 Japanese film based on a novel by Taijiro Tamura and directed by Seijun Suzuki. The first of Suzuki's "flesh trilogy", the series is considered the "crowning achievement" of hi
Joe Shishido
…two rival yakuza gangs. Shishido is best known in the West for films he made with Suzuki, e.g. Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell, Bastards! (1963) and Gate of Flesh (1964). His best known film internationally is Suzuki's Branded to Kill (1967), in which he starred as the number three hitman in Japan. The film…
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A conceptual sketch by production designer Takeo Kimura for Gate of Flesh (1964)