Shishido

Branded To Kill is in black and white but somehow ups the ante visually while telling the story of an assassin the iconic joe Shishido who loves, loves, loves steamed rice.

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NYFF Nikkatsu Studios star Joe Shishido (foreground) in one of the company's best-loved films of the 1960s: 'Gate of Flesh' (1964).

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"I thought being skinny was more handsome and stylish but people said that skinny was no good," Mr. Shishido, now 77, said through a translator.

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Joe Shishido, who signed with Nikkatsu as a contract player in 1954—the year the studio resumed making films independently—and took the lead in more than 50 productions, only became popular in gangster roles after he got plastic surgery.

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It was written by Haruhiko Oyabu who also wrote Youth of the Beast and Shishido plays the role of Joji ‘Jo’ Mizuno again.

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It was written by Haruhiko Oyabu who also wrote Youth of the Beast and Shishido plays the role of Joji ‘Jo’ Mizuno again.

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One of these days, I swear, I am going to update the Shishido site!

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Shishido is back in this one as an ace killer that likes the smell of rice a little too much really.

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Tha lack of progress in the budget talks and the negotiations over the U.S. debt limit is not surprising either, Shishido said, adding that neither the Republicans nor the Democrats can afford to back down easily at this stage.

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The warning from Moody's was not surprising, given that it had already said back in June that it would put the Aaa U.S. credit rating on review for a possible downgrade if lawmakers do not make substantive progress in budget talks by the middle of July, said Tomoaki Shishido, rate analyst for Nomura Securities in Tokyo.

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