
Shigeru Amachi
March 4, 1931 (94 years old) in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan
Shigeru Amachi (天知 茂, Amachi Shigeru, 4 March 1931 – 27 July 1985) was a Japanese actor. He appeared in more than 120 films from 1953 to 1984. Amachi joined the Shintoho studio as one of its "New Face" actors of 1951 and established himself in action and jidaigeki films. He gained fame for the nihilistic mood of his character in Akatsuki no hijōsen and starred in Nobuo Nakagawa's version of Tokaido Yotsuya kaidan (1959). On television, he played the hardboiled detective in Hijō no raisensu and Kogoro Akechi in a long-running series of TV specials. On stage he was best known for playing Hishakaku in Jinsei gekijō.
Known For
Credits
- 1985 · The Beauty of the Black Pearl as Kogoro Akechi
- 1985 · Beauty with a mysterious scar as Kogoro Akechi
- 1984 · The Story of a Man Among Men as
- 1984 · Beauty in the Flames as Kogoro Akechi
- 1984 · Midnight Demon as
- 1984 · Samon’s Hell Revenge: Unauthorised Jutte Records 4 as
- 1984 · Beauty of the Forbidden Fruit as Kogoro Akechi
- 1983 · Empress as
- 1983 · White skinned beauty as Kogoro Akechi
- 1983 · Samon’s Hell Revenge: Unauthorised Jutte Records 2 - The Assassination of the Shogun as
- 1983 · Angel and Devil Beauty: Edogawa Ranpo's "Daydream" as Kogoro Akechi
- 1982 · The Edo Fortune-Teller as
- 1982 · The Beauty at the Dressing Table as Kogoro Akechi
- 1981 · Edogawa Ranpo's Beauty Series: Beautiful Woman with White Breasts Edogawa Ranpo's "Hell's Clown" as Kogoro Akechi
- 1981 · Beauty in the Mirror Hell as Kogoro Akechi
- 1980 · Port Arthur as Kentaro Kaneko
- 1980 · Edogawa Ranpo's Golden Mask II / Beauty of the Land of Cherry Blossoms as Kogoro Akechi
- 1979 · The Beauty of the Big Clock Edogawa Ranpo's "Ghost Tower" as Kogoro Akechi
- 1979 · Dead Angle as
- 1979 · The 47 Ronins of Ako as Wakizaka Awaji-no-Kami
- 1979 · Yasei no Shōmei as
- 1979 · The Jeweled Beauty as Kogoro Akechi
- 1978 · Fairy Beauty as Kogoro Akechi
- 1978 · The Beauty of the Black Narcissus as Kogoro Akechi
- 1978 · Headless Island as
- 1978 · White Mermaid Beauty as Kogoro Akechi
- 1978 · The Beauty in the Bathroom as Kogoro Akechi
- 1977 · The Faceless Man as Kogoro Akechi
- 1977 · Edogawa Rampo no bijo shirīzu as Kogoro Akechi
- 1973 · 非情のライセンス as 会田健
- 1972 · Eight Men to Kill as Azami Yajuro
- 1972 · Professional Killers as
- 1972 · The Viper Brothers: Prison Gang 13 as
- 1972 · A Scarred Life 2: Blood Will Tell as Ryukichi
- 1971 · Girl Boss Blues: Queen Bee's Counterattack as Hitman
- 1971 · 君は海を見たか as
- 1969 · The Woman Gambler's Trump Card as
- 1969 · 25 O'Clock in Shinjuku as Amachi
- 1968 · Blackmail Is My Life as
- 1967 · The Silent Gun as Junta Kimura
- 1967 · Classmates as Chief Navel Surgeon Mamiya
- 1967 · Quick-Draw Dog as
- 1967 · The Gambler's Law as
- 1967 · Showdown of Men 2 as
- 1967 · Shroud of Snow as Guntaro
- 1966 · Sleepy Eyes of Death 8: Sword of Villainy as Aizen
- 1966 · The Pretty Jade as
- 1966 · Showdown of Men as
- 1966 · Zatoichi's Vengeance as Genpachiro Kurobe
- 1966 · Return of Gun Dog as
- 1966 · Black Curtain as
- 1965 · Trigger Happy Romeo as Junta Kimura
- 1965 · Sword of the Beast as Vice-Counselor
- 1965 · A Lonely Gamble as Teijiro Chigusa
- 1965 · The Third Contest as Genba
- 1965 · The Dedicated Gunman as Junta Kimura
- 1965 · The Boss as
- 1964 · 駿河遊侠傳 賭場荒し as
- 1964 · Homeless Dog as
- 1963 · Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance as
- 1963 · The Third Shadow Warrior as Sadamitsu Miki
- 1963 · Assassins for sale as
- 1963 · Shinsengumi Chronicles as Toshizo Hijikata
- 1962 · Yôki na tono-sama as
- 1962 · The Lightning Sword as Higashinosuke Yamagata
- 1962 · The Demon of Sendai's Castle as
- 1962 · Long Swords of the Loyal Forty-Seven as
- 1962 · The Tragedy of a Young Warrior as
- 1962 · Destiny's Son as Sôshi Tada
- 1962 · The Tale of Zatoichi as Miki Hirate
- 1962 · I am the Judge as
- 1962 · Kuro to aka no hanabira as
- 1961 · Fire Line as Kuroiwa
- 1961 · 南郷次郎探偵帳 影なき殺人者 as
- 1961 · The Horizon Glitters as
- 1961 · Ren'ai Zubari Kōza as
- 1961 · Counterattack of a Queen Bee as Muteppô no Masa
- 1960 · 怒号する巨弾 as
- 1960 · The Rambler Rides Again as
- 1960 · トップ屋を殺せ as
- 1960 · Queen Bee and College Boy Ryu as
- 1960 · Jigoku as Shirô Shimizu
- 1960 · 皇室と戦争とわが民族 as Lieutenant Colonel Shiizaki
- 1960 · Yellow Line as Kazuhiro Moroki
- 1960 · Enigmatic Explosion of the Battleship Mutsu as Lt. Commander Fushimi
- 1960 · Women of Whirlpool Island as
- 1960 · Beyond the Hills as
- 1960 · Black Line as Koji Machida
- 1959 · The Ghost of Yotsuya as Iemon Tamiya
- 1959 · Queen of the China Sea as First Lieutenant Yokoyama
- 1959 · Mukeisatsu as
- 1959 · The Lady Vampire as Nobutaka Takenaka
- 1959 · Onna kanchō akatsuki no chōsen as
- 1959 · The Pacific War and the International Military Tribunal as First Officer of the Yamato
- 1958 · Secret White Line Zone as
- 1958 · Ghost in the Regiment as
- 1958 · 黄金奉行 as
- 1958 · Holiday in Japan as
- 1958 · Emperor & Empress Meiji and the Sino-Japanese War as
- 1958 · Rusty Knife as
- 1957 · The Military Policeman and the Dismembered Beauty as Staff Sergeant Tsuneyoshi
- 1957 · Ghost Stories of Wanderer at Honjo as
- 1957 · Emperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese War as
- 1956 · Fearful Attack of the Flying Saucers as Assistant Osugi
- 1956 · Admiral Yamamoto and the Allied Fleets as
- 1955 · Morishige no demakase shinshi as
- 1955 · 花眞珠 as
- Future · 白昼の死角(TV) as
- 1985 · The Psychological Test as Akechi Kogorō
- 1983 · Samon’s Hell Revenge: Unauthorised Jutte Records 3 as
- 1983 · Samurai Secret Agent as
- 1983 · The Beast and the Magic Sword as Kian
- 1983 · Kanei Command Performance as
- 1982 · Beauty at the Bottom of the Lake as Kogoro Akechi
- 1982 · Samon’s Hell Revenge: Unauthorised Jutte Records as
- 1982 · The Strange Tale of Panorama Island as Kogoro Akechi
- 1980 · Edogawa Ranpo Series: Enchanted Beauty as Kogoro Akechi
- 1979 · Red Scorpion Beauty as Kogoro Akechi
- 1979 · Black Lizard as Kogoro Akechi
- 1978 · 江戸川乱歩「悪魔の紋章」より 死刑台の美女 as
- 1972 · Modern Lady Gambler as
- 1971 · My Life As Music as
- 1970 · Easy Money as
- 1968 · Star of the Night as
- 1967 · Tokyo Gambler as
- 1966 · Yakuza Hooligans as Sugiyama
- 1965 · Ankoku gai jingi as
- 1964 · Two Lives, Two Yakuza as Seiji Nawate
- 1962 · Ken ni kakeru as
- 1960 · 弥次喜多珍道中 中仙道の巻 as
- 1959 · Elegy of a Geisha as Hayase Chikara
- 1959 · Quiet Dawn in the Front as
- 1958 · Queen Bee's Anger as Noboru Gôda
- 1958 · Poison Fang Oran as
- 1958 · Star Poisoning Case as
- 1958 · Queen Bee as Mazaki
- 1958 · 稲妻奉行 as
- 1957 · Nude Actress Murder Case: Five Criminals as
- 1957 · Cordon at Dawn as
- 1957 · 剣聖 暁の三十六番斬り as
- 1956 · Casebook of Dandy Sashichi: Six Famous Beauties as Asaka Keinosuke
- 1956 · Revenge of the Pearl Queen as Yûzô Yamauchi
- 1956 · The Prosecutor and His Sister as
- 1955 · Twilight Saloon as
- 1955 · Nonki saiban as
- 1955 · Mysterious Dwarf as
- 1954 · Carbine of Fear as
- 1953 · Mole Alley as