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
- 1984 · The Story of a Man Among Men as
- 1984 · 禁断の実の美女 as
- 1983 · Empress as
- 1982 · The Beauty of Heaven and Hell as
- 1981 · Edogawa Ranpo's Beauty Series: Beautiful Woman with White Breasts Edogawa Ranpo's "Hell's Clown" as Kogoro Akechi
- 1980 · Edogawa Ranpo Series Fascinated Beauty as
- 1980 · Port Arthur as Kentaro Kaneko
- 1979 · Hôseki no bijo: Edogawa Ranpo Hakuhatsuki yori as
- 1979 · Dead Angle as
- 1979 · The 47 Ronins of Ako as Wakizaka Awaji-no-Kami
- 1979 · Demonic Beauty as 明智小五郎
- 1979 · Yasei no Shōmei as
- 1978 · Fairy Beauty as
- 1978 · 江戸川乱歩「悪魔の紋章」より 死刑台の美女 as
- 1978 · The Beauty in the Bathroom as
- 1977 · Edogawa Rampo no bijo shirīzu as Kogoro Akechi
- 1977 · The Faceless Man 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 · Modern Lady Gambler as
- 1972 · The Viper Brothers: Prison Gang 13 as
- 1971 · Girl Boss Blues: Queen Bee's Counterattack as Hitman
- 1970 · Easy Money as
- 1968 · Blackmail Is My Life as
- 1967 · The Silent Gun as Junta Kimura
- 1967 · Classmates as Chief Navel Surgeon Mamiya
- 1967 · The Gambler's Law as
- 1967 · Showdown of Men 2 as
- 1966 · Sleepy Eyes of Death 8: Sword of Villainy as Aizen
- 1966 · Showdown of Men as
- 1966 · Zatoichi's Vengeance as Genpachiro Kurobe
- 1965 · Trigger Happy Romeo as Junta Kimura
- 1965 · Sword of the Beast as Vice-Counselor
- 1965 · The Third Contest as Genba
- 1965 · The Boss as
- 1964 · Two Lives, Two Yakuza as Seiji Nawate
- 1964 · 駿河遊侠傳 賭場荒し as
- 1963 · Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance as
- 1963 · The Third Shadow Warrior as Sadamitsu Miki
- 1963 · Shinsengumi Chronicles as Toshizo Hijikata
- 1962 · Yôki na tono-sama as
- 1962 · Ken ni kakeru as
- 1962 · Long Swords of the Loyal Forty-Seven as
- 1962 · The Tale of Zatoichi as Miki Hirate
- 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
- 1960 · トップ屋を殺せ 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
- Future · 白昼の死角(TV) as
- 1985 · The Psychological Test as Akechi Kogorō
- 1985 · The Beauty of Black Pearl as
- 1985 · Mysterious Scar Beauty as
- 1984 · Beauty in the Flame as
- 1984 · Midnight Demon as
- 1984 · Samon’s Hell Revenge: Unauthorised Jutte Records 4 as
- 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
- 1983 · White skinned beauty as
- 1983 · Samon’s Hell Revenge: Unauthorised Jutte Records 2 - The Assassination of the Shogun as
- 1983 · 天使と悪魔の美女 江戸川乱歩の「白昼夢」 as
- 1982 · Beauty at the Bottom of the Lake as
- 1982 · The Edo Fortune-Teller as
- 1982 · Samon’s Hell Revenge: Unauthorised Jutte Records as
- 1982 · The Beauty of the Makeup Stage as
- 1980 · 江戸川乱歩の黄金仮面ＩＩ／桜の国の美女 as
- 1979 · 大時計の美女 江戸川乱歩の「幽霊塔」 as
- 1979 · Gem Beauty as
- 1978 · The Beauty of the Black Narcissus as 明智小五郎
- 1978 · Headless Island as
- 1978 · 江戸川乱歩「緑衣の鬼」より 白い人魚の美女 as
- 1972 · A Scarred Life 2: Blood Will Tell as Ryukichi
- 1971 · My Life As Music as
- 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
- 1967 · Quick-Draw Dog as
- 1967 · Tokyo Gambler as
- 1967 · Shroud of Snow as Guntaro
- 1966 · The Pretty Jade as
- 1966 · Yakuza Hooligans as Sugiyama
- 1966 · Return of Gun Dog as
- 1966 · Black Curtain as
- 1965 · Ankoku gai jingi as
- 1965 · A Lonely Gamble as Teijiro Chigusa
- 1965 · The Dedicated Gunman as Junta Kimura
- 1964 · Homeless Dog as
- 1963 · Assassins for sale as
- 1962 · The Lightning Sword as Higashinosuke Yamagata
- 1962 · The Demon of Sendai's Castle as
- 1962 · The Tragedy of a Young Warrior as
- 1962 · Destiny's Son as Sôshi Tada
- 1962 · I am the Judge 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 · 弥次喜多珍道中 中仙道の巻 as
- 1960 · The Rambler Rides Again as
- 1960 · Queen Bee and College Boy Ryu as
- 1960 · Beyond the Hills as
- 1960 · Black Line as Koji Machida
- 1959 · Elegy of a Geisha as Hayase Chikara
- 1959 · Quiet Dawn in the Front as
- 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 · Queen Bee's Anger as Noboru Gôda
- 1958 · Poison Fang Oran as
- 1958 · Secret White Line Zone as
- 1958 · Ghost in the Regiment as
- 1958 · 黄金奉行 as
- 1958 · Holiday in Japan as
- 1958 · Star Poisoning Case as
- 1958 · Emperor & Empress Meiji and the Sino-Japanese War as
- 1958 · Rusty Knife 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 · The Military Policeman and the Dismembered Beauty as Staff Sergeant Tsuneyoshi
- 1957 · Ghost Stories of Wanderer at Honjo as
- 1957 · 剣聖 暁の三十六番斬り as
- 1957 · Emperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese War as
- 1956 · Casebook of Dandy Sashichi: Six Famous Beauties as Asaka Keinosuke
- 1956 · Fearful Attack of the Flying Saucers as Assistant Osugi
- 1956 · Admiral Yamamoto and the Allied Fleets as
- 1956 · Revenge of the Pearl Queen as Yûzô Yamauchi
- 1956 · The Prosecutor and His Sister as
- 1955 · Morishige no demakase shinshi as
- 1955 · 花眞珠 as
- 1955 · Twilight Saloon as
- 1955 · Nonki saiban as
- 1955 · Mysterious Dwarf as
- 1954 · Carbine of Fear as
- 1953 · Mole Alley as