Shigeru Amachi
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- March 4, 1931
- Died
- July 27, 1985 (aged 54)
- Birthplace
- Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan
Biography
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.
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Filmography
白昼の死角(TV)
TV · 1 ep
Sunday Horror Series Best Selection 2
Movie
Beauty with a Mysterious Scar
Movie · as Kogoro Akechi
The Beauty of the Black Pearl
Movie · as Kogoro Akechi
The Psychological Test
Movie · as Akechi Kogorō
Beauty of the Forbidden Fruit
Movie · as Kogoro Akechi
Samon’s Hell Revenge: Unauthorised Jutte Records 4
Movie
Beauty in the Flames
Movie · as Kogoro Akechi
Midnight Demon
Movie
The Story of a Man Among Men
Movie
The Beast and the Magic Sword
Movie · as Kian
Empress
Movie
Samon’s Hell Revenge: Unauthorised Jutte Records 2 - The Assassination of the Shogun
Movie
Samon’s Hell Revenge: Unauthorised Jutte Records 3
Movie
Kanei Command Performance
Movie
Angel and Devil Beauty
Movie · as Kogoro Akechi
White skinned beauty
Movie · as Kogoro Akechi
Samurai Secret Agent
Movie
The Edo Fortune-Teller
Movie
Samon’s Hell Revenge: Unauthorised Jutte Records
Movie
Beauty at the Bottom of the Lake
Movie · as Kogoro Akechi
The Beauty at the Dressing Table
Movie · as Kogoro Akechi
The Beauty of Heaven and Hell
Movie · as Kogoro Akechi
Beauty with White Breasts
Movie · as Kogoro Akechi
Beauty in the Mirror Hell
Movie · as Kogoro Akechi
Beauty of the Five-Storied Pagoda
Movie
Beauty of the Land of Cherry Blossoms
Movie · as Kogoro Akechi
Enchanted Beauty
Movie · as Kogoro Akechi
Port Arthur
Movie · as Kentaro Kaneko
Emmanuel's Beauty
Movie
Devilish Beauty
Movie · as Kogoro Akechi
Red Scorpion Beauty
Movie · as Kogoro Akechi
The Jeweled Beauty
Movie · as Kogoro Akechi
The Beauty of the Big Clock
Movie · as Kogoro Akechi
Dead Angle
Movie
The 47 Ronins of Ako
TV · as Wakizaka Awaji-no-Kami · 36 eps
Yasei no Shōmei
TV · 13 eps
江戸の牙
TV · 1 ep
The Beauty of the Black Narcissus
Movie · as Kogoro Akechi
The Beauty in the Bathroom
Movie · as Kogoro Akechi
White Mermaid Beauty
Movie · as Kogoro Akechi
Fairy Beauty
Movie · as Kogoro Akechi
Beauty on Death Row
Movie
Headless Island
Movie
The Faceless Man
Movie · as Kogoro Akechi
Edogawa Rampo no bijo shirīzu
TV · as Kogoro Akechi · 33 eps
Hijo no License
TV · as 会田健 · 64 eps
Eight Men to Kill
Movie · as Azami Yajuro
A Scarred Life 2: Blood Will Tell
Movie · as Ryukichi
Modern Lady Gambler
Movie
The Viper Brothers: Prison Gang 13
Movie
Professional Killers
TV · 1 ep
Girl Boss Blues: Queen Bee's Counterattack
Movie · as Hitman
君は海を見たか
Movie
My Life As Music
Movie
Easy Money
Movie
The Woman Gambler's Trump Card
Movie
25 O'Clock in Shinjuku
Movie · as Amachi
Yakuza Wanderer: Villainous Livelihood
Movie
Blackmail Is My Life
Movie
Star of the Night
TV · 26 eps
Shroud of Snow
Movie · as Guntaro
Quick-Draw Dog
Movie · as Junta Kimura
Classmates
Movie · as Chief Navel Surgeon Mamiya
The Gambler's Law
Movie
The Silent Gun
Movie · as Junta Kimura
Showdown of Men 2
Movie
Tokyo Gambler
Movie
Zatoichi's Vengeance
Movie · as Genpachiro Kurobe
Sleepy Eyes of Death 8: Sword of Villainy
Movie · as Aizen
Return of Gun Dog
Movie · as Junta Kimura
Black Curtain
Movie
Yakuza Hooligans
Movie · as Sugiyama
Showdown of Men
Movie
The Pretty Jade
Movie
A Lonely Gamble
Movie · as Teijiro Chigusa
Underworld Code
Movie
Sword of the Beast
Movie · as Vice-Counselor
The Third Contest
Movie · as Genba
The Boss
Movie
The Dedicated Gunman
Movie · as Junta Kimura
Trigger Happy Romeo
Movie · as Junta Kimura
Two Lives, Two Yakuza
Movie · as Seiji Nawate
Suruga Yūkyōden: Gambling Hall Robbery
Movie
Homeless Dog
Movie · as Junta Kimura
Imo samurai: Kani uemon
Movie
Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance
Movie · as Nobutada
Shinsengumi Chronicles
Movie · as Toshizo Hijikata
The Third Shadow Warrior
Movie · as Sadamitsu Miki
Assassins for Sale
Movie
Yaburegasa Choan
Movie
Edo mujō
Movie
I am the Judge
Movie
The Tale of Zatoichi
Movie · as Miki Hirate
The Tragedy of a Young Warrior
Movie
Destiny's Son
Movie · as Sôshi Tada
The Demon of Sendai's Castle
Movie
Black and Red Flower Petals
Movie
The Lightning Sword
Movie · as Higashinosuke Yamagata
Long Swords of the Loyal Forty-Seven
Movie
Betting on the Sword
Movie
Yôki na tono-sama
Movie
Counterattack of a Queen Bee
Movie · as Muteppô no Masa
Fire Line
Movie · as Kuroiwa
Casebook of Detective Jiro Nango: Shadowless Murderer
Movie
The Horizon Glitters
Movie
Straight Talk on Romance: The Definitive Guide
Movie
Jigoku
Movie · as Shirô Shimizu
The Rambler Rides Again
Movie
Queen Bee and College Boy Ryu
Movie
Yellow Line
Movie · as Kazuhiro Moroki
Beyond the Hills
Movie
Enigmatic Explosion of the Battleship Mutsu
Movie · as Lt. Commander Fushimi
弥次喜多珍道中 中仙道の巻
Movie
トップ屋を殺せ
Movie
Kôshitsu to sensô to waga minzoku
Movie · as Lieutenant Colonel Shiizaki
Black Line
Movie · as Koji Machida
Women of Whirlpool Island
Movie
Roar of the Bullets
Movie
Girl Wife: The Terrified Sixteen-Year-Old
Movie
Ghost Story of Yotsuya
Movie · as Iemon Tamiya
The Lady Vampire
Movie · as Nobutaka Takenaka
No Police
Movie
Quiet Dawn in the Front
Movie
Elegy of a Geisha
Movie · as Hayase Chikara
The Pacific War and the International Military Tribunal
Movie · as First Officer of the Yamato
The Challenge of the Female Spy Akatsuki
Movie
Queen of the China Sea
Movie · as First Lieutenant Yokoyama
Rusty Knife
Movie
Queen Bee
Movie · as Mazaki
Secret White Line Zone
Movie
Ghost in the Regiment
Movie · as Lieutenant Namishima
Queen Bee's Anger
Movie · as Noboru Gôda
Holiday in Japan
Movie
Star Poisoning Case
Movie
稲妻奉行
Movie
黄金奉行
Movie
Poison Fang Oran
Movie
Emperor & Empress Meiji and the Sino-Japanese War
Movie
Casebook of Dandy Sashichi: Dead Woman's Tattoo
Movie
Cordon at Dawn
Movie
The Military Policeman and the Dismembered Beauty
Movie · as Staff Sergeant Tsuneyoshi
剣聖 暁の三十六番斬り
Movie
Emperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese War
Movie
Ghost Stories of Wanderer at Honjo
Movie
Nude Actress Murder Case: Five Criminals
Movie
Revenge of the Pearl Queen
Movie · as Yûzô Yamauchi
Fearful Attack of the Flying Saucers
Movie · as Assistant Osugi
The Prosecutor and His Sister
Movie
Admiral Yamamoto and the Allied Fleets
Movie
Casebook of Dandy Sashichi: Six Famous Beauties
Movie · as Asaka Keinosuke
Twilight Saloon
Movie
Nonki saiban
Movie
Mysterious Dwarf
Movie
Hanamazu
Movie
Morishige is a Fake Gentleman
Movie
Carbine of Fear
Movie
Mole Alley
Movie