Shigeru Amachi
Born
March 4, 1931
Died
July 27, 1985 (54 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
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
The Psychological Test
Akechi Kogorō
1985
The Beauty of Black Pearl
1985
Mysterious Scar Beauty
1985
The Story of a Man Among Men
1984
Beauty in the Flame
1984
Midnight Demon
1984
Samon’s Hell Revenge: Unauthorised Jutte Records 4
1984
禁断の実の美女
1984
Samon’s Hell Revenge: Unauthorised Jutte Records 3
1983
Samurai Secret Agent
1983
The Beast and the Magic Sword
Kian
1983
Kanei Command Performance
1983
Empress
1983
White skinned beauty
1983
Samon’s Hell Revenge: Unauthorised Jutte Records 2 - The Assassination of the Shogun
1983
天使と悪魔の美女 江戸川乱歩の「白昼夢」
1983
Beauty at the Bottom of the Lake
1982
The Edo Fortune-Teller
1982
Samon’s Hell Revenge: Unauthorised Jutte Records
1982
The Beauty of the Makeup Stage
1982
The Beauty of Heaven and Hell
1982
Edogawa Ranpo's Beauty Series: Beautiful Woman with White Breasts Edogawa Ranpo's "Hell's Clown"
Kogoro Akechi
1981
Edogawa Ranpo Series Fascinated Beauty
1980
Port Arthur
Kentaro Kaneko
1980
江戸川乱歩の黄金仮面ＩＩ／桜の国の美女
1980
大時計の美女 江戸川乱歩の「幽霊塔」
1979
Hôseki no bijo: Edogawa Ranpo Hakuhatsuki yori
1979
Dead Angle
1979
The 47 Ronins of Ako
Wakizaka Awaji-no-Kami · (36 episodes)
1979
Demonic Beauty
明智小五郎
1979
Yasei no Shōmei
(13 episodes)
1979
Gem Beauty
1979
Fairy Beauty
1978
The Beauty of the Black Narcissus
明智小五郎
1978
Headless Island
1978
江戸川乱歩「緑衣の鬼」より 白い人魚の美女
1978
江戸川乱歩「悪魔の紋章」より 死刑台の美女
1978
The Beauty in the Bathroom
1978
The Faceless Man
Kogoro Akechi
1977
Edogawa Rampo no bijo shirīzu
Kogoro Akechi · (25 episodes)
1977
非情のライセンス
会田健 · (11 episodes)
1973
Eight Men to Kill
Azami Yajuro
1972
Professional Killers
(1 episode)
1972
Modern Lady Gambler
1972
The Viper Brothers: Prison Gang 13
1972
A Scarred Life 2: Blood Will Tell
Ryukichi
1972
Girl Boss Blues: Queen Bee's Counterattack
Hitman
1971
My Life As Music
1971
君は海を見たか
1971
Easy Money
1970
The Woman Gambler's Trump Card
1969
25 O'Clock in Shinjuku
Amachi
1969
Blackmail Is My Life
1968
The Silent Gun
Junta Kimura
1967
Classmates
Chief Navel Surgeon Mamiya
1967
Quick-Draw Dog
1967
The Gambler's Law
1967
Showdown of Men 2
1967
Tokyo Gambler
1967
Shroud of Snow
Guntaro
1967
Sleepy Eyes of Death 8: Sword of Villainy
Aizen
1966
The Pretty Jade
1966
Showdown of Men
1966
Yakuza Hooligans
Sugiyama
1966
Zatoichi's Vengeance
Genpachiro Kurobe
1966
Return of Gun Dog
1966
Black Curtain
1966
Trigger Happy Romeo
Junta Kimura
1965
Sword of the Beast
Vice-Counselor
1965
Ankoku gai jingi
1965
A Lonely Gamble
Teijiro Chigusa
1965
The Third Contest
Genba
1965
The Dedicated Gunman
Junta Kimura
1965
The Boss
1965
Two Lives, Two Yakuza
Seiji Nawate
1964
駿河遊侠傳 賭場荒し
1964
Homeless Dog
1964
Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance
1963
The Third Shadow Warrior
Sadamitsu Miki
1963
Assassins for sale
1963
Shinsengumi Chronicles
Toshizo Hijikata
1963
Yôki na tono-sama
1962
The Lightning Sword
Higashinosuke Yamagata
1962
Ken ni kakeru
1962
The Demon of Sendai's Castle
1962
Long Swords of the Loyal Forty-Seven
1962
The Tragedy of a Young Warrior
1962
Destiny's Son
Sôshi Tada
1962
The Tale of Zatoichi
Miki Hirate
1962
I am the Judge
1962
Kuro to aka no hanabira
1962
Fire Line
Kuroiwa
1961
南郷次郎探偵帳 影なき殺人者
1961
The Horizon Glitters
1961
Ren'ai Zubari Kōza
1961
Counterattack of a Queen Bee
Muteppô no Masa
1961
怒号する巨弾
1960
弥次喜多珍道中 中仙道の巻
1960
The Rambler Rides Again
1960
トップ屋を殺せ
1960
Queen Bee and College Boy Ryu
1960
Jigoku
Shirô Shimizu
1960
皇室と戦争とわが民族
Lieutenant Colonel Shiizaki
1960
Yellow Line
Kazuhiro Moroki
1960
Enigmatic Explosion of the Battleship Mutsu
Lt. Commander Fushimi
1960
Women of Whirlpool Island
1960
Beyond the Hills
1960
Black Line
Koji Machida
1960
Elegy of a Geisha
Hayase Chikara
1959
Quiet Dawn in the Front
1959
The Ghost of Yotsuya
Iemon Tamiya
1959
Queen of the China Sea
First Lieutenant Yokoyama
1959
Mukeisatsu
1959
The Lady Vampire
Nobutaka Takenaka
1959
Onna kanchō akatsuki no chōsen
1959
The Pacific War and the International Military Tribunal
First Officer of the Yamato
1959
Queen Bee's Anger
Noboru Gôda
1958
Poison Fang Oran
1958
Secret White Line Zone
1958
Ghost in the Regiment
1958
黄金奉行
1958
Holiday in Japan
1958
Star Poisoning Case
1958
Emperor & Empress Meiji and the Sino-Japanese War
1958
Rusty Knife
1958
Queen Bee
Mazaki
1958
稲妻奉行
1958
Nude Actress Murder Case: Five Criminals
1957
Cordon at Dawn
1957
The Military Policeman and the Dismembered Beauty
Staff Sergeant Tsuneyoshi
1957
Ghost Stories of Wanderer at Honjo
1957
剣聖 暁の三十六番斬り
1957
Emperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese War
1957
Casebook of Dandy Sashichi: Six Famous Beauties
Asaka Keinosuke
1956
Fearful Attack of the Flying Saucers
Assistant Osugi
1956
Admiral Yamamoto and the Allied Fleets
1956
Revenge of the Pearl Queen
Yûzô Yamauchi
1956
The Prosecutor and His Sister
1956
Morishige no demakase shinshi
1955
花眞珠
1955
Twilight Saloon
1955
Nonki saiban
1955
Mysterious Dwarf
1955
Carbine of Fear
1954
Mole Alley
1953
白昼の死角(TV)
(1 episode)