Shigeru Amachi
Actor
Born March 4, 1931 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.
Filmography
The Psychological Test
Akechi Kogorō
The Beauty of the Black Pearl
Kogoro Akechi
Beauty with a Mysterious Scar
Kogoro Akechi
The Story of a Man Among Men
Beauty in the Flames
Kogoro Akechi
Midnight Demon
Hizoban Higasa no onna
Beauty of the Forbidden Fruit
Kogoro Akechi
Samurai Secret Agent
The Beast and the Magic Sword
Kian
Kanei Command Performance
Empress
White skinned beauty
Kogoro Akechi
Angel and Devil Beauty
Kogoro Akechi
Beauty at the Bottom of the Lake
Kogoro Akechi
The Edo Fortune-Teller
The Beauty at the Dressing Table
Kogoro Akechi
The Beauty of Heaven and Hell
Kogoro Akechi
Beauty with White Breasts
Kogoro Akechi
Beauty in the Mirror Hell
Kogoro Akechi
Beauty of the Five-Storied Pagoda
Enchanted Beauty
Kogoro Akechi
Emmanuel's Beauty
Port Arthur
Kentaro Kaneko
Beauty of the Land of Cherry Blossoms
Kogoro Akechi
The Beauty of the Big Clock
Kogoro Akechi
Red Scorpion Beauty
Kogoro Akechi
Dead Angle
Devilish Beauty
Kogoro Akechi
Yasei no Shōmei
The Jeweled Beauty
Kogoro Akechi
Fairy Beauty
Kogoro Akechi
The Beauty of the Black Narcissus
Kogoro Akechi
Headless Island
White Mermaid Beauty
Kogoro Akechi
Beauty on Death Row
The Beauty in the Bathroom
Kogoro Akechi
The Faceless Man
Kogoro Akechi
Edogawa Rampo no bijo shirīzu
Kogoro Akechi
Hijo no License
会田健
Eight Men to Kill
Azami Yajuro
Professional Killers
Modern Lady Gambler
The Viper Brothers: Prison Gang 13
A Scarred Life 2: Blood Will Tell
Ryukichi
Girl Boss Blues: Queen Bee's Counterattack
Hitman
My Life As Music
君は海を見たか
Easy Money
The Woman Gambler's Trump Card
Yakuza Wanderer: Villainous Livelihood
25 O'Clock in Shinjuku
Amachi
Star of the Night
Blackmail Is My Life
The Silent Gun
Junta Kimura
Classmates
Chief Navel Surgeon Mamiya
Quick-Draw Dog
The Gambler's Law
Showdown of Men 2
Tokyo Gambler
Shroud of Snow
Guntaro
Sleepy Eyes of Death 8: Sword of Villainy
Aizen
The Pretty Jade
Showdown of Men
Yakuza Hooligans
Sugiyama
Zatoichi's Vengeance
Genpachiro Kurobe
Return of Gun Dog
Black Curtain
Trigger Happy Romeo
Junta Kimura
Sword of the Beast
Vice-Counselor
Underworld Code
A Lonely Gamble
Teijiro Chigusa
The Third Contest
Genba
The Dedicated Gunman
Junta Kimura
The Boss
Two Lives, Two Yakuza
Seiji Nawate
Suruga Yūkyōden: Gambling Hall Robbery
Homeless Dog
Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance
Nobutada
The Third Shadow Warrior
Sadamitsu Miki
Assassins for sale
Shinsengumi Chronicles
Toshizo Hijikata
Yôki na tono-sama
The Lightning Sword
Higashinosuke Yamagata
Ken ni kakeru
The Demon of Sendai's Castle
Long Swords of the Loyal Forty-Seven
The Tragedy of a Young Warrior
Destiny's Son
Sôshi Tada
The Tale of Zatoichi
Miki Hirate
I am the Judge
Fire Line
Kuroiwa
The Horizon Glitters
Ren'ai Zubari Kōza
Counterattack of a Queen Bee
Muteppô no Masa
Roar of the Bullets
The Rambler Rides Again
Girl Wife: The Terrified Sixteen-Year-Old
Queen Bee and College Boy Ryu
Jigoku
Shirô Shimizu
Yellow Line
Kazuhiro Moroki
Enigmatic Explosion of the Battleship Mutsu
Lt. Commander Fushimi
Beyond the Hills
Black Line
Koji Machida
Ghost Story of Yotsuya
Iemon Tamiya
Queen of the China Sea
First Lieutenant Yokoyama
The Lady Vampire
Nobutaka Takenaka
The Challenge of the Female Spy Akatsuki
The Pacific War and the International Military Tribunal
First Officer of the Yamato
Queen Bee's Anger
Noboru Gôda
Casebook of Dandy Sashichi: Dead Woman's Tattoo
Secret White Line Zone
Ghost in the Regiment
Lieutenant Namishima
Star Poisoning Case
Emperor & Empress Meiji and the Sino-Japanese War
Rusty Knife
Queen Bee
Mazaki
Nude Actress Murder Case: Five Criminals
Cordon at Dawn
The Military Policeman and the Dismembered Beauty
Staff Sergeant Tsuneyoshi
Ghost Stories of Wanderer at Honjo
剣聖 暁の三十六番斬り
Emperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese War
Casebook of Dandy Sashichi: Six Famous Beauties
Asaka Keinosuke
Fearful Attack of the Flying Saucers
Assistant Osugi
Admiral Yamamoto and the Allied Fleets
The Prosecutor and His Sister
Morishige is a Fake Gentleman
Hanamazu
Twilight Saloon
Nonki saiban
Mysterious Dwarf
Mole Alley