Shigeru Amachi
Acting
Born: March 4, 1931 · Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan
Died: July 27, 1985 (aged 54)
Highest Rated
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.
Known for
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Movies (129)
Jigoku
Shirô Shimizu
Ghost Stories of Wanderer at Honjo
1957
Port Arthur
Kentaro Kaneko
The Tale of Zatoichi
Miki Hirate
Yakuza Hooligans
Sugiyama
Sleepy Eyes of Death 8: Sword of Villainy
Aizen
Ghost Story of Yotsuya
Iemon Tamiya
Queen Bee
Mazaki
Hanamazu
1955
The Horizon Glitters
1961
The Beast and the Magic Sword
Kian
The Story of a Man Among Men
1984
Eight Men to Kill
Azami Yajuro
Blackmail Is My Life
1968
Admiral Yamamoto and the Allied Fleets
1956
Nonki saiban
1955
A Scarred Life 2: Blood Will Tell
Ryukichi
Shinsengumi Chronicles
Toshizo Hijikata
The Rambler Rides Again
1960
The Beauty of the Black Narcissus
Kogoro Akechi
Midnight Demon
1984
Emperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese War
1957
Zatoichi's Vengeance
Genpachiro Kurobe
Long Swords of the Loyal Forty-Seven
1962
Yellow Line
Kazuhiro Moroki
Dead Angle
1979
Black Line
Koji Machida
Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance
Nobutada
Sword of the Beast
Vice-Counselor
Kanei Command Performance
1983
The Beauty of the Black Pearl
Kogoro Akechi
Angel and Devil Beauty
Kogoro Akechi
Emperor & Empress Meiji and the Sino-Japanese War
1958
Ghost in the Regiment
Lieutenant Namishima
The Viper Brothers: Prison Gang 13
1972
The Demon of Sendai's Castle
1962
Homeless Dog
1964
Return of Gun Dog
1966
The Third Contest
Genba
Straight Talk on Romance: The Definitive Guide
1961
The Military Policeman and the Dismembered Beauty
Staff Sergeant Tsuneyoshi
Suruga Yūkyōden: Gambling Hall Robbery
1964
The Dedicated Gunman
Junta Kimura
Beauty with White Breasts
Kogoro Akechi
I am the Judge
1962
The Woman Gambler's Trump Card
1969
Empress
1983
Destiny's Son
Sôshi Tada
The Beauty of Heaven and Hell
Kogoro Akechi
Beyond the Hills
1960
Rusty Knife
1958
Quick-Draw Dog
1967
Easy Money
1970
The Beauty in the Bathroom
Kogoro Akechi
The Jeweled Beauty
Kogoro Akechi
The Pacific War and the International Military Tribunal
First Officer of the Yamato
Secret White Line Zone
1958
Beauty on Death Row
1978
Mole Alley
1953
Underworld Code
1965
Girl Boss Blues: Queen Bee's Counterattack
Hitman
The Beauty of the Big Clock
Kogoro Akechi
Shroud of Snow
Guntaro
Fairy Beauty
Kogoro Akechi
Yakuza Wanderer: Villainous Livelihood
1969
The Gambler's Law
1967
The Lady Vampire
Nobutaka Takenaka
The Edo Fortune-Teller
1982
Trigger Happy Romeo
Junta Kimura
The Faceless Man
Kogoro Akechi
Showdown of Men 2
1967
Mysterious Dwarf
1955
Modern Lady Gambler
1972
The Beauty at the Dressing Table
Kogoro Akechi
Beauty of the Land of Cherry Blossoms
Kogoro Akechi
The Tragedy of a Young Warrior
1962
The Third Shadow Warrior
Sadamitsu Miki
The Pretty Jade
1966
Nude Actress Murder Case: Five Criminals
1957
君は海を見たか
1971
Enchanted Beauty
Kogoro Akechi
Emmanuel's Beauty
1980
Queen Bee's Anger
Noboru Gôda
Fire Line
Kuroiwa
Beauty in the Flames
Kogoro Akechi
Casebook of Dandy Sashichi: Dead Woman's Tattoo
1958
White Mermaid Beauty
Kogoro Akechi
Yôki na tono-sama
1962
Fearful Attack of the Flying Saucers
Assistant Osugi
剣聖 暁の三十六番斬り
1957
Enigmatic Explosion of the Battleship Mutsu
Lt. Commander Fushimi
Showdown of Men
1966
Beauty at the Bottom of the Lake
Kogoro Akechi
Roar of the Bullets
1960
Red Scorpion Beauty
Kogoro Akechi
Twilight Saloon
1955
Two Lives, Two Yakuza
Seiji Nawate
Beauty with a Mysterious Scar
Kogoro Akechi
The Boss
1965
Star Poisoning Case
1958
The Silent Gun
Junta Kimura
A Lonely Gamble
Teijiro Chigusa
Black Curtain
1966
Betting on the Sword
1962
Devilish Beauty
Kogoro Akechi
Classmates
Chief Navel Surgeon Mamiya
Tokyo Gambler
1967
Beauty of the Forbidden Fruit
Kogoro Akechi
Sunday Horror Series Best Selection 2
2020
Casebook of Dandy Sashichi: Six Famous Beauties
Asaka Keinosuke
The Challenge of the Female Spy Akatsuki
1959
The Lightning Sword
Higashinosuke Yamagata
My Life As Music
1971
Beauty of the Five-Storied Pagoda
1981
25 O'Clock in Shinjuku
Amachi
Counterattack of a Queen Bee
Muteppô no Masa
Queen of the China Sea
First Lieutenant Yokoyama
Assassins for sale
1963
White skinned beauty
Kogoro Akechi
Imo samurai: Kani uemon
1964
Samurai Secret Agent
1983
Morishige is a Fake Gentleman
1955
Cordon at Dawn
1957
Queen Bee and College Boy Ryu
1960
Girl Wife: The Terrified Sixteen-Year-Old
1960
Beauty in the Mirror Hell
Kogoro Akechi
The Prosecutor and His Sister
1956
Headless Island
1978
The Psychological Test
Akechi Kogorō
