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 (130)
Port Arthur
Kentaro Kaneko
Ghost Story of Yotsuya
Iemon Tamiya
The Beauty of the Black Pearl
Kogoro Akechi
Emperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese War
1957
The Faceless Man
Kogoro Akechi
The Tale of Zatoichi
Miki Hirate
Jigoku
Shirô Shimizu
Angel and Devil Beauty
Kogoro Akechi
Trigger Happy Romeo
Junta Kimura
Twilight Saloon
1955
The Demon of Sendai's Castle
1962
Beauty at the Bottom of the Lake
Kogoro Akechi
Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance
Nobutada
Betting on the Sword
1962
The Beauty in the Bathroom
Kogoro Akechi
The Lady Vampire
Nobutaka Takenaka
Quick-Draw Dog
1967
The Story of a Man Among Men
1984
Blackmail Is My Life
1968
Kanei Command Performance
1983
The Beauty of the Black Narcissus
Kogoro Akechi
Roar of the Bullets
1960
The Beast and the Magic Sword
Kian
The Boss
1965
Straight Talk on Romance: The Definitive Guide
1961
The Beauty of Heaven and Hell
Kogoro Akechi
Devilish Beauty
Kogoro Akechi
Casebook of Dandy Sashichi: Dead Woman's Tattoo
1958
Mole Alley
1953
White Mermaid Beauty
Kogoro Akechi
Sword of the Beast
Vice-Counselor
Two Lives, Two Yakuza
Seiji Nawate
The Beauty of the Big Clock
Kogoro Akechi
Zatoichi's Vengeance
Genpachiro Kurobe
Beauty on Death Row
1978
Beauty in the Flames
Kogoro Akechi
The Dedicated Gunman
Junta Kimura
Eight Men to Kill
Azami Yajuro
The Third Shadow Warrior
Sadamitsu Miki
Enigmatic Explosion of the Battleship Mutsu
Lt. Commander Fushimi
Long Swords of the Loyal Forty-Seven
1962
The Viper Brothers: Prison Gang 13
1972
The Third Contest
Genba
Rusty Knife
1958
Homeless Dog
1964
Modern Lady Gambler
1972
Fairy Beauty
Kogoro Akechi
A Lonely Gamble
Teijiro Chigusa
Destiny's Son
Sôshi Tada
The Gambler's Law
1967
Red Scorpion Beauty
Kogoro Akechi
Beyond the Hills
1960
Sunday Horror Series Best Selection 2
2020
25 O'Clock in Shinjuku
Amachi
Morishige is a Fake Gentleman
1955
Dead Angle
1979
Nonki saiban
1955
Classmates
Chief Navel Surgeon Mamiya
Empress
1983
Yellow Line
Kazuhiro Moroki
The Edo Fortune-Teller
1982
Showdown of Men
1966
The Rambler Rides Again
1960
The Beauty at the Dressing Table
Kogoro Akechi
Fire Line
Kuroiwa
Girl Boss Blues: Queen Bee's Counterattack
Hitman
Headless Island
1978
Showdown of Men 2
1967
Shroud of Snow
Guntaro
A Scarred Life 2: Blood Will Tell
Ryukichi
Black Line
Koji Machida
君は海を見たか
1971
Elegy of a Geisha
Hayase Chikara
Hanamazu
1955
Queen of the China Sea
First Lieutenant Yokoyama
Beauty with a Mysterious Scar
Kogoro Akechi
The Silent Gun
Junta Kimura
Admiral Yamamoto and the Allied Fleets
1956
The Pacific War and the International Military Tribunal
First Officer of the Yamato
Sleepy Eyes of Death 8: Sword of Villainy
Aizen
Ghost in the Regiment
Lieutenant Namishima
Shinsengumi Chronicles
Toshizo Hijikata
Suruga Yūkyōden: Gambling Hall Robbery
1964
Yakuza Hooligans
Sugiyama
The Pretty Jade
1966
Mysterious Dwarf
1955
My Life As Music
1971
The Military Policeman and the Dismembered Beauty
Staff Sergeant Tsuneyoshi
Midnight Demon
1984
Underworld Code
1965
Beauty of the Land of Cherry Blossoms
Kogoro Akechi
Queen Bee's Anger
Noboru Gôda
Queen Bee
Mazaki
Counterattack of a Queen Bee
Muteppô no Masa
Emmanuel's Beauty
1980
Secret White Line Zone
1958
The Jeweled Beauty
Kogoro Akechi
Emperor & Empress Meiji and the Sino-Japanese War
1958
Tokyo Gambler
1967
Star Poisoning Case
1958
Enchanted Beauty
Kogoro Akechi
Yakuza Wanderer: Villainous Livelihood
1969
剣聖 暁の三十六番斬り
1957
Return of Gun Dog
1966
Yôki na tono-sama
1962
The Lightning Sword
Higashinosuke Yamagata
The Tragedy of a Young Warrior
1962
Beauty of the Forbidden Fruit
Kogoro Akechi
The Horizon Glitters
1961
White skinned beauty
Kogoro Akechi
Easy Money
1970
Cordon at Dawn
1957
Nude Actress Murder Case: Five Criminals
1957
Black Curtain
1966
I am the Judge
1962
Fearful Attack of the Flying Saucers
Assistant Osugi
Assassins for sale
1963
The Prosecutor and His Sister
1956
Beauty of the Five-Storied Pagoda
1981
Queen Bee and College Boy Ryu
1960
Beauty with White Breasts
Kogoro Akechi
The Challenge of the Female Spy Akatsuki
1959
Ghost Stories of Wanderer at Honjo
1957
Beauty in the Mirror Hell
Kogoro Akechi
Samurai Secret Agent
1983
The Psychological Test
Akechi Kogorō
The Woman Gambler's Trump Card
1969
Imo samurai: Kani uemon
1964
Casebook of Dandy Sashichi: Six Famous Beauties
Asaka Keinosuke
Girl Wife: The Terrified Sixteen-Year-Old
1960
