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Shigeru Amachi

Born 1931-03-04

Died 1985-07-27

📍 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 132

The Psychological Test

as Akechi Kogorō

The Beauty of the Black Pearl

as Kogoro Akechi

Beauty with a Mysterious Scar

as Kogoro Akechi

The Story of a Man Among Men

Beauty in the Flames

as Kogoro Akechi

Beauty of the Forbidden Fruit

as Kogoro Akechi

Samurai Secret Agent

The Beast and the Magic Sword

Kanei Command Performance

White skinned beauty

as Kogoro Akechi

Angel and Devil Beauty

as Kogoro Akechi

Beauty at the Bottom of the Lake

as Kogoro Akechi

The Edo Fortune-Teller

The Beauty at the Dressing Table

as Kogoro Akechi

The Beauty of Heaven and Hell

as Kogoro Akechi

Beauty with White Breasts

as Kogoro Akechi

Beauty in the Mirror Hell

as Kogoro Akechi

Beauty of the Five-Storied Pagoda

Enchanted Beauty

as Kogoro Akechi

Emmanuel's Beauty

as Kentaro Kaneko

Beauty of the Land of Cherry Blossoms

as Kogoro Akechi

The Beauty of the Big Clock

as Kogoro Akechi

Red Scorpion Beauty

as Kogoro Akechi

Devilish Beauty

as Kogoro Akechi

Yasei no Shōmei

The Jeweled Beauty

as Kogoro Akechi

as Kogoro Akechi

The Beauty of the Black Narcissus

as Kogoro Akechi

Headless Island

White Mermaid Beauty

as Kogoro Akechi

Beauty on Death Row

The Beauty in the Bathroom

as Kogoro Akechi

The Faceless Man

as Kogoro Akechi

Edogawa Rampo no bijo shirīzu

as Kogoro Akechi

Hijo no License

Eight Men to Kill

as Azami Yajuro

Professional Killers

Modern Lady Gambler

The Viper Brothers: Prison Gang 13

A Scarred Life 2: Blood Will Tell

Girl Boss Blues: Queen Bee's Counterattack

My Life As Music

君は海を見たか

The Woman Gambler's Trump Card

Yakuza Wanderer: Villainous Livelihood

25 O'Clock in Shinjuku

Star of the Night

Blackmail Is My Life

as Junta Kimura

as Chief Navel Surgeon Mamiya

The Gambler's Law

Showdown of Men 2

Sleepy Eyes of Death 8: Sword of Villainy

The Pretty Jade

Showdown of Men

Yakuza Hooligans

Zatoichi's Vengeance

as Genpachiro Kurobe

Return of Gun Dog

Trigger Happy Romeo

as Junta Kimura

Sword of the Beast

as Vice-Counselor

Ankoku gai jingi

A Lonely Gamble

as Teijiro Chigusa

The Third Contest

The Dedicated Gunman

as Junta Kimura

Two Lives, Two Yakuza

as Seiji Nawate

Suruga Yūkyōden: Gambling Hall Robbery

Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance

The Third Shadow Warrior

as Sadamitsu Miki

Assassins for sale

Shinsengumi Chronicles

as Toshizo Hijikata

Yôki na tono-sama

The Lightning Sword

as Higashinosuke Yamagata

The Demon of Sendai's Castle

Long Swords of the Loyal Forty-Seven

The Tragedy of a Young Warrior

The Tale of Zatoichi

The Horizon Glitters

Ren'ai Zubari Kōza

Counterattack of a Queen Bee

as Muteppô no Masa

Roar of the Bullets

The Rambler Rides Again

Young Girl Wife - Terrible Sixteen Abilities

Queen Bee and College Boy Ryu

as Shirô Shimizu

as Kazuhiro Moroki

Enigmatic Explosion of the Battleship Mutsu

as Lt. Commander Fushimi

Beyond the Hills

as Koji Machida

The Ghost of Yotsuya

as Iemon Tamiya

Queen of the China Sea

as First Lieutenant Yokoyama

The Lady Vampire

as Nobutaka Takenaka

The Challenge of the Female Spy Akatsuki

The Pacific War and the International Military Tribunal

as First Officer of the Yamato

Queen Bee's Anger

as Noboru Gôda

Casebook of Dandy Sashichi: Dead Woman's Tattoo

Secret White Line Zone

Ghost in the Regiment

as Lieutenant Namishima

Star Poisoning Case

Emperor & Empress Meiji and the Sino-Japanese War

Nude Actress Murder Case: Five Criminals

The Military Policeman and the Dismembered Beauty

as 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

as Asaka Keinosuke

Fearful Attack of the Flying Saucers

as Assistant Osugi

Admiral Yamamoto and the Allied Fleets

The Prosecutor and His Sister

Morishige is a Fake Gentleman

Twilight Saloon

Mysterious Dwarf