Shigeru Amachi
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Shigeru Amachi

Mar 4, 1931 - 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.

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Movie1966Zatoichi's VengeanceGenpachiro Kurobe
Movie1965A Lonely GambleTeijiro Chigusa
Movie1985Mysterious Scar Beauty
Movie1978The Beauty of the Black Narcissus明智小五郎
Movie1964Two Lives, Two YakuzaSeiji Nawate
Movie1979Demonic Beauty明智小五郎
Movie1962I am the Judge
Movie1978The Beauty in the Bathroom
Movie1983The Beast and the Magic SwordKian
Movie1979Red Scorpion Beauty
Movie1962The Tale of ZatoichiMiki Hirate
Movie1971Girl Boss Blues: Queen Bee's CounterattackHitman
Movie1963Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance
Movie1962The Tragedy of a Young Warrior
Movie1960JigokuShirô Shimizu
Movie1967Shroud of SnowGuntaro
Movie1958Rusty Knife
Movie1962Destiny's SonSôshi Tada
Movie1959The Ghost of YotsuyaIemon Tamiya
Movie1983Empress
Movie1970Easy Money
Movie1963Shinsengumi ChroniclesToshizo Hijikata
Movie1971君は海を見たか
Movie1984禁断の実の美女
Movie1968Blackmail Is My Life
Movie1982The Edo Fortune-Teller
Movie1982Samon’s Hell Revenge: Unauthorised Jutte Records
Movie1983Samon’s Hell Revenge: Unauthorised Jutte Records 3
Movie1984Samon’s Hell Revenge: Unauthorised Jutte Records 4
Movie1983Samon’s Hell Revenge: Unauthorised Jutte Records 2 - The Assassination of the Shogun
Movie1966Sleepy Eyes of Death 8: Sword of VillainyAizen
Movie1983Kanei Command Performance
Movie1980江戸川乱歩の黄金仮面ＩＩ／桜の国の美女
Movie1965Ankoku gai jingi
Movie1963The Third Shadow WarriorSadamitsu Miki
Movie1956Revenge of the Pearl QueenYûzô Yamauchi
Movie1978White Mermaid Beauty
Movie1979Gem Beauty
Movie1979大時計の美女 江戸川乱歩の「幽霊塔」
Movie1982The Beauty of the Makeup Stage
Movie1983天使と悪魔の美女 江戸川乱歩の「白昼夢」
Movie1984Beauty in the Flame
Movie1983White skinned beauty
Movie1982The Beauty of Heaven and Hell
Movie1985The Beauty of Black Pearl
Movie1982Beauty at the Bottom of the Lake
Movie1963Assassins for sale
Movie1980Edogawa Ranpo Series Fascinated Beauty
Movie1964駿河遊侠傳 賭場荒し
Movie1972Eight Men to KillAzami Yajuro
Movie1962The Demon of Sendai's Castle
Movie1964Homeless Dog
Movie1967Quick-Draw Dog
Movie1966Return of Gun Dog
Movie1959The Lady VampireNobutaka Takenaka
Movie1957Cordon at Dawn
Movie1981Edogawa Ranpo's Beauty Series: Beautiful Woman with White Breasts Edogawa Ranpo's "Hell's Clown"Kogoro Akechi
Movie1966Black Curtain
Movie1961Counterattack of a Queen BeeMuteppô no Masa
Movie1965Sword of the BeastVice-Counselor
Movie1960The Rambler Rides Again
Movie1958Queen BeeMazaki
Movie1978Fairy Beauty
Movie1978江戸川乱歩「悪魔の紋章」より 死刑台の美女
Movie1958Secret White Line Zone
Movie1958Ghost in the Regiment
Movie1957The Military Policeman and the Dismembered BeautyStaff Sergeant Tsuneyoshi
Movie1958Queen Bee's AngerNoboru Gôda
Movie1962Kuro to aka no hanabira
Movie1961Fire LineKuroiwa
Movie1960Queen Bee and College Boy Ryu
Movie1979Dead Angle
Movie1957剣聖　暁の三十六番斬り
Movie1957Emperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese War
Movie1967ClassmatesChief Navel Surgeon Mamiya
Movie1960Yellow LineKazuhiro Moroki
Movie1957Ghost Stories of Wanderer at Honjo
Movie1954Carbine of Fear
Movie1960Beyond the Hills
Movie1960Enigmatic Explosion of the Battleship MutsuLt. Commander Fushimi
Movie1958Holiday in Japan
Movie1960弥次喜多珍道中　中仙道の巻
Movie1958Star Poisoning Case
Movie1959Mukeisatsu
Movie1960トップ屋を殺せ
Movie1966Yakuza HooligansSugiyama
Movie1961南郷次郎探偵帳　影なき殺人者
Movie1959Quiet Dawn in the Front
Movie1958稲妻奉行
Movie1959Elegy of a GeishaHayase Chikara
Movie1957Nude Actress Murder Case: Five Criminals
Movie1961The Horizon Glitters
Movie1958黄金奉行
Movie1960皇室と戦争とわが民族Lieutenant Colonel Shiizaki
Movie1959The Pacific War and the International Military TribunalFirst Officer of the Yamato
Movie1955Twilight Saloon
Movie1960Black LineKoji Machida
Movie1958Poison Fang Oran
Movie1984Midnight Demon
Movie1959Onna kanchō akatsuki no chōsen
Movie1955Nonki saiban
Movie1972A Scarred Life 2: Blood Will TellRyukichi
Movie1955Mysterious Dwarf
Movie1960Women of Whirlpool Island
Movie1967The Gambler's Law
Movie1953Mole Alley
Movie1972Modern Lady Gambler
Movie1967The Silent GunJunta Kimura
Movie1977The Faceless ManKogoro Akechi
Movie1984The Story of a Man Among Men
Movie1967Showdown of Men 2
Movie1965The Third ContestGenba
Movie1965The Boss
Movie1959Queen of the China SeaFirst Lieutenant Yokoyama
Movie1965The Dedicated GunmanJunta Kimura
Movie1965Trigger Happy RomeoJunta Kimura
Movie1980Port ArthurKentaro Kaneko
Movie1956Fearful Attack of the Flying SaucersAssistant Osugi
Movie1958Emperor & Empress Meiji and the Sino-Japanese War
Movie1983Samurai Secret Agent
Movie1962The Lightning SwordHigashinosuke Yamagata
Movie1966Showdown of Men
Movie1962Long Swords of the Loyal Forty-Seven
Movie1962Ken ni kakeru
Movie1962Yôki na tono-sama
Movie1972The Viper Brothers: Prison Gang 13
Movie1955花眞珠
Movie1956The Prosecutor and His Sister
Movie1961Ren'ai Zubari Kōza
Movie1960怒号する巨弾
Movie1955Morishige no demakase shinshi
Movie1956Admiral Yamamoto and the Allied Fleets
Movie1969The Woman Gambler's Trump Card
Movie1956Casebook of Dandy Sashichi: Six Famous BeautiesAsaka Keinosuke
Movie1966The Pretty Jade
Movie1967Tokyo Gambler
Movie1978Headless Island
Movie196925 O'Clock in ShinjukuAmachi
Movie1971My Life As Music
Movie1985The Psychological TestAkechi Kogorō
Movie1981Mirror Hell Beauty
TV Show1972Professional Killers1
TV Show1977Edogawa Rampo no bijo shirīzuKogoro Akechi25
TV Show1979The 47 Ronins of AkoWakizaka Awaji-no-Kami36
TV Show1979Yasei no Shōmei13
TV Show1973非情のライセンス会田健11
TV ShowN/A白昼の死角(TV)1
TV Show1968Star of the Night26

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Movie1984Hizoban Higasa no onnaDirectorDirecting
Movie1984Hizoban Higasa no onnaScreenplayWriting