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Shigeru Amachi
Actor, Director, Writer
Born March 4, 1931Died July 27, 1985 (54 years)
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.
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
Filmography
| 1984 | |
| 1983 | The Beast and the Magic Sword · as Kian |
| 1981 | Beauty with White Breasts · as Kogoro Akechi |
| 1980 | Enchanted Beauty · as Kogoro Akechi |
| 1980 | The Battle of Port Arthur · as Kentaro Kaneko |
| 1979 | Red Scorpion Beauty · as Kogoro Akechi |
| 1979 | |
| 1979 | Hôseki no bijo: Edogawa Ranpo Hakuhatsuki yori · as Kogoro Akechi |
| 1978 | The Yagyu Conspiracy (TV Series) · as Miyamoto Musashi |
| 1978 | |
| 1977 | Edogawa Rampo no bijo (TV Series) · as Kogoro Akechi |
| 1973 | Hijo no License (TV Series) · as 会田健 |
| 1972 | Bounty Hunter 3: Eight Men to Kill · as Azami Yajuro |
| 1972 | Hissatsu shikakenin (TV Series) |
| 1972 | |
| 1972 | |
| 1972 | Kizu darake no jinsei - Furui yatsu de gonzansu · as Ryukichi |
| 1971 | Girl Boss Blues: Queen Bee's Counterattack · as Hitman |
| 1971 | Epic Chushingura (TV Series) · as Shimizu Ichigaku |
| 1969 | |
| 1968 | |
| 1967 | The Silent Gun · as Junta Kimura |
| 1967 | Âa dôki no sakura · as Chief Navel Surgeon Mamiya |
| 1967 | |
| 1967 | |
| 1967 | |
| 1967 | The Shroud of Snow · as Guntaro |
| 1966 | Sleepy Eyes of Death: Sword of Villainy · as Aizen |
| 1966 | |
| 1966 | Zatoichi's Vengeance · as Genpachiro Kurobe |
| 1966 | |
| 1965 | Gun Dog · as Junta Kimura |
| 1965 | Sword of the Beast · as Vice-Counselor |
| 1965 | A Lonely Gamble · as Teijiro Chigusa |
| 1965 | Mondonosuke Sanban Shobu · as Genba |
| 1965 | Rogue Dog · as Junta Kimura |
| 1965 | |
| 1964 | Ryu ko ichidai · as Seiji Nawate |
| 1964 | |
| 1963 | |
| 1963 | The Third Shadow Warrior · as Sadamitsu Miki |
| 1963 | |
| 1963 | Shinsengumi Chronicles · as Toshizo Hijikata |
| 1962 | Nukiuchi garasu · as Higashinosuke Yamagata |
| 1962 | |
| 1962 | Destiny's Son · as Sôshi Tada |
| 1962 | The Tale of Zatoichi · as Miki Hirate |
| 1961 | Kasen chitai · as Kuroiwa |
| 1961 | Kenka Tarô · as Cast |
| 1960 | |
| 1960 | The Sinners of Hell · as Shirô Shimizu |
| 1960 | Ôsen chitai · as Kazuhiro Moroki |
| 1960 | |
| 1960 | Kurosen chitai · as Koji Machida |
| 1959 | The Ghost of Yotsuya · as Iemon Tamiya |
| 1959 | The Woman Vampire · as Nobutaka Takenaka |
| 1958 | |
| 1958 | |
| 1957 | |
| 1957 | |
| 1955 |