Shigeru Amachi
Actor, Director, Writer
March 4, 1931 — 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 |
| 1982 | |
| 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 | Akô Rôshi · as Wakizaka Awaji-No-Kami |
| 1979 | |
| 1978 | The Yagyu Conspiracy · as Miyamoto MusashiOn Plex |
| 1972 | Bounty Hunter 3: Eight Men to Kill · as Azami Yajuro |
| 1972 | |
| 1972 | |
| 1972 | |
| 1972 | Kizu darake no jinsei - Furui yatsu de gonzansu · as Ryukichi |
| 1971 | Girl Boss Blues: Queen Bee's Counterattack · as Hitman |
| 1971 | A Man's World · as Cast |
| 1971 | Epic Chushingura · as Shimizu Ichigaku |
| 1969 | Bakuto hyakunin · as Cast |
| 1969 | |
| 1968 | |
| 1967 | Âa dôki no sakura · as Chief Navel Surgeon Mamiya |
| 1967 | |
| 1967 | |
| 1966 | Sleepy Eyes of Death: Sword of Villainy · as Aizen |
| 1966 | |
| 1966 | Yakuza gurentai · as Sugiyama |
| 1966 | Zatoichi's Vengeance · as Genpachiro Kurobe |
| 1965 | Sword of the Beast · as Vice-Counselor |
| 1965 | |
| 1965 | A Lonely Gamble · as Teijiro Chigusa |
| 1965 | Mondonosuke Sanban Shobu · as Genba |
| 1965 | |
| 1964 | Ryu ko ichidai · as Seiji Nawate |
| 1964 | Ryûko ichi-dai · as Cast |
| 1963 | |
| 1963 | The Third Shadow Warrior · as Sadamitsu Miki |
| 1963 | Shinsengumi Chronicles · as Toshizo Hijikata |
| 1962 | Destiny's Son · as Sôshi Tada |
| 1962 | The Tale of Zatoichi · as Miki Hirate |
| 1961 | Kasen chitai · as Kuroiwa |
| 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 |
| 1984 | Hizoban Higasa no onna · as Screenplay |