Shigeru Amachi
Born: 1931-03-04 in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan
Died: 1985-07-27
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
1985
- The Beauty of the Black Pearl as Kogoro Akechi
- The Psychological Test as Akechi Kogorō
- Beauty with a mysterious scar as Kogoro Akechi
1984
- Beauty in the Flames as Kogoro Akechi
- Beauty of the Forbidden Fruit as Kogoro Akechi
- Samon’s Hell Revenge: Unauthorised Jutte Records 4
- The Story of a Man Among Men
- Midnight Demon
- Hizoban Higasa no onna ... (Director)
1983
- The Beast and the Magic Sword as Kian
- Kanei Command Performance
- Angel and Devil Beauty as Kogoro Akechi
- Samon’s Hell Revenge: Unauthorised Jutte Records 3
- Samurai Secret Agent
- Samon’s Hell Revenge: Unauthorised Jutte Records 2 - The Assassination of the Shogun
- White skinned beauty as Kogoro Akechi
- Empress
1982
- Beauty at the Bottom of the Lake as Kogoro Akechi
- The Beauty of Heaven and Hell as Kogoro Akechi
- The Edo Fortune-Teller
- Samon’s Hell Revenge: Unauthorised Jutte Records
- The Beauty at the Dressing Table as Kogoro Akechi
1981
- Beauty with White Breasts as Kogoro Akechi
- Beauty of the Five-Storied Pagoda
- Beauty in the Mirror Hell as Kogoro Akechi
1980
- Beauty of the Land of Cherry Blossoms as Kogoro Akechi
- Port Arthur as Kentaro Kaneko
- Emmanuel's Beauty
- Enchanted Beauty as Kogoro Akechi
1979
- Devilish Beauty as Kogoro Akechi
- The Beauty of the Big Clock as Kogoro Akechi
- The Jeweled Beauty as Kogoro Akechi
- Red Scorpion Beauty as Kogoro Akechi
- Dead Angle
- The 47 Ronins of Ako as Wakizaka Awaji-no-Kami
- Yasei no Shōmei
1978
- Fairy Beauty as Kogoro Akechi
- The Beauty of the Black Narcissus as Kogoro Akechi
- The Beauty in the Bathroom as Kogoro Akechi
- Beauty on Death Row
- White Mermaid Beauty as Kogoro Akechi
- Headless Island
1977
- The Faceless Man as Kogoro Akechi
- Edogawa Rampo no bijo shirīzu as Kogoro Akechi
1973
- Hijo no License as 会田健
1972
- Modern Lady Gambler
- The Viper Brothers: Prison Gang 13
- Eight Men to Kill as Azami Yajuro
- A Scarred Life 2: Blood Will Tell as Ryukichi
- Professional Killers
1971
1970
1969
1967
- Classmates as Chief Navel Surgeon Mamiya
- Shroud of Snow as Guntaro
- Showdown of Men 2
- Tokyo Gambler
- The Gambler's Law
- The Silent Gun as Junta Kimura
- Quick-Draw Dog
1966
- Zatoichi's Vengeance as Genpachiro Kurobe
- The Pretty Jade
- Black Curtain
- Yakuza Hooligans as Sugiyama
- Showdown of Men
- Sleepy Eyes of Death 8: Sword of Villainy as Aizen
- Return of Gun Dog
1965
- The Third Contest as Genba
- Sword of the Beast as Vice-Counselor
- A Lonely Gamble as Teijiro Chigusa
- Ankoku gai jingi
- Trigger Happy Romeo as Junta Kimura
- The Dedicated Gunman as Junta Kimura
- The Boss
1964
- Two Lives, Two Yakuza as Seiji Nawate
- Homeless Dog
- Suruga Yūkyōden: Gambling Hall Robbery
1963
- The Third Shadow Warrior as Sadamitsu Miki
- Assassins for sale
- Shinsengumi Chronicles as Toshizo Hijikata
- Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance
1962
- The Tale of Zatoichi as Miki Hirate
- Destiny's Son as Sôshi Tada
- Ken ni kakeru
- Yôki na tono-sama
- Long Swords of the Loyal Forty-Seven
- I am the Judge
- The Lightning Sword as Higashinosuke Yamagata
- Kuro to aka no hanabira
- The Tragedy of a Young Warrior
- The Demon of Sendai's Castle
1961
- The Horizon Glitters
- Ren'ai Zubari Kōza
- Counterattack of a Queen Bee as Muteppô no Masa
- Casebook of Detective Jiro Nango: Shadowless Murderer
- Fire Line as Kuroiwa
1960
- Jigoku as Shirô Shimizu
- 弥次喜多珍道中 中仙道の巻
- 怒号する巨弾
- Kôshitsu to sensô to waga minzoku as Lieutenant Colonel Shiizaki
- The Rambler Rides Again
- Yellow Line as Kazuhiro Moroki
- トップ屋を殺せ
- Women of Whirlpool Island
- Beyond the Hills
- Enigmatic Explosion of the Battleship Mutsu as Lt. Commander Fushimi
- Black Line as Koji Machida
- Queen Bee and College Boy Ryu
1959
- The Ghost of Yotsuya as Iemon Tamiya
- The Lady Vampire as Nobutaka Takenaka
- The Pacific War and the International Military Tribunal as First Officer of the Yamato
- Elegy of a Geisha as Hayase Chikara
- The Challenge of the Female Spy Akatsuki
- Queen of the China Sea as First Lieutenant Yokoyama
- Quiet Dawn in the Front
- No Police
1958
- Emperor & Empress Meiji and the Sino-Japanese War
- Queen Bee's Anger as Noboru Gôda
- Ghost in the Regiment as Lieutenant Namishima
- Holiday in Japan
- Rusty Knife
- Star Poisoning Case
- Casebook of Dandy Sashichi: Dead Woman's Tattoo
- Queen Bee as Mazaki
- Secret White Line Zone
- 稲妻奉行
- 黄金奉行
- Poison Fang Oran
1957
1956
- Admiral Yamamoto and the Allied Fleets
- Fearful Attack of the Flying Saucers as Assistant Osugi
- Casebook of Dandy Sashichi: Six Famous Beauties as Asaka Keinosuke
- Revenge of the Pearl Queen as Yûzô Yamauchi
- The Prosecutor and His Sister