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