Shigeru Amachi
Acting
Born: 1931-03-04 in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan
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.
Known For
Professional Killers
Port Arthur
Kentaro Kaneko
Edogawa Rampo no bijo shirīzu
Kogoro Akechi
Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance
Nobutada
Jigoku
Shirô Shimizu
Beyond the Hills
Fairy Beauty
Kogoro Akechi
The Horizon Glitters
The Rambler Rides Again
Rusty Knife
Yakuza Wanderer: Villainous Livelihood
Yakuza Hooligans
Sugiyama
The Tale of Zatoichi
Miki Hirate
Zatoichi's Vengeance
Genpachiro Kurobe
Long Swords of the Loyal Forty-Seven
Quick-Draw Dog
The Woman Gambler's Trump Card
The Story of a Man Among Men
Classmates
Chief Navel Surgeon Mamiya
白昼の死角(TV)
Queen Bee and College Boy Ryu
Blackmail Is My Life
A Scarred Life 2: Blood Will Tell
Ryukichi
Easy Money
Sunday Horror Series Best Selection 2
Yasei no Shōmei
Nonki saiban
Casebook of Dandy Sashichi: Six Famous Beauties
Asaka Keinosuke
The Viper Brothers: Prison Gang 13
Queen Bee
Mazaki
Samon’s Hell Revenge: Unauthorised Jutte Records 2 - The Assassination of the Shogun
Underworld Code
Girl Boss Blues: Queen Bee's Counterattack
Hitman
Ghost Story of Yotsuya
Iemon Tamiya
Star of the Night
Hijo no License
会田健
