Shigeru Amachi
ActingShigeru 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
Port Arthur
Kentaro Kaneko
The Tale of Zatoichi
Miki Hirate
Zatoichi's Vengeance
Genpachiro Kurobe
Dead Angle
Sword of the Beast
Vice-Counselor
Mole Alley
Emperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese War
The Story of a Man Among Men
Rusty Knife
Classmates
Chief Navel Surgeon Mamiya
Filmography — Acting
Port Arthur
Kentaro Kaneko
The Tale of Zatoichi
Miki Hirate
Zatoichi's Vengeance
Genpachiro Kurobe
Dead Angle
Sword of the Beast
Vice-Counselor
Mole Alley
Emperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese War
The Story of a Man Among Men
Rusty Knife
Classmates
Chief Navel Surgeon Mamiya
Jigoku
Shirô Shimizu
The Beauty in the Bathroom
Kogoro Akechi
Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance
Destiny's Son
Sôshi Tada
Admiral Yamamoto and the Allied Fleets
Long Swords of the Loyal Forty-Seven
Nonki saiban
Ken ni kakeru
The Boss
Emperor & Empress Meiji and the Sino-Japanese War
Twilight Saloon
Shinsengumi Chronicles
Toshizo Hijikata
Blackmail Is My Life
The Third Shadow Warrior
Sadamitsu Miki
The Viper Brothers: Prison Gang 13
The Pretty Jade
Modern Lady Gambler
Two Lives, Two Yakuza
Seiji Nawate
The Ghost of Yotsuya
Iemon Tamiya
A Lonely Gamble
Teijiro Chigusa
Ankoku gai jingi
Ghost in the Regiment
Lieutenant Namishima
Easy Money
The Pacific War and the International Military Tribunal
First Officer of the Yamato
Holiday in Japan
Yellow Line
Kazuhiro Moroki
Shroud of Snow
Guntaro
Black Line
Koji Machida
Samon’s Hell Revenge: Unauthorised Jutte Records 2 - The Assassination of the Shogun
Fearful Attack of the Flying Saucers
Assistant Osugi
Ren'ai Zubari Kōza
Showdown of Men
The Beauty of the Black Narcissus
Kogoro Akechi
The Challenge of the Female Spy Akatsuki
I am the Judge
Showdown of Men 2
Fire Line
Kuroiwa
Samon’s Hell Revenge: Unauthorised Jutte Records 3
Beauty of the Forbidden Fruit
Kogoro Akechi
The Faceless Man
Kogoro Akechi
Beyond the Hills
Enigmatic Explosion of the Battleship Mutsu
Lt. Commander Fushimi
Yôki na tono-sama
The Demon of Sendai's Castle
The Lady Vampire
Nobutaka Takenaka
The Beauty of Heaven and Hell
Kogoro Akechi
Mysterious Dwarf
Fairy Beauty
Kogoro Akechi
Tokyo Gambler
Empress
Quiet Dawn in the Front
Assassins for sale
Girl Boss Blues: Queen Bee's Counterattack
Hitman
花眞珠
The Lightning Sword
Higashinosuke Yamagata
The Woman Gambler's Trump Card
The Jeweled Beauty
Kogoro Akechi
Queen Bee's Anger
Noboru Gôda
The Military Policeman and the Dismembered Beauty
Staff Sergeant Tsuneyoshi
Nude Actress Murder Case: Five Criminals
Women of Whirlpool Island
Morishige is a Fake Gentleman
Sleepy Eyes of Death 8: Sword of Villainy
Aizen
The Dedicated Gunman
Junta Kimura
Devilish Beauty
Kogoro Akechi
Enchanted Beauty
Kogoro Akechi
Kuro to aka no hanabira
Elegy of a Geisha
Hayase Chikara
Star Poisoning Case
Beauty at the Bottom of the Lake
Kogoro Akechi
Secret White Line Zone
The Silent Gun
Junta Kimura
Samon’s Hell Revenge: Unauthorised Jutte Records
The Third Contest
Genba
Beauty in the Flames
Kogoro Akechi
Red Scorpion Beauty
Kogoro Akechi
Suruga Yūkyōden: Gambling Hall Robbery
稲妻奉行
黄金奉行
Samon’s Hell Revenge: Unauthorised Jutte Records 4
A Scarred Life 2: Blood Will Tell
Ryukichi
Queen of the China Sea
First Lieutenant Yokoyama
The Prosecutor and His Sister
Eight Men to Kill
Azami Yajuro
The Tragedy of a Young Warrior
Roar of the Bullets
Poison Fang Oran
The Beauty of the Black Pearl
Kogoro Akechi
Beauty with White Breasts
Kogoro Akechi
The Gambler's Law
No Police
The Rambler Rides Again
トップ屋を殺せ
The Edo Fortune-Teller
Homeless Dog
The Beast and the Magic Sword
Kian
Casebook of Dandy Sashichi: Six Famous Beauties
Asaka Keinosuke
Kôshitsu to sensô to waga minzoku
Lieutenant Colonel Shiizaki
Beauty on Death Row
Trigger Happy Romeo
Junta Kimura
The Beauty at the Dressing Table
Kogoro Akechi
Quick-Draw Dog
White skinned beauty
Kogoro Akechi
Return of Gun Dog
Black Curtain
Headless Island
君は海を見たか
Beauty of the Land of Cherry Blossoms
Kogoro Akechi
Yakuza Hooligans
Sugiyama
The Horizon Glitters
Kanei Command Performance
Midnight Demon
Carbine of Fear
Angel and Devil Beauty
Kogoro Akechi
The Beauty of the Big Clock
Kogoro Akechi
Queen Bee and College Boy Ryu
Counterattack of a Queen Bee
Muteppô no Masa
Samurai Secret Agent
剣聖 暁の三十六番斬り
Cordon at Dawn
25 O'Clock in Shinjuku
Amachi
Ghost Stories of Wanderer at Honjo
White Mermaid Beauty
Kogoro Akechi
弥次喜多珍道中 中仙道の巻
Casebook of Detective Jiro Nango: Shadowless Murderer
Casebook of Dandy Sashichi: Dead Woman's Tattoo
Beauty in the Mirror Hell
Kogoro Akechi
Revenge of the Pearl Queen
Yûzô Yamauchi
Emmanuel's Beauty
The Psychological Test
Akechi Kogorō
Beauty of the Five-Storied Pagoda
Queen Bee
Mazaki
Beauty with a mysterious scar
Kogoro Akechi
My Life As Music
Yakuza Wanderer: Villainous Livelihood
