Shigeru Amachi
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.
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Movies (151)
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The Psychological Test
1985 · Akechi Kogorō
The Beauty of the Black Pearl
1985 · Kogoro Akechi
Beauty with a Mysterious Scar
1985 · Kogoro Akechi
The Story of a Man Among Men
1984
Beauty in the Flames
1984 · Kogoro Akechi
Midnight Demon
1984
Samon’s Hell Revenge: Unauthorised Jutte Records 4
1984
Hizoban Higasa no onna
1984 · Director, Screenplay
Beauty of the Forbidden Fruit
1984 · Kogoro Akechi
Samon’s Hell Revenge: Unauthorised Jutte Records 3
1983
Samurai Secret Agent
1983
The Beast and the Magic Sword
1983 · Kian
Kanei Command Performance
1983
Empress
1983
White skinned beauty
1983 · Kogoro Akechi
Samon’s Hell Revenge: Unauthorised Jutte Records 2 - The Assassination of the Shogun
1983
Angel and Devil Beauty
1983 · Kogoro Akechi
Beauty at the Bottom of the Lake
1982 · Kogoro Akechi
The Edo Fortune-Teller
1982
Samon’s Hell Revenge: Unauthorised Jutte Records
1982
The Beauty at the Dressing Table
1982 · Kogoro Akechi
The Beauty of Heaven and Hell
1982 · Kogoro Akechi
Beauty with White Breasts
1981 · Kogoro Akechi
Beauty in the Mirror Hell
1981 · Kogoro Akechi
Beauty of the Five-Storied Pagoda
1981
Enchanted Beauty
1980 · Kogoro Akechi
Emmanuel's Beauty
1980
Port Arthur
1980 · Kentaro Kaneko
Beauty of the Land of Cherry Blossoms
1980 · Kogoro Akechi
The Beauty of the Big Clock
1979 · Kogoro Akechi
Red Scorpion Beauty
1979 · Kogoro Akechi
Dead Angle
1979
Devilish Beauty
1979 · Kogoro Akechi
The Jeweled Beauty
1979 · Kogoro Akechi
Fairy Beauty
1978 · Kogoro Akechi
The Beauty of the Black Narcissus
1978 · Kogoro Akechi
Headless Island
1978
White Mermaid Beauty
1978 · Kogoro Akechi
Beauty on Death Row
1978
The Beauty in the Bathroom
1978 · Kogoro Akechi
The Faceless Man
1977 · Kogoro Akechi
Eight Men to Kill
1972 · Azami Yajuro
Modern Lady Gambler
1972
The Viper Brothers: Prison Gang 13
1972
A Scarred Life 2: Blood Will Tell
1972 · Ryukichi
Girl Boss Blues: Queen Bee's Counterattack
1971 · Hitman
My Life As Music
1971
君は海を見たか
1971
Easy Money
1970
The Woman Gambler's Trump Card
1969
Yakuza Wanderer: Villainous Livelihood
1969
25 O'Clock in Shinjuku
1969 · Amachi
Blackmail Is My Life
1968
The Silent Gun
1967 · Junta Kimura
Classmates
1967 · Chief Navel Surgeon Mamiya
Quick-Draw Dog
1967 · Junta Kimura
The Gambler's Law
1967
Showdown of Men 2
1967
Tokyo Gambler
1967
Shroud of Snow
1967 · Guntaro
Sleepy Eyes of Death 8: Sword of Villainy
1966 · Aizen
The Pretty Jade
1966
Showdown of Men
1966
Yakuza Hooligans
1966 · Sugiyama
Zatoichi's Vengeance
1966 · Genpachiro Kurobe
Return of Gun Dog
1966 · Junta Kimura
Black Curtain
1966
Trigger Happy Romeo
1965 · Junta Kimura
Sword of the Beast
1965 · Vice-Counselor
Underworld Code
1965
A Lonely Gamble
1965 · Teijiro Chigusa
The Third Contest
1965 · Genba
The Dedicated Gunman
1965 · Junta Kimura
The Boss
1965
Two Lives, Two Yakuza
1964 · Seiji Nawate
Imo samurai: Kani uemon
1964
Suruga Yūkyōden: Gambling Hall Robbery
1964
Homeless Dog
1964 · Junta Kimura
Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance
1963 · Nobutada
Edo mujō
1963
The Third Shadow Warrior
1963 · Sadamitsu Miki
Assassins for Sale
1963
Yaburegasa Choan
1963
Shinsengumi Chronicles
1963 · Toshizo Hijikata
Yôki na tono-sama
1962
The Lightning Sword
1962 · Higashinosuke Yamagata
Betting on the Sword
1962
The Demon of Sendai's Castle
1962
Long Swords of the Loyal Forty-Seven
1962
The Tragedy of a Young Warrior
1962
Destiny's Son
1962 · Sôshi Tada
The Tale of Zatoichi
1962 · Miki Hirate
I am the Judge
1962
Black and Red Flower Petals
1962
Fire Line
1961 · Kuroiwa
Casebook of Detective Jiro Nango: Shadowless Murderer
1961
The Horizon Glitters
1961
Straight Talk on Romance: The Definitive Guide
1961
Counterattack of a Queen Bee
1961 · Muteppô no Masa
Roar of the Bullets
1960
弥次喜多珍道中 中仙道の巻
1960
The Rambler Rides Again
1960
Girl Wife: The Terrified Sixteen-Year-Old
1960
トップ屋を殺せ
1960
Queen Bee and College Boy Ryu
1960
Jigoku
1960 · Shirô Shimizu
Kôshitsu to sensô to waga minzoku
1960 · Lieutenant Colonel Shiizaki
Yellow Line
1960 · Kazuhiro Moroki
Enigmatic Explosion of the Battleship Mutsu
1960 · Lt. Commander Fushimi
Women of Whirlpool Island
1960
Beyond the Hills
1960
Black Line
1960 · Koji Machida
Elegy of a Geisha
1959 · Hayase Chikara
Quiet Dawn in the Front
1959
Ghost Story of Yotsuya
1959 · Iemon Tamiya
Queen of the China Sea
1959 · First Lieutenant Yokoyama
No Police
1959
The Lady Vampire
1959 · Nobutaka Takenaka
The Challenge of the Female Spy Akatsuki
1959
The Pacific War and the International Military Tribunal
1959 · First Officer of the Yamato
Queen Bee's Anger
1958 · Noboru Gôda
Casebook of Dandy Sashichi: Dead Woman's Tattoo
1958
Poison Fang Oran
1958
Secret White Line Zone
1958
Ghost in the Regiment
1958 · Lieutenant Namishima
黄金奉行
1958
Holiday in Japan
1958
Star Poisoning Case
1958
Emperor & Empress Meiji and the Sino-Japanese War
1958
Rusty Knife
1958
Queen Bee
1958 · Mazaki
稲妻奉行
1958
Nude Actress Murder Case: Five Criminals
1957
Cordon at Dawn
1957
The Military Policeman and the Dismembered Beauty
1957 · Staff Sergeant Tsuneyoshi
Ghost Stories of Wanderer at Honjo
1957
剣聖 暁の三十六番斬り
1957
Emperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese War
1957
Casebook of Dandy Sashichi: Six Famous Beauties
1956 · Asaka Keinosuke
Fearful Attack of the Flying Saucers
1956 · Assistant Osugi
Admiral Yamamoto and the Allied Fleets
1956
Revenge of the Pearl Queen
1956 · Yûzô Yamauchi
The Prosecutor and His Sister
1956
Morishige is a Fake Gentleman
1955
Hanamazu
1955
Twilight Saloon
1955
Nonki saiban
1955
Mysterious Dwarf
1955
Carbine of Fear
1954
Mole Alley
1953
