Shigeru Amachi

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

Edogawa Rampo no bijo shirīzu

Professional Killers

Yasei no Shōmei

The Tale of Zatoichi

Emperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese War

Port Arthur

Hijo no License

Dead Angle

All Movies (146)

• The Psychological Test1985 · as Akechi Kogorō
• The Beauty of the Black Pearl1985 · as Kogoro Akechi
• Beauty with a Mysterious Scar1985 · as Kogoro Akechi
• The Story of a Man Among Men1984
• Beauty in the Flames1984 · as Kogoro Akechi
• Midnight Demon1984
• Samon’s Hell Revenge: Unauthorised Jutte Records 41984
• Beauty of the Forbidden Fruit1984 · as Kogoro Akechi
• Samon’s Hell Revenge: Unauthorised Jutte Records 31983
• Samurai Secret Agent1983
• The Beast and the Magic Sword1983 · as Kian
• Kanei Command Performance1983
• Empress1983
• White skinned beauty1983 · as Kogoro Akechi
• Samon’s Hell Revenge: Unauthorised Jutte Records 2 - The Assassination of the Shogun1983
• Angel and Devil Beauty1983 · as Kogoro Akechi
• Beauty at the Bottom of the Lake1982 · as Kogoro Akechi
• The Edo Fortune-Teller1982
• Samon’s Hell Revenge: Unauthorised Jutte Records1982
• The Beauty at the Dressing Table1982 · as Kogoro Akechi
• The Beauty of Heaven and Hell1982 · as Kogoro Akechi
• Beauty with White Breasts1981 · as Kogoro Akechi
• Beauty in the Mirror Hell1981 · as Kogoro Akechi
• Beauty of the Five-Storied Pagoda1981
• Enchanted Beauty1980 · as Kogoro Akechi
• Emmanuel's Beauty1980
• Port Arthur1980 · as Kentaro Kaneko
• Beauty of the Land of Cherry Blossoms1980 · as Kogoro Akechi
• The Beauty of the Big Clock1979 · as Kogoro Akechi
• Red Scorpion Beauty1979 · as Kogoro Akechi
• Dead Angle1979
• Devilish Beauty1979 · as Kogoro Akechi
• The Jeweled Beauty1979 · as Kogoro Akechi
• Fairy Beauty1978 · as Kogoro Akechi
• The Beauty of the Black Narcissus1978 · as Kogoro Akechi
• Headless Island1978
• White Mermaid Beauty1978 · as Kogoro Akechi
• Beauty on Death Row1978
• The Beauty in the Bathroom1978 · as Kogoro Akechi
• The Faceless Man1977 · as Kogoro Akechi
• Eight Men to Kill1972 · as Azami Yajuro
• Modern Lady Gambler1972
• The Viper Brothers: Prison Gang 131972
• A Scarred Life 2: Blood Will Tell1972 · as Ryukichi
• Girl Boss Blues: Queen Bee's Counterattack1971 · as Hitman
• My Life As Music1971
• 君は海を見たか1971
• Easy Money1970
• The Woman Gambler's Trump Card1969
• Yakuza Wanderer: Villainous Livelihood1969
• 25 O'Clock in Shinjuku1969 · as Amachi
• Blackmail Is My Life1968
• The Silent Gun1967 · as Junta Kimura
• Classmates1967 · as Chief Navel Surgeon Mamiya
• Quick-Draw Dog1967
• The Gambler's Law1967
• Showdown of Men 21967
• Tokyo Gambler1967
• Shroud of Snow1967 · as Guntaro
• Sleepy Eyes of Death 8: Sword of Villainy1966 · as Aizen
• The Pretty Jade1966
• Showdown of Men1966
• Yakuza Hooligans1966 · as Sugiyama
• Zatoichi's Vengeance1966 · as Genpachiro Kurobe
• Return of Gun Dog1966
• Black Curtain1966
• Trigger Happy Romeo1965 · as Junta Kimura
• Sword of the Beast1965 · as Vice-Counselor
• Ankoku gai jingi1965
• A Lonely Gamble1965 · as Teijiro Chigusa
• The Third Contest1965 · as Genba
• The Dedicated Gunman1965 · as Junta Kimura
• The Boss1965
• Two Lives, Two Yakuza1964 · as Seiji Nawate
• Suruga Yūkyōden: Gambling Hall Robbery1964
• Homeless Dog1964
• Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance1963 · as Nobutada
• The Third Shadow Warrior1963 · as Sadamitsu Miki
• Assassins for sale1963
• Shinsengumi Chronicles1963 · as Toshizo Hijikata
• Yôki na tono-sama1962
• The Lightning Sword1962 · as Higashinosuke Yamagata
• Ken ni kakeru1962
• The Demon of Sendai's Castle1962
• Long Swords of the Loyal Forty-Seven1962
• The Tragedy of a Young Warrior1962
• Destiny's Son1962 · as Sôshi Tada
• The Tale of Zatoichi1962 · as Miki Hirate
• I am the Judge1962
• Kuro to aka no hanabira1962
• Fire Line1961 · as Kuroiwa
• Casebook of Detective Jiro Nango: Shadowless Murderer1961
• The Horizon Glitters1961
• Ren'ai Zubari Kōza1961
• Counterattack of a Queen Bee1961 · as Muteppô no Masa
• Roar of the Bullets1960
• 弥次喜多珍道中　中仙道の巻1960
• The Rambler Rides Again1960
• Girl Wife: The Terrified Sixteen-Year-Old1960
• トップ屋を殺せ1960
• Queen Bee and College Boy Ryu1960
• Jigoku1960 · as Shirô Shimizu
• Kôshitsu to sensô to waga minzoku1960 · as Lieutenant Colonel Shiizaki
• Yellow Line1960 · as Kazuhiro Moroki
• Enigmatic Explosion of the Battleship Mutsu1960 · as Lt. Commander Fushimi
• Women of Whirlpool Island1960
• Beyond the Hills1960
• Black Line1960 · as Koji Machida
• Elegy of a Geisha1959 · as Hayase Chikara
• Quiet Dawn in the Front1959
• Tokaido Yotsuya Kaidan1959 · as Iemon Tamiya
• Queen of the China Sea1959 · as First Lieutenant Yokoyama
• No Police1959
• The Lady Vampire1959 · as Nobutaka Takenaka
• The Challenge of the Female Spy Akatsuki1959
• The Pacific War and the International Military Tribunal1959 · as First Officer of the Yamato
• Queen Bee's Anger1958 · as Noboru Gôda
• Casebook of Dandy Sashichi: Dead Woman's Tattoo1958
• Poison Fang Oran1958
• Secret White Line Zone1958
• Ghost in the Regiment1958 · as Lieutenant Namishima
• 黄金奉行1958
• Holiday in Japan1958
• Star Poisoning Case1958
• Emperor & Empress Meiji and the Sino-Japanese War1958
• Rusty Knife1958
• Queen Bee1958 · as Mazaki
• 稲妻奉行1958
• Nude Actress Murder Case: Five Criminals1957
• Cordon at Dawn1957
• The Military Policeman and the Dismembered Beauty1957 · as Staff Sergeant Tsuneyoshi
• Ghost Stories of Wanderer at Honjo1957
• 剣聖　暁の三十六番斬り1957
• Emperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese War1957
• Casebook of Dandy Sashichi: Six Famous Beauties1956 · as Asaka Keinosuke
• Fearful Attack of the Flying Saucers1956 · as Assistant Osugi
• Admiral Yamamoto and the Allied Fleets1956
• Revenge of the Pearl Queen1956 · as Yûzô Yamauchi
• The Prosecutor and His Sister1956
• Morishige is a Fake Gentleman1955
• Hanamazu1955
• Twilight Saloon1955
• Nonki saiban1955
• Mysterious Dwarf1955
• Carbine of Fear1954
• Mole Alley1953

All TV Shows (8)

• 江戸の牙1979
• The 47 Ronins of Ako1979 · as Wakizaka Awaji-no-Kami
• Yasei no Shōmei1979
• Edogawa Rampo no bijo shirīzu1977 · as Kogoro Akechi
• Hijo no License1973 · as 会田健
• Professional Killers1972
• Star of the Night1968
• 白昼の死角(TV)—