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Shigeru Amachi

Shigeru Amachi

Born: 1931-03-04 • Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan

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
The Psychological Test poster
The Psychological Test
1985 • Akechi Kogorō
The Beauty of the Black Pearl poster
The Beauty of the Black Pearl
1985 • Kogoro Akechi
Beauty with a mysterious scar poster
Beauty with a mysterious scar
1985 • Kogoro Akechi
The Story of a Man Among Men poster
The Story of a Man Among Men
1984
Beauty in the Flames poster
Beauty in the Flames
1984 • Kogoro Akechi
Midnight Demon poster
Midnight Demon
1984
No Image
Samon’s Hell Revenge: Unauthorised Jutte Records 4
1984
Beauty of the Forbidden Fruit poster
Beauty of the Forbidden Fruit
1984 • Kogoro Akechi
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Samon’s Hell Revenge: Unauthorised Jutte Records 3
1983
Samurai Secret Agent poster
Samurai Secret Agent
1983
The Beast and the Magic Sword poster
The Beast and the Magic Sword
1983 • Kian
Kanei Command Performance poster
Kanei Command Performance
1983
Empress poster
Empress
1983
White skinned beauty poster
White skinned beauty
1983 • Kogoro Akechi
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Samon’s Hell Revenge: Unauthorised Jutte Records 2 - The Assassination of the Shogun
1983
Angel and Devil Beauty poster
Angel and Devil Beauty
1983 • Kogoro Akechi
Beauty at the Bottom of the Lake poster
Beauty at the Bottom of the Lake
1982 • Kogoro Akechi
The Edo Fortune-Teller poster
The Edo Fortune-Teller
1982
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Samon’s Hell Revenge: Unauthorised Jutte Records
1982
The Beauty at the Dressing Table poster
The Beauty at the Dressing Table
1982 • Kogoro Akechi
The Beauty of Heaven and Hell poster
The Beauty of Heaven and Hell
1982 • Kogoro Akechi
Beauty with White Breasts poster
Beauty with White Breasts
1981 • Kogoro Akechi
Beauty in the Mirror Hell poster
Beauty in the Mirror Hell
1981 • Kogoro Akechi
Beauty of the Five-Storied Pagoda poster
Beauty of the Five-Storied Pagoda
1981
Enchanted Beauty poster
Enchanted Beauty
1980 • Kogoro Akechi
Emmanuel's Beauty poster
Emmanuel's Beauty
1980
Port Arthur poster
Port Arthur
1980 • Kentaro Kaneko
Beauty of the Land of Cherry Blossoms poster
Beauty of the Land of Cherry Blossoms
1980 • Kogoro Akechi
The Beauty of the Big Clock poster
The Beauty of the Big Clock
1979 • Kogoro Akechi
Red Scorpion Beauty poster
Red Scorpion Beauty
1979 • Kogoro Akechi
Dead Angle poster
Dead Angle
1979
Devilish Beauty poster
Devilish Beauty
1979 • Kogoro Akechi
The Jeweled Beauty poster
The Jeweled Beauty
1979 • Kogoro Akechi
Fairy Beauty poster
Fairy Beauty
1978 • Kogoro Akechi
The Beauty of the Black Narcissus poster
The Beauty of the Black Narcissus
1978 • Kogoro Akechi
Headless Island poster
Headless Island
1978
White Mermaid Beauty poster
White Mermaid Beauty
1978 • Kogoro Akechi
Beauty on Death Row poster
Beauty on Death Row
1978
The Beauty in the Bathroom poster
The Beauty in the Bathroom
1978 • Kogoro Akechi
The Faceless Man poster
The Faceless Man
1977 • Kogoro Akechi
Eight Men to Kill poster
Eight Men to Kill
1972 • Azami Yajuro
Modern Lady Gambler poster
Modern Lady Gambler
1972
The Viper Brothers: Prison Gang 13 poster
The Viper Brothers: Prison Gang 13
1972
A Scarred Life 2: Blood Will Tell poster
A Scarred Life 2: Blood Will Tell
1972 • Ryukichi
Girl Boss Blues: Queen Bee's Counterattack poster
Girl Boss Blues: Queen Bee's Counterattack
1971 • Hitman
My Life As Music poster
My Life As Music
1971
君は海を見たか poster
君は海を見たか
1971
Easy Money poster
Easy Money
1970
The Woman Gambler's Trump Card poster
The Woman Gambler's Trump Card
1969
Yakuza Wanderer: Villainous Livelihood poster
Yakuza Wanderer: Villainous Livelihood
1969
25 O'Clock in Shinjuku poster
25 O'Clock in Shinjuku
1969 • Amachi
Blackmail Is My Life poster
Blackmail Is My Life
1968
The Silent Gun poster
The Silent Gun
1967 • Junta Kimura
Classmates poster
Classmates
1967 • Chief Navel Surgeon Mamiya
Quick-Draw Dog poster
Quick-Draw Dog
1967
The Gambler's Law poster
The Gambler's Law
1967
Showdown of Men 2 poster
Showdown of Men 2
1967
Tokyo Gambler poster
Tokyo Gambler
1967
Shroud of Snow poster
Shroud of Snow
1967 • Guntaro
Sleepy Eyes of Death 8: Sword of Villainy poster
Sleepy Eyes of Death 8: Sword of Villainy
1966 • Aizen
The Pretty Jade poster
The Pretty Jade
1966
Showdown of Men poster
Showdown of Men
1966
Yakuza Hooligans poster
Yakuza Hooligans
1966 • Sugiyama
Zatoichi's Vengeance poster
Zatoichi's Vengeance
1966 • Genpachiro Kurobe
Return of Gun Dog poster
Return of Gun Dog
1966
Black Curtain poster
Black Curtain
1966
Trigger Happy Romeo poster
Trigger Happy Romeo
1965 • Junta Kimura
Sword of the Beast poster
Sword of the Beast
1965 • Vice-Counselor
Ankoku gai jingi poster
Ankoku gai jingi
1965
A Lonely Gamble poster
A Lonely Gamble
1965 • Teijiro Chigusa
The Third Contest poster
The Third Contest
1965 • Genba
The Dedicated Gunman poster
The Dedicated Gunman
1965 • Junta Kimura
The Boss poster
The Boss
1965
Two Lives, Two Yakuza poster
Two Lives, Two Yakuza
1964 • Seiji Nawate
Suruga Yūkyōden: Gambling Hall Robbery poster
Suruga Yūkyōden: Gambling Hall Robbery
1964
Homeless Dog poster
Homeless Dog
1964
Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance poster
Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance
1963
The Third Shadow Warrior poster
The Third Shadow Warrior
1963 • Sadamitsu Miki
Assassins for sale poster
Assassins for sale
1963
Shinsengumi Chronicles poster
Shinsengumi Chronicles
1963 • Toshizo Hijikata
Yôki na tono-sama poster
Yôki na tono-sama
1962
The Lightning Sword poster
The Lightning Sword
1962 • Higashinosuke Yamagata
Ken ni kakeru poster
Ken ni kakeru
1962
The Demon of Sendai's Castle poster
The Demon of Sendai's Castle
1962
Long Swords of the Loyal Forty-Seven poster
Long Swords of the Loyal Forty-Seven
1962
The Tragedy of a Young Warrior poster
The Tragedy of a Young Warrior
1962
Destiny's Son poster
Destiny's Son
1962 • Sôshi Tada
The Tale of Zatoichi poster
The Tale of Zatoichi
1962 • Miki Hirate
I am the Judge poster
I am the Judge
1962
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Kuro to aka no hanabira
1962
Fire Line poster
Fire Line
1961 • Kuroiwa
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Casebook of Detective Jiro Nango: Shadowless Murderer
1961
The Horizon Glitters poster
The Horizon Glitters
1961
Ren'ai Zubari Kōza poster
Ren'ai Zubari Kōza
1961
Counterattack of a Queen Bee poster
Counterattack of a Queen Bee
1961 • Muteppô no Masa
Roar of the Bullets poster
Roar of the Bullets
1960
No Image
弥次喜多珍道中 中仙道の巻
1960
The Rambler Rides Again poster
The Rambler Rides Again
1960
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トップ屋を殺せ
1960
Queen Bee and College Boy Ryu poster
Queen Bee and College Boy Ryu
1960