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Birthday: Mar 04, 1931
Place of Birth: Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan

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.

Filmography
Movie Cast Year
Zatoichi's Vengeance Genpachiro Kurobe 1966
A Lonely Gamble Teijiro Chigusa 1965
Mysterious Scar Beauty 1985
The Beauty of the Black Narcissus 明智小五郎 1978
Two Lives, Two Yakuza Seiji Nawate 1964
Demonic Beauty 明智小五郎 1979
I am the Judge 1962
The Beauty in the Bathroom 1978
The Beast and the Magic Sword Kian 1983
Hôseki no bijo: Edogawa Ranpo Hakuhatsuki yori 1979
The Tale of Zatoichi Miki Hirate 1962
Girl Boss Blues: Queen Bee's Counterattack Hitman 1971
Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance 1963
The tragedy of a young warrior 1962
Jigoku Shirô Shimizu 1960
Shroud of Snow Guntaro 1967
Rusty Knife 1958
Destiny's Son Sôshi Tada 1962
The Ghost of Yotsuya Iemon Tamiya 1959
Empress 1983
Easy Money 1970
Shinsengumi Chronicles Toshizo Hijikata 1963
君は海を見たか 1971
禁断の実の美女 1984
Blackmail Is My Life 1968
The Edo Fortune-Teller 1982
Samon’s Hell Revenge: Unauthorised Jutte Records 1982
Samon’s Hell Revenge: Unauthorised Jutte Records 3 1983
Samon’s Hell Revenge: Unauthorised Jutte Records 4 1984
Samon’s Hell Revenge: Unauthorised Jutte Records 2 - The Assassination of the Shogun 1983
Sleepy Eyes of Death 8: Sword of Villainy Aizen 1966
Kanei Command Performance 1983
江戸川乱歩の黄金仮面II/桜の国の美女 1980
Ankoku gai jingi 1965
The Third Shadow Warrior Sadamitsu Miki 1963
Revenge of the Pearl Queen Yûzô Yamauchi 1956
江戸川乱歩「緑衣の鬼」より 白い人魚の美女 1978
Gem Beauty 1979
大時計の美女 江戸川乱歩の「幽霊塔」 1979
The Beauty of the Makeup Stage 1982
天使と悪魔の美女 江戸川乱歩の「白昼夢」 1983
Beauty in the Flame 1984
White skinned beauty 1983
The Beauty of Heaven and Hell 1982
The Beauty of Black Pearl 1985
Beauty at the Bottom of the Lake 1982
Assassins for sale 1963
Edogawa Ranpo Series Fascinated Beauty 1980
駿河遊侠傳 賭場荒し 1964
Eight Men to Kill Azami Yajuro 1972
The Demon of Sendai's Castle 1962
Homeless Dog 1964
Quick-Draw Dog 1967
Return of Gun Dog 1966
The Lady Vampire Nobutaka Takenaka 1959
Cordon at Dawn 1957
Edogawa Ranpo's Beauty Series: Beautiful Woman with White Breasts Edogawa Ranpo's "Hell's Clown" Kogoro Akechi 1981
Black Curtain 1966
Counterattack of a Queen Bee Muteppô no Masa 1961
Sword of the Beast Vice-Counselor 1965
The Rambler Rides Again 1960
Queen Bee Mazaki 1958
Fairy Beauty 1978
江戸川乱歩「悪魔の紋章」より 死刑台の美女 1978
Secret White Line Zone 1958
Ghost in the Regiment 1958
The Military Policeman and the Dismembered Beauty Staff Sergeant Tsuneyoshi 1957
Queen Bee's Anger Noboru Gôda 1958
Kuro to aka no hanabira 1962
Fire Line Kuroiwa 1961
Queen Bee and College Boy Ryu 1960
Dead Angle 1979
剣聖 暁の三十六番斬り 1957
Emperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese War 1957
Classmates Chief Navel Surgeon Mamiya 1967
Yellow Line Kazuhiro Moroki 1960
Ghost Stories of Wanderer at Honjo 1957
kyôfu no kâbin jû 1954
Beyond the Hills 1960
Enigmatic Explosion of the Battleship Mutsu Lt. Commander Fushimi 1960
Holiday in Japan 1958
弥次喜多珍道中 中仙道の巻 1960
Sutâ dokusatsu jiken 1958
Mukeisatsu 1959
トップ屋を殺せ 1960
Yakuza Hooligans Sugiyama 1966
南郷次郎探偵帳 影なき殺人者 1961
Quiet Dawn in the Front 1959
稲妻奉行 1958
Elegy of a Geisha Hayase Chikara 1959
Nude Actress Murder Case: Five Criminals 1957
The Horizon Glitters 1961
黄金奉行 1958
皇室と戦争とわが民族 Lieutenant Colonel Shiizaki 1960
The Pacific War and the International Military Tribunal First Officer of the Yamato 1959
Twilight Saloon 1955
Black Line Koji Machida 1960
Poison Fang Oran 1958
Midnight Demon 1984
Onna kanchō akatsuki no chōsen 1959
Nonki saiban 1955
A Scarred Life 2: Blood Will Tell Ryukichi 1972
Mysterious Pygmy 1955
Women of Whirlpool Island 1960
The Gambler's Law 1967
Mole Alley 1953
Modern Lady Gambler 1972
The Silent Gun Junta Kimura 1967
The Faceless Man Kogoro Akechi 1977
The Story of a Man Among Men 1984
Showdown of Men 2 1967
The Third Contest Genba 1965
The Boss 1965
Queen of the China Sea First Lieutenant Yokoyama 1959
The Dedicated Gunman Junta Kimura 1965
Trigger Happy Romeo Junta Kimura 1965
Port Arthur Kentaro Kaneko 1980
Fearful Attack of the Flying Saucers Assistant Osugi 1956
Emperor & Empress Meiji and the Sino-Japanese War 1958
Samurai Secret Agent 1983
The Lightning Sword Higashinosuke Yamagata 1962
Showdown of Men 1966
Long Swords of the Loyal Forty-Seven 1962
Ken ni kakeru 1962
Yôki na tono-sama 1962
The Viper Brothers: Prison Gang 13 1972
花眞珠 1955
The Prosecutor and His Sister 1956
Ren'ai Zubari Kôza 1961
怒号する巨弾 1960
Morishige no demakase shinshi 1955
Admiral Yamamoto and the Allied Fleets 1956
The Woman Gambler's Trump Card 1969
Casebooks of Dandy Sashichi: 6 Famous Beauties Asaka Keinosuke 1956
The Pretty Jade 1966
Tokyo Gambler 1967
Headless Island 1978
Series Cast Year
Professional Killers 1972
Edogawa Rampo no bijo shirīzu Kogoro Akechi 1977
The 47 Ronins of Ako Wakizaka Awaji-no-Kami 1979
Yasei no Shōmei 1979
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