Shigeru Amachi
Acting · Directing
Born March 4, 1931, 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
- 2020Sunday Horror Series Best Selection 2
- 1985Beauty with a Mysterious Scar — Kogoro Akechi
- 1985The Beauty of the Black Pearl — Kogoro Akechi
- 1985The Psychological Test — Akechi Kogorō
- 1984Beauty in the Flames — Kogoro Akechi
- 1984Beauty of the Forbidden Fruit — Kogoro Akechi
- 1984Hizoban Higasa no onna — Director, Screenplay
- 1984Midnight Demon
- 1984Samon’s Hell Revenge: Unauthorised Jutte Records 4
- 1984The Story of a Man Among Men
- 1983Angel and Devil Beauty — Kogoro Akechi
- 1983Empress
- 1983Kanei Command Performance
- 1983Samon’s Hell Revenge: Unauthorised Jutte Records 2 - The Assassination of the Shogun
- 1983Samon’s Hell Revenge: Unauthorised Jutte Records 3
- 1983Samurai Secret Agent
- 1983The Beast and the Magic Sword — Kian
- 1983White skinned beauty — Kogoro Akechi
- 1982Beauty at the Bottom of the Lake — Kogoro Akechi
- 1982Samon’s Hell Revenge: Unauthorised Jutte Records
- 1982The Beauty at the Dressing Table — Kogoro Akechi
- 1982The Beauty of Heaven and Hell — Kogoro Akechi
- 1982The Edo Fortune-Teller
- 1981Beauty in the Mirror Hell — Kogoro Akechi
- 1981Beauty of the Five-Storied Pagoda
- 1981Beauty with White Breasts — Kogoro Akechi
- 1980Beauty of the Land of Cherry Blossoms — Kogoro Akechi
- 1980Emmanuel's Beauty
- 1980Enchanted Beauty — Kogoro Akechi
- 1980Port Arthur — Kentaro Kaneko
- 1979Dead Angle
- 1979Devilish Beauty — Kogoro Akechi
- 1979Red Scorpion Beauty — Kogoro Akechi
- The 47 Ronins of Ako — Wakizaka Awaji-no-Kami
- 1979The Beauty of the Big Clock — Kogoro Akechi
- 1979The Jeweled Beauty — Kogoro Akechi
- Yasei no Shōmei
- 江戸の牙
- 1978Beauty on Death Row
- 1978Fairy Beauty — Kogoro Akechi
- 1978Headless Island
- 1978The Beauty in the Bathroom — Kogoro Akechi
- 1978The Beauty of the Black Narcissus — Kogoro Akechi
- 1978White Mermaid Beauty — Kogoro Akechi
- Edogawa Rampo no bijo shirīzu — Kogoro Akechi
- 1977The Faceless Man — Kogoro Akechi
- Hijo no License — 会田健
- 1972A Scarred Life 2: Blood Will Tell — Ryukichi
- 1972Eight Men to Kill — Azami Yajuro
- 1972Modern Lady Gambler
- Professional Killers
- 1972The Viper Brothers: Prison Gang 13
- 1971Girl Boss Blues: Queen Bee's Counterattack — Hitman
- 1971My Life As Music
- 1971君は海を見たか
- 1970Easy Money
- 196925 O'Clock in Shinjuku — Amachi
- 1969The Woman Gambler's Trump Card
- 1969Yakuza Wanderer: Villainous Livelihood
- 1968Blackmail Is My Life
- Star of the Night
- 1967Classmates — Chief Navel Surgeon Mamiya
- 1967Quick-Draw Dog
- 1967Showdown of Men 2
- 1967Shroud of Snow — Guntaro
- 1967The Gambler's Law
- 1967The Silent Gun — Junta Kimura
- 1967Tokyo Gambler
- 1966Black Curtain
- 1966Return of Gun Dog
- 1966Showdown of Men
- 1966Sleepy Eyes of Death 8: Sword of Villainy — Aizen
- 1966The Pretty Jade
- 1966Yakuza Hooligans — Sugiyama
- 1966Zatoichi's Vengeance — Genpachiro Kurobe
- 1965A Lonely Gamble — Teijiro Chigusa
- 1965Sword of the Beast — Vice-Counselor
- 1965The Boss
- 1965The Dedicated Gunman — Junta Kimura
- 1965The Third Contest — Genba
- 1965Trigger Happy Romeo — Junta Kimura
- 1965Underworld Code
- 1964Homeless Dog
- 1964Imo samurai: Kani uemon
- 1964Suruga Yūkyōden: Gambling Hall Robbery
- 1964Two Lives, Two Yakuza — Seiji Nawate
- 1963Assassins for sale
- 1963Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance — Nobutada
- 1963Shinsengumi Chronicles — Toshizo Hijikata
- 1963The Third Shadow Warrior — Sadamitsu Miki
- 1962Betting on the Sword
- 1962Black and Red Flower Petals
- 1962Destiny's Son — Sôshi Tada
- 1962I am the Judge
- 1962Long Swords of the Loyal Forty-Seven
- 1962The Demon of Sendai's Castle
- 1962The Lightning Sword — Higashinosuke Yamagata
- 1962The Tale of Zatoichi — Miki Hirate
- 1962The Tragedy of a Young Warrior
- 1962Yôki na tono-sama
- 1961Casebook of Detective Jiro Nango: Shadowless Murderer
- 1961Counterattack of a Queen Bee — Muteppô no Masa
- 1961Fire Line — Kuroiwa
- 1961Straight Talk on Romance: The Definitive Guide
- 1961The Horizon Glitters
- 1960Beyond the Hills
- 1960Black Line — Koji Machida
- 1960Enigmatic Explosion of the Battleship Mutsu — Lt. Commander Fushimi
- 1960Girl Wife: The Terrified Sixteen-Year-Old
- 1960Jigoku — Shirô Shimizu
- 1960Kôshitsu to sensô to waga minzoku — Lieutenant Colonel Shiizaki
- 1960Queen Bee and College Boy Ryu
- 1960Roar of the Bullets
- 1960The Rambler Rides Again
- 1960Women of Whirlpool Island
- 1960Yellow Line — Kazuhiro Moroki
- 1960トップ屋を殺せ
- 1960弥次喜多珍道中 中仙道の巻
- 1959Elegy of a Geisha — Hayase Chikara
- 1959Ghost Story of Yotsuya — Iemon Tamiya
- 1959No Police
- 1959Queen of the China Sea — First Lieutenant Yokoyama
- 1959Quiet Dawn in the Front
- 1959The Challenge of the Female Spy Akatsuki
- 1959The Lady Vampire — Nobutaka Takenaka
- 1959The Pacific War and the International Military Tribunal — First Officer of the Yamato
- 1958Casebook of Dandy Sashichi: Dead Woman's Tattoo
- 1958Emperor & Empress Meiji and the Sino-Japanese War
- 1958Ghost in the Regiment — Lieutenant Namishima
- 1958Holiday in Japan
- 1958Poison Fang Oran
- 1958Queen Bee — Mazaki
- 1958Queen Bee's Anger — Noboru Gôda
- 1958Rusty Knife
- 1958Secret White Line Zone
- 1958Star Poisoning Case
- 1958稲妻奉行
- 1958黄金奉行
- 1957Cordon at Dawn
- 1957Emperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese War
- 1957Ghost Stories of Wanderer at Honjo
- 1957Nude Actress Murder Case: Five Criminals
- 1957The Military Policeman and the Dismembered Beauty — Staff Sergeant Tsuneyoshi
- 1957剣聖 暁の三十六番斬り
- 1956Admiral Yamamoto and the Allied Fleets
- 1956Casebook of Dandy Sashichi: Six Famous Beauties — Asaka Keinosuke
- 1956Fearful Attack of the Flying Saucers — Assistant Osugi
- 1956Revenge of the Pearl Queen — Yûzô Yamauchi
- 1956The Prosecutor and His Sister
- 1955Hanamazu
- 1955Morishige is a Fake Gentleman
- 1955Mysterious Dwarf
- 1955Nonki saiban
- 1955Twilight Saloon
- 1954Carbine of Fear
- 1953Mole Alley
- 白昼の死角(TV)