Shigeru Amachi
Known for: Acting
Born: March 3, 1931 in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan - Died: July 26, 1985
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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Zatoichi's Vengeance
Genpachiro Kurobe
A Lonely Gamble
Teijiro Chigusa
Beauty with a mysterious scar
Kogoro Akechi
The Beauty of the Black Narcissus
Kogoro Akechi
Two Lives, Two Yakuza
Seiji Nawate
Devilish Beauty
Kogoro Akechi
I am the Judge
The Beauty in the Bathroom
Kogoro Akechi
The Beast and the Magic Sword
Kian
Red Scorpion Beauty
Kogoro Akechi
The Tale of Zatoichi
Miki Hirate
Girl Boss Blues: Queen Bee's Counterattack
Hitman
Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance
The Tragedy of a Young Warrior
Jigoku
Shirô Shimizu
Shroud of Snow
Guntaro
Rusty Knife
Destiny's Son
Sôshi Tada
The Ghost of Yotsuya
Iemon Tamiya
Empress
Easy Money
Shinsengumi Chronicles
Toshizo Hijikata
君は海を見たか
Beauty of the Forbidden Fruit
Kogoro Akechi