Shigeru Amachi

Birthday: 1931-03-04
Deathday: 1985-07-27
Birthplace: Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan
Gender: Male
Owned By: Unowned

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.

Credits

Year Title Character
1985-08-01 The Beauty of Black Pearl
1985-03-09 Mysterious Scar Beauty
1984-11-17 The Story of a Man Among Men
1984-11-10 Beauty in the Flame
1984-08-16 Midnight Demon
1984-03-15 Samon’s Hell Revenge: Unauthorised Jutte Records 4
1984-01-07 禁断の実の美女
1983-12-10 Samon’s Hell Revenge: Unauthorised Jutte Records 3
1983-12-01 Samurai Secret Agent
1983-11-25 The Beast and the Magic Sword Kian
1983-08-05 Kanei Command Performance
1983-04-29 Empress
1983-04-16 White skinned beauty
1983-01-21 Samon’s Hell Revenge: Unauthorised Jutte Records 2 - The Assassination of the Shogun
1983-01-01 天使と悪魔の美女 江戸川乱歩の「白昼夢」
1982-10-23 Beauty at the Bottom of the Lake
1982-07-13 The Edo Fortune-Teller
1982-07-10 Samon’s Hell Revenge: Unauthorised Jutte Records
1982-06-03 The Beauty of the Makeup Stage
1982-01-02 The Beauty of Heaven and Hell
1981-10-03 Edogawa Ranpo's Beauty Series: Beautiful Woman with White Breasts Edogawa Ranpo's "Hell's Clown" Kogoro Akechi
1980-11-01 Edogawa Ranpo Series Fascinated Beauty
1980-08-02 Port Arthur Kentaro Kaneko
1980-04-12 江戸川乱歩の黄金仮面II/桜の国の美女
1979-12-04 大時計の美女 江戸川乱歩の「幽霊塔」
1979-08-02 Hôseki no bijo: Edogawa Ranpo Hakuhatsuki yori
1979-07-04 Dead Angle
1979-04-14 Demonic Beauty 明智小五郎
1979-01-02 Gem Beauty
1978-12-12 Fairy Beauty
1978-10-14 The Beauty of the Black Narcissus 明智小五郎
1978-08-20 Headless Island
1978-07-08 江戸川乱歩「緑衣の鬼」より 白い人魚の美女
1978-04-08 江戸川乱歩「悪魔の紋章」より 死刑台の美女
1978-01-07 The Beauty in the Bathroom
1977-08-20 The Faceless Man Kogoro Akechi
1972-12-16 Eight Men to Kill Azami Yajuro
1972-05-26 Modern Lady Gambler
1972-02-03 The Viper Brothers: Prison Gang 13
1972-01-22 A Scarred Life 2: Blood Will Tell Ryukichi
1971-10-27 Girl Boss Blues: Queen Bee's Counterattack Hitman
1971-07-10 My Life As Music
1971-05-05 君は海を見たか
1970-04-18 Easy Money
1969-11-15 The Woman Gambler's Trump Card
1969-04-12 25 O'Clock in Shinjuku Amachi
1968-02-28 Blackmail Is My Life
1967-10-14 The Silent Gun Junta Kimura
1967-06-03 Classmates Chief Navel Surgeon Mamiya
1967-05-27 Quick-Draw Dog
1967-05-03 The Gambler's Law
1967-03-10 Showdown of Men 2
1967-02-25 Tokyo Gambler
1967-01-14 Shroud of Snow Guntaro
1966-11-09 Sleepy Eyes of Death 8: Sword of Villainy Aizen
1966-09-17 The Pretty Jade
1966-07-01 Showdown of Men
1966-05-15 Yakuza Hooligans Sugiyama
1966-05-03 Zatoichi's Vengeance Genpachiro Kurobe
1966-04-09 Return of Gun Dog
1966-02-19 Black Curtain
1965-12-24 Trigger Happy Romeo Junta Kimura
1965-09-18 Sword of the Beast Vice-Counselor
1965-06-13 Ankoku gai jingi
1965-03-10 A Lonely Gamble Teijiro Chigusa
1965-03-07 The Third Contest Genba
1965-01-13 The Dedicated Gunman Junta Kimura
1965-01-03 The Boss
1964-09-23 Two Lives, Two Yakuza Seiji Nawate
1964-06-06 駿河遊侠傳 賭場荒し
1964-05-02 Homeless Dog
1963-08-06 Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance
1963-04-21 The Third Shadow Warrior Sadamitsu Miki
1963-03-08 Assassins for sale
1963-01-03 Shinsengumi Chronicles Toshizo Hijikata
1962-12-15 Yôki na tono-sama
1962-12-08 The Lightning Sword Higashinosuke Yamagata
1962-09-16 Ken ni kakeru
1962-09-01 The Demon of Sendai's Castle
1962-08-12 Long Swords of the Loyal Forty-Seven
1962-07-15 The Tragedy of a Young Warrior
1962-07-01 Destiny's Son Sôshi Tada
1962-04-18 The Tale of Zatoichi Miki Hirate
1962-02-11 I am the Judge
1962-01-14 Kuro to aka no hanabira
1961-05-24 Fire Line Kuroiwa
1961-04-19 南郷次郎探偵帳 影なき殺人者
1961-03-01 The Horizon Glitters
1961-01-21 Ren'ai Zubari Kōza
1961-01-15 Counterattack of a Queen Bee Muteppô no Masa
1960-11-12 怒号する巨弾
1960-10-29 弥次喜多珍道中 中仙道の巻
1960-10-12 The Rambler Rides Again
1960-09-08 トップ屋を殺せ
1960-09-01 Queen Bee and College Boy Ryu
1960-07-30 Jigoku Shirô Shimizu
1960-06-11 皇室と戦争とわが民族 Lieutenant Colonel Shiizaki
1960-04-29 Yellow Line Kazuhiro Moroki
1960-04-01 Enigmatic Explosion of the Battleship Mutsu Lt. Commander Fushimi
1960-02-27 Women of Whirlpool Island
1960-01-30 Beyond the Hills
1960-01-13 Black Line Koji Machida
1959-10-01 Elegy of a Geisha Hayase Chikara
1959-09-04 Quiet Dawn in the Front
1959-07-11 The Ghost of Yotsuya Iemon Tamiya
1959-05-15 Queen of the China Sea First Lieutenant Yokoyama
1959-04-17 Mukeisatsu
1959-03-07 The Lady Vampire Nobutaka Takenaka
1959-02-03 Onna kanchō akatsuki no chōsen
1959-01-03 The Pacific War and the International Military Tribunal First Officer of the Yamato
1958-12-28 Queen Bee's Anger Noboru Gôda
1958-10-19 Poison Fang Oran
1958-09-21 Secret White Line Zone
1958-08-09 Ghost in the Regiment
1958-06-29 黄金奉行
1958-06-15 Holiday in Japan
1958-05-03 Star Poisoning Case
1958-03-14 Emperor & Empress Meiji and the Sino-Japanese War
1958-03-11 Rusty Knife
1958-02-15 Queen Bee Mazaki
1958-01-15 稲妻奉行
1957-11-10 Nude Actress Murder Case: Five Criminals
1957-10-01 Cordon at Dawn
1957-08-06 The Military Policeman and the Dismembered Beauty Staff Sergeant Tsuneyoshi
1957-07-10 Ghost Stories of Wanderer at Honjo
1957-04-30 剣聖 暁の三十六番斬り
1957-04-29 Emperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese War
1956-12-11 Casebooks of Dandy Sashichi: 6 Famous Beauties Asaka Keinosuke
1956-11-07 Fearful Attack of the Flying Saucers Assistant Osugi
1956-07-21 Admiral Yamamoto and the Allied Fleets
1956-07-05 Revenge of the Pearl Queen Yûzô Yamauchi
1956-05-18 The Prosecutor and His Sister
1955-09-06 Morishige no demakase shinshi
1955-08-22 花眞珠
1955-06-19 Twilight Saloon
1955-04-24 Nonki saiban
1955-02-12 Mysterious Pygmy
1954-08-03 Carbine of Fear
1953-05-07 Mole Alley