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Shigeru Amachi

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 rai

Born

Mar 04, 1931

Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan

Died

Jul 27, 1985

Known For

Acting

Movies

150 acting

2 crew

Popularity

0.9

Known For

The Tale of Zatoichi
The Tale of Zatoichi
1962 • as Miki Hirate
★ 7.3
Port Arthur
Port Arthur
1980 • as Kentaro Kaneko
★ 7.4
Jigoku
Jigoku
1960 • as Shirô Shimizu
★ 6.4
Ghost Story of Yotsuya
Ghost Story of Yotsuya
1959 • as Iemon Tamiya
★ 6.5
Yellow Line
Yellow Line
1960 • as Kazuhiro Moroki
★ 7.8
Sword of the Beast
Sword of the Beast
1965 • as Vice-Counselor
★ 7.5
Dead Angle
★ 7.3
Two Lives, Two Yakuza
Two Lives, Two Yakuza
1964 • as Seiji Nawate
Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance
Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance
1963 • as Nobutada
★ 6.9
The Beast and the Magic Sword
★ 5.3
Destiny's Son
Destiny's Son
1962 • as Sôshi Tada
★ 6.8
The Beauty of the Big Clock
The Beauty of the Big Clock
1979 • as Kogoro Akechi
Beauty in the Flames
Beauty in the Flames
1984 • as Kogoro Akechi
The Silent Gun
The Silent Gun
1967 • as Junta Kimura
★ 7.5
Twilight Saloon
★ 8.0
Zatoichi's Vengeance
Zatoichi's Vengeance
1966 • as Genpachiro Kurobe
★ 6.9
The Pacific War and the International Military Tribunal
The Pacific War and the International Military Tribunal
1959 • as First Officer of the Yamato
★ 8.0
Yakuza Hooligans
Yakuza Hooligans
1966 • as Sugiyama
★ 7.0
Empress
★ 4.3
Eight Men to Kill
Eight Men to Kill
1972 • as Azami Yajuro
★ 6.7
Beauty with a Mysterious Scar
Beauty with a Mysterious Scar
1985 • as Kogoro Akechi
movie
Revenge of the Pearl Queen
1956 • as Yûzô Yamauchi
★ 6.0
The Lady Vampire
The Lady Vampire
1959 • as Nobutaka Takenaka
★ 5.4
The Third Shadow Warrior
The Third Shadow Warrior
1963 • as Sadamitsu Miki
★ 7.2
Black Line
Black Line
1960 • as Koji Machida
★ 5.0
Fire Line
Fire Line
1961 • as Kuroiwa
★ 3.6
The Beauty of the Black Narcissus
The Beauty of the Black Narcissus
1978 • as Kogoro Akechi
The Third Contest
The Third Contest
1965 • as Genba
★ 7.0
A Scarred Life 2: Blood Will Tell
★ 7.0
Fearful Attack of the Flying Saucers
Fearful Attack of the Flying Saucers
1956 • as Assistant Osugi
★ 7.0
Queen Bee
Queen Bee
1958 • as Mazaki
★ 7.0
Rusty Knife
★ 5.9
Classmates
Classmates
1967 • as Chief Navel Surgeon Mamiya
★ 6.5
The Beauty in the Bathroom
The Beauty in the Bathroom
1978 • as Kogoro Akechi
Showdown of Men 2
★ 10.0
The Boss
★ 7.0
The Dedicated Gunman
The Dedicated Gunman
1965 • as Junta Kimura
★ 7.0
Red Scorpion Beauty
Red Scorpion Beauty
1979 • as Kogoro Akechi
Trigger Happy Romeo
Trigger Happy Romeo
1965 • as Junta Kimura
★ 7.5
Enigmatic Explosion of the Battleship Mutsu
Enigmatic Explosion of the Battleship Mutsu
1960 • as Lt. Commander Fushimi
Angel and Devil Beauty
Angel and Devil Beauty
1983 • as Kogoro Akechi
The Faceless Man
The Faceless Man
1977 • as Kogoro Akechi
Beauty at the Bottom of the Lake
Beauty at the Bottom of the Lake
1982 • as Kogoro Akechi
The Beauty of Heaven and Hell
The Beauty of Heaven and Hell
1982 • as Kogoro Akechi
★ 6.0
Ghost in the Regiment
Ghost in the Regiment
1958 • as Lieutenant Namishima
★ 8.0
The Beauty of the Black Pearl
The Beauty of the Black Pearl
1985 • as Kogoro Akechi
Quick-Draw Dog
Quick-Draw Dog
1967 • as Junta Kimura
★ 7.5
The Military Policeman and the Dismembered Beauty
The Military Policeman and the Dismembered Beauty
1957 • as Staff Sergeant Tsuneyoshi
★ 8.0
Counterattack of a Queen Bee
Counterattack of a Queen Bee
1961 • as Muteppô no Masa
★ 8.0
A Lonely Gamble
A Lonely Gamble
1965 • as Teijiro Chigusa
The Jeweled Beauty
The Jeweled Beauty
1979 • as Kogoro Akechi
Beauty with White Breasts
Beauty with White Breasts
1981 • as Kogoro Akechi
White Mermaid Beauty
White Mermaid Beauty
1978 • as Kogoro Akechi
Mole Alley
★ 8.0
movie
Kôshitsu to sensô to waga minzoku
1960 • as Lieutenant Colonel Shiizaki
movie
Queen Bee's Anger
Queen Bee's Anger
1958 • as Noboru Gôda
★ 5.5
Enchanted Beauty
Enchanted Beauty
1980 • as Kogoro Akechi
★ 5.5
Shroud of Snow
Shroud of Snow
1967 • as Guntaro
★ 7.6
Showdown of Men
★ 7.0
25 O'Clock in Shinjuku
25 O'Clock in Shinjuku
1969 • as Amachi
White skinned beauty
White skinned beauty
1983 • as Kogoro Akechi
Shinsengumi Chronicles
Shinsengumi Chronicles
1963 • as Toshizo Hijikata
★ 6.7
Beauty of the Forbidden Fruit
Beauty of the Forbidden Fruit
1984 • as Kogoro Akechi
Devilish Beauty
Devilish Beauty
1979 • as Kogoro Akechi
Mysterious Dwarf
★ 10.0
movie
★ 6.2
The Lightning Sword
The Lightning Sword
1962 • as Higashinosuke Yamagata
★ 8.0
Beauty of the Land of Cherry Blossoms
Beauty of the Land of Cherry Blossoms
1980 • as Kogoro Akechi
Return of Gun Dog
Return of Gun Dog
1966 • as Junta Kimura
★ 6.2
Homeless Dog
Homeless Dog
1964 • as Junta Kimura
★ 7.0
Fairy Beauty
Fairy Beauty
1978 • as Kogoro Akechi
Queen of the China Sea
Queen of the China Sea
1959 • as First Lieutenant Yokoyama
Elegy of a Geisha
Elegy of a Geisha
1959 • as Hayase Chikara
The Beauty at the Dressing Table
The Beauty at the Dressing Table
1982 • as Kogoro Akechi
The Psychological Test
The Psychological Test
1985 • as Akechi Kogorō
Beauty in the Mirror Hell
Beauty in the Mirror Hell
1981 • as Kogoro Akechi
movie
movie