Shigeru Amachi
Known for: Acting
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
Series
Professional Killers
1972
Series
Edogawa Rampo no bijo shirīzu
Kogoro Akechi
1977
The 47 Ronins of Ako
Wakizaka Awaji-no-Kami
1979
Film
The Tale of Zatoichi
Miki Hirate
1962
Film
Queen Bee
Mazaki
1958
Film
Ghost Stories of Wanderer at Honjo
1957
白昼の死角(TV)
Film
The Rambler Rides Again
1960
Film
Port Arthur
Kentaro Kaneko
1980
Film
The Horizon Glitters
1961
Film
Yakuza Hooligans
Sugiyama
1966
Film
Ghost Story of Yotsuya
Iemon Tamiya
1959
Film
A Scarred Life 2: Blood Will Tell
Ryukichi
1972
Series
Yasei no Shōmei
1979
Revenge of the Pearl Queen
Yûzô Yamauchi
1956
Film
Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance
Nobutada
1963
Film
Zatoichi's Vengeance
Genpachiro Kurobe
1966
Series
Star of the Night
1968
Film
Sword of the Beast
Vice-Counselor
1965
Film
The Beast and the Magic Sword
Kian
1983
Film
Admiral Yamamoto and the Allied Fleets
1956
Film
Emperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese War
1957
Film
Blackmail Is My Life
1968
Film
Eight Men to Kill
Azami Yajuro
1972
Film
The Boss
1965
Film
Dead Angle
1979
Film
Jigoku
Shirô Shimizu
1960
Film
Black Line
Koji Machida
1960
Film
The Story of a Man Among Men
1984
Film
Suruga Yūkyōden: Gambling Hall Robbery
1964
Film
Fire Line
Kuroiwa
1961
Series
Hijo no License
会田健
1973
Film
Long Swords of the Loyal Forty-Seven
1962
弥次喜多珍道中 中仙道の巻
1960
Film
Shinsengumi Chronicles
Toshizo Hijikata
1963
Film
Empress
1983
Film
Mole Alley
1953
Film
Modern Lady Gambler
1972
Film
Nonki saiban
1955
Film
Girl Boss Blues: Queen Bee's Counterattack
Hitman
1971
Film
The Beauty of the Black Narcissus
Kogoro Akechi
1978
Film
Emperor & Empress Meiji and the Sino-Japanese War
1958
Film
Easy Money
1970
Film
Beyond the Hills
1960
Film
The Pacific War and the International Military Tribunal
First Officer of the Yamato
1959
Film
The Third Shadow Warrior
Sadamitsu Miki
1963
Film
Sleepy Eyes of Death 8: Sword of Villainy
Aizen
1966
Film
Yellow Line
Kazuhiro Moroki
1960
Film
Kanei Command Performance
1983
Film
Shroud of Snow
Guntaro
1967
Film
The Demon of Sendai's Castle
1962
Film
Ken ni kakeru
1962
Film
Devilish Beauty
Kogoro Akechi
1979
Film
The Lady Vampire
Nobutaka Takenaka
1959
Film
The Military Policeman and the Dismembered Beauty
Staff Sergeant Tsuneyoshi
1957
Film
Roar of the Bullets
1960
Kôshitsu to sensô to waga minzoku
Lieutenant Colonel Shiizaki
1960
Film
White Mermaid Beauty
Kogoro Akechi
1978
Film
The Gambler's Law
1967
Film
Ghost in the Regiment
Lieutenant Namishima
1958
Film
Destiny's Son
Sôshi Tada
1962
Film
Beauty with White Breasts
Kogoro Akechi
1981
Film
I am the Judge
1962
Samon’s Hell Revenge: Unauthorised Jutte Records 2 - The Assassination of the Shogun
1983
Film
The Third Contest
Genba
1965
Film
Beauty on Death Row
1978
Film
Straight Talk on Romance: The Definitive Guide
1961
Film
The Dedicated Gunman
Junta Kimura
1965
Film
Twilight Saloon
1955
Film
Showdown of Men 2
1967
Film
Black Curtain
1966
Film
Beauty with a Mysterious Scar
Kogoro Akechi
1985
Film
The Viper Brothers: Prison Gang 13
1972
Film
The Beauty in the Bathroom
Kogoro Akechi
1978
Film
Casebook of Dandy Sashichi: Dead Woman's Tattoo
1958
Film
Fairy Beauty
Kogoro Akechi
1978
Film
Rusty Knife
1958
Film
The Lightning Sword
Higashinosuke Yamagata
1962
Film
Yakuza Wanderer: Villainous Livelihood
1969
No Police
1959
Film
Classmates
Chief Navel Surgeon Mamiya
1967
Film
Homeless Dog
1964
Film
Beauty of the Land of Cherry Blossoms
Kogoro Akechi
1980
Film
The Silent Gun
Junta Kimura
1967
Film
Trigger Happy Romeo
Junta Kimura
1965
Film
Beauty of the Forbidden Fruit
Kogoro Akechi
1984
Film
Enigmatic Explosion of the Battleship Mutsu
Lt. Commander Fushimi
1960
Film
Two Lives, Two Yakuza
Seiji Nawate
1964
Film
Yôki na tono-sama
1962
Film
Showdown of Men
1966
Film
Return of Gun Dog
1966
Film
Queen of the China Sea
First Lieutenant Yokoyama
1959
Film
剣聖 暁の三十六番斬り
1957
Film
Star Poisoning Case
1958
Film
Quick-Draw Dog
1967
Film
The Edo Fortune-Teller
1982
Film
Casebook of Dandy Sashichi: Six Famous Beauties
Asaka Keinosuke
1956
Film
Queen Bee's Anger
Noboru Gôda
1958
Film
The Challenge of the Female Spy Akatsuki
1959
Film
Secret White Line Zone
1958
Film
Mysterious Dwarf
1955
Women of Whirlpool Island
1960
Film
Enchanted Beauty
Kogoro Akechi
1980
Film
The Beauty of the Black Pearl
Kogoro Akechi
1985
Black and Red Flower Petals
1962
Film
The Beauty of Heaven and Hell
Kogoro Akechi
1982
Casebook of Detective Jiro Nango: Shadowless Murderer
1961
Film
Midnight Demon
1984
Film
A Lonely Gamble
Teijiro Chigusa
1965
Film
Hanamazu
1955
Film
The Beauty at the Dressing Table
Kogoro Akechi
1982
Film
Angel and Devil Beauty
Kogoro Akechi
1983
Film
Red Scorpion Beauty
Kogoro Akechi
1979
Film
Fearful Attack of the Flying Saucers
Assistant Osugi
1956
Film
The Woman Gambler's Trump Card
1969
Film
Queen Bee and College Boy Ryu
1960
Film
Beauty at the Bottom of the Lake
Kogoro Akechi
1982
稲妻奉行
1958
Elegy of a Geisha
Hayase Chikara
1959
Holiday in Japan
1958
Film
Beauty in the Flames
Kogoro Akechi
1984
Film
Cordon at Dawn
1957
Film
The Beauty of the Big Clock
Kogoro Akechi
1979
Film
The Jeweled Beauty
Kogoro Akechi
1979
Film
Sunday Horror Series Best Selection 2
2020
Samon’s Hell Revenge: Unauthorised Jutte Records 3
1983
Samon’s Hell Revenge: Unauthorised Jutte Records 4
1984
Film
Tokyo Gambler
1967
江戸の牙
1979
Film
The Pretty Jade
1966
Poison Fang Oran
1958
Film
Nude Actress Murder Case: Five Criminals
1957
Film
君は海を見たか
1971
トップ屋を殺せ
1960
Film
Assassins for sale
1963
黄金奉行
1958
Film
Girl Wife: The Terrified Sixteen-Year-Old
1960
Film
Emmanuel's Beauty
1980
Film
The Psychological Test
Akechi Kogorō
1985
Film
25 O'Clock in Shinjuku
Amachi
1969
Film
Headless Island
1978
Film
White skinned beauty
Kogoro Akechi
1983
Film
Beauty of the Five-Storied Pagoda
1981
Samon’s Hell Revenge: Unauthorised Jutte Records
1982
Film
The Prosecutor and His Sister
1956
Film
The Faceless Man
Kogoro Akechi
1977
Film
Underworld Code
1965
Film
Morishige is a Fake Gentleman
1955
Film
Counterattack of a Queen Bee
Muteppô no Masa
1961
Film
The Tragedy of a Young Warrior
1962
Film
Beauty in the Mirror Hell
Kogoro Akechi
1981
Film
Samurai Secret Agent
1983
Film
My Life As Music
1971
Quiet Dawn in the Front
1959
Carbine of Fear
1954
Film
Imo samurai: Kani uemon
1964