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 raisensu and Kogoro Akechi in a long-running series of TV specials. On stage he was best known for playing Hishakaku in Jinsei gekijō.
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.
Known For
132 titles
Ren'ai Zubari Kōza
The Viper Brothers: Prison Gang 13
The Beast and the Magic Sword
Jigoku
Admiral Yamamoto and the Allied Fleets
Long Swords of the Loyal Forty-Seven
Two Lives, Two Yakuza
Destiny's Son
Showdown of Men
Enigmatic Explosion of the Battleship Mutsu
Rusty Knife
Homeless Dog
Yakuza Hooligans
Emperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese War
Easy Money
Ghost in the Regiment
Showdown of Men 2
花眞珠
The Beauty of Heaven and Hell
The Lady Vampire
Assassins for sale
Nude Actress Murder Case: Five Criminals
Sleepy Eyes of Death 8: Sword of Villainy
Devilish Beauty
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