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
The Gambler's Law
The Rambler Rides Again
Beauty with White Breasts
剣聖 暁の三十六番斬り
Girl Boss Blues: Queen Bee's Counterattack
Casebook of Dandy Sashichi: Six Famous Beauties
The Jeweled Beauty
Queen of the China Sea
25 O'Clock in Shinjuku
Samurai Secret Agent
Beyond the Hills
Beauty of the Land of Cherry Blossoms
The Beauty of the Black Pearl
Suruga Yūkyōden: Gambling Hall Robbery
A Scarred Life 2: Blood Will Tell
Casebook of Dandy Sashichi: Dead Woman's Tattoo
Cordon at Dawn
君は海を見たか
Ghost Stories of Wanderer at Honjo
Midnight Demon
White Mermaid Beauty
Beauty on Death Row
Beauty with a mysterious scar
The Horizon Glitters
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