Shigeru Amachi

from Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan

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Biography

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.

Timeline

2020Aged 89

  • Poster for Sunday Horror Series Best Selection 2

    (Unknown)

1985Aged 54

  • Poster for Beauty with a Mysterious Scar

    Kogoro Akechi

  • Poster for The Beauty of the Black Pearl

    Kogoro Akechi

  • Poster for The Psychological Test

    Akechi Kogorō

1984Aged 53

1982Aged 51

1981Aged 50

  • Poster for Beauty of the Five-Storied Pagoda

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Beauty in the Mirror Hell

    Kogoro Akechi

  • Poster for Beauty with White Breasts

    Kogoro Akechi

1980Aged 49

  • Poster for Beauty of the Land of Cherry Blossoms

    Kogoro Akechi

  • Poster for Port Arthur

    Kentaro Kaneko

  • Poster for Emmanuel's Beauty

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Enchanted Beauty

    Kogoro Akechi

1979Aged 48

  • Poster for The Jeweled Beauty

    Kogoro Akechi

  • Poster for Devilish Beauty

    Kogoro Akechi

  • Poster for Dead Angle

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Red Scorpion Beauty

    Kogoro Akechi

  • Poster for The Beauty of the Big Clock

    Kogoro Akechi

1978Aged 47

  • Poster for The Beauty in the Bathroom

    Kogoro Akechi

  • Poster for Beauty on Death Row

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for White Mermaid Beauty

    Kogoro Akechi

  • Poster for Headless Island

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for The Beauty of the Black Narcissus

    Kogoro Akechi

  • Poster for Fairy Beauty

    Kogoro Akechi

1977Aged 46

  • Poster for The Faceless Man

    Kogoro Akechi

1972Aged 41

  • Poster for A Scarred Life 2: Blood Will Tell

    Ryukichi

  • Poster for The Viper Brothers: Prison Gang 13

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Modern Lady Gambler

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Eight Men to Kill

    Azami Yajuro

1971Aged 40

  • Poster for 君は海を見たか

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for My Life As Music

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Girl Boss Blues: Queen Bee's Counterattack

    Hitman

1970Aged 39

  • Poster for Easy Money

    (Unknown)

1969Aged 38

  • Poster for 25 O'Clock in Shinjuku

    Amachi

  • Poster for Yakuza Wanderer: Villainous Livelihood

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for The Woman Gambler's Trump Card

    (Unknown)

1968Aged 37

  • Poster for Blackmail Is My Life

    (Unknown)

1967Aged 36

  • Poster for Shroud of Snow

    Guntaro

  • Poster for Tokyo Gambler

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Showdown of Men 2

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for The Gambler's Law

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Quick-Draw Dog

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Classmates

    Chief Navel Surgeon Mamiya

  • Poster for The Silent Gun

    Junta Kimura

1966Aged 35

  • Poster for Black Curtain

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Return of Gun Dog

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Zatoichi's Vengeance

    Genpachiro Kurobe

  • Poster for Yakuza Hooligans

    Sugiyama

  • Poster for Showdown of Men

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for The Pretty Jade

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Sleepy Eyes of Death 8: Sword of Villainy

    Aizen

1965Aged 34

  • Poster for The Boss

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for The Dedicated Gunman

    Junta Kimura

  • Poster for The Third Contest

    Genba

  • Poster for A Lonely Gamble

    Teijiro Chigusa

  • Poster for Underworld Code

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Sword of the Beast

    Vice-Counselor

  • Poster for Trigger Happy Romeo

    Junta Kimura

1964Aged 33

  • Poster for Homeless Dog

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Suruga Yūkyōden: Gambling Hall Robbery

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Imo samurai: Kani uemon

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Two Lives, Two Yakuza

    Seiji Nawate

1963Aged 32

  • Poster for Shinsengumi Chronicles

    Toshizo Hijikata

  • Poster for Assassins for sale

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for The Third Shadow Warrior

    Sadamitsu Miki

  • Poster for Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance

    Nobutada

1962Aged 31

1961Aged 30

1960Aged 29

1959Aged 28

1958Aged 27

1957Aged 26

  • Poster for Emperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese War

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for 剣聖 暁の三十六番斬り

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Ghost Stories of Wanderer at Honjo

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for The Military Policeman and the Dismembered Beauty

    Staff Sergeant Tsuneyoshi

  • Poster for Cordon at Dawn

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Nude Actress Murder Case: Five Criminals

    (Unknown)

1956Aged 25

1955Aged 24

  • Poster for Mysterious Dwarf

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Nonki saiban

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Twilight Saloon

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Hanamazu

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Morishige is a Fake Gentleman

    (Unknown)

1954Aged 23

1953Aged 22

  • Poster for Mole Alley

    (Unknown)