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.
Acted in 135
2020s
- 2020
Sunday Horror Series Best Selection 2
Movie
1980s
- 1985
The Psychological Test
Akechi Kogorō
The Beauty of the Black Pearl
Kogoro Akechi
Beauty with a Mysterious Scar
Kogoro Akechi
- 1984
Beauty in the Flames
Kogoro Akechi
Midnight Demon
Movie
Beauty of the Forbidden Fruit
Kogoro Akechi
- 1983
Samurai Secret Agent
Movie
The Beast and the Magic Sword
Kian
Kanei Command Performance
Movie
Empress
Movie
White skinned beauty
Kogoro Akechi
Angel and Devil Beauty
Kogoro Akechi
- 1982
Beauty at the Bottom of the Lake
Kogoro Akechi
The Edo Fortune-Teller
Movie
The Beauty at the Dressing Table
Kogoro Akechi
The Beauty of Heaven and Hell
Kogoro Akechi
- 1981
Beauty with White Breasts
Kogoro Akechi
Beauty in the Mirror Hell
Kogoro Akechi
Beauty of the Five-Storied Pagoda
Movie
- 1980
Enchanted Beauty
Kogoro Akechi
Emmanuel's Beauty
Movie
Beauty of the Land of Cherry Blossoms
Kogoro Akechi
1970s
- 1979
The Beauty of the Big Clock
Kogoro Akechi
Red Scorpion Beauty
Kogoro Akechi
Devilish Beauty
Kogoro Akechi
Yasei no Shōmei
TV
The Jeweled Beauty
Kogoro Akechi
- 1978
The Beauty of the Black Narcissus
Kogoro Akechi
Headless Island
Movie
White Mermaid Beauty
Kogoro Akechi
Beauty on Death Row
Movie
The Beauty in the Bathroom
Kogoro Akechi
- 1977
The Faceless Man
Kogoro Akechi
- 1973
Hijo no License
会田健 · 64 episodes
- 1972
Eight Men to Kill
Azami Yajuro
Modern Lady Gambler
Movie
The Viper Brothers: Prison Gang 13
Movie
A Scarred Life 2: Blood Will Tell
Ryukichi
- 1971
Girl Boss Blues: Queen Bee's Counterattack
Hitman
My Life As Music
Movie
君は海を見たか
Movie
- 1970
Easy Money
Movie
1960s
- 1969
25 O'Clock in Shinjuku
Amachi
- 1968
Star of the Night
TV
- 1967
The Silent Gun
Junta Kimura
Classmates
Chief Navel Surgeon Mamiya
The Gambler's Law
Movie
Showdown of Men 2
Movie
Tokyo Gambler
Movie
Shroud of Snow
Guntaro
- 1966
Sleepy Eyes of Death 8: Sword of Villainy
Aizen
The Pretty Jade
Movie
Showdown of Men
Movie
Yakuza Hooligans
Sugiyama
Zatoichi's Vengeance
Genpachiro Kurobe
Return of Gun Dog
Junta Kimura
Black Curtain
Movie
- 1965
Trigger Happy Romeo
Junta Kimura
Underworld Code
Movie
A Lonely Gamble
Teijiro Chigusa
The Third Contest
Genba
The Dedicated Gunman
Junta Kimura
The Boss
Movie
- 1964
Two Lives, Two Yakuza
Seiji Nawate
Imo samurai: Kani uemon
Movie
Suruga Yūkyōden: Gambling Hall Robbery
Movie
Homeless Dog
Junta Kimura
- 1963
Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance
Nobutada
The Third Shadow Warrior
Sadamitsu Miki
Assassins for sale
Movie
Shinsengumi Chronicles
Toshizo Hijikata
- 1962
Yôki na tono-sama
Movie
The Lightning Sword
Higashinosuke Yamagata
Betting on the Sword
Movie
The Demon of Sendai's Castle
Movie
Long Swords of the Loyal Forty-Seven
Movie
The Tragedy of a Young Warrior
Movie
Destiny's Son
Sôshi Tada
The Tale of Zatoichi
Miki Hirate
I am the Judge
Movie
- 1961
Fire Line
Kuroiwa
Straight Talk on Romance: The Definitive Guide
Movie
Counterattack of a Queen Bee
Muteppô no Masa
- 1960
Roar of the Bullets
Movie
Girl Wife: The Terrified Sixteen-Year-Old
Movie
Queen Bee and College Boy Ryu
Movie
Jigoku
Shirô Shimizu
Yellow Line
Kazuhiro Moroki
Enigmatic Explosion of the Battleship Mutsu
Lt. Commander Fushimi
Black Line
Koji Machida
1950s
- 1959
Elegy of a Geisha
Hayase Chikara
Ghost Story of Yotsuya
Iemon Tamiya
Queen of the China Sea
First Lieutenant Yokoyama
The Lady Vampire
Nobutaka Takenaka
The Challenge of the Female Spy Akatsuki
Movie
The Pacific War and the International Military Tribunal
First Officer of the Yamato
- 1958
Queen Bee's Anger
Noboru Gôda
Casebook of Dandy Sashichi: Dead Woman's Tattoo
Movie
Secret White Line Zone
Movie
Ghost in the Regiment
Lieutenant Namishima
Star Poisoning Case
Movie
Emperor & Empress Meiji and the Sino-Japanese War
Movie
Queen Bee
Mazaki
- 1957
Nude Actress Murder Case: Five Criminals
Movie
Cordon at Dawn
Movie
The Military Policeman and the Dismembered Beauty
Staff Sergeant Tsuneyoshi
Ghost Stories of Wanderer at Honjo
Movie
剣聖 暁の三十六番斬り
Movie
Emperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese War
Movie
- 1956
Casebook of Dandy Sashichi: Six Famous Beauties
Asaka Keinosuke
Fearful Attack of the Flying Saucers
Assistant Osugi
Admiral Yamamoto and the Allied Fleets
Movie
The Prosecutor and His Sister
Movie
- 1955
Morishige is a Fake Gentleman
Movie
Hanamazu
Movie
Twilight Saloon
Movie
Nonki saiban
Movie
Mysterious Dwarf
Movie
- 1953
Mole Alley
Movie
Directed 1
1980s
- 1984
Hizoban Higasa no onna
Director
Wrote 1
1980s
- 1984
Hizoban Higasa no onna
Screenplay