Shigeru Amachi
Known for Acting · 154 credits
- Born
- 1931-03-04
- Died
- 1985-07-27
- Place of birth
- Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan
- Also known as
- Jun Utsugi · Jun Uzuki · 宇寿木純
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.
Known For
TV Shows (8)
Movies (146)
A Scarred Life 2: Blood Will Tell
1972
as Ryukichi
The Horizon Glitters
1961
Ghost Stories of Wanderer at Honjo
1957
The Rambler Rides Again
1960
Queen Bee
1958
as Mazaki
The Tale of Zatoichi
1962
as Miki Hirate
Revenge of the Pearl Queen
1956
as Yûzô Yamauchi
Ghost Story of Yotsuya
1959
as Iemon Tamiya
Girl Boss Blues: Queen Bee's Counterattack
1971
as Hitman
The Beauty of the Black Narcissus
1978
as Kogoro Akechi
Yakuza Hooligans
1966
as Sugiyama
Jigoku
1960
as Shirô Shimizu
Suruga Yūkyōden: Gambling Hall Robbery
1964
Zatoichi's Vengeance
1966
as Genpachiro Kurobe
Yakuza Wanderer: Villainous Livelihood
1969
Girl Wife: The Terrified Sixteen-Year-Old
1960
Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance
1963
as Nobutada
Port Arthur
1980
as Kentaro Kaneko
Destiny's Son
1962
as Sôshi Tada
Sword of the Beast
1965
as Vice-Counselor
Blackmail Is My Life
1968
Modern Lady Gambler
1972
Dead Angle
1979
Rusty Knife
1958
Sleepy Eyes of Death 8: Sword of Villainy
1966
as Aizen
The Beast and the Magic Sword
1983
as Kian
The Third Shadow Warrior
1963
as Sadamitsu Miki
Shinsengumi Chronicles
1963
as Toshizo Hijikata
Black Line
1960
as Koji Machida
Twilight Saloon
1955
Holiday in Japan
1958
Yellow Line
1960
as Kazuhiro Moroki
Beyond the Hills
1960
Emperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese War
1957
Admiral Yamamoto and the Allied Fleets
1956
Eight Men to Kill
1972
as Azami Yajuro
Classmates
1967
as Chief Navel Surgeon Mamiya
The Faceless Man
1977
as Kogoro Akechi
Ghost in the Regiment
1958
as Lieutenant Namishima
The Story of a Man Among Men
1984
The Challenge of the Female Spy Akatsuki
1959
Devilish Beauty
1979
as Kogoro Akechi
Cordon at Dawn
1957
Beauty with White Breasts
1981
as Kogoro Akechi
The Beauty in the Bathroom
1978
as Kogoro Akechi
Showdown of Men 2
1967
The Woman Gambler's Trump Card
1969
Beauty on Death Row
1978
Red Scorpion Beauty
1979
as Kogoro Akechi
Queen Bee and College Boy Ryu
1960
Quick-Draw Dog
1967
Fearful Attack of the Flying Saucers
1956
as Assistant Osugi
The Beauty of the Big Clock
1979
as Kogoro Akechi
The Lightning Sword
1962
as Higashinosuke Yamagata
Nude Actress Murder Case: Five Criminals
1957
Emmanuel's Beauty
1980
Nonki saiban
1955
Mole Alley
1953
The Lady Vampire
1959
as Nobutaka Takenaka
The Military Policeman and the Dismembered Beauty
1957
as Staff Sergeant Tsuneyoshi
Shroud of Snow
1967
as Guntaro
Trigger Happy Romeo
1965
as Junta Kimura
Hanamazu
1955
Emperor & Empress Meiji and the Sino-Japanese War
1958
The Boss
1965
My Life As Music
1971
Fairy Beauty
1978
as Kogoro Akechi
Headless Island
1978
Tokyo Gambler
1967
Enchanted Beauty
1980
as Kogoro Akechi
The Beauty of the Black Pearl
1985
as Kogoro Akechi
Beauty in the Mirror Hell
1981
as Kogoro Akechi
Showdown of Men
1966
Kôshitsu to sensô to waga minzoku
1960
as Lieutenant Colonel Shiizaki
Samon’s Hell Revenge: Unauthorised Jutte Records 3
1983
弥次喜多珍道中 中仙道の巻
1960
Beauty of the Five-Storied Pagoda
1981
Star Poisoning Case
1958
Underworld Code
1965
The Dedicated Gunman
1965
as Junta Kimura
The Viper Brothers: Prison Gang 13
1972
The Demon of Sendai's Castle
1962
Black Curtain
1966
Beauty of the Land of Cherry Blossoms
1980
as Kogoro Akechi
Assassins for sale
1963
Empress
1983
Enigmatic Explosion of the Battleship Mutsu
1960
as Lt. Commander Fushimi
Beauty in the Flames
1984
as Kogoro Akechi
The Third Contest
1965
as Genba
The Pacific War and the International Military Tribunal
1959
as First Officer of the Yamato
The Edo Fortune-Teller
1982
Casebook of Detective Jiro Nango: Shadowless Murderer
1961
No Police
1959
Easy Money
1970
Roar of the Bullets
1960
Straight Talk on Romance: The Definitive Guide
1961
Secret White Line Zone
1958
Fire Line
1961
as Kuroiwa
Casebook of Dandy Sashichi: Dead Woman's Tattoo
1958
Yôki na tono-sama
1962
The Jeweled Beauty
1979
as Kogoro Akechi
稲妻奉行
1958
25 O'Clock in Shinjuku
1969
as Amachi
Return of Gun Dog
1966
The Gambler's Law
1967
Samurai Secret Agent
1983
Queen Bee's Anger
1958
as Noboru Gôda
Mysterious Dwarf
1955
The Psychological Test
1985
as Akechi Kogorō
剣聖 暁の三十六番斬り
1957
White Mermaid Beauty
1978
as Kogoro Akechi
The Beauty of Heaven and Hell
1982
as Kogoro Akechi
Women of Whirlpool Island
1960
Elegy of a Geisha
1959
as Hayase Chikara
君は海を見たか
1971
Angel and Devil Beauty
1983
as Kogoro Akechi
The Tragedy of a Young Warrior
1962
トップ屋を殺せ
1960
Midnight Demon
1984
Two Lives, Two Yakuza
1964
as Seiji Nawate
About 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 speci… With 154 credits spanning from 1953 to 1985, Shigeru Amachi has appeared in 146 films and 8 TV shows.
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Most Popular Shigeru Amachi Movies
- A Scarred Life 2: Blood Will Tell (1972) — as Ryukichi
- The Horizon Glitters (1961)
- Ghost Stories of Wanderer at Honjo (1957)
- The Rambler Rides Again (1960)
- Queen Bee (1958) — as Mazaki
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