Known For
Acting
Born
Mar 04, 1931
Died
Jul 27, 1985
Place of Birth
Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan
Credits
155 titles
Shigeru Amachi
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
Filmography
The Psychological Test
Akechi Kogorō
The Beauty of the Black Pearl
Kogoro Akechi
Beauty with a Mysterious Scar
Kogoro Akechi
The Story of a Man Among Men
Beauty in the Flames
Kogoro Akechi
Midnight Demon
Samon’s Hell Revenge: Unauthorised Jutte Records 4
Hizoban Higasa no onna
Director
Beauty of the Forbidden Fruit
Kogoro Akechi
Samon’s Hell Revenge: Unauthorised Jutte Records 3
Samurai Secret Agent
The Beast and the Magic Sword
Kian
Kanei Command Performance
Empress
White skinned beauty
Kogoro Akechi
Samon’s Hell Revenge: Unauthorised Jutte Records 2 - The Assassination of the Shogun
Angel and Devil Beauty
Kogoro Akechi
Beauty at the Bottom of the Lake
Kogoro Akechi
The Edo Fortune-Teller
Samon’s Hell Revenge: Unauthorised Jutte Records
The Beauty at the Dressing Table
Kogoro Akechi
The Beauty of Heaven and Hell
Kogoro Akechi
Beauty with White Breasts
Kogoro Akechi
Beauty in the Mirror Hell
Kogoro Akechi
Beauty of the Five-Storied Pagoda
Enchanted Beauty
Kogoro Akechi
Emmanuel's Beauty
Port Arthur
Kentaro Kaneko
Beauty of the Land of Cherry Blossoms
Kogoro Akechi
The Beauty of the Big Clock
Kogoro Akechi
江戸の牙
Red Scorpion Beauty
Kogoro Akechi
Dead Angle
The 47 Ronins of Ako
Wakizaka Awaji-no-Kami
Devilish Beauty
Kogoro Akechi
Yasei no Shōmei
The Jeweled Beauty
Kogoro Akechi
Fairy Beauty
Kogoro Akechi
The Beauty of the Black Narcissus
Kogoro Akechi
Headless Island
White Mermaid Beauty
Kogoro Akechi
Beauty on Death Row
The Beauty in the Bathroom
Kogoro Akechi
Edogawa Rampo no bijo shirīzu
Kogoro Akechi
The Faceless Man
Kogoro Akechi
Hijo no License
会田健
Eight Men to Kill
Azami Yajuro
Professional Killers
Modern Lady Gambler
The Viper Brothers: Prison Gang 13