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.
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Movies (45)
The Psychological Test
as Akechi Kogorō
1985
The Beauty of the Black Pearl
as Kogoro Akechi
1985
Beauty with a mysterious scar
as Kogoro Akechi
1985
The Story of a Man Among Men
1984
Beauty in the Flames
as Kogoro Akechi
1984
Midnight Demon
1984
Samon’s Hell Revenge: Unauthorised Jutte Records 4
1984
Hizoban Higasa no onna
Director (Directing)
1984
Beauty of the Forbidden Fruit
as Kogoro Akechi
1984
Samon’s Hell Revenge: Unauthorised Jutte Records 3
1983
Samurai Secret Agent
1983
The Beast and the Magic Sword
as Kian
1983
Kanei Command Performance
1983
Empress
1983
White skinned beauty
as Kogoro Akechi
1983
Samon’s Hell Revenge: Unauthorised Jutte Records 2 - The Assassination of the Shogun
1983
Angel and Devil Beauty
as Kogoro Akechi
1983
Beauty at the Bottom of the Lake
as Kogoro Akechi
1982
The Edo Fortune-Teller
1982
Samon’s Hell Revenge: Unauthorised Jutte Records
1982
The Beauty at the Dressing Table
as Kogoro Akechi
1982
The Beauty of Heaven and Hell
as Kogoro Akechi
1982
Beauty with White Breasts
as Kogoro Akechi
1981
Beauty in the Mirror Hell
as Kogoro Akechi
1981
Beauty of the Five-Storied Pagoda
1981
Enchanted Beauty
as Kogoro Akechi
1980
Emmanuel's Beauty
1980
Port Arthur
as Kentaro Kaneko
1980
Beauty of the Land of Cherry Blossoms
as Kogoro Akechi
1980
The Beauty of the Big Clock
as Kogoro Akechi
1979
Red Scorpion Beauty
as Kogoro Akechi
1979
Dead Angle
1979
Devilish Beauty
as Kogoro Akechi
1979
The Jeweled Beauty
as Kogoro Akechi
1979
Fairy Beauty
as Kogoro Akechi
1978
The Beauty of the Black Narcissus
as Kogoro Akechi
1978
Headless Island
1978
White Mermaid Beauty
as Kogoro Akechi
1978
Beauty on Death Row
1978
The Beauty in the Bathroom
as Kogoro Akechi
1978
The Faceless Man
as Kogoro Akechi
1977
Eight Men to Kill
as Azami Yajuro
1972
Modern Lady Gambler
1972
The Viper Brothers: Prison Gang 13
1972
A Scarred Life 2: Blood Will Tell
as Ryukichi
1972
