Shigeru Amachi

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Acting

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.

Filmography

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• The Psychological Test (1985)
• The Beauty of the Black Pearl (1985)
• Beauty with a Mysterious Scar (1985)
• The Story of a Man Among Men (1984)
• Beauty in the Flames (1984)
• Midnight Demon (1984)
• Samon’s Hell Revenge: Unauthorised Jutte Records 4 (1984)
• Hizoban Higasa no onna (1984)
• Beauty of the Forbidden Fruit (1984)
• Samon’s Hell Revenge: Unauthorised Jutte Records 3 (1983)
• Samurai Secret Agent (1983)
• The Beast and the Magic Sword (1983)
• Kanei Command Performance (1983)
• Empress (1983)
• White skinned beauty (1983)
• Samon’s Hell Revenge: Unauthorised Jutte Records 2 - The Assassination of the Shogun (1983)
• Angel and Devil Beauty (1983)
• Beauty at the Bottom of the Lake (1982)
• The Edo Fortune-Teller (1982)
• Samon’s Hell Revenge: Unauthorised Jutte Records (1982)
• The Beauty at the Dressing Table (1982)
• The Beauty of Heaven and Hell (1982)
• Beauty with White Breasts (1981)
• Beauty in the Mirror Hell (1981)
• Beauty of the Five-Storied Pagoda (1981)
• Enchanted Beauty (1980)
• Emmanuel's Beauty (1980)
• Port Arthur (1980)
• Beauty of the Land of Cherry Blossoms (1980)
• The Beauty of the Big Clock (1979)
• Red Scorpion Beauty (1979)
• Dead Angle (1979)
• Devilish Beauty (1979)
• The Jeweled Beauty (1979)
• Fairy Beauty (1978)
• The Beauty of the Black Narcissus (1978)
• Headless Island (1978)
• White Mermaid Beauty (1978)
• Beauty on Death Row (1978)
• The Beauty in the Bathroom (1978)
• The Faceless Man (1977)
• Eight Men to Kill (1972)
• Modern Lady Gambler (1972)
• The Viper Brothers: Prison Gang 13 (1972)
• A Scarred Life 2: Blood Will Tell (1972)
• Girl Boss Blues: Queen Bee's Counterattack (1971)
• My Life As Music (1971)
• 君は海を見たか (1971)
• Easy Money (1970)
• The Woman Gambler's Trump Card (1969)
• Yakuza Wanderer: Villainous Livelihood (1969)
• 25 O'Clock in Shinjuku (1969)
• Blackmail Is My Life (1968)
• The Silent Gun (1967)
• Classmates (1967)
• Quick-Draw Dog (1967)
• The Gambler's Law (1967)
• Showdown of Men 2 (1967)
• Tokyo Gambler (1967)
• Shroud of Snow (1967)
• Sleepy Eyes of Death 8: Sword of Villainy (1966)
• The Pretty Jade (1966)
• Showdown of Men (1966)
• Yakuza Hooligans (1966)
• Zatoichi's Vengeance (1966)
• Return of Gun Dog (1966)
• Black Curtain (1966)
• Trigger Happy Romeo (1965)
• Sword of the Beast (1965)
• Underworld Code (1965)
• A Lonely Gamble (1965)
• The Third Contest (1965)
• The Dedicated Gunman (1965)
• The Boss (1965)
• Two Lives, Two Yakuza (1964)
• Imo samurai: Kani uemon (1964)
• Suruga Yūkyōden: Gambling Hall Robbery (1964)
• Homeless Dog (1964)
• Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance (1963)
• The Third Shadow Warrior (1963)
• Assassins for sale (1963)
• Shinsengumi Chronicles (1963)
• Yôki na tono-sama (1962)
• The Lightning Sword (1962)
• Betting on the Sword (1962)
• The Demon of Sendai's Castle (1962)
• Long Swords of the Loyal Forty-Seven (1962)
• The Tragedy of a Young Warrior (1962)
• Destiny's Son (1962)
• The Tale of Zatoichi (1962)
• I am the Judge (1962)
• Black and Red Flower Petals (1962)
• Fire Line (1961)
• Casebook of Detective Jiro Nango: Shadowless Murderer (1961)
• The Horizon Glitters (1961)
• Straight Talk on Romance: The Definitive Guide (1961)
• Counterattack of a Queen Bee (1961)
• Roar of the Bullets (1960)
• 弥次喜多珍道中　中仙道の巻 (1960)
• The Rambler Rides Again (1960)
• Girl Wife: The Terrified Sixteen-Year-Old (1960)
• トップ屋を殺せ (1960)
• Queen Bee and College Boy Ryu (1960)
• Jigoku (1960)
• Kôshitsu to sensô to waga minzoku (1960)
• Yellow Line (1960)
• Enigmatic Explosion of the Battleship Mutsu (1960)
• Women of Whirlpool Island (1960)
• Beyond the Hills (1960)
• Black Line (1960)
• Elegy of a Geisha (1959)
• Quiet Dawn in the Front (1959)
• Ghost Story of Yotsuya (1959)
• Queen of the China Sea (1959)
• No Police (1959)
• The Lady Vampire (1959)
• The Challenge of the Female Spy Akatsuki (1959)
• The Pacific War and the International Military Tribunal (1959)
• Queen Bee's Anger (1958)
• Casebook of Dandy Sashichi: Dead Woman's Tattoo (1958)
• Poison Fang Oran (1958)
• Secret White Line Zone (1958)
• Ghost in the Regiment (1958)
• 黄金奉行 (1958)
• Holiday in Japan (1958)
• Star Poisoning Case (1958)
• Emperor & Empress Meiji and the Sino-Japanese War (1958)
• Rusty Knife (1958)
• Queen Bee (1958)
• 稲妻奉行 (1958)
• Nude Actress Murder Case: Five Criminals (1957)
• Cordon at Dawn (1957)
• The Military Policeman and the Dismembered Beauty (1957)
• Ghost Stories of Wanderer at Honjo (1957)
• 剣聖　暁の三十六番斬り (1957)
• Emperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese War (1957)
• Casebook of Dandy Sashichi: Six Famous Beauties (1956)
• Fearful Attack of the Flying Saucers (1956)
• Admiral Yamamoto and the Allied Fleets (1956)
• Revenge of the Pearl Queen (1956)
• The Prosecutor and His Sister (1956)
• Morishige is a Fake Gentleman (1955)
• Hanamazu (1955)
• Twilight Saloon (1955)
• Nonki saiban (1955)
• Mysterious Dwarf (1955)
• Carbine of Fear (1954)
• Mole Alley (1953)