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)
Port Arthur
1980
as Kentaro Kaneko
The Tale of Zatoichi
1962
as Miki Hirate
Yakuza Hooligans
1966
as Sugiyama
The Ghost of Yotsuya
1959
as Iemon Tamiya
Dead Angle
1979
The Story of a Man Among Men
1984
Sword of the Beast
1965
as Vice-Counselor
Jigoku
1960
as Shirô Shimizu
Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance
1963
as Nobutada
The Silent Gun
1967
as Junta Kimura
The Rambler Rides Again
1960
Destiny's Son
1962
as Sôshi Tada
Fire Line
1961
as Kuroiwa
Zatoichi's Vengeance
1966
as Genpachiro Kurobe
Ghost Stories of Wanderer at Honjo
1957
Modern Lady Gambler
1972
Emperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese War
1957
Emperor & Empress Meiji and the Sino-Japanese War
1958
The Beast and the Magic Sword
1983
as Kian
Mole Alley
1953
Suruga Yūkyōden: Gambling Hall Robbery
1964
The Viper Brothers: Prison Gang 13
1972
The Beauty in the Bathroom
1978
as Kogoro Akechi
Long Swords of the Loyal Forty-Seven
1962
The Boss
1965
Showdown of Men 2
1967
A Scarred Life 2: Blood Will Tell
1972
as Ryukichi
Ghost in the Regiment
1958
as Lieutenant Namishima
Admiral Yamamoto and the Allied Fleets
1956
The Tragedy of a Young Warrior
1962
The Pacific War and the International Military Tribunal
1959
as First Officer of the Yamato
Shinsengumi Chronicles
1963
as Toshizo Hijikata
Beauty in the Flames
1984
as Kogoro Akechi
Classmates
1967
as Chief Navel Surgeon Mamiya
Ren'ai Zubari Kōza
1961
Yôki na tono-sama
1962
Rusty Knife
1958
The Beauty of Heaven and Hell
1982
as Kogoro Akechi
Samon’s Hell Revenge: Unauthorised Jutte Records 4
1984
The Third Shadow Warrior
1963
as Sadamitsu Miki
The Lightning Sword
1962
as Higashinosuke Yamagata
The Beauty of the Black Narcissus
1978
as Kogoro Akechi
Queen Bee
1958
as Mazaki
Fairy Beauty
1978
as Kogoro Akechi
Revenge of the Pearl Queen
1956
as Yûzô Yamauchi
Nonki saiban
1955
Blackmail Is My Life
1968
Showdown of Men
1966
The Demon of Sendai's Castle
1962
Fearful Attack of the Flying Saucers
1956
as Assistant Osugi
Two Lives, Two Yakuza
1964
as Seiji Nawate
Beauty at the Bottom of the Lake
1982
as Kogoro Akechi
Hanamazu
1955
The Lady Vampire
1959
as Nobutaka Takenaka
Beauty with White Breasts
1981
as Kogoro Akechi
Samon’s Hell Revenge: Unauthorised Jutte Records 3
1983
The Woman Gambler's Trump Card
1969
Eight Men to Kill
1972
as Azami Yajuro
The Faceless Man
1977
as Kogoro Akechi
Empress
1983
Enchanted Beauty
1980
as Kogoro Akechi
Twilight Saloon
1955
Yellow Line
1960
as Kazuhiro Moroki
White Mermaid Beauty
1978
as Kogoro Akechi
I am the Judge
1962
Quiet Dawn in the Front
1959
Devilish Beauty
1979
as Kogoro Akechi
Holiday in Japan
1958
The Horizon Glitters
1961
Assassins for sale
1963
Enigmatic Explosion of the Battleship Mutsu
1960
as Lt. Commander Fushimi
Secret White Line Zone
1958
Headless Island
1978
Girl Boss Blues: Queen Bee's Counterattack
1971
as Hitman
Roar of the Bullets
1960
The Gambler's Law
1967
Sleepy Eyes of Death 8: Sword of Villainy
1966
as Aizen
Beyond the Hills
1960
Ken ni kakeru
1962
Star Poisoning Case
1958
Beauty of the Land of Cherry Blossoms
1980
as Kogoro Akechi
Beauty of the Forbidden Fruit
1984
as Kogoro Akechi
The Third Contest
1965
as Genba
Red Scorpion Beauty
1979
as Kogoro Akechi
Black Curtain
1966
The Jeweled Beauty
1979
as Kogoro Akechi
Casebook of Dandy Sashichi: Six Famous Beauties
1956
as Asaka Keinosuke
Angel and Devil Beauty
1983
as Kogoro Akechi
Ankoku gai jingi
1965
Women of Whirlpool Island
1960
Mysterious Dwarf
1955
Easy Money
1970
Samon’s Hell Revenge: Unauthorised Jutte Records 2 - The Assassination of the Shogun
1983
Shroud of Snow
1967
as Guntaro
25 O'Clock in Shinjuku
1969
as Amachi
The Beauty of the Big Clock
1979
as Kogoro Akechi
Elegy of a Geisha
1959
as Hayase Chikara
Yakuza Wanderer: Villainous Livelihood
1969
Black Line
1960
as Koji Machida
Morishige is a Fake Gentleman
1955
The Edo Fortune-Teller
1982
The Beauty at the Dressing Table
1982
as Kogoro Akechi
The Dedicated Gunman
1965
as Junta Kimura
Queen Bee's Anger
1958
as Noboru Gôda
Homeless Dog
1964
Return of Gun Dog
1966
Queen of the China Sea
1959
as First Lieutenant Yokoyama
Samurai Secret Agent
1983
Counterattack of a Queen Bee
1961
as Muteppô no Masa
Nude Actress Murder Case: Five Criminals
1957
Kuro to aka no hanabira
1962
No Police
1959
A Lonely Gamble
1965
as Teijiro Chigusa
Trigger Happy Romeo
1965
as Junta Kimura
稲妻奉行
1958
君は海を見たか
1971
White skinned beauty
1983
as Kogoro Akechi
The Beauty of the Black Pearl
1985
as Kogoro Akechi
Tokyo Gambler
1967
Beauty on Death Row
1978
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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- Port Arthur (1980) — as Kentaro Kaneko
- The Tale of Zatoichi (1962) — as Miki Hirate
- Yakuza Hooligans (1966) — as Sugiyama
- The Ghost of Yotsuya (1959) — as Iemon Tamiya
- Dead Angle (1979)
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