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.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
Zatoichi's Vengeance
as Genpachiro Kurobe
1966
A Lonely Gamble
as Teijiro Chigusa
1965
Beauty with a Mysterious Scar
as Kogoro Akechi
1985
The Beauty of the Black Narcissus
as Kogoro Akechi
1978
Two Lives, Two Yakuza
as Seiji Nawate
1964
Devilish Beauty
as Kogoro Akechi
1979
I am the Judge
1962
The Beauty in the Bathroom
as Kogoro Akechi
1978
Red Scorpion Beauty
as Kogoro Akechi
1979
The Beast and the Magic Sword
as Kian
1983
The Tale of Zatoichi
as Miki Hirate
1962
Girl Boss Blues: Queen Bee's Counterattack
as Hitman
1971
Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance
1963
The Tragedy of a Young Warrior
1962
Jigoku
as Shirô Shimizu
1960
Shroud of Snow
as Guntaro
1967
Rusty Knife
1958
Destiny's Son
as Sôshi Tada
1962
The Ghost of Yotsuya
as Iemon Tamiya
1959
Empress
1983
