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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Filmography
all 138
Movies 134
TV Shows 4
Director 1
The Beauty of Black Pearl (1985)
Movie
Mysterious Scar Beauty (1985)
Movie
Actor
The Story of a Man Among Men (1984)
Movie
Beauty in the Flame (1984)
Movie
Samon’s Hell Revenge: Unauthorised Jutte Records 4 (1984)
Movie
Director
Hizoban Higasa no onna (1984)
Movie
禁断の実の美女 (1984)
Movie
Samon’s Hell Revenge: Unauthorised Jutte Records 3 (1983)
Movie
Actor
Samurai Secret Agent (1983)
Movie
Kian
The Beast and the Magic Sword (1983)
Movie
Matsudaira Izu-no-kami
Kanei Command Performance (1983)
Movie
Samon’s Hell Revenge: Unauthorised Jutte Records 2 - The Assassination of the Shogun (1983)
Movie
Actor
Empress (1983)
Movie
White skinned beauty (1983)
Movie
天使と悪魔の美女 江戸川乱歩の「白昼夢」 (1983)
Movie
Beauty at the Bottom of the Lake (1982)
Movie
The Edo Fortune-Teller (1982)
Movie
Samon’s Hell Revenge: Unauthorised Jutte Records (1982)
Movie
The Beauty of the Makeup Stage (1982)
Movie
The Beauty of Heaven and Hell (1982)
Movie
Kogoro Akechi
Edogawa Ranpo's Beauty Series: Beautiful Woman with White Breasts Edogawa Ranpo's "Hell's Clown" (1981)
Movie
Edogawa Ranpo Series Fascinated Beauty (1980)
Movie
Kentaro Kaneko
Port Arthur (1980)
Movie
江戸川乱歩の黄金仮面II/桜の国の美女 (1980)
Movie
大時計の美女 江戸川乱歩の「幽霊塔」 (1979)
Movie
Hôseki no bijo: Edogawa Ranpo Hakuhatsuki yori (1979)
Movie
Dead Angle (1979)
Movie
Wakizaka Awaji-no-Kami
The 47 Ronins of Ako (1979)
TV
明智小五郎
Demonic Beauty (1979)
Movie
Gem Beauty (1979)
Movie
Fairy Beauty (1978)
Movie
明智小五郎
The Beauty of the Black Narcissus (1978)
Movie
江戸川乱歩「緑衣の鬼」より 白い人魚の美女 (1978)
Movie
死刑台の美女 (1978)
Movie
The Beauty in the Bathroom (1978)
Movie
Kogorô Akechi
The Faceless Man (1977)
Movie
Kogoro Akechi
Edogawa Rampo no bijo shirīzu (1977)
TV
Actor
Bounty Hunter 3: Eight Men to Kill (1972)
Movie
Professional Killers (1972)
TV
Shimazaki Yuzo
Modern Lady Gambler (1972)
Movie
Actor
The Viper Brothers: Prison Gang 13 (1972)
Movie
Actor
A Scarred Life 2: Blood Will Tell (1972)
Movie
Masaya Doi,Hitman
Girl Boss Blues: Queen Bee's Counterattack (1971)
Movie
3.3
君は海を見たか (1971)
Movie
Shimizu Ichigaku
Epic Chushingura (1971)
TV
Actor
Easy Money (1970)
Movie
The Woman Gambler's Trump Card (1969)
Movie
Blackmail Is My Life (1968)
Movie
Actor
The Silent Gun (1967)
Movie
Chief Navel Surgeon Mamiya
Classmates (1967)
Movie
Actor
Quick-Draw Dog (1967)
Movie
The Gambler's Law (1967)
Movie
Isaburô Takii
Showdown of Men 2 (1967)
Movie
Guntaro
Shroud of Snow (1967)
Movie
Aizen
Sleepy Eyes of Death 8: Sword of Villainy (1966)
Movie
The Pretty Jade (1966)
Movie
Actor
Showdown of Men (1966)
Movie
Sugiyama Hidori
Yakuza Hooligans (1966)
Movie
Genpachiro Kuroda
Zatoichi's Vengeance (1966)
Movie
5
Zoku teppō inu (1966)
Movie
Actor
Black Curtain (1966)
Movie
Actor
Trigger Happy Romeo (1965)
Movie
Vice-Counselor
Sword of the Beast (1965)
Movie
Tatsuo Kaburagi
Ankoku gai jingi (1965)
Movie
Teijiro Chigusa
A Lonely Gamble (1965)
Movie
Actor
The Third Contest (1965)
Movie
Junta Kimura
The Dedicated Gunman (1965)
Movie
Akira Hanaoka
The Boss (1965)
Movie
Actor
Two Lives, Two Yakuza (1964)
Movie
Actor
Suruga yûkyôden: Toba arashi (1964)
Movie
Actor
Homeless Dog (1964)
Movie
Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance (1963)
Movie
3.33
Sadamitsu Miki
The Third Shadow Warrior (1963)
Movie
Assassins for sale (1963)
Movie
Toshizô Hijikata
Shinsengumi Chronicles (1963)
Movie
Yôki na tono-sama (1962)
Movie
Actor
The Lightning Sword (1962)
Movie
Actor
Ken ni kakeru (1962)
Movie
Aoba-jō no oni (1962)
Movie
Long Swords of the Loyal Forty-Seven (1962)
Movie
The tragedy of a young warrior (1962)
Movie
Sôshi Tada
Destiny's Son (1962)
Movie
Miki Hirate
The Tale of Zatoichi (1962)
Movie
4.5
Actor
俺が裁くんだ (1962)
Movie
Actor
Kuro to aka no hanabira (1962)
Movie
Kuroiwa
Fire Line (1961)
Movie
Jirô Nangô
南郷次郎探偵帳 影なき殺人者 (1961)
Movie
Matsuda Professor
The Horizon Glitters (1961)
Movie
Ren'ai Zubari Kôza (1961)
Movie
Muteppô no Masa
Counterattack of a Queen Bee (1961)
Movie
Actor
怒号する巨弾 (1960)
Movie
弥次喜多珍道中 中仙道の巻 (1960)
Movie
The Rambler Rides Again (1960)
Movie
トップ屋を殺せ (1960)
Movie
Komagata
Queen Bee and College Boy Ryu (1960)
Movie
Shirô Shimizu
Jigoku (1960)
Movie
Lieutenant Colonel Shiizaki
皇室と戦争とわが民族 (1960)
Movie
The Gangster
Yellow Line (1960)
Movie
Naval officer
Enigmatic Explosion of the Battleship Mutsu (1960)
Movie
Actor
Women of Whirlpool Island (1960)
Movie
Actor
Beyond the Hills (1960)
Movie
Kôji Machida
Black Line (1960)
Movie
Actor
Emperor Meiji and General Nogi (1959)
Movie
Hayase Chikara
Elegy of a Geisha (1959)
Movie
Japanese Lt. Kunii
Quiet Dawn in the Front (1959)
Movie
Iemon Tamiya
The Ghost of Yotsuya (1959)
Movie
Actor
Queen of the China Sea (1959)
Movie
Kôichi Kitamura
Mukeisatsu (1959)
Movie
Shiro Sofue / Nobutaka Takenaka
The Lady Vampire (1959)
Movie
Actor
Onna kanchō akatsuki no chōsen (1959)
Movie
First Officer of the Yamato
The Pacific War and the International Military Tribunal (1959)
Movie
Noboru Gôda
Queen Bee's Anger (1958)
Movie
Actor
Poison Fang Oran (1958)
Movie
Kuboki - the bar master
Secret White Line Zone (1958)
Movie
Actor
Ghost in the Regiment (1958)
Movie
黄金奉行 (1958)
Movie
Holiday in Japan (1958)
Movie
Jôji Uehara
Sutâ dokusatsu jiken (1958)
Movie
Emperor & Empress Meiji and the Sino-Japanese War (1958)
Movie
Rusty Knife (1958)
Movie
Mazaki
Queen Bee (1958)
Movie
稲妻奉行 (1958)
Movie
Amano
Nude Actress Murder Case: Five Criminals (1957)
Movie
Masakichi Mashima
Cordon at Dawn (1957)
Movie
Staff Sergeant Tsuneyoshi
The Military Policeman and the Dismembered Beauty (1957)
Movie
Gonkurô Komiyama
Ghost Stories of Wanderer at Honjo (1957)
Movie
Emperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese War (1957)
Movie
Asaka Keinosuke
Casebooks of Dandy Sashichi: 6 Famous Beauties (1956)
Movie
Assistant Osugi
Fearful Attack of the Flying Saucers (1956)
Movie
Admiral Yamamoto and the Allied Fleets (1956)
Movie
Yûzô Yamauchi
Revenge of the Pearl Queen (1956)
Movie
検事とその妹 (1956)
Movie
Morishige no demakase shinshi (1955)
Movie
花眞珠 (1955)
Movie
Actor
Twilight Saloon (1955)
Movie
Mysterious Pygmy (1955)
Movie
kyôfu no kâbin jû (1954)
Movie
Actor
Mole Alley (1953)
Movie
Ratings
Average 3.11
Based on 21.9 Thousand movie and tv ratings over time
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1931-03-04
Deathday1985-07-27 (54 years old)
Birth Name臼井 登
Birth PlaceNagoya, Japan
CitizenshipsJapan
Also Known As天知茂, Jun Utsugi
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