Shigeru Amachi

Shigeru Amachi

1931-03-04 – 1985-07-27 (age 54) Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan
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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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Known For

Port Arthur
Port Arthur

1980

as Kentaro Kaneko

The Tale of Zatoichi
The Tale of Zatoichi

1962

as Miki Hirate

Ghost Story of Yotsuya
Ghost Story of Yotsuya

1959

as Iemon Tamiya

Jigoku
Jigoku

1960

as Shirô Shimizu

Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance
Twilight Saloon
Zatoichi's Vengeance
Zatoichi's Vengeance

1966

as Genpachiro Kurobe

Sword of the Beast
Sword of the Beast

1965

as Vice-Counselor

The Beast and the Magic Sword
Trigger Happy Romeo
Trigger Happy Romeo

1965

as Junta Kimura

Eight Men to Kill
Eight Men to Kill

1972

as Azami Yajuro

Dead Angle
The Boss
Two Lives, Two Yakuza
Two Lives, Two Yakuza

1964

as Seiji Nawate

Mole Alley
Destiny's Son
Destiny's Son

1962

as Sôshi Tada

Enigmatic Explosion of the Battleship Mutsu
Enigmatic Explosion of the Battleship Mutsu

1960

as Lt. Commander Fushimi