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

Yakuza Hooligans
Yakuza Hooligans

1966

as Sugiyama

The Ghost of Yotsuya
The Ghost of Yotsuya

1959

as Iemon Tamiya

Dead Angle
Sword of the Beast
Sword of the Beast

1965

as Vice-Counselor

Jigoku
Jigoku

1960

as Shirô Shimizu

Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance
The Silent Gun
The Silent Gun

1967

as Junta Kimura

Destiny's Son
Destiny's Son

1962

as Sôshi Tada

Fire Line
Fire Line

1961

as Kuroiwa

Zatoichi's Vengeance
Zatoichi's Vengeance

1966

as Genpachiro Kurobe

The Beast and the Magic Sword
Mole Alley