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.

Filmografi

The Tale of Zatoichi1962 · Miki HirateYakuza Hooligans1966 · SugiyamaShinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance1963 · NobutadaGhost Story of Yotsuya1959 · Iemon TamiyaPort Arthur1980 · Kentaro KanekoSunday Horror Series Best Selection 22020 · Jigoku1960 · Shirô ShimizuQueen Bee1958 · MazakiGirl Wife: The Terrified Sixteen-Year-Old1960 · Admiral Yamamoto and the Allied Fleets1956 · A Scarred Life 2: Blood Will Tell1972 · RyukichiRevenge of the Pearl Queen1956 · Yûzô YamauchiImo samurai: Kani uemon1964 · Suruga Yūkyōden: Gambling Hall Robbery1964 · The Rambler Rides Again1960 · Yakuza Wanderer: Villainous Livelihood1969 · Zatoichi's Vengeance1966 · Genpachiro KurobeThe Horizon Glitters1961 · Emperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese War1957 · Destiny's Son1962 · Sôshi TadaSword of the Beast1965 · Vice-CounselorBeauty at the Bottom of the Lake1982 · Kogoro AkechiHanamazu1955 · Rusty Knife1958 ·