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.
Known For
The Tale of Zatoichi
(1962)
Miki Hirate
Sword of the Beast
(1965)
Vice-Counselor
Jigoku
(1960)
Shirô Shimizu
The Ghost of Yotsuya
(1959)
Iemon Tamiya
Full Filmography
Acting
Mole Alley
(1953)
kyôfu no kâbin jû
(1954)
Morishige no demakase shinshi
(1955)
Mysterious Pygmy
(1955)
花眞珠
(1955)
Twilight Saloon
(1955)
Fearful Attack of the Flying Saucers
(1956)
Assistant Osugi
Casebooks of Dandy Sashichi: 6 Famous Beauties
(1956)
Asaka Keinosuke
Revenge of the Pearl Queen
(1956)
Yûzô Yamauchi
Admiral Yamamoto and the Allied Fleets
(1956)
検事とその妹
(1956)
Cordon at Dawn
(1957)
Ghost Stories of Wanderer at Honjo
(1957)
The Military Policeman and the Dismembered Beauty
(1957)
Staff Sergeant Tsuneyoshi
剣聖 暁の三十六番斬り
(1957)
Nude Actress Murder Case: Five Criminals
(1957)
Emperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese War
(1957)
Emperor & Empress Meiji and the Sino-Japanese War
(1958)
Rusty Knife
(1958)
Secret White Line Zone
(1958)
稲妻奉行
(1958)
Queen Bee
(1958)
Mazaki
黄金奉行
(1958)
Holiday in Japan
(1958)
Poison Fang Oran
(1958)
Sutâ dokusatsu jiken
(1958)
Queen Bee's Anger
(1958)
Noboru Gôda
Ghost in the Regiment
(1958)
The Lady Vampire
(1959)
Nobutaka Takenaka
Onna kanchō akatsuki no chōsen
(1959)
The Pacific War and the International Military Tribunal
(1959)
First Officer of the Yamato
Queen of the China Sea
(1959)
First Lieutenant Yokoyama
The Ghost of Yotsuya
(1959)
Iemon Tamiya
Elegy of a Geisha
(1959)
Hayase Chikara
Quiet Dawn in the Front
(1959)
Mukeisatsu
(1959)
Yellow Line
(1960)
Kazuhiro Moroki
Beyond the Hills
(1960)
Enigmatic Explosion of the Battleship Mutsu
(1960)
Lt. Commander Fushimi
Queen Bee and College Boy Ryu
(1960)
The Rambler Rides Again
(1960)
Black Line
(1960)
Koji Machida
トップ屋を殺せ
(1960)
Jigoku
(1960)
Shirô Shimizu
怒号する巨弾
(1960)
Women of Whirlpool Island
(1960)
弥次喜多珍道中 中仙道の巻
(1960)
皇室と戦争とわが民族
(1960)
Lieutenant Colonel Shiizaki
Fire Line
(1961)
Kuroiwa
Ren'ai Zubari Kôza
(1961)
Counterattack of a Queen Bee
(1961)
Muteppô no Masa
南郷次郎探偵帳 影なき殺人者
(1961)
The Horizon Glitters
(1961)
The tragedy of a young warrior
(1962)
Destiny's Son
(1962)
Sôshi Tada
The Tale of Zatoichi
(1962)
Miki Hirate
Kuro to aka no hanabira
(1962)
Yôki na tono-sama
(1962)
The Lightning Sword
(1962)
Higashinosuke Yamagata
The Demon of Sendai's Castle
(1962)
Ken ni kakeru
(1962)
Long Swords of the Loyal Forty-Seven
(1962)
俺が裁くんだ
(1962)
Shinsengumi Chronicles
(1963)
Toshizo Hijikata
The Third Shadow Warrior
(1963)
Sadamitsu Miki
Assassins for sale
(1963)
Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance
(1963)
駿河遊侠傳 賭場荒し
(1964)
Homeless Dog
(1964)
Two Lives, Two Yakuza
(1964)
Seiji Nawate
The Boss
(1965)
The Third Contest
(1965)
Genba
A Lonely Gamble
(1965)
Teijiro Chigusa
The Dedicated Gunman
(1965)
Junta Kimura
Sword of the Beast
(1965)
Vice-Counselor
Ankoku gai jingi
(1965)
Trigger Happy Romeo
(1965)
Junta Kimura
The Pretty Jade
(1966)
Yakuza Hooligans
(1966)
Sugiyama
Black Curtain
(1966)
Sleepy Eyes of Death 8: Sword of Villainy
(1966)
Aizen
Zatoichi's Vengeance
(1966)
Genpachiro Kurobe
Zoku teppō inu
(1966)
Showdown of Men
(1966)
Showdown of Men 2
(1967)
The Silent Gun
(1967)
Junta Kimura
The Gambler's Law
(1967)
Quick-Draw Dog
(1967)
Classmates
(1967)
Chief Navel Surgeon Mamiya
Shroud of Snow
(1967)
Guntaro
Blackmail Is My Life
(1968)
The Woman Gambler's Trump Card
(1969)
Easy Money
(1970)
Girl Boss Blues: Queen Bee's Counterattack
(1971)
Hitman
君は海を見たか
(1971)
Modern Lady Gambler
(1972)
A Scarred Life 2: Blood Will Tell
(1972)
Ryukichi
Eight Men to Kill
(1972)
Azami Yajuro
The Viper Brothers: Prison Gang 13
(1972)
The Faceless Man
(1977)
Kogoro Akechi
The Beauty in the Bathroom
(1978)
江戸川乱歩「緑衣の鬼」より 白い人魚の美女
(1978)
Fairy Beauty
(1978)
死刑台の美女
(1978)
The Beauty of the Black Narcissus
(1978)
明智小五郎
Hôseki no bijo: Edogawa Ranpo Hakuhatsuki yori
(1979)
Demonic Beauty
(1979)
明智小五郎
Gem Beauty
(1979)
Dead Angle
(1979)
大時計の美女 江戸川乱歩の「幽霊塔」
(1979)
Edogawa Ranpo Series Fascinated Beauty
(1980)
江戸川乱歩の黄金仮面ＩＩ／桜の国の美女
(1980)
Port Arthur
(1980)
Kentaro Kaneko
Edogawa Ranpo's Beauty Series: Beautiful Woman with White Breasts Edogawa Ranpo's "Hell's Clown"
(1981)
Kogoro Akechi
The Beauty of the Makeup Stage
(1982)
Beauty at the Bottom of the Lake
(1982)
The Edo Fortune-Teller
(1982)
The Beauty of Heaven and Hell
(1982)
Samon’s Hell Revenge: Unauthorised Jutte Records
(1982)
Samurai Secret Agent
(1983)
Empress
(1983)
The Beast and the Magic Sword
(1983)
Kian
Samon’s Hell Revenge: Unauthorised Jutte Records 3
(1983)
Samon’s Hell Revenge: Unauthorised Jutte Records 2 - The Assassination of the Shogun
(1983)
Kanei Command Performance
(1983)
天使と悪魔の美女 江戸川乱歩の「白昼夢」
(1983)
White skinned beauty
(1983)
The Story of a Man Among Men
(1984)
Samon’s Hell Revenge: Unauthorised Jutte Records 4
(1984)
禁断の実の美女
(1984)
Beauty in the Flame
(1984)
Mysterious Scar Beauty
(1985)
The Beauty of Black Pearl
(1985)
Directing
Writing