About

Known credits:
148
Birthday:
1931-03-04
Place of birth:
Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan
Website:
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Shigeru Amachi

Overview

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

Acting
1985 The Psychological Test Actor Akechi Kogorō N/A
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1985 The Beauty of Black Pearl Actor N/A
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1985 Mysterious Scar Beauty Actor N/A
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1984 The Story of a Man Among Men Actor 58
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1984 Beauty in the Flame Actor N/A
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1984 Midnight Demon Actor N/A
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1984 Samon’s Hell Revenge: Unauthorised Jutte Records 4 Actor N/A
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1984 禁断の実の美女 Actor N/A
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1983 Samon’s Hell Revenge: Unauthorised Jutte Records 3 Actor N/A
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1983 Samurai Secret Agent Actor N/A
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1983 The Beast and the Magic Sword Actor Kian 58
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1983 Kanei Command Performance Actor N/A
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1983 Empress Actor 58
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1983 White skinned beauty Actor N/A
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1983 Samon’s Hell Revenge: Unauthorised Jutte Records 2 - The Assassination of the Shogun Actor N/A
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1983 天使と悪魔の美女 江戸川乱歩の「白昼夢」 Actor N/A
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1982 Beauty at the Bottom of the Lake Actor N/A
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1982 The Edo Fortune-Teller Actor N/A
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1982 Samon’s Hell Revenge: Unauthorised Jutte Records Actor N/A
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1982 The Beauty of the Makeup Stage Actor N/A
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1982 The Beauty of Heaven and Hell Actor 58
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1981 Mirror Hell Beauty Actor Kogoro Akechi N/A
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1980 Edogawa Ranpo Series Fascinated Beauty Actor N/A
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1980 Port Arthur Actor Kentaro Kaneko 58
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1980 江戸川乱歩の黄金仮面ＩＩ／桜の国の美女 Actor N/A
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1979 大時計の美女 江戸川乱歩の「幽霊塔」 Actor N/A
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1979 Red Scorpion Beauty Actor N/A
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1979 Dead Angle Actor 58
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1979 The 47 Ronins of Ako Actor Wakizaka Awaji-no-Kami N/A
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1979 Demonic Beauty Actor 明智小五郎 N/A
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1979 Yasei no Shōmei Actor N/A
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1979 Gem Beauty Actor N/A
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1978 Fairy Beauty Actor N/A
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1978 The Beauty of the Black Narcissus Actor 明智小五郎 N/A
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1978 Headless Island Actor N/A
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1978 White Mermaid Beauty Actor N/A
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1978 江戸川乱歩「悪魔の紋章」より 死刑台の美女 Actor N/A
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1978 江戸川乱歩「悪魔の紋章」より 死刑台の美女 Actor N/A
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1978 The Beauty in the Bathroom Actor N/A
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1977 The Faceless Man Actor Kogoro Akechi N/A
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1977 Edogawa Rampo no bijo shirīzu Actor Kogoro Akechi N/A
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1973 非情のライセンス Actor 会田健 N/A
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1972 Eight Men to Kill Actor Azami Yajuro 58
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1972 Modern Lady Gambler Actor 58
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1972 The Viper Brothers: Prison Gang 13 Actor N/A
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1972 A Scarred Life 2: Blood Will Tell Actor Ryukichi 59
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1971 Girl Boss Blues: Queen Bee's Counterattack Actor Hitman 58
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1971 My Life As Music Actor N/A
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1971 君は海を見たか Actor N/A
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1970 Easy Money Actor N/A
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1969 The Woman Gambler's Trump Card Actor N/A
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1969 25 O'Clock in Shinjuku Actor Amachi N/A
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1968 Star of the Night Actor N/A
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1968 Blackmail Is My Life Actor 58
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1967 The Silent Gun Actor Junta Kimura N/A
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1967 Classmates Actor Chief Navel Surgeon Mamiya 58
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1967 Quick-Draw Dog Actor N/A
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1967 The Gambler's Law Actor N/A
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1967 Showdown of Men 2 Actor N/A
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1967 Tokyo Gambler Actor N/A
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1967 Shroud of Snow Actor Guntaro 58
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1966 Sleepy Eyes of Death 8: Sword of Villainy Actor Aizen 58
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1966 The Pretty Jade Actor N/A
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1966 Showdown of Men Actor N/A
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1966 Yakuza Hooligans Actor Sugiyama 58
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1966 Zatoichi's Vengeance Actor Genpachiro Kurobe 59
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1966 Return of Gun Dog Actor 58
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1966 Black Curtain Actor N/A
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1965 Trigger Happy Romeo Actor Junta Kimura N/A
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1965 Sword of the Beast Actor Vice-Counselor 60
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1965 Ankoku gai jingi Actor N/A
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1965 A Lonely Gamble Actor Teijiro Chigusa N/A
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1965 The Third Contest Actor Genba 58
Average
1965 The Dedicated Gunman Actor Junta Kimura N/A
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1965 The Boss Actor N/A
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1964 Two Lives, Two Yakuza Actor Seiji Nawate N/A
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1964 駿河遊侠傳 賭場荒し Actor N/A
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1964 Homeless Dog Actor N/A
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1963 Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance Actor 58
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1963 The Third Shadow Warrior Actor Sadamitsu Miki 59
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1963 Assassins for sale Actor 58
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1963 Shinsengumi Chronicles Actor Toshizo Hijikata 58
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1962 Yôki na tono-sama Actor N/A
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1962 The Lightning Sword Actor Higashinosuke Yamagata 58
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1962 Ken ni kakeru Actor N/A
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1962 The Demon of Sendai's Castle Actor N/A
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1962 Long Swords of the Loyal Forty-Seven Actor N/A
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1962 The Tragedy of a Young Warrior Actor N/A
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1962 Destiny's Son Actor Sôshi Tada 58
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1962 The Tale of Zatoichi Actor Miki Hirate 61
Fair
1962 I am the Judge Actor N/A
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1962 Kuro to aka no hanabira Actor N/A
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1961 Fire Line Actor Kuroiwa 58
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1961 南郷次郎探偵帳　影なき殺人者 Actor N/A
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1961 The Horizon Glitters Actor N/A
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1961 Ren'ai Zubari Kōza Actor N/A
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1961 Counterattack of a Queen Bee Actor Muteppô no Masa N/A
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1960 怒号する巨弾 Actor N/A
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1960 弥次喜多珍道中　中仙道の巻 Actor N/A
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1960 The Rambler Rides Again Actor N/A
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1960 トップ屋を殺せ Actor N/A
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1960 Queen Bee and College Boy Ryu Actor N/A
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1960 Jigoku Actor Shirô Shimizu 59
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1960 皇室と戦争とわが民族 Actor Lieutenant Colonel Shiizaki N/A
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1960 Yellow Line Actor Kazuhiro Moroki 58
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1960 Enigmatic Explosion of the Battleship Mutsu Actor Lt. Commander Fushimi N/A
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1960 Women of Whirlpool Island Actor 59
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1960 Beyond the Hills Actor N/A
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1960 Black Line Actor Koji Machida 58
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1959 Elegy of a Geisha Actor Hayase Chikara N/A
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1959 Quiet Dawn in the Front Actor N/A
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1959 The Ghost of Yotsuya Actor Iemon Tamiya 59
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1959 Queen of the China Sea Actor First Lieutenant Yokoyama N/A
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1959 Mukeisatsu Actor N/A
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1959 The Lady Vampire Actor Nobutaka Takenaka 58
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1959 Onna kanchō akatsuki no chōsen Actor N/A
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1959 The Pacific War and the International Military Tribunal Actor First Officer of the Yamato N/A
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1958 Queen Bee's Anger Actor Noboru Gôda 59
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1958 Poison Fang Oran Actor N/A
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1958 Secret White Line Zone Actor 58
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1958 Ghost in the Regiment Actor N/A
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1958 黄金奉行 Actor N/A
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1958 Holiday in Japan Actor N/A
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1958 Star Poisoning Case Actor N/A
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1958 Emperor & Empress Meiji and the Sino-Japanese War Actor N/A
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1958 Rusty Knife Actor 58
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1958 Queen Bee Actor Mazaki N/A
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1958 稲妻奉行 Actor N/A
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1957 Nude Actress Murder Case: Five Criminals Actor N/A
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1957 Cordon at Dawn Actor N/A
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1957 The Military Policeman and the Dismembered Beauty Actor Staff Sergeant Tsuneyoshi 59
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1957 Ghost Stories of Wanderer at Honjo Actor 58
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1957 剣聖　暁の三十六番斬り Actor N/A
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1957 Emperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese War Actor N/A
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1956 Casebook of Dandy Sashichi: Six Famous Beauties Actor Asaka Keinosuke N/A
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1956 Fearful Attack of the Flying Saucers Actor Assistant Osugi N/A
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1956 Admiral Yamamoto and the Allied Fleets Actor 58
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1956 Revenge of the Pearl Queen Actor Yûzô Yamauchi N/A
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1956 The Prosecutor and His Sister Actor N/A
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1955 Morishige no demakase shinshi Actor N/A
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1955 花眞珠 Actor N/A
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1955 Twilight Saloon Actor 59
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1955 Nonki saiban Actor N/A
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1955 Mysterious Dwarf Actor N/A
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1954 Carbine of Fear Actor N/A
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1953 Mole Alley Actor N/A
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Directing
1984 Hizoban Higasa no onna Directing Director 59
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Writing
1984 Hizoban Higasa no onna Writing Screenplay 59
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