Shigeru Amachi

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Shigeru Amachi

Acting March 4, 1931

Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan

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 a…

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The Tale of Zatoichi

The Tale of Zatoichi

7.3 1962 Movie
Jigoku

Jigoku

6.4 1960 Movie
Sword of the Beast

Sword of the Beast

7.5 1965 Movie
Professional Killers

Professional Killers

8.0 1972 TV Show
Ghost Story of Yotsuya

Ghost Story of Yotsuya

6.5 1959 Movie
Edogawa Rampo no bijo shirīzu

Edogawa Rampo no bijo shirīzu

1977 TV Show
Zatoichi's Vengeance

Zatoichi's Vengeance

7.0 1966 Movie
The Beast and the Magic Sword

The Beast and the Magic Sword

5.3 1983 Movie
Destiny's Son

Destiny's Son

6.8 1962 Movie
Port Arthur

Port Arthur

7.4 1980 Movie
Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance

Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance

6.9 1963 Movie
Rusty Knife

Rusty Knife

5.9 1958 Movie

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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.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2020
    Sunday Horror Series Best Selection 2

    Movie

  2. 1985
    The Psychological Test

    Movie Akechi Kogorō

  3. 1985
    The Beauty of the Black Pearl

    Movie Kogoro Akechi

  4. 1985
    Beauty with a Mysterious Scar

    Movie Kogoro Akechi

  5. 1984
    The Story of a Man Among Men

    Movie

  6. 1984
    Beauty in the Flames

    Movie Kogoro Akechi

  7. 1984
    Midnight Demon

    Movie

  8. 1984
    Samon’s Hell Revenge: Unauthorised Jutte Records 4

    Movie

  9. 1984
    Hizoban Higasa no onna

    Movie Director

  10. 1984
    Beauty of the Forbidden Fruit

    Movie Kogoro Akechi

  11. 1983
    Samon’s Hell Revenge: Unauthorised Jutte Records 3

    Movie

  12. 1983
    Samurai Secret Agent

    Movie

  13. 1983
    The Beast and the Magic Sword

    Movie Kian

  14. 1983
    Kanei Command Performance

    Movie

  15. 1983
    Empress

    Movie

  16. 1983
    White skinned beauty

    Movie Kogoro Akechi

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  1. 1983
    Samon’s Hell Revenge: Unauthorised Jutte Records 2 - The Assassination of the Shogun

    Movie

  2. 1983
    Angel and Devil Beauty

    Movie Kogoro Akechi

  3. 1982
    Beauty at the Bottom of the Lake

    Movie Kogoro Akechi

  4. 1982
    The Edo Fortune-Teller

    Movie

  5. 1982
    Samon’s Hell Revenge: Unauthorised Jutte Records

    Movie

  6. 1982
    The Beauty at the Dressing Table

    Movie Kogoro Akechi

  7. 1982
    The Beauty of Heaven and Hell

    Movie Kogoro Akechi

  8. 1981
    Beauty with White Breasts

    Movie Kogoro Akechi

  9. 1981
    Beauty in the Mirror Hell

    Movie Kogoro Akechi

  10. 1981
    Beauty of the Five-Storied Pagoda

    Movie

  11. 1980
    Enchanted Beauty

    Movie Kogoro Akechi

  12. 1980
    Emmanuel's Beauty

    Movie

  13. 1980
    Port Arthur

    Movie Kentaro Kaneko

  14. 1980
    Beauty of the Land of Cherry Blossoms

    Movie Kogoro Akechi

  15. 1979
    The Beauty of the Big Clock

    Movie Kogoro Akechi

  16. 1979
    江戸の牙

    TV show

  17. 1979
    Red Scorpion Beauty

    Movie Kogoro Akechi

  18. 1979
    Dead Angle

    Movie

  19. 1979
    The 47 Ronins of Ako

    TV show Wakizaka Awaji-no-Kami

  20. 1979
    Devilish Beauty

    Movie Kogoro Akechi

  21. 1979
    Yasei no Shōmei

    TV show

  22. 1979
    The Jeweled Beauty

    Movie Kogoro Akechi

  23. 1978
    Fairy Beauty

    Movie Kogoro Akechi

  24. 1978
    The Beauty of the Black Narcissus

    Movie Kogoro Akechi