Shigeru Amachi

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.

Cast

Zatoichi's Vengeance

(Genpachiro Kurobe)

A Lonely Gamble

(Teijiro Chigusa)

Beauty with a mysterious scar

(Kogoro Akechi)

The Beauty of the Black Narcissus

(Kogoro Akechi)

Two Lives, Two Yakuza

(Seiji Nawate)

Devilish Beauty

(Kogoro Akechi)

I am the Judge

The Beauty in the Bathroom

(Kogoro Akechi)

The Beast and the Magic Sword

(Kian)

Red Scorpion Beauty

(Kogoro Akechi)

The Tale of Zatoichi

(Miki Hirate)

Girl Boss Blues: Queen Bee's Counterattack

(Hitman)

Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance

The Tragedy of a Young Warrior

Jigoku

(Shirô Shimizu)

Shroud of Snow

(Guntaro)

Rusty Knife

Destiny's Son

(Sôshi Tada)

The Ghost of Yotsuya

(Iemon Tamiya)

Empress

Easy Money

Shinsengumi Chronicles

(Toshizo Hijikata)

君は海を見たか

Beauty of the Forbidden Fruit

(Kogoro Akechi)

Blackmail Is My Life

The Edo Fortune-Teller

Samon’s Hell Revenge: Unauthorised Jutte Records

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

Samon’s Hell Revenge: Unauthorised Jutte Records 3

Samon’s Hell Revenge: Unauthorised Jutte Records 4

Sleepy Eyes of Death 8: Sword of Villainy

(Aizen)

Kanei Command Performance

Beauty of the Land of Cherry Blossoms

(Kogoro Akechi)

Ankoku gai jingi

The Third Shadow Warrior

(Sadamitsu Miki)

Revenge of the Pearl Queen

(Yûzô Yamauchi)

White Mermaid Beauty

(Kogoro Akechi)

The Jeweled Beauty

(Kogoro Akechi)

The Beauty of the Big Clock

(Kogoro Akechi)

The Beauty at the Dressing Table

(Kogoro Akechi)

Beauty at the Bottom of the Lake

(Kogoro Akechi)

Angel and Devil Beauty

(Kogoro Akechi)

White skinned beauty

(Kogoro Akechi)

Beauty in the Flames

(Kogoro Akechi)

The Beauty of the Black Pearl

(Kogoro Akechi)

The Beauty of Heaven and Hell

(Kogoro Akechi)

Assassins for sale

Enchanted Beauty

(Kogoro Akechi)

Suruga Yūkyōden: Gambling Hall Robbery

Eight Men to Kill

(Azami Yajuro)

The Demon of Sendai's Castle

Homeless Dog

Quick-Draw Dog

Return of Gun Dog

The Lady Vampire

(Nobutaka Takenaka)

Cordon at Dawn

Beauty with White Breasts

(Kogoro Akechi)

Black Curtain

Counterattack of a Queen Bee

(Muteppô no Masa)

Sword of the Beast

(Vice-Counselor)

The Rambler Rides Again

Queen Bee

(Mazaki)

Beauty on Death Row

Fairy Beauty

(Kogoro Akechi)

Secret White Line Zone

Ghost in the Regiment

(Lieutenant Namishima)

The Military Policeman and the Dismembered Beauty

(Staff Sergeant Tsuneyoshi)

Kuro to aka no hanabira

Queen Bee's Anger

(Noboru Gôda)

Fire Line

(Kuroiwa)

Queen Bee and College Boy Ryu

Dead Angle

剣聖 暁の三十六番斬り

Emperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese War

Classmates

(Chief Navel Surgeon Mamiya)

Yellow Line

(Kazuhiro Moroki)

Ghost Stories of Wanderer at Honjo

Carbine of Fear

Beyond the Hills

Enigmatic Explosion of the Battleship Mutsu

(Lt. Commander Fushimi)

Holiday in Japan

弥次喜多珍道中 中仙道の巻

Star Poisoning Case

No Police

トップ屋を殺せ

Yakuza Hooligans

(Sugiyama)

Casebook of Detective Jiro Nango: Shadowless Murderer

Quiet Dawn in the Front

稲妻奉行

Elegy of a Geisha

(Hayase Chikara)

Nude Actress Murder Case: Five Criminals

黄金奉行

The Horizon Glitters

Kôshitsu to sensô to waga minzoku

(Lieutenant Colonel Shiizaki)

The Pacific War and the International Military Tribunal

(First Officer of the Yamato)

Twilight Saloon

Black Line

(Koji Machida)

Poison Fang Oran

Midnight Demon

The Challenge of the Female Spy Akatsuki

Nonki saiban

A Scarred Life 2: Blood Will Tell

(Ryukichi)

Mysterious Dwarf

Women of Whirlpool Island

The Gambler's Law

Mole Alley

Modern Lady Gambler

The Silent Gun

(Junta Kimura)

The Faceless Man

(Kogoro Akechi)

The Story of a Man Among Men

Showdown of Men 2

The Third Contest

(Genba)

The Boss

Queen of the China Sea

(First Lieutenant Yokoyama)

The Dedicated Gunman

(Junta Kimura)

Trigger Happy Romeo

(Junta Kimura)

Port Arthur

(Kentaro Kaneko)

Fearful Attack of the Flying Saucers

(Assistant Osugi)

Emperor & Empress Meiji and the Sino-Japanese War

Samurai Secret Agent

The Lightning Sword

(Higashinosuke Yamagata)

Showdown of Men

Long Swords of the Loyal Forty-Seven

Ken ni kakeru

Yôki na tono-sama

The Viper Brothers: Prison Gang 13

花眞珠

The Prosecutor and His Sister

Ren'ai Zubari Kōza

怒号する巨弾

Morishige is a Fake Gentleman

Admiral Yamamoto and the Allied Fleets

The Woman Gambler's Trump Card

Casebook of Dandy Sashichi: Six Famous Beauties

(Asaka Keinosuke)

The Pretty Jade

Tokyo Gambler

Headless Island

25 O'Clock in Shinjuku

(Amachi)

My Life As Music

The Psychological Test

(Akechi Kogorō)

Beauty in the Mirror Hell

(Kogoro Akechi)

Emmanuel's Beauty

Beauty of the Five-Storied Pagoda

Yakuza Wanderer: Villainous Livelihood

Casebook of Dandy Sashichi: Dead Woman's Tattoo

Professional Killers

Edogawa Rampo no bijo shirīzu

(Kogoro Akechi)

The 47 Ronins of Ako

(Wakizaka Awaji-no-Kami)

Yasei no Shōmei

Hijo no License

(会田健)

白昼の死角(TV)

Star of the Night