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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)

Mysterious Scar Beauty

The Beauty of the Black Narcissus

(明智小五郎)

Two Lives, Two Yakuza

(Seiji Nawate)

Demonic Beauty

(明智小五郎)

俺が裁くんだ

The Beauty in the Bathroom

The Beast and the Magic Sword

(Kian)

Hôseki no bijo: Edogawa Ranpo Hakuhatsuki yori

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

禁断の実の美女

Blackmail Is My Life

The Edo Fortune-Teller

Samon’s Hell Revenge: Unauthorised Jutte Records

Samon’s Hell Revenge: Unauthorised Jutte Records 3

Samon’s Hell Revenge: Unauthorised Jutte Records 4

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

Sleepy Eyes of Death 8: Sword of Villainy

(Aizen)

Kanei Command Performance

江戸川乱歩の黄金仮面II/桜の国の美女

Ankoku gai jingi

The Third Shadow Warrior

(Sadamitsu Miki)

Revenge of the Pearl Queen

(Yûzô Yamauchi)

江戸川乱歩「緑衣の鬼」より 白い人魚の美女

Gem Beauty

大時計の美女 江戸川乱歩の「幽霊塔」

The Beauty of the Makeup Stage

天使と悪魔の美女 江戸川乱歩の「白昼夢」

Beauty in the Flame

White skinned beauty

The Beauty of Heaven and Hell

The Beauty of Black Pearl

Beauty at the Bottom of the Lake

Assassins for sale

Edogawa Ranpo Series Fascinated Beauty

駿河遊侠傳 賭場荒し

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

Edogawa Ranpo's Beauty Series: Beautiful Woman with White Breasts Edogawa Ranpo's "Hell's Clown"

(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)

Fairy Beauty

死刑台の美女

Secret White Line Zone

Ghost in the Regiment

The Military Policeman and the Dismembered Beauty

(Staff Sergeant Tsuneyoshi)

Queen Bee's Anger

(Noboru Gôda)

Kuro to aka no hanabira

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

kyôfu no kâbin jû

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

Sutâ dokusatsu jiken

Mukeisatsu

トップ屋を殺せ

Yakuza Hooligans

(Sugiyama)

南郷次郎探偵帳 影なき殺人者

Quiet Dawn in the Front

稲妻奉行

Elegy of a Geisha

(Hayase Chikara)

Nude Actress Murder Case: Five Criminals

The Horizon Glitters

黄金奉行

皇室と戦争とわが民族

(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

Onna kanchō akatsuki no chōsen

Nonki saiban

A Scarred Life 2: Blood Will Tell

(Ryukichi)

Mysterious Pygmy

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 Kôza

怒号する巨弾

Morishige no demakase shinshi

Admiral Yamamoto and the Allied Fleets

The Woman Gambler's Trump Card

Casebooks of Dandy Sashichi: 6 Famous Beauties

(Asaka Keinosuke)

The Pretty Jade

Tokyo Gambler

Professional Killers

Edogawa Rampo no bijo shirīzu

(Kogoro Akechi)

The 47 Ronins of Ako

(Wakizaka Awaji-no-Kami)

Yasei no Shōmei