Shigeru Amachi
149 movies · 8 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Mar 4, 1931
- Died
- Jul 27, 1985 (age 54)
- Place of birth
- Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan
- Also known as
- Jun Utsugi · Jun Uzuki · 宇寿木純
Biography
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.
Profiles IMDb
Known for
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★ 7.3 The Tale of Zatoichi
1962 · Film
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★ 6.3 Jigoku
1960 · Film
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★ 7.5 Sword of the Beast
1965 · Film
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★ 6.5 Ghost Story of Yotsuya
1959 · Film
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★ 7.0 Zatoichi's Vengeance
1966 · Film
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★ 5.3 The Beast and the Magic Sword
1983 · Film
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★ 6.8 Destiny's Son
1962 · Film
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★ 6.9 Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance
1963 · Film
Shigeru Amachi: movies and TV shows
Acting (156)
- Upcoming
- 2020
- 1985 The Psychological Test
as Akechi Kogorō
- 1985 The Beauty of the Black Pearl
as Kogoro Akechi
- 1985 Beauty with a Mysterious Scar
as Kogoro Akechi
- 1984
- 1984 Beauty in the Flames
as Kogoro Akechi
- 1984
- 1984
- 1984 Beauty of the Forbidden Fruit
as Kogoro Akechi
- 1983
- 1983
- 1983 The Beast and the Magic Sword
as Kian
- 1983
- 1983
- 1983 White skinned beauty
as Kogoro Akechi
- 1983
- 1983 Angel and Devil Beauty
as Kogoro Akechi
- 1982 Beauty at the Bottom of the Lake
as Kogoro Akechi
- 1982
- 1982
- 1982 The Beauty at the Dressing Table
as Kogoro Akechi
- 1982 The Beauty of Heaven and Hell
as Kogoro Akechi
- 1981 Beauty with White Breasts
as Kogoro Akechi
- 1981 Beauty in the Mirror Hell
as Kogoro Akechi
- 1981
- 1980 Enchanted Beauty
as Kogoro Akechi
- 1980
- 1980 Port Arthur
as Kentaro Kaneko
- 1980 Beauty of the Land of Cherry Blossoms
as Kogoro Akechi
- 1979 The Beauty of the Big Clock
as Kogoro Akechi
- 1979
- 1979 Red Scorpion Beauty
as Kogoro Akechi
- 1979
- 1979
- 1979 Devilish Beauty
as Kogoro Akechi
- 1979
- 1979 The Jeweled Beauty
as Kogoro Akechi
- 1978 Fairy Beauty
as Kogoro Akechi
- 1978 The Beauty of the Black Narcissus
as Kogoro Akechi
- 1978
- 1978 White Mermaid Beauty
as Kogoro Akechi
- 1978
- 1978 The Beauty in the Bathroom
as Kogoro Akechi
- 1977 The Faceless Man
as Kogoro Akechi
- 1977
- 1973
- 1972 Eight Men to Kill
as Azami Yajuro
- 1972
- 1972
- 1972
- 1972 A Scarred Life 2: Blood Will Tell
as Ryukichi
- 1971
- 1971
- 1971
- 1970
- 1969
- 1969
- 1969 25 O'Clock in Shinjuku
as Amachi
- 1968
- 1968
- 1967 The Silent Gun
as Junta Kimura
- 1967 Classmates
as Chief Navel Surgeon Mamiya
- 1967
- 1967
- 1967
- 1967
- 1967 Shroud of Snow
as Guntaro
- 1966
- 1966
- 1966
- 1966 Yakuza Hooligans
as Sugiyama
- 1966 Zatoichi's Vengeance
as Genpachiro Kurobe
- 1966
- 1966
- 1965 Trigger Happy Romeo
as Junta Kimura
- 1965 Sword of the Beast
as Vice-Counselor
- 1965
- 1965 A Lonely Gamble
as Teijiro Chigusa
- 1965 The Third Contest
as Genba
- 1965 The Dedicated Gunman
as Junta Kimura
- 1965
- 1964 Two Lives, Two Yakuza
as Seiji Nawate
- 1964
- 1964
- 1964
- 1963 Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance
as Nobutada
- 1963 The Third Shadow Warrior
as Sadamitsu Miki
- 1963
- 1963 Shinsengumi Chronicles
as Toshizo Hijikata
- 1962
- 1962 The Lightning Sword
as Higashinosuke Yamagata
- 1962
- 1962
- 1962
- 1962
- 1962 Destiny's Son
as Sôshi Tada
- 1962 The Tale of Zatoichi
as Miki Hirate
- 1962
- 1962
- 1961 Fire Line
as Kuroiwa
- 1961
- 1961
- 1961
- 1961 Counterattack of a Queen Bee
as Muteppô no Masa
- 1960
- 1960
- 1960
- 1960
- 1960
- 1960
- 1960 Jigoku
as Shirô Shimizu
- 1960 Kôshitsu to sensô to waga minzoku
as Lieutenant Colonel Shiizaki
- 1960 Yellow Line
as Kazuhiro Moroki
- 1960 Enigmatic Explosion of the Battleship Mutsu
as Lt. Commander Fushimi
- 1960
- 1960
- 1960 Black Line
as Koji Machida
- 1959 Elegy of a Geisha
as Hayase Chikara
- 1959
- 1959 Ghost Story of Yotsuya
as Iemon Tamiya
- 1959 Queen of the China Sea
as First Lieutenant Yokoyama
- 1959
- 1959 The Lady Vampire
as Nobutaka Takenaka
- 1959
- 1959 The Pacific War and the International Military Tribunal
as First Officer of the Yamato
- 1958 Queen Bee's Anger
as Noboru Gôda
- 1958
- 1958
- 1958
- 1958 Ghost in the Regiment
as Lieutenant Namishima
- 1958
- 1958
- 1958
- 1958
- 1958
- 1958 Queen Bee
as Mazaki
- 1958
- 1957
- 1957
- 1957 The Military Policeman and the Dismembered Beauty
as Staff Sergeant Tsuneyoshi
- 1957
- 1957
- 1957
- 1956 Casebook of Dandy Sashichi: Six Famous Beauties
as Asaka Keinosuke
- 1956 Fearful Attack of the Flying Saucers
as Assistant Osugi
- 1956
- 1956 Revenge of the Pearl Queen
as Yûzô Yamauchi
- 1956
- 1955
- 1955
- 1955
- 1955
- 1955
- 1954
- 1953
Behind the camera (1)
- 1984 Hizoban Higasa no onna
Director, Screenplay