Shigeru Amachi

Shigeru Amachi

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.

Personal info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1931-03-04

Place of birth

Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan

Images

Cast

Jigoku

Jigoku

1960

6.40

Rusty Knife

Rusty Knife

1958

5.90

Empress

Empress

1983

2.00

Easy Money

Easy Money

1970

0.00

Gem Beauty

Gem Beauty

1979

0.00

Homeless Dog

Homeless Dog

1964

0.00

Queen Bee

Queen Bee

1958

0.00

Fairy Beauty

Fairy Beauty

1978

0.00

Fire Line

Fire Line

1961

3.70

Dead Angle

Dead Angle

1979

7.00

Classmates

Classmates

1967

6.50

Yellow Line

Yellow Line

1960

7.00

Mukeisatsu

Mukeisatsu

1959

0.00

稲妻奉行

稲妻奉行

1958

0.00

黄金奉行

黄金奉行

1958

0.00

Black Line

Black Line

1960

5.50

Nonki saiban

Nonki saiban

1955

0.00

Mole Alley

Mole Alley

1953

0.00

The Boss

The Boss

1965

0.00

Port Arthur

Port Arthur

1980

7.30

花眞珠

花眞珠

1955

0.00