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Shigeru Amachi

Shigeru Amachi

Birthday: 1931-03-04 | Place of Birth: 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 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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2000
Jigoku

as    Shirô Shimizu

1985
The Psychological Test

as    Akechi Kogorō

1984
Beauty of the Forbidden Fruit

as    Kogoro Akechi

1983
1983
Angel and Devil Beauty

as    Kogoro Akechi

1982
The Beauty of Heaven and Hell

as    Kogoro Akechi

1982
Beauty at the Bottom of the Lake

as    Kogoro Akechi

1981
Beauty with White Breasts

as    Kogoro Akechi

1981
Beauty in the Mirror Hell

as    Kogoro Akechi

1980
Enchanted Beauty

as    Kogoro Akechi

1980
Beauty of the Land of Cherry Blossoms

as    Kogoro Akechi

1979
The Jeweled Beauty

as    Kogoro Akechi

1979
The Beauty of the Big Clock

as    Kogoro Akechi

1979
Red Scorpion Beauty

as    Kogoro Akechi

1979
Devilish Beauty

as    Kogoro Akechi

1979
The 47 Ronins of Ako

as    Wakizaka Awaji-no-Kami