Actor
Shigeru Amachi
March 4, 1931 · 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.
Often works with
Saburo Date
6 titles together
Zatoichi's Vengeance, Destiny's Son, Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance
Yōko Mihara
5 titles together
Sword of the Beast, Blackmail Is My Life, Women of Whirlpool Island
Raizō Ichikawa
5 titles together
Destiny's Son, Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance, The Third Shadow Warrior
Masayo Banri
4 titles together
The Tale of Zatoichi, Destiny's Son, The Third Shadow Warrior
Ryūzō Shimada
4 titles together
The Tale of Zatoichi, The Third Shadow Warrior, Shinsengumi Chronicles
Jun Fujikawa
4 titles together
The Tale of Zatoichi, Zatoichi's Vengeance, Destiny's Son
Full filmography · 134
Sunday Horror Series Best Selection 2
cast
2020
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
1985
The Story of a Man Among Men
cast
1984
Beauty in the Flames
as Kogoro Akechi
1984
Midnight Demon
cast
1984
Hizoban Higasa no onna
Director
1984
Beauty of the Forbidden Fruit
as Kogoro Akechi
1984
Samurai Secret Agent
cast
1983
The Beast and the Magic Sword
as Kian
19835.3
Kanei Command Performance
cast
1983