Shigeru Amachi
b. 1931 — d. 1985 (aged 54)
Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan
Actor
Director
Writer
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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Filmography
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★ 5.8
Shura no mure
1984 Actor
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Jigoku no Samon: Jitte buraichô 4 - Koe o nusumareta musume
1984 Actor
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Hizoban Higasa no onna
1984 Director
Writer
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★ 5.8
The Beast and the Magic Sword
1983 Actor
Kian
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★ 6.8
Samurai Secret Agent
1983 Actor
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Jigoku no Samon: Jitte buraichô 3 - Onna bosatsu kuyô
1983 Actor
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Jigoku no Samon: Jitte buraichô 2 - Shôgun ansatsu!
1983 Actor
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Empress
1983 Actor
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Kanei Command Performance
1983 Actor
Matsudaira Izu-no-kami
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Jûrokumon karasudô - Edo uranai nzo o kiru
1982 Actor
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Jigoku no Samon - Jitte buraichô 1
1982 Actor
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Yami wo Kire
1981 Actor
Shoujiro Torii
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★ 6.8
Dead Angle
1979 Actor
Fukunaga
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★ 7.4
Hôseki no bijo: Edogawa Ranpo Hakuhatsuki yori
1979 Actor
Kogorô Akechi
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★ 6.2
Akô Rôshi
1979 Actor
Wakizaka Awaji-no-Kami
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Hakuchû no shikaku
1979 Actor
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Edo no kiba
1979 Actor
Seishirô Tsurugi
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★ 6.2
Edogawa Rampo no bijo
1977 Actor
Ryosuke Oki
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Mushuku Zamurai
1973 Actor
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★ 6.8
Shôwa onna bakuto
1972 Actor
Shimazaki Yuzo
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★ 6.8
Mamushi no kyôdai: Chôeki jûsankai
1972 Actor
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The Shin Hasegawa Series
1972 Actor
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★ 5.9
Girl Boss Blues: Queen Bee's Counterattack
1971 Actor
Masaya Doi,Hitman
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★ 7.1
Kizu darake no jinsei - Furui yatsu de gonzansu
1971 Actor
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Kimi wa umi o mita ka
1971 Actor
Ichirô Mashiko
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My Life as Music Starring Keiko Fuji
1971 Actor
Ishinaka
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Tange Sazen
1970 Actor
Kiri no Yasaburô
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Easy Money
1970 Actor
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Pursuit of Murder: Shinjuku's 25th Hour
1969 Actor
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Yakuza Wanderer: Villainous Livelihood
1969 Actor
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Sasurai
1969 Actor
Takuya Misaki
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Yoru no shuyaku
1968 Actor
Shûji Ogata
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★ 7.2
The Shroud of Snow
1967 Actor
Guntaro
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★ 6.8
Quick-Draw Dog
1967 Actor
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The Silent Gun
1967 Actor
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Tokyo Gambler
1967 Actor
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Otoko no shôbu: Niô no irezumi
1967 Actor
Isaburô Takii
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Kyôkaku-dô
1967 Actor
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★ 7.2
Zatoichi's Vengeance
1966 Actor
Genpachiro Kuroda
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★ 6.5
Sleepy Eyes of Death: Sword of Villainy
1966 Actor
Aizen
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★ 7.2
Yakuza gurentai
1966 Actor
Sugiyama Hidori
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Black Curtain
1966 Actor
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Otoko no shôbu
1966 Actor
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Jiken kisha
1966 Actor
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'Kûhaku no kiten' yori: Onna wa fukushû suru
1966 Actor
Jun'ichi Nitta
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★ 7.5
Sword of the Beast
1965 Actor
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★ 7.4
The Boss
1965 Actor
Akira Hanaoka
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★ 6.2
Mondonosuke Sanban Shobu
1965 Actor
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★ 7.4
Gun Dog
1965 Actor
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Badge of the Night
1965 Actor
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Ankoku gai jingi
1965 Actor
Tatsuo Kaburagi
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★ 6.3
Homeless Dog
1964 Actor
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Imo samurai: Kani uemon
1964 Actor
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Ryûko ichi-dai
1964 Actor
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Suruga yûkyôden: Toba arashi
1964 Actor
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The Life of the Great Emperor Meiji
1964 Actor
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Ryu ko ichidai
1964 Actor
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★ 7.1
Shinobi No Mono 2: Vengeance
1963 Actor
Nobutada
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★ 7.5
The Third Shadow Warrior
1963 Actor
Sadamitsu Miki
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★ 6.7
Shinsengumi Chronicles
1963 Actor
Toshizô Hijikata
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Hitokiri ichiba
1963 Actor
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Yaburegasa Choan
1963 Actor
Fujikake Dojuro
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Edo mujô
1963 Actor
Tatsunosuke Kondô
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★ 7.6
The Tale of Zatoichi
1962 Actor
Miki Hirate
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★ 7.1
Destiny's Son
1962 Actor
Sôshi Tada
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★ 6.6
Nukiuchi garasu
1962 Actor
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Kuro to aka no hanabira
1962 Actor
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The Devil of Aoba Castle
1962 Actor
Rokurôbei Kakizaki
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Ore ga sabaku n da
1962 Actor
Okitsu
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Hiren no wakamusha
1962 Actor
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The Cheerful Lord
1962 Actor
Tamon Kateda
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Betting on the Sword
1962 Actor
Shichirota Terada
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★ 6.1
Kasen chitai
1961 Actor
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★ 7.3
Chiheisen ga giragira'
1961 Actor
Matsuda Professor
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★ 7.0
Joôbachi no gyakushû
1961 Actor
Muteppô no Masa
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Ren'ai zubari kôza - Dai-Ichi-wa: Kechinbo
1961 Actor
Richman Co. President Tomita
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Umi yo orera no uta ni nake
1961 Actor
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Mittei
1961 Actor
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Kenka Tarô
1961 Actor
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Nangô Jirô tantei-chô: Kage naki satsujinsha
1961 Actor
Jirô Nangô
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★ 6.7
The Sinners of Hell
1960 Actor
Shirô Shimizu
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★ 6.8
Kurosen chitai
1960 Actor
Kôji Machida
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★ 7.0
Ôsen chitai
1960 Actor
The Gangster
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★ 6.2
Daisogen no wataridori
1960 Actor
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★ 6.6
Joôbachi to daigaku no ryû
1960 Actor
Komagata
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★ 6.2
Nyotai uzumaki-shima
1960 Actor
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★ 6.4
Taiheiyô Sensô: Nazo no senkan Mutsu
1960 Actor
Naval officer
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Shôjozuma: Osoru beki jûroku sai
1960 Actor
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Beyond the Hills
1960 Actor
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Top ya o korose
1960 Actor
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Dogô suru kyodan
1960 Actor
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★ 7.0
The Ghost of Yotsuya
1959 Actor
Iemon Tamiya
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★ 5.8
The Woman Vampire
1959 Actor
Shiro Sofue
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★ 7.8
Daitoa senso to kokusai saiban
1959 Actor
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Onna kanchô akatsuki no chôsen
1959 Actor
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Queen of the China Sea
1959 Actor
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Elegy of a Geisha
1959 Actor
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Shizuka nari akatsuki no senjô
1959 Actor
Japanese Lt. Kunii
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Mukeisatsu
1959 Actor
Kôichi Kitamura
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★ 6.3
Kenpei to yûrei
1958 Actor