Shigeru Amachi
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.
Acting
Movie
The Tale of Zatoichi
as Miki Hirate
1962
Movie
Jigoku
as Shirô Shimizu
1960
Movie
Sword of the Beast
as Vice-Counselor
1965
Movie
The Ghost of Yotsuya
as Iemon Tamiya
1959
Movie
Zatoichi's Vengeance
as Genpachiro Kurobe
1966
Movie
The Beast and the Magic Sword
as Kian
1983
Movie
Destiny's Son
as Sôshi Tada
1962
Movie
Rusty Knife
1958
Movie
Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance
as Nobutada
1963
Movie
The Third Shadow Warrior
as Sadamitsu Miki
1963
Movie
Port Arthur
as Kentaro Kaneko
1980
Movie
Shinsengumi Chronicles
as Toshizo Hijikata
1963
Movie
Blackmail Is My Life
1968
Movie
Women of Whirlpool Island
1960
Movie
Girl Boss Blues: Queen Bee's Counterattack
as Hitman
1971
Movie
The Lady Vampire
as Nobutaka Takenaka
1959
Movie
Sleepy Eyes of Death 8: Sword of Villainy
as Aizen
1966
Movie
Black Line
as Koji Machida
1960
Movie
Fire Line
as Kuroiwa
1961
Movie
Shroud of Snow
as Guntaro
1967
Movie
Queen Bee's Anger
as Noboru Gôda
1958
Movie
Classmates
as Chief Navel Surgeon Mamiya
1967
Movie
Yellow Line
as Kazuhiro Moroki
1960
Movie
Ghost Stories of Wanderer at Honjo
1957
