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Shigeru Amachi

Name in Native Language: "天知 茂" (Japanese/JA)
Actor | * 03/04/1931 († 54, 07/27/1985) | 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. ()

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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Most frequent genres for this person: Crime | Drama | Action

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Nikkatsu Roman Porno. ...

Hizoban Higasa no onna

Certification unknown

1984 | 56min
 
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As winds of change sweep Japan, an honest man joins the Shinsenhumi out of admiration for its leader and because he wants to live and die as a samurai. However, as his involvement grows, reality and i ...

Shinsengumi Chronicles

Certification unknown

1963 | 3.3/5 | 1h 33min
Action, Thriller, War
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The ghost of a samurai's wife takes revenge on her husband. ...

The Ghost of Yotsuya

Certification unknown

1959 | 3.4/5 | 1h 16min
Horror
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Daichūshingura is a television dramatization of the events of the Forty-seven Ronin. The first episode aired on January 5, 1971, and the 52nd and final episode appeared on December 28 of the same yea ...

Epic Chushingura

Certification unknown

1971 | 47min per episode
Drama
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Movies with Shigeru Amachi as Actor(83)

1984 The Story of a Man Among Men
as Kian1983 The Beast and the Magic Sword
1983 Samurai Secret Agent
1983 Empress
as Kentaro Kaneko1980 Port Arthur
1979 Dead Angle
as Kogoro Akechi1977 The Faceless Man
1972 The Viper Brothers: Clown Princes of Crime
as Azami Yajuro1972 Bounty Hunter 3: Eight Men to Kill
as Ryukichi1972 A Scarred Life 2: Blood Will Tell
1972 Modern Lady Gambler
as Hitman1971 Girl Boss Blues: Queen Bee's Counterattack
1970 Easy Money
1969 The Woman Gambler's Trump Card
1968 Blackmail Is My Life
as Guntaro1967 Shroud of Snow
1967 Quick-Draw Dog
1967 The Gambler's Law
as Chief Navel Surgeon Mamiya1967 Classmates
1967 Showdown of Men 2
as Junta Kimura1967 The Silent Gun
as Aizen1966 Sleepy Eyes of Death 8: Sword of Villainy
as Genpachiro Kurobe1966 Zatoichi's Vengeance
as Sugiyama1966 Yakuza Hooligans
1966 Showdown of Men
as Junta Kimura1965 The Dedicated Gunman
as Genba1965 The Third Contest
1965 The Boss
1965 Sword of the Beast
as Junta Kimura1965 Trigger Happy Romeo
1964 駿河遊侠傳 賭場荒し
as Seiji Nawate1964 Two Lives, Two Yakuza
1964 Homeless Dog
as Sadamitsu Miki1963 The Third Shadow Warrior
1963 Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance
as Toshizo Hijikata1963 Shinsengumi Chronicles
as Higashinosuke Yamagata1962 The Lightning Sword
1962 Kuro to aka no hanabira
1962 Long Swords of the Loyal Forty-Seven
as Miki Hirate1962 The Tale of Zatoichi
1962 Ken ni kakeru
1962 Yôki na tono-sama
as Sôshi Tada1962 Destiny's Son
as Muteppô no Masa1961 Counterattack of a Queen Bee
1961 The Horizon Glitters
as Kuroiwa1961 Fire Line
1961 南郷次郎探偵帳　影なき殺人者
as Lt. Commander Fushimi1960 Enigmatic Explosion of the Battleship Mutsu
as Shirô Shimizu1960 Jigoku
as Kazuhiro Moroki1960 Yellow Line
1960 Queen Bee and College Boy Ryu
1960 怒号する巨弾
1960 The Rambler Rides Again
as Koji Machida1960 Black Line
1960 Women of Whirlpool Island
1960 大虐殺
as First Lieutenant Yokoyama1959 Queen of the China Sea
as First Officer of the Yamato1959 The Pacific War and the International Military Tribunal
as Nobutaka Takenaka1959 The Lady Vampire
as Iemon Tamiya1959 The Ghost of Yotsuya
1959 Quiet Dawn in the Front
1959 Mukeisatsu
1958 Emperor & Empress Meiji and the Sino-Japanese War
1958 Sutâ dokusatsu jiken
1958 Rusty Knife
1958 Ghost in the Regiment
as Mazaki1958 Queen Bee
1958 Secret White Line Zone
1958 Poison Fang Oran
as Noboru Gôda1958 Queen Bee's Anger
as Staff Sergeant Tsuneyoshi1957 The Military Policeman and the Dismembered Beauty
1957 Ghost Stories of Wanderer at Honjo
1957 Cordon at Dawn
1957 Nude Actress Murder Case: Five Criminals
1957 Emperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese War
as Yûzô Yamauchi1956 Revenge of the Pearl Queen
1956 Admiral Yamamoto and the Allied Fleets
as Asaka Keinosuke1956 Casebooks of Dandy Sashichi: 6 Famous Beauties
as Assistant Osugi1956 Fearful Attack of the Flying Saucers
1955 Twilight Saloon
1955 Morishige no demakase shinshi
1955 Mysterious Pygmy
1953 Mole Alley

Movies with Shigeru Amachi as Crew(2)

Directing/Director1984 Hizoban Higasa no onna
Writing/Screenplay1984 Hizoban Higasa no onna

Citizenship: Japan
Born: Wednesday, 03/04 1931 (March) in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture (Japan)
Died: Saturday, 07/27 1985 (July) in Shibuya-ku (aged: 54)
Zodiac sign: Pisces (Chinese zodiac sign: Goat)
Languages: Japanese (JA)
Educated at: Toho Academy
Other names for Shigeru Amachi (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"天知茂"
"Jun Utsugi"
"臼井 登"
"あまち しげる" (Kana/Japanese)
Shigeru Amachi frequently works together with these people:
Mitsugu Ôkura (20x, Crew)
Yōko Mihara (17x, Actress)
Teruo Ishii (15x, Crew)
Toshio Hosokawa (13x, Actor)
Masao Takamatsu (13x, Cast)
Tetsurō Tamba (12x, Actor)
Ken Utsui (12x, Actor)
Hiroshi Ayukawa (11x, Actor)
Hiroshi Hayashi (11x, Actor)
Jun Ôtomo (11x, Actor)
Hiroshi Izumida (10x, Actor)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:91595, Added: 05/27/2018, Last updated: 04/14/2024