Shigeru Amachi
Actor
Biography
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.
As Director
Filmography
The Tale of Zatoichi
as Miki Hirate 1962
Jigoku
as Shirô Shimizu 1960
Sword of the Beast
as Vice-Counselor 1965
The Ghost of Yotsuya
as Iemon Tamiya 1959
Zatoichi's Vengeance
as Genpachiro Kurobe 1966
The Beast and the Magic Sword
as Kian 1983
Destiny's Son
as Sôshi Tada 1962
Rusty Knife
1958
Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance
1963
Port Arthur
as Kentaro Kaneko 1980
Shinsengumi Chronicles
as Toshizo Hijikata 1963
The Third Shadow Warrior
as Sadamitsu Miki 1963
Blackmail Is My Life
1968
Women of Whirlpool Island
1960
Girl Boss Blues: Queen Bee's Counterattack
as Hitman 1971
The Lady Vampire
as Nobutaka Takenaka 1959
Sleepy Eyes of Death 8: Sword of Villainy
as Aizen 1966