Actor

Shigeru Amachi

1953–present1931–1985DramaCrimeActionHorror

Chronicler of the Human Condition

Also directed 1 film ↗Also wrote 1 screenplay ↗

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Filmography

1985Beauty with a Mysterious ScarKogoro Akechi 1985The Beauty of the Black PearlKogoro Akechi 1985The Psychological TestAkechi Kogorō 1984Beauty of the Forbidden FruitKogoro Akechi 1984Samon’s Hell Revenge: Unauthorised Jutte Records 4 1984Beauty in the FlamesKogoro Akechi 1984Midnight Demon

About

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

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1984Hizoban Higasa no onna

As Screenwriter

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1984Hizoban Higasa no onna

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