Shigeru Amachi
Acting
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.
Known for
1985Beauty with a mysterious scar
Kogoro Akechi
1985The Beauty of the Black Pearl
Kogoro Akechi
1985The Psychological Test
Akechi Kogorō
1984Beauty of the Forbidden Fruit
Kogoro Akechi
1984Beauty in the Flames
Kogoro Akechi
1984Midnight Demon
1984The Story of a Man Among Men
1983The Beast and the Magic Sword
Kian
1983Empress
1983Kanei Command Performance
1983Angel and Devil Beauty
Kogoro Akechi
1983White skinned beauty
Kogoro Akechi
1983Samurai Secret Agent
1982The Edo Fortune-Teller
1982The Beauty at the Dressing Table
Kogoro Akechi
1982The Beauty of Heaven and Hell
Kogoro Akechi
1982Beauty at the Bottom of the Lake
Kogoro Akechi
1981Beauty with White Breasts
Kogoro Akechi
1981Beauty in the Mirror Hell
Kogoro Akechi
1981Beauty of the Five-Storied Pagoda
1980Beauty of the Land of Cherry Blossoms
Kogoro Akechi
1980Enchanted Beauty
Kogoro Akechi
1980Port Arthur
Kentaro Kaneko
1980Emmanuel's Beauty
