Shigeru Amachi
Born in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan — Mar 04 1931• Died Jul 27 1985
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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 st…
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Professional Killers
Edogawa Rampo no bijo shirīzu
Kogoro Akechi
The 47 Ronins of Ako
Wakizaka Awaji-no-Kami
Star of the Night
Yasei no Shōmei
Port Arthur
Kentaro Kaneko
The Tale of Zatoichi
Miki Hirate
Mole Alley
Dead Angle
Blackmail Is My Life
Rusty Knife
Mysterious Dwarf
Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance
Zatoichi's Vengeance
Genpachiro Kurobe
Emperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese War
Hijo no License
会田健
Nonki saiban
Classmates
Chief Navel Surgeon Mamiya
The Story of a Man Among Men
Admiral Yamamoto and the Allied Fleets
Sword of the Beast
Vice-Counselor
Emperor & Empress Meiji and the Sino-Japanese War
Shinsengumi Chronicles
Toshizo Hijikata
Sleepy Eyes of Death 8: Sword of Villainy
Aizen
Two Lives, Two Yakuza
Seiji Nawate
Showdown of Men 2
The Lightning Sword
Higashinosuke Yamagata
The Boss
Holiday in Japan
Fearful Attack of the Flying Saucers
Assistant Osugi
The Edo Fortune-Teller
白昼の死角(TV)
I am the Judge
The Third Shadow Warrior
Sadamitsu Miki
Samon’s Hell Revenge: Unauthorised Jutte Records 2 - The Assassination of the Shogun
Jigoku
Shirô Shimizu
The Beauty of Heaven and Hell
Kogoro Akechi
The Lady Vampire
Nobutaka Takenaka
花眞珠
Showdown of Men
The Pretty Jade
Long Swords of the Loyal Forty-Seven
The Viper Brothers: Prison Gang 13
The Prosecutor and His Sister
Beauty in the Flames
Kogoro Akechi
Quick-Draw Dog
The Beauty of the Black Narcissus
Kogoro Akechi
The Pacific War and the International Military Tribunal
First Officer of the Yamato
Girl Boss Blues: Queen Bee's Counterattack
Hitman
The Third Contest
Genba
Devilish Beauty
Kogoro Akechi
The Ghost of Yotsuya
Iemon Tamiya
Empress
Homeless Dog
The Gambler's Law
Twilight Saloon
Ankoku gai jingi
Modern Lady Gambler
Destiny's Son
Sôshi Tada
Fire Line
Kuroiwa
Assassins for sale
Nude Actress Murder Case: Five Criminals
Ghost in the Regiment
Lieutenant Namishima
Beauty of the Land of Cherry Blossoms
Kogoro Akechi
Yellow Line
Kazuhiro Moroki
Kuro to aka no hanabira
黄金奉行
Star Poisoning Case
25 O'Clock in Shinjuku
Amachi
The Jeweled Beauty
Kogoro Akechi
Red Scorpion Beauty
Kogoro Akechi
The Beauty in the Bathroom
Kogoro Akechi
Beauty with White Breasts
Kogoro Akechi
The Silent Gun
Junta Kimura
Ren'ai Zubari Kōza
Quiet Dawn in the Front
Ken ni kakeru
Casebook of Dandy Sashichi: Dead Woman's Tattoo
Trigger Happy Romeo
Junta Kimura
Suruga Yūkyōden: Gambling Hall Robbery
Easy Money
Enchanted Beauty
Kogoro Akechi
Fairy Beauty
Kogoro Akechi
Queen Bee's Anger
Noboru Gôda
The Demon of Sendai's Castle
Hizoban Higasa no onna
Directing
A Lonely Gamble
Teijiro Chigusa
The Woman Gambler's Trump Card
Secret White Line Zone
Eight Men to Kill
Azami Yajuro
A Scarred Life 2: Blood Will Tell
Ryukichi
Midnight Demon
The Faceless Man
Kogoro Akechi
The Tragedy of a Young Warrior
Beauty at the Bottom of the Lake
Kogoro Akechi
君は海を見たか
Roar of the Bullets
The Challenge of the Female Spy Akatsuki
Morishige is a Fake Gentleman
トップ屋を殺せ
The Rambler Rides Again
Black Curtain
Beyond the Hills
Angel and Devil Beauty
Kogoro Akechi
The Dedicated Gunman
Junta Kimura
Women of Whirlpool Island
Elegy of a Geisha
Hayase Chikara
The Military Policeman and the Dismembered Beauty
Staff Sergeant Tsuneyoshi
Samon’s Hell Revenge: Unauthorised Jutte Records 3
Yôki na tono-sama
Revenge of the Pearl Queen
Yûzô Yamauchi
Yakuza Wanderer: Villainous Livelihood
No Police
Return of Gun Dog
The Horizon Glitters
剣聖 暁の三十六番斬り
Samon’s Hell Revenge: Unauthorised Jutte Records
Enigmatic Explosion of the Battleship Mutsu
Lt. Commander Fushimi
White Mermaid Beauty
Kogoro Akechi
Black Line
Koji Machida
The Beauty of the Big Clock
Kogoro Akechi
Beauty of the Forbidden Fruit
Kogoro Akechi
江戸の牙
Headless Island
The Beauty of the Black Pearl
Kogoro Akechi
Casebook of Dandy Sashichi: Six Famous Beauties
Asaka Keinosuke
Shroud of Snow
Guntaro
弥次喜多珍道中 中仙道の巻
Samon’s Hell Revenge: Unauthorised Jutte Records 4
The Beast and the Magic Sword
Kian
Tokyo Gambler
稲妻奉行
Beauty on Death Row
Kôshitsu to sensô to waga minzoku
Lieutenant Colonel Shiizaki
Queen of the China Sea
First Lieutenant Yokoyama
The Beauty at the Dressing Table
Kogoro Akechi
Queen Bee
Mazaki
Poison Fang Oran
Kanei Command Performance
Counterattack of a Queen Bee
Muteppô no Masa
Beauty with a mysterious scar
Kogoro Akechi
Samurai Secret Agent
Beauty of the Five-Storied Pagoda
Emmanuel's Beauty
Ghost Stories of Wanderer at Honjo
Yakuza Hooligans
Sugiyama
Queen Bee and College Boy Ryu
Casebook of Detective Jiro Nango: Shadowless Murderer
Cordon at Dawn
White skinned beauty
Kogoro Akechi
My Life As Music
Beauty in the Mirror Hell
Kogoro Akechi
Carbine of Fear
The Psychological Test
Akechi Kogorō