Shigeru Amachi
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.
Filmography
Sunday Horror Series Best Selection 2
2020
The Psychological Test
1985
as Akechi Kogorō
The Beauty of the Black Pearl
1985
as Kogoro Akechi
Beauty with a Mysterious Scar
1985
as Kogoro Akechi
The Story of a Man Among Men
1984
Beauty in the Flames
1984
as Kogoro Akechi
Midnight Demon
1984
- No poster
Samon’s Hell Revenge: Unauthorised Jutte Records 4
1984
Beauty of the Forbidden Fruit
1984
as Kogoro Akechi
- No poster
Samon’s Hell Revenge: Unauthorised Jutte Records 3
1983
Samurai Secret Agent
1983
The Beast and the Magic Sword
1983
as Kian
Kanei Command Performance
1983
Empress
1983
White skinned beauty
1983
as Kogoro Akechi
- No poster
Samon’s Hell Revenge: Unauthorised Jutte Records 2 - The Assassination of the Shogun
1983
Angel and Devil Beauty
1983
as Kogoro Akechi
Beauty at the Bottom of the Lake
1982
as Kogoro Akechi
The Edo Fortune-Teller
1982
- No poster
Samon’s Hell Revenge: Unauthorised Jutte Records
1982
The Beauty at the Dressing Table
1982
as Kogoro Akechi
The Beauty of Heaven and Hell
1982
as Kogoro Akechi
Beauty with White Breasts
1981
as Kogoro Akechi
Beauty in the Mirror Hell
1981
as Kogoro Akechi