Acting
Shigeru Amachi
JA, ES cinema · 149 credits
Born
4 March 1931
Died
27 July 1985 (aged 54)
Birthplace
Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan
Also known as Jun Utsugi · Jun Uzuki · 宇寿木純
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
Filmography
Beauty with a Mysterious Scar
as Kogoro Akechi
The Beauty of the Black Pearl
as Kogoro Akechi
The Psychological Test
as Akechi Kogorō
Beauty of the Forbidden Fruit
as Kogoro Akechi
Beauty in the Flames
as Kogoro Akechi
Hizoban Higasa no onna
Director, Screenplay
Empress
Actor
Angel and Devil Beauty
as Kogoro Akechi
White skinned beauty
as Kogoro Akechi
The Beauty at the Dressing Table
as Kogoro Akechi
Beauty at the Bottom of the Lake
as Kogoro Akechi
The Beauty of Heaven and Hell
as Kogoro Akechi
Beauty with White Breasts
as Kogoro Akechi
Beauty in the Mirror Hell
as Kogoro Akechi
Beauty of the Land of Cherry Blossoms
as Kogoro Akechi
Enchanted Beauty
as Kogoro Akechi
Port Arthur
as Kentaro Kaneko
Devilish Beauty
as Kogoro Akechi
Red Scorpion Beauty
as Kogoro Akechi
The Jeweled Beauty
as Kogoro Akechi
The Beauty of the Big Clock
as Kogoro Akechi
The Beauty of the Black Narcissus
as Kogoro Akechi
The Beauty in the Bathroom
as Kogoro Akechi
White Mermaid Beauty
as Kogoro Akechi
Fairy Beauty
as Kogoro Akechi
The Faceless Man
as Kogoro Akechi
Eight Men to Kill
as Azami Yajuro
Shroud of Snow
as Guntaro
Classmates
as Chief Navel Surgeon Mamiya
The Silent Gun
as Junta Kimura
Zatoichi's Vengeance
as Genpachiro Kurobe
Yakuza Hooligans
as Sugiyama
A Lonely Gamble
as Teijiro Chigusa
Sword of the Beast
as Vice-Counselor
The Third Contest
as Genba
The Boss
Actor
The Dedicated Gunman
as Junta Kimura
Trigger Happy Romeo
as Junta Kimura
Two Lives, Two Yakuza
as Seiji Nawate
Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance
as Nobutada
Shinsengumi Chronicles
as Toshizo Hijikata
The Third Shadow Warrior
as Sadamitsu Miki
The Tale of Zatoichi
as Miki Hirate
Destiny's Son
as Sôshi Tada
The Lightning Sword
as Higashinosuke Yamagata
Counterattack of a Queen Bee
as Muteppô no Masa
Fire Line
as Kuroiwa
Jigoku
as Shirô Shimizu
Yellow Line
as Kazuhiro Moroki
Enigmatic Explosion of the Battleship Mutsu
as Lt. Commander Fushimi
皇室と戦争とわが民族
1960
Kôshitsu to sensô to waga minzoku
as Lieutenant Colonel Shiizaki
Black Line
as Koji Machida
Ghost Story of Yotsuya
as Iemon Tamiya
The Lady Vampire
as Nobutaka Takenaka
Elegy of a Geisha
as Hayase Chikara
The Pacific War and the International Military Tribunal
as First Officer of the Yamato
Queen of the China Sea
as First Lieutenant Yokoyama
Queen Bee
as Mazaki
Ghost in the Regiment
as Lieutenant Namishima
Queen Bee's Anger
as Noboru Gôda
The Military Policeman and the Dismembered Beauty
as Staff Sergeant Tsuneyoshi
女真珠王の復讐
1956
Revenge of the Pearl Queen
as Yûzô Yamauchi
Fearful Attack of the Flying Saucers
as Assistant Osugi
Casebook of Dandy Sashichi: Six Famous Beauties
as Asaka Keinosuke
