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
all 145
Movies 140
TV Shows 5
Director 1
Matsudaira Izu-no-kami

Kanei Command Performance (1983)
Movie
Kogoro Akechi

Edogawa Ranpo's Beauty Series: Beautiful Woman with White Breasts Edogawa Ranpo's "Hell's Clown" (1981)
Movie
Kentaro Kaneko

Port Arthur (1980)
Movie
Wakizaka Awaji-no-Kami

The 47 Ronins of Ako (1979)
TV
Kogoro Akechi

The Faceless Man (1977)
Movie
Kogoro Akechi

Edogawa Rampo no bijo shirīzu (1977)
TV
Shimazaki Yuzo

Modern Lady Gambler (1972)
Movie
Masaya Doi,Hitman

Girl Boss Blues: Queen Bee's Counterattack (1971)
Movie
3.3
Shimizu Ichigaku

Epic Chushingura (1971)
TV
Chief Navel Surgeon Mamiya

Classmates (1967)
Movie
Isaburô Takii

Showdown of Men 2 (1967)
Movie
Guntaro

Shroud of Snow (1967)
Movie
Sugiyama Hidori

Yakuza Hooligans (1966)
Movie
Genpachiro Kuroda

Zatoichi's Vengeance (1966)
Movie
5
Tatsuo Kaburagi

Ankoku gai jingi (1965)
Movie
Teijiro Chigusa

A Lonely Gamble (1965)
Movie
Junta Kimura

The Dedicated Gunman (1965)
Movie
Akira Hanaoka

The Boss (1965)
Movie
Sadamitsu Miki

The Third Shadow Warrior (1963)
Movie
Toshizô Hijikata

Shinsengumi Chronicles (1963)
Movie
Rokurôbei Kakizaki

The Demon of Sendai's Castle (1962)
Movie
Sôshi Tada

Destiny's Son (1962)
Movie
Hirate, Miki

The Tale of Zatoichi (1962)
Movie
4.5
Kuroiwa

Fire Line (1961)
Movie
Jirô Nangô

南郷次郎探偵帳 影なき殺人者 (1961)
Movie
Matsuda Professor

The Horizon Glitters (1961)
Movie
Muteppô no Masa

Counterattack of a Queen Bee (1961)
Movie
Actor

怒号する巨弾 (1960)
Movie
Shirô Shimizu

Jigoku (1960)
Movie
Lieutenant Colonel Shiizaki

皇室と戦争とわが民族 (1960)
Movie
The Gangster

Yellow Line (1960)
Movie
Kôji Machida

Black Line (1960)
Movie
Hayase Chikara

Elegy of a Geisha (1959)
Movie
Japanese Lt. Kunii

Quiet Dawn in the Front (1959)
Movie
Iemon Tamiya

The Ghost of Yotsuya (1959)
Movie
Kôichi Kitamura

Mukeisatsu (1959)
Movie
Shiro Sofue

The Lady Vampire (1959)
Movie
Noboru Gôda

Queen Bee's Anger (1958)
Movie
Kuboki - the bar master

Secret White Line Zone (1958)
Movie
Jôji Uehara

Sutâ dokusatsu jiken (1958)
Movie
Mazaki

Queen Bee (1958)
Movie
Masakichi Mashima

Cordon at Dawn (1957)
Movie
Staff Sergeant Tsuneyoshi

The Military Policeman and the Dismembered Beauty (1957)
Movie
Gonkurô Komiyama

Ghost Stories of Wanderer at Honjo (1957)
Movie
Keinosuke Asaka

Casebooks of Dandy Sashichi: 6 Famous Beauties (1956)
Movie
Assistant Osugi

Fearful Attack of the Flying Saucers (1956)
Movie
Yûzô Yamauchi

Revenge of the Pearl Queen (1956)
Movie
Hata's Assistant Hirata

Mysterious Pygmy (1955)
Movie
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1931-03-04
Deathday1985-07-27 (54 years old)
Birth Name臼井 登
Birth PlaceNagoya, Japan
CitizenshipsEmpire of Japan, Japan
Also Known AsJun Utsugi, Jun Uzuki, 宇寿木純
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