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 146
Movies 141
TV Shows 5
Director 1
Director / Screenplay

Hizoban Higasa no onna (1984)
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
Azami Yajuro

Eight Men to Kill (1972)
Movie
Shimizu Ichigaku

Epic Chushingura (1971)
TV
Junta Kimura

The Silent Gun (1967)
Movie
Chief Navel Surgeon Mamiya

Classmates (1967)
Movie
Guntaro

Shroud of Snow (1967)
Movie
Sugiyama

Yakuza Hooligans (1966)
Movie
Genpachiro Kurobe

Zatoichi's Vengeance (1966)
Movie
5
Junta Kimura

Trigger Happy Romeo (1965)
Movie
Vice-Counselor

Sword of the Beast (1965)
Movie
Teijiro Chigusa

A Lonely Gamble (1965)
Movie
Junta Kimura

The Dedicated Gunman (1965)
Movie
Seiji Nawate

Two Lives, Two Yakuza (1964)
Movie
Sadamitsu Miki

The Third Shadow Warrior (1963)
Movie
Toshizo Hijikata

Shinsengumi Chronicles (1963)
Movie
Higashinosuke Yamagata

The Lightning Sword (1962)
Movie
Sôshi Tada

Destiny's Son (1962)
Movie
Miki Hirate

The Tale of Zatoichi (1962)
Movie
4.5
Kuroiwa

Fire Line (1961)
Movie
Muteppô no Masa

Counterattack of a Queen Bee (1961)
Movie
Shirô Shimizu

Jigoku (1960)
Movie
Lieutenant Colonel Shiizaki

皇室と戦争とわが民族 (1960)
Movie
Kazuhiro Moroki

Yellow Line (1960)
Movie
Lt. Commander Fushimi

Enigmatic Explosion of the Battleship Mutsu (1960)
Movie
Koji Machida

Black Line (1960)
Movie
Hayase Chikara

Elegy of a Geisha (1959)
Movie
Iemon Tamiya

The Ghost of Yotsuya (1959)
Movie
First Lieutenant Yokoyama

Queen of the China Sea (1959)
Movie
Nobutaka Takenaka

The Lady Vampire (1959)
Movie
First Officer of the Yamato

The Pacific War and the International Military Tribunal (1959)
Movie
Noboru Gôda

Queen Bee's Anger (1958)
Movie
Mazaki

Queen Bee (1958)
Movie
Staff Sergeant Tsuneyoshi

The Military Policeman and the Dismembered Beauty (1957)
Movie
Asaka Keinosuke

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
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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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