Acting
Shigeru Amachi
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.
Titles
Professional Killers
1972
Edogawa Rampo no bijo shirīzu
1977
Hijo no License
1973
The 47 Ronins of Ako
1979
Port Arthur
1980
The Tale of Zatoichi
1962
Ghost Story of Yotsuya
1959
Yakuza Hooligans
1966
Jigoku
1960
Yasei no Shōmei
1979
Kanei Command Performance
1983
Queen Bee
1958
Zatoichi's Vengeance
1966
Black Line
1960
Ghost Stories of Wanderer at Honjo
1957
Blackmail Is My Life
1968
A Scarred Life 2: Blood Will Tell
1972
Long Swords of the Loyal Forty-Seven
1962
The Beauty of the Black Narcissus
1978
Shinsengumi Chronicles
1963
Star of the Night
1968
Sword of the Beast
1965
Girl Boss Blues: Queen Bee's Counterattack
1971
Admiral Yamamoto and the Allied Fleets
1956
Emperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese War
1957
Nonki saiban
1955
The Beauty of the Big Clock
1979
Dead Angle
1979
The Horizon Glitters
1961
The Beast and the Magic Sword
1983
Enigmatic Explosion of the Battleship Mutsu
1960
The Dedicated Gunman
1965
Straight Talk on Romance: The Definitive Guide
1961
The Story of a Man Among Men
1984
Underworld Code
1965
The Third Shadow Warrior
1963