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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.
Sword of the Beast
1965
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.
Gender
Male
Birthday
March 4, 1931
Died
July 27, 1985
Birthplace
Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan
Also Known As
The Third Contest
1965
Queen of the China Sea
1959
Sword of the Beast
1965
Beyond the Hills
1960
The Third Shadow Warrior
1963
The Ghost of Yotsuya
1959
Ghost in the Regiment
1958
Beauty of the Forbidden Fruit
1984
Ken ni kakeru
1962
The Military Policeman and the Dismembered Beauty
1957
Roar of the Bullets
1960
Admiral Yamamoto and the Allied Fleets
1956
Yôki na tono-sama
1962
Shinsengumi Chronicles
1963
The Prosecutor and His Sister
1956
Quiet Dawn in the Front
1959
Counterattack of a Queen Bee
1961
The Pretty Jade
1966
Elegy of a Geisha
1959
The Lightning Sword
1962
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