Acting

Shigeru Amachi

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Age

146

Movies

TV Shows

8.8

Rating

March 4, 1931Japan1953 - 1985

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.

IMDb

Shigeru Amachi

Died at

146

Movies

TV Shows

Known For

Professional Killers

1972

Edogawa Rampo no bijo shirīzu

1977

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Acting

Shigeru Amachi

IMDb

Age

146

Movies

TV Shows

8.8

Rating

March 4, 1931Japan1953 - 1985

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.

IMDb

Shigeru Amachi

Died at

146

Movies

TV Shows

Known For

Professional Killers

1972

Edogawa Rampo no bijo shirīzu

1977

8.8

Avg Rating

Born March 4, 1931July 27, 1985Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan1953 - 1985

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.

32+ years in the industry

Peak: 1960 (13 projects)

The 47 Ronins of Ako

1979

Yasei no Shōmei

1979

Port Arthur

1980

Dead Angle

1979

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.