Acting
Shigeru Amachi
Also Known As: Jun Utsugi, Jun Uzuki, 宇寿木純
Birth Date
March 4, 1931
Death Date
July 27, 1985
(passed away at 54)
Place of Birth
Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan
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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.
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Professional Killers
1972 • 1 episode
Edogawa Rampo no bijo shirīzu
Kogoro Akechi
1977 • 33 episodes
The 47 Ronins of Ako
Wakizaka Awaji-no-Kami
1979 • 36 episodes
Hijo no License
会田健
1973 • 64 episodes
The Tale of Zatoichi
Miki Hirate
1962
Jigoku
Shirô Shimizu
1960
Yasei no Shōmei
1979 • 13 episodes
Port Arthur
Kentaro Kaneko
1980
Ghost Stories of Wanderer at Honjo
1957
Ghost Story of Yotsuya
Iemon Tamiya
1959
Yakuza Hooligans
Sugiyama
1966
The Horizon Glitters
1961
Sword of the Beast
Vice-Counselor
1965
Queen Bee
Mazaki
1958
Zatoichi's Vengeance
Genpachiro Kurobe
1966
Revenge of the Pearl Queen
Yûzô Yamauchi
1956
Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance
Nobutada
1963
Star of the Night
1968 • 26 episodes
A Scarred Life 2: Blood Will Tell
Ryukichi
1972
The Story of a Man Among Men
1984