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    Shigeru Amachi

    1931-03-04 (93 years old) in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan

    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.

    Movies

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    Mysterious Scar Beauty
    0 %|Mar 9, 1985
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    The Story of a Man Among Men
    60 %|Nov 17, 1984
    Drama, Crime
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    Beauty in the Flame
    0 %|Nov 10, 1984
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    Midnight Demon
    0 %|Aug 16, 1984
    TV Movie, Horror
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    Samon’s Hell Revenge: Unauthorised Jutte Records 4
    0 %|Jul 10, 1984
    Action, Drama, History
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    禁断の実の美女
    0 %|Jan 7, 1984
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    Samon’s Hell Revenge: Unauthorised Jutte Records 3
    0 %|Dec 10, 1983
    Action, Drama, History
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    Samurai Secret Agent
    0 %|Dec 1, 1983
    Action, Drama, TV Movie
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    The Beast and the Magic Sword
    52 %|Nov 25, 1983
    Fantasy, Horror
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    Kanei Command Performance
    0 %|Aug 5, 1983
    Action, Drama, History
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    Empress
    20 %|Apr 29, 1983
    Drama
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    White skinned beauty
    0 %|Apr 16, 1983
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    The Edo Fortune-Teller
    0 %|Jul 13, 1982
    Action, History, Comedy, Drama
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    Samon’s Hell Revenge: Unauthorised Jutte Records
    0 %|Jul 10, 1982
    Action, Drama, History
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    Port Arthur
    76 %|Aug 2, 1980
    War, Drama, History
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    Dead Angle
    70 %|Jul 4, 1979
    Crime, Thriller, Drama
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    Demonic Beauty
    0 %|Apr 14, 1979
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    Gem Beauty
    0 %|Jan 2, 1979
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    Fairy Beauty
    0 %|Dec 12, 1978
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    Headless Island
    0 %|Aug 20, 1978
    Horror
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    The Faceless Man
    0 %|Aug 20, 1977
    Horror
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    Eight Men to Kill
    70 %|Dec 16, 1972
    Action
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    Modern Lady Gambler
    70 %|May 26, 1972
    Drama, Action
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    The Viper Brothers: Prison Gang 13
    0 %|Feb 3, 1972
    Crime, Action
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    A Scarred Life 2: Blood Will Tell
    70 %|Jan 22, 1972
    Drama, Crime
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    Girl Boss Blues: Queen Bee's Counterattack
    47 %|Oct 27, 1971
    Drama, Crime, Action
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    君は海を見たか
    0 %|May 5, 1971
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    Easy Money
    0 %|Apr 18, 1970
    Drama, Crime
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    Blackmail Is My Life
    64 %|Feb 28, 1968
    Thriller, Crime, Drama, Action
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    The Silent Gun
    0 %|Oct 14, 1967
    Action
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    Classmates
    65 %|Jun 3, 1967
    Drama, War
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    Quick-Draw Dog
    0 %|May 27, 1967
    Action
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    The Gambler's Law
    0 %|May 3, 1967
    Crime
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    Showdown of Men 2
    0 %|Mar 10, 1967
    Crime, Drama
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    Tokyo Gambler
    0 %|Feb 25, 1967
    Action, Crime
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    Shroud of Snow
    80 %|Jan 14, 1967
    Drama
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    Sleepy Eyes of Death 8: Sword of Villainy
    58 %|Nov 9, 1966
    Action, Drama
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    The Pretty Jade
    0 %|Sep 17, 1966
    Action, Drama
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    Showdown of Men
    0 %|Jul 1, 1966
    Crime, Drama
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    Yakuza Hooligans
    70 %|May 15, 1966
    Crime
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    Zatoichi's Vengeance
    68 %|May 3, 1966
    Action, Drama
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    Return of Gun Dog
    0 %|Apr 9, 1966
    Action
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    Black Curtain
    0 %|Feb 19, 1966
    Crime, Mystery
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    Trigger Happy Romeo
    0 %|Dec 24, 1965
    Action, Crime
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    Sword of the Beast
    75 %|Sep 18, 1965
    Action, Drama
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    Ankoku gai jingi
    0 %|Jun 13, 1965
    Crime
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    A Lonely Gamble
    0 %|Mar 10, 1965
    Drama
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    The Third Contest
    70 %|Mar 7, 1965
    Action, Drama
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    The Dedicated Gunman
    0 %|Jan 13, 1965
    Action, Crime
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    The Boss
    0 %|Jan 3, 1965
    Crime
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    Two Lives, Two Yakuza
    0 %|Sep 23, 1964
    Crime, Drama
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    Homeless Dog
    0 %|May 2, 1964
    Action, Crime
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    Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance
    66 %|Aug 6, 1963
    Action
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    The Third Shadow Warrior
    71 %|Apr 21, 1963
    Drama, Action
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    Assassins for sale
    75 %|Mar 8, 1963
    Drama, Action
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    Shinsengumi Chronicles
    65 %|Jan 3, 1963
    Action, Thriller, War
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    Yôki na tono-sama
    0 %|Dec 15, 1962
    Comedy
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    The Lightning Sword
    80 %|Dec 8, 1962
    Adventure, Crime, Drama
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    Ken ni kakeru
    0 %|Sep 16, 1962
    Drama
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    Long Swords of the Loyal Forty-Seven
    0 %|Aug 12, 1962
    Action, Drama
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    The tragedy of a young warrior
    0 %|Jul 15, 1962
    Drama
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    Destiny's Son
    66 %|Jul 1, 1962
    Action, Drama, History
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    The Tale of Zatoichi
    73 %|Apr 18, 1962
    Adventure, Action, Drama
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    I am the Judge
    0 %|Feb 11, 1962
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    Kuro to aka no hanabira
    0 %|Jan 14, 1962
    Crime
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    Fire Line
    37 %|May 24, 1961
    Crime, Drama
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    The Horizon Glitters
    0 %|Mar 1, 1961
    Thriller
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    Ren'ai Zubari Kôza
    0 %|Jan 21, 1961
    Drama, Romance
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    Counterattack of a Queen Bee
    0 %|Jan 15, 1961
    Crime
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    怒号する巨弾
    0 %|Nov 12, 1960
    Crime, Action
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    The Rambler Rides Again
    0 %|Oct 12, 1960
    Western, Crime
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    トップ屋を殺せ
    0 %|Sep 8, 1960
    Crime
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    Queen Bee and College Boy Ryu
    0 %|Sep 1, 1960
    Crime, Drama
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    Jigoku
    64 %|Jul 30, 1960
    Horror, Drama
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    Yellow Line
    70 %|Apr 29, 1960
    Crime
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    Women of Whirlpool Island
    61 %|Feb 27, 1960
    Crime
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    Beyond the Hills
    0 %|Jan 30, 1960
    Thriller, Drama, History
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    Black Line
    55 %|Jan 13, 1960
    Crime
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    Elegy of a Geisha
    0 %|Oct 1, 1959
    Drama
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    Quiet Dawn in the Front
    0 %|Sep 4, 1959
    War
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    The Ghost of Yotsuya
    66 %|Jul 1, 1959
    Horror
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    Queen of the China Sea
    0 %|May 15, 1959
    Adventure, Drama
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    Mukeisatsu
    0 %|Apr 17, 1959
    Crime
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    The Lady Vampire
    49 %|Mar 7, 1959
    Horror
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    Onna kanchō akatsuki no chōsen
    0 %|Feb 3, 1959
    Thriller
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    Queen Bee's Anger
    50 %|Dec 28, 1958
    Crime
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    Poison Fang Oran
    0 %|Oct 19, 1958
    Drama
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    Secret White Line Zone
    10 %|Sep 21, 1958
    Crime
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    Ghost in the Regiment
    0 %|Aug 9, 1958
    Horror, Crime
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    黄金奉行
    0 %|Jun 29, 1958
    actor
    Holiday in Japan
    0 %|Jun 15, 1958
    Comedy
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    Sutâ dokusatsu jiken
    0 %|May 3, 1958
    Crime
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    Rusty Knife
    59 %|Mar 11, 1958
    Thriller, Action, Crime
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    Queen Bee
    0 %|Feb 15, 1958
    Crime
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    稲妻奉行
    0 %|Jan 15, 1958
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    Nude Actress Murder Case: Five Criminals
    0 %|Nov 10, 1957
    Mystery, Crime
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    Cordon at Dawn
    0 %|Oct 1, 1957
    Crime
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    Ghost Stories of Wanderer at Honjo
    77 %|Jul 10, 1957
    Fantasy, Horror
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    Emperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese War
    0 %|Apr 29, 1957
    History, War, Drama
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    Fearful Attack of the Flying Saucers
    0 %|Nov 7, 1956
    Science Fiction
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    Revenge of the Pearl Queen
    0 %|Jul 5, 1956
    Drama, Action
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    The Prosecutor and His Sister
    0 %|May 18, 1956
    Drama
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    花眞珠
    0 %|Aug 22, 1955
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    Twilight Saloon
    80 %|Jun 19, 1955
    Drama
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    Nonki saiban
    0 %|Apr 24, 1955
    Comedy, Music
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    Mysterious Pygmy
    0 %|Feb 12, 1955
    Horror
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    kyôfu no kâbin jû
    0 %|Aug 3, 1954
    Thriller
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    Mole Alley
    0 %|May 7, 1953
    Drama

    Series

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    The 47 Ronins of Ako
    0 %|Apr 16, 1979
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    Yasei no Shōmei
    0 %|Jan 6, 1979
    Crime, Mystery, Drama
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    Professional Killers
    70 %|Sep 2, 1972
    Drama, Crime, Action & Adventure