Actor

Shigeru Amachi

Acting

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Acting credits

134

Prolific

Very extensive acting filmography.

TMDB popularity

0.7

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Movies: 129Series: 6Crew credits: 1

TMDB ID: 80708

IMDb ID: nm0023715

Known for: Acting

Born: March 4, 1931

Died: July 27, 1985

Age: 54

Place of birth: Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1953 - 1985

Years active: 33

Average TMDB rating: 6.59

Wikidata: Q128154

Also known as

Jun Utsugi • Jun Uzuki • 宇寿木純

Other jobs

Director (1)

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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.