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Shigeru Amachi

Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan

Born: 1931-03-04Died: 1985-07-27

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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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Credits

Zatoichi's VengeanceGenpachiro Kurobe1966-05-03
A Lonely GambleTeijiro Chigusa1965-03-10
Mysterious Scar Beauty1985-03-09
The Beauty of the Black Narcissus明智小五郎1978-10-14
Two Lives, Two YakuzaSeiji Nawate1964-09-23
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Poster of Shigeru Amachi