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Shigeru Amachi
Born	(1931-03-04)4 March 1931
Died	27 July 1985(1985-07-27) (aged 54)
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1953–1984

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.

Career

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.

Selected filmography

References

1. ^ "Amachi Shigeru". Kotobanku (in Japanese). Asahi Shinbun. Retrieved 10 March 2015.

External links

• Shigeru Amachi at IMDb
• Shigeru Amachi at the Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese)

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