Cast & creator

Shigeru Amachi

1931-03-04 (died at 54) Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, JapanIMDb

Best known for Professional Killers, Edogawa Rampo no bijo shirīzu, The 47 Ronins of Ako

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.

Also known as: Jun Utsugi, Jun Uzuki, 宇寿木純

Movies

150

film credits

Series

television credits

Career

156

1953–2020 · acting roles

Credit score

6.8

average across scored titles

Signature credits

Known for

Ordered by popularity

★ 8.0

Professional Killers

Acting · 1972

Edogawa Rampo no bijo shirīzu

Kogoro Akechi · 1977

The 47 Ronins of Ako

Wakizaka Awaji-no-Kami · 1979

Yasei no Shōmei

Acting · 1979

★ 7.4

Port Arthur

Kentaro Kaneko · 1980

Across film & television

Filmography (158)

Showing 158 of 158 credits

Series

★ 8.0

Professional Killers

1972

Series

Edogawa Rampo no bijo shirīzu

Kogoro Akechi

1977

Series

The 47 Ronins of Ako

Wakizaka Awaji-no-Kami

Shigeru Amachi

Known for

Professional Killers

Edogawa Rampo no bijo shirīzu

The 47 Ronins of Ako

Yasei no Shōmei

Port Arthur

Filmography (158)

Professional Killers

Edogawa Rampo no bijo shirīzu

The 47 Ronins of Ako

Yasei no Shōmei

Port Arthur

The Tale of Zatoichi

The Viper Brothers: Prison Gang 13

Hijo no License

Jigoku

白昼の死角(TV)

Angel and Devil Beauty

Twilight Saloon

Ghost Story of Yotsuya

The Pacific War and the International Military Tribunal

Zatoichi's Vengeance

Mole Alley

Dead Angle

A Scarred Life 2: Blood Will Tell

Star of the Night

Blackmail Is My Life

Kanei Command Performance

The Third Shadow Warrior

The Story of a Man Among Men

Enigmatic Explosion of the Battleship Mutsu

Emperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese War

Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance

Sunday Horror Series Best Selection 2

The Beast and the Magic Sword

Holiday in Japan

Queen Bee

Classmates

Black Line

Sword of the Beast

The Lady Vampire

The Boss

Hizoban Higasa no onna

Hizoban Higasa no onna

Yakuza Hooligans

Nonki saiban

The Beauty in the Bathroom

Destiny's Son

Homeless Dog

The Rambler Rides Again

The Beauty of the Black Narcissus

Eight Men to Kill

Shinsengumi Chronicles

Empress

Suruga Yūkyōden: Gambling Hall Robbery

Long Swords of the Loyal Forty-Seven

Rusty Knife

My Life As Music

Ghost in the Regiment

Admiral Yamamoto and the Allied Fleets

Emperor & Empress Meiji and the Sino-Japanese War

Showdown of Men

Fearful Attack of the Flying Saucers

Fire Line

Queen of the China Sea

Samon’s Hell Revenge: Unauthorised Jutte Records 2 - The Assassination of the Shogun

The Horizon Glitters

剣聖 暁の三十六番斬り

Revenge of the Pearl Queen

Shroud of Snow

No Police

Nude Actress Murder Case: Five Criminals

Ghost Stories of Wanderer at Honjo

The Military Policeman and the Dismembered Beauty

Beyond the Hills

Imo samurai: Kani uemon

Beauty of the Land of Cherry Blossoms

江戸の牙

Yellow Line

剣聖　暁の三十六番斬り

弥次喜多珍道中　中仙道の巻