Shigeru Amachi
Personal Info:
KNOWN FOR
Acting
GENDER
male
BIRTHDAY
1931-03-04
DAY OF DEATH
1985-07-27
PLACE OF BIRTH
Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan
ALSO KNOWN AS
Jun UtsugiJun Uzuki宇寿木純
Shigeru Amachi
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.
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.
POPULAR MOVIES
TV SHOWS APPEARANCE
acting
- 1983
- 1980
- 1972
- 1971
- 1967
- 1967
- 1966
- 1966
- 1965
- 1963
- 1963
- 1962
- 1962
- 1962
- 1961
- 1960
- 1960
- 1960
- 1959
- 1959
- 1958
- 1958
- 1957
- 1955
directing
- 1984
writing
- 1984