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Shigeru Amachi is a Actor Japonais born on 4 march 1931 at Nagoya (Japon)

Shigeru Amachi

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Nationality Japon
Birth 4 march 1931 at Nagoya (Japon)
Death 27 july 1985 (at 54 years)

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.

Usually with

Paul Naschy
Paul Naschy
(1 films)
Kenji Misumi
Kenji Misumi
(3 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Shigeru Amachi (15 films)

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The Beast and the Magic Sword, 2h
Directed by Paul Naschy
Genres Fantasy, Horror
Themes Films about animals, Wolves in film, Werewolves in film
Actors Paul Naschy, Shigeru Amachi, Conrado San Martín, Gerard Tichy, José Vivó, Julia Saly
Roles Kian
Rating58% 2.900592.900592.900592.900592.90059
In the 16th Century, the lycanthrope Waldemar Daninsky goes from his native Europe to Japan, seeking a way to cure himself of being a werewolf. Only a Japanese sorcerer named Kian and a magic silver sword can save him. This film moves the Daninsky family curse back to a medieval setting, as Naschy felt the Daninsky saga need not always be confined to a modern day setting.
Zatoichi's Vengeance, 1h23
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure
Themes Seafaring films, Sports films, Transport films, Martial arts films, Samurai films, Yakuza films, Films about disabilities, Gangster films
Actors Shintarō Katsu, Jun Hamamura, Mayumi Ogawa, Shigeru Amachi, Kei Satō, Saburo Date
Roles Genpachiro Kurobe
Rating72% 3.636783.636783.636783.636783.63678
Traveling on the road, Zatoichi (Katsu) encounters a dying man who gives him a bag full of money and the name "Taichi". Traveling on, he makes the acquaintance of a blind biwa-playing priest. The two travel to a town that is having their annual thunder drum festival. The town is under the domination of a Yakuza boss who extorts from the people.
Sword of the Beast, 1h25
Directed by Hideo Gosha
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Action
Themes Seafaring films, Sports films, Transport films, Martial arts films, Samurai films
Actors Mikijirō Hira, Kunie Tanaka, Eijirō Tōno, Takeshi Katō, Gō Katō, Shima Iwashita
Roles Vice-Counselor
Rating74% 3.7460553.7460553.7460553.7460553.746055
Gennosuke is a rebel samurai on the run, having fled his clan after assassinating a counselor. The daughter of the counselor, Misa, and her fiance, Daizaburo, pursue Gennosuke along with other samurai from Gennosuke's clan despite Gennosuke's obvious superiority as a warrior. A series of flashbacks reveals that Gennosuke was manipulated into committing the treason by one of the clan's higher-ranking samurai, who led Gennosuke to believe that the counselor's death would result in modern reforms to the clan and in Gennosuke's promotion to a full-fledged retainer, instead of a lowly foot soldier. In fact, the ranking samurai simply wanted the counselor killed so that he could succeed to the position himself. He had used Gennosuke to do the "dirty work", and then abandoned Gennosuke to face the consequences of the crime.
Destiny's Son
Directed by Kenji Misumi
Genres Drama, Action, Historical
Actors Ichikawa Raizō VIII, Shiho Fujimura, Shigeru Amachi, Eijirō Yanagi, Yoshio Inaba, Saburo Date
Roles Sôshi Tada
Rating69% 3.4838953.4838953.4838953.4838953.483895
The film opens with Shiho Fujimura as a female assassin, seeking to kill her lord's mistress for what she sees as the good of her clan. She succeeds, but is punished for her act, sentenced to death, but it is her husband (Shigeru Amachi) who executes her. Attempting to deal with the guilt of his action, he becomes a monk and sends his son to be fostered by another family. The rest of the film follows the young boy as he grows to become a skilled swordsman (Raizo Ichikawa).
The Tale of Zatoichi, 1h6
Directed by Kenji Misumi, Fumio Kamei
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, War, Documentary, Action, Adventure
Themes Politique, Political films
Actors Shintarō Katsu, Shigeru Amachi, Eijirō Yanagi
Roles Miki Hirate
Rating70% 3.5429453.5429453.5429453.5429453.542945
Documentaire sur la vie d'un régiment d'infanterie de l'armée impériale japonaise sur le front chinois lors de l'offensive sur la ville de Wuhan durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale.
The Tale of Zatoichi, 1h36
Directed by Kenji Misumi
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure
Themes Seafaring films, Sports films, Transport films, Martial arts films, Samurai films, Yakuza films, Films about disabilities, Gangster films
Actors Shintarō Katsu, Shigeru Amachi, Eijirō Yanagi
Roles Miki Hirate
Rating75% 3.794163.794163.794163.794163.79416
The blind masseur Zatoichi is hired by yakuza gang-leader Sukegoro (Eijiro Yanagi) as he thinks that war is inevitable with the rival yakuza Shigezo (Ryuzo Shimada). Zatoichi has a distinguished reputation as a swordsman and Sukegoro thinks he is money well spent. Shigezo responds by hiring a ronin of similar repute, Miki Hirate (Shigeru Amachi). Ichi is a meek and humble man who is commonly underestimated by most men, and looked upon suspiciously. His being a masseur, which was a position of low regard in feudal Japan, merely increases the hostility that is shown towards him. They even try to take advantage of his blindness in a gambling den, but from early on it is clear that Zatoichi draws strength from his disability.
Jigoku
Jigoku (1960)
, 1h40
Directed by Nobuo Nakagawa
Genres Drama, Horror
Themes Ghost films
Actors Yoichi Numata, Kanjūrō Arashi, Shigeru Amachi
Roles Shirô Shimizu
Rating67% 3.394983.394983.394983.394983.39498
A young Tokyo theology student, Shirō (Shigeru Amachi), is set to marry his girlfriend, Yukiko (Utako Mitsuya), the daughter of his professor, Mr. Yajima. After announcing the engagement, Shirō's dark and unsettling colleague, Tamura (Yôichi Numata), drives Shirō home, suggesting that Shirō had been sleeping with Yukiko for some time. Taking a side street at Shirō's request, Tamura hits and kills drunken yakuza gang leader, Kyōichi. Though Shirō wants to stop, Tamura keeps driving, stating that it does not concern him and that ultimately, the murder is Shirō's fault for asking him to drive down the street. Unbeknown to either of them, Kyōichi's mother (Kiyoko Tsuji) witnessed everything and resolves to find and kill them.
The Ghost of Yotsuya, 1h16
Directed by Nobuo Nakagawa
Genres Drama, Horror
Actors Shigeru Amachi
Roles Iemon Tamiya
Rating69% 3.4930953.4930953.4930953.4930953.493095
Ruthless samurai Iemon Tamiya wants to marry Iwa and when her father refuses, Iemon kills him and disposes of the body with assistance of Naosuke. Later, tiring of his wife and wishing to marry the heiress Ume Itō, Iemon plots to murder his wife by mixing a poison into her tea and also killing her admirer Takuetsu. Her health deteriorates into a slow agonizing death. The ghosts of Iwa and Takuetsu appear and take vengeance on Iemon and his new wife.
Rusty Knife, 1h30
Directed by Toshio Masuda
Genres Thriller, Action, Crime
Actors Yujiro Ishihara, Shōji Yasui, Mie Kitahara, Joe Shishido, Akira Kobayashi, Masao Shimizu
Rating66% 3.3412553.3412553.3412553.3412553.341255
Yukihiko Tachibana is an ex-convict trying to begin a new life after he is released from prison. Unable to forget the rape and consequent suicide of his girlfriend, he seeks revenge against a crime syndicate while resisting the urge to kill again. Meanwhile, the district attorney, Karita, and his men try to build a case against the same syndicate.
The Military Policeman and the Dismembered Beauty, 1h13
Directed by Kyōtarō Namiki
Genres Horror
Actors Shigeru Amachi
Roles Staff Sergeant Tsuneyoshi
Rating61% 3.0885353.0885353.0885353.0885353.088535
Revenge of the Pearl Queen, 1h29
Genres Drama, Action
Actors Michiko Maeda, Ken Utsui, Shigeru Amachi, Susumu Fujita, Tetsurō Tanba
Roles Yûzô Yamauchi
Rating66% 3.3444253.3444253.3444253.3444253.344425
Yoshio Kizaki is framed for murder and theft by his corrupt boss Kenji Asamura. When Natsuki Kagawa, Kizaki's lover who works for the same boss, discovers the plot on a sea voyage, Asamura throws her overboard. Natsuki is washed up on an island where she is rescued by a group of shipwrecked sailors. Fending off the lecherous sailors, she dives for pearls in the surrounding waters and eventually amasses a fortune which she uses to free her lover from prison.
Mole Alley
Mole Alley (1953)
, 1h37
Directed by Hiroshi Shimizu
Origin Japon
Genres Drama
Actors Minoru Chiaki, Yukiko Shimazaki, Shigeru Amachi, Hisaya Morishige, Jūkichi Uno, Shinichi Himori

Kazuo Ogata est écrivain mais malgré ses efforts, il ne parvient pas à vivre de son métier. Sa jeune femme Yoshie supporte avec une indéfectible bonne humeur la pauvreté et les privations. Le couple vit dans une pension mais lorsqu'un nouveau propriétaire arrive, ils doivent se résoudre à partir. Pour ne pas se retrouver à la rue, Kazuo fait entrer sa femme enceinte dans une clinique deux mois avant la date prévue de son accouchement. Une fille nait et Kazuo trouve une opportunité de quitter la clinique en allant habiter chez Ban, un ami, dans le quartier de Yokocho.