1960Nominee
Best Performance
Jigoku
Shigeru Amachi
Actor · Director · Writer
Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan
March 4, 1931
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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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1980Nominee
Best Performance
Port Arthur
1962Nominee
Best Performance
The Tale of Zatoichi
Career Highlights
1961Highlight
Best Performance
The Horizon Glitters
1959Highlight
Best Performance
Ghost Story of Yotsuya
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Jigoku
The Tale of Zatoichi
Ghost Story of Yotsuya