Shigeru Amachi
Born March 04, 1931 (Age: 95)
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Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan
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.
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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Filmography
The Psychological Test
1985
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as Akechi Kogorō
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Age: 54
The Beauty of the Black Pearl
1985
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as Kogoro Akechi
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Age: 54
Beauty in the Flames
1984
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as Kogoro Akechi
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Age: 53
Midnight Demon
1984
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Age: 53
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Samon’s Hell Revenge: Unauthorised Jutte Records 4
1984
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Age: 53
Beauty at the Bottom of the Lake
1982
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as Kogoro Akechi
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Age: 51
The Edo Fortune-Teller
1982
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Age: 51
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Samon’s Hell Revenge: Unauthorised Jutte Records
1982
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Age: 51
The Beauty at the Dressing Table
1982
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as Kogoro Akechi
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Age: 51
The Beauty of Heaven and Hell
1982
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as Kogoro Akechi
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Age: 50
Beauty with White Breasts
1981
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as Kogoro Akechi
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Age: 50
Beauty in the Mirror Hell
1981
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as Kogoro Akechi
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Age: 50
Beauty of the Five-Storied Pagoda
1981
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as
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Age: 49
Enchanted Beauty
1980
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as Kogoro Akechi
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Age: 49
Emmanuel's Beauty
1980
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Age: 49
Port Arthur
1980
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as Kentaro Kaneko
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Age: 49
Beauty of the Land of Cherry Blossoms
1980
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as Kogoro Akechi
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Age: 49
Fairy Beauty
1978
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as Kogoro Akechi
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Age: 47
Headless Island
1978
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as
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Age: 47
White Mermaid Beauty
1978
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as Kogoro Akechi
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Age: 47
Beauty on Death Row
1978
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Age: 47
The Beauty in the Bathroom
1978
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as Kogoro Akechi
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Age: 46
Eight Men to Kill
1972
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as Azami Yajuro
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Age: 41
Modern Lady Gambler
1972
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Age: 41
The Viper Brothers: Prison Gang 13
1972
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Age: 40
A Scarred Life 2: Blood Will Tell
1972
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as Ryukichi
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Age: 40
My Life As Music
1971
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Age: 40
君は海を見たか
1971
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Age: 40
Easy Money
1970
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Age: 39
The Woman Gambler's Trump Card
1969
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Age: 38
Yakuza Wanderer: Villainous Livelihood
1969
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Age: 38
25 O'Clock in Shinjuku
1969
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as Amachi
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Age: 38
Black Curtain
1966
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Age: 34
Trigger Happy Romeo
1965
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as Junta Kimura
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Age: 34
Sword of the Beast
1965
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as Vice-Counselor
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Age: 34
Ankoku gai jingi
1965
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Age: 34
A Lonely Gamble
1965
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as Teijiro Chigusa
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Age: 34
The Third Contest
1965
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as Genba
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Age: 34
The Dedicated Gunman
1965
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as Junta Kimura
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Age: 33
The Boss
1965
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Age: 33
Two Lives, Two Yakuza
1964
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as Seiji Nawate
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Age: 33
Suruga Yūkyōden: Gambling Hall Robbery
1964
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Age: 33
Homeless Dog
1964
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Age: 33
Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance
1963
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Age: 32
The Third Shadow Warrior
1963
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as Sadamitsu Miki
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Age: 32
Assassins for sale
1963
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Age: 32
Shinsengumi Chronicles
1963
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as Toshizo Hijikata
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Age: 31
Yôki na tono-sama
1962
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Age: 31
The Lightning Sword
1962
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as Higashinosuke Yamagata
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Age: 31
Ken ni kakeru
1962
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Age: 31
The Demon of Sendai's Castle
1962
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Age: 31
Long Swords of the Loyal Forty-Seven
1962
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Age: 31
The Tragedy of a Young Warrior
1962
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Age: 31
Destiny's Son
1962
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as Sôshi Tada
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Age: 31
The Tale of Zatoichi
1962
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as Miki Hirate
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Age: 31
I am the Judge
1962
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Age: 30
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Kuro to aka no hanabira
1962
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Age: 30
Fire Line
1961
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as Kuroiwa
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Age: 30
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Casebook of Detective Jiro Nango: Shadowless Murderer
1961
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Age: 30
The Horizon Glitters
1961
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as
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Age: 29
Ren'ai Zubari Kōza
1961
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Age: 29
Counterattack of a Queen Bee
1961
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as Muteppô no Masa
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Age: 29
Roar of the Bullets
1960
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Age: 29
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弥次喜多珍道中 中仙道の巻
1960
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Age: 29
The Rambler Rides Again
1960
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Age: 29
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トップ屋を殺せ
1960
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Age: 29
Queen Bee and College Boy Ryu
1960
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Age: 29
Jigoku
1960
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as Shirô Shimizu
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Age: 29
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Kôshitsu to sensô to waga minzoku
1960
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as Lieutenant Colonel Shiizaki
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Age: 29
Yellow Line
1960
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as Kazuhiro Moroki
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Age: 29
Enigmatic Explosion of the Battleship Mutsu
1960
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as Lt. Commander Fushimi
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Age: 29
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Women of Whirlpool Island
1960
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Age: 28
Beyond the Hills
1960
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Age: 28
Black Line
1960
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as Koji Machida
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Age: 28
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Elegy of a Geisha
1959
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as Hayase Chikara
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Age: 28
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Quiet Dawn in the Front
1959
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as
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Age: 28
The Ghost of Yotsuya
1959
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as Iemon Tamiya
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Age: 28
Queen of the China Sea
1959
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as First Lieutenant Yokoyama
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Age: 28
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No Police
1959
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Age: 28
The Lady Vampire
1959
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as Nobutaka Takenaka
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Age: 28
The Challenge of the Female Spy Akatsuki
1959
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Age: 27
The Pacific War and the International Military Tribunal
1959
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as First Officer of the Yamato
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Age: 27
Queen Bee's Anger
1958
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as Noboru Gôda
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Age: 27
Casebook of Dandy Sashichi: Dead Woman's Tattoo
1958
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Age: 27
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Poison Fang Oran
1958
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Age: 27
Secret White Line Zone
1958
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Age: 27
Ghost in the Regiment
1958
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as Lieutenant Namishima
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Age: 27
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黄金奉行
1958
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Age: 27
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Holiday in Japan
1958
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Age: 27
Star Poisoning Case
1958
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Age: 27
Emperor & Empress Meiji and the Sino-Japanese War
1958
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Age: 27
Rusty Knife
1958
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Age: 27
Queen Bee
1958
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as Mazaki
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Age: 26
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稲妻奉行
1958
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Age: 26
Casebook of Dandy Sashichi: Six Famous Beauties
1956
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as Asaka Keinosuke
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Age: 25
Fearful Attack of the Flying Saucers
1956
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as Assistant Osugi
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Age: 25
Admiral Yamamoto and the Allied Fleets
1956
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Age: 25
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Revenge of the Pearl Queen
1956
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as Yûzô Yamauchi
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Age: 25
The Prosecutor and His Sister
1956
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Age: 25
Morishige is a Fake Gentleman
1955
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Age: 24
花眞珠
1955
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Age: 24
Twilight Saloon
1955
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Age: 24
Nonki saiban
1955
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Age: 24
Mysterious Dwarf
1955
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Age: 23
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Carbine of Fear
1954
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Age: 23
Mole Alley
1953
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Age: 22