Hideyo Amamoto
Born: 1926-01-02 in Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan
Died: 2003-03-23
Known For: Acting
Biography
Hideyo Amamoto (天本 英世 Amamoto Hideyo) was a prolific Japanese actor from the Wakamatsu ward of Kitakyūshū best known for portraying Dr. Shinigami in the original Kamen Riderseries as well as many other characters in tokusatsu films and theGodzilla series. Amamoto also used the pseudonym of Eisei Amamoto for most of his career, Eisei being a misreading of the kanji in his real name, Hideyo. He died on March 23, 2003 from acute pneumonia at the age of 77.
Filmography
2005
- Kamen Rider: THE FIRST as Dr. Shinigami
2001
- Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack as Prof. Hirotoshi Isayama the Prophet
1999
1997
1996
- Weather Woman as Chairman Shimamori
- Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Loot as Mutsuo Hatano
- Moon Spiral as Toru Sawajiri
- Eko Eko Azarak II: Birth of the Wizard as Master of Saiga
1995
- August in the Water as Sakai
- Marehito as Voice of Marehito
1994
1993
1991
- Female Neo-Ninjas as Grandpa
- My Soul Is Slashed as Servant
- Da Dahhhhn
- Rainbow Kids as Kushida, the Butler
1990
- Ronin-gai as Biwa player
- Hong Kong Paradise as Youmei Kaku
- Monster Heaven: Ghost Hero
- Hole in the Pants 5: I Found a Glittering Star!
- Go Nagai's Scary Zone 2: Senki
- Shin Virgin Boys Story: Hong Kong Virgin Boy
- Big Boobs Buster as Dirty Old Goat
1988
- Kaito Ruby as Grocery Store Owner
1987
- The Red Spectacles as Moongaze Ginji
- Mighty Jack
1986
1985
- Marukin marubi no kintamashii maki as Inn manager
- Evil Heart as Physician
1984
- Farewell to the Ark as Key maker
- Mahjong Horoki as Hachimaki
- Nebula Mask Machine Man as Professor K
- Agi, the Fury of Evil as Onmyoji
1983
- Furuya Ikkou's Great Detective Kindaichi Kousuke Series as Matsuo Takami
- The Kōsuke Kindaichi Series 2: The Mummy Bride as Tagami
1982
1980
- Mister, Missus, Miss Lonely as Ryuichi Shimomura
1978
- Message from Space as Dark
- Blood Type: Blue
- J.A.K.Q. Dengekitai vs. Gorenger as General Sahara
1975
- Without Complaint
- Battle Cry as Yosaku
1974
- Lupin the Third: Strange Psychokinetic Strategy as Assassin at Orphanage
1972
- Kamen Rider vs. Shocker as Dr. Shinigami
1971
- Kamen Rider as Doctor Shinigami
- The Battle of Okinawa as Okinawa Regional Officer
- The Wolves
- Fate Deals the Card of Death
1970
1969
- All Monsters Attack as Toy Consultant Shinpei Inami
- Red Lion as Dr. Gensai
- Portrait of Hell
1968
- Kill! as Gendayu Shimada
- Mexican Free-for-All as Bandit leader
- The Human Bullet as Father of Him
- Mighty Jack
- Konto 55: The Weaknesses of the Century as Sawada
- The Tigers: The World is Waiting For Us as Heraclues
1967
- Japan's Longest Day as Captain Takeo Sasaki
- King Kong Escapes as Dr. Who
- The Killing Bottle as First Murderer
- The Age of Assassins as Shogo Mizorogi
1966
- Ebirah, Horror of the Deep as Red Bamboo Naval Officer
- The Sword of Doom as Shuzen Kamio
- Cash Calls Hell
- Adventure in Kigan Castle as Granny the Old Witch
- Rise Against the Sword as Heiroku
- What's Up, Tiger Lily? as Cobra Man
1965
- Kwaidan as (segment "In a Cup of Tea") (uncredited)
- Samurai Assassin as Matazaburo Hagiwara
- Fort Graveyard as Shiga
- Key of Keys as Numaguchi
1964
- Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster as Princess Salno's aide
- Dogora as Maki the Safecracker
- Oh, Bomb! as Tetsu
- The Rabble
- Could I But Live
1963
- Atragon as High Priest of Mu
- Matango as Transitional Matango
- Warring Clans
- Samurai Pirate as Granny the Witch
- The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman
- Interpol Code 8 as Shû
- Young Swordsman
1962
- Chûshingura
- Gorath as Man in Bar
- The Crimson Sky
- Operation Sewer Rats as (uncredited)
1961
- Yojimbo as Yahachi
- Daredevil in the Castle as Interpreter
- Blueprint of Murder
- Bandits on the Wind
- A Night in Hong Kong
- Blood on the Sea
1960
- The Secret of the Telegian
- The Last Gunfight as Ichino
- Westward Desperado
- Get 'em All as Weapon Dealer
- Man Against Man
- The Gambling Samurai as Tomimatsu
- Showdown on Pier No.3 as Suda
1959
- The Three Treasures as Spectator at Gods' Dance
- The Big Boss
- Samurai Saga as (uncredited)
1958
1957
- Temptation as Kyozo Ikegami
1956
1954
- Twenty-Four Eyes as Ôishi Sensei no Otto
- The Garden of Women