Hideyo Amamoto

Japanese actor

Hideyo Amamoto
Amamoto in 1961
Born	January 2, 1926 Wakamatsu-ku, Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan
Died	March 23, 2003(2003-03-23) (aged 77) Wakamatsu-ku, Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka, Japan
Other names	Eisei Amamoto
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1954–2003
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)

Hideyo Amamoto (天本英世, Amamoto Hideyo, January 2, 1926 – March 23, 2003) was a Japanese actor. He is best known for portraying Dr. Shinigami in the original Kamen Rider series as well as many other characters in tokusatsu films such as the Godzilla 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, of complications from pneumonia at 77.

Film and television credits

1950

Nijushi no hitomi (1954) as Hisako's husband
The Garden of Women (1954) as Professor (uncredited)
Twenty-Four Eyes (1954) as Ôishi Sensei no Otto
Ai wa furu hoshi no kanata ni (1956) as Chen LongCheng
Yûwaku (1957) as Kyôzô Ikegami
Kunin no shikeishû (1957) as Takao Nakamura
Yatsu ga satsujinsha da (1958)
Mikkokusha wa dare ka (1958) as Nakao
Jinsei gekijô - Seishun hen (1958)
Ankokugai no kaoyaku (1959)
Songoku: The Road to the West (1959)
Aru kengo no shogai (1959)
Seishun o kakero (1959) as Senzaka
The Birth of Japan (1959) as Spectator at Gods' Dance

1960

Ankokugai no taiketsu (1960) as Ichino
Kunisada Chuji (1960) as Tomimatsu^[1]
Denso Ningen (1960) as Onishi's Henchman
Dâisan hâtobanô kêtto (1960)
Otoko tai otoko (1960) as Killer^[2]
Dokuritsu gurentai nishi-e (1960)
Osaka jo monogatari (1961) as Interpreter^[3]
Ankokugai no dankon (1961)
Yojimbo (1961) as Yahachi^[4]
Honkon no yoru (1961)
Kurenai no umi (aka Blood on the Sea) (1961)^[5]
Shinko no otoko (1961)
Gorath (1962) as Drunk
Kurenai no sora (1962)
Dobunezumi sakusen (1962)
Chūshingura: Hana no Maki, Yuki no Maki (1962) as Takano, of the Chunagons
Ankokugai no kiba (1962)
Sengoku Yaro (1963)
Matango (1963) as Skulking Transitional Matango
Kokusai himitsu keisatsu—Shirei 8 go (aka Interpol Code 8) (1963) (note: first of five films in the "Kokusai himitsu keisatsu" series) as Shû^[6]
Hiken (1963)^[6]
Daitozoku (1963) as Granny the Witch^[7]
Eburi manshi no yuga-na seikatsu (1963)^[8]
Atragon (1963) as High Priest of Mu
Aa bakudan (1964) as Tetsu^[9]
Dogara, the Space Monster (1964) as Maki the Safecracker^[4]^[10]
transl. ja – transl. Ware hitotsubu no mugi naredo (1964)
Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964)^[4] as Princess Salno's aide
Kwaidan (1964) (segment "Chawan no naka")^[4]
Samurai (1965) sd Matazaburo Hagiwara
Fort Graveyard (1965) as Shiga^[11]
Kokusai himitsu keisatsu: Kagi no kagi (1965) as Numaguchi, Snake-Training Gangster
Gohiki no shinshi (1966)
Abare Goemon (1966) as Heiroku^[12]
Dai-bosatsu toge (1966) as Lord Shuzen Kamio^[13]
Kiganjo no boken (1966) as Granny the Old Witch
Tenamonya Tokaido (1966)
Ebirah, Horror of the Deep (1966) as Red Bamboo Naval Officer^[4]^[14]
Satsujin kyo jidai (1967) as Shogo Mizorogi
Kokusai himitsu keisatsu: Zettai zetsumei (1967) as First Murderer
Sasaki Kojiro (1967)^[15]
King Kong Escapes (1967)^[4] as Dr. Who
Nihon no ichiban nagai hi (1967) as Captain Takeo Sasaki
Ultra Q (1967, TV series, Episode "Open the Door!") as Kenji Tomono - Mysterious Old Man
Dorifutazu desu yo! Zenshin zenshin matazenshin (1967)
Za taigasu: Sekai wa bokura o matteiru (1968) as Heraclues
Kiru (1968) as Gendayu Shimada
Nikudan (1968) as Father of Him
Konto55go—Seiki no Daijakuten (1968) as Sawada^[16]
Kureejii Mekishiko dai sakusen (aka Mexican Free-for-All) (1968)^[17]
Mighty Jack (1968, TV Series)^[4]^[18]
Akage (1969) as Dr. Gensai
Portrait of Hell (1969)
All Monsters Attack (1969) as Toy Consultant Shinpei Inami^[4]^[19]

1970

Kureji no nagurikomi Shimizu Minato (1970)
Gekido no showashi 'Gunbatsu' (1970) as Prof. Fuyuki (uncredited)^[20]
Bakuchi-uchi: Inochi-huda (1971)
Kamen Rider (1971-1972, TV Series) as Dr. Shinigami "Ikadevil"
Return of Ultraman (1971, TV Series)
'Gekido no showashi: Okinawa kessen (1971) as Okinawa Regional Officer^[21]
Shussho iwai (aka The Wolves) (1971)^[22]
Kamen Rider vs. Shocker (1972) as Dr. Shinigami
Henshin Ninja arashi^[ja] (1972, TV Series) as Satan
Kamen Rider V3 (1973, TV Series) as Dr. Shinigami
Rupan Sansei: Nenriki chin sakusen (1974) as Assassin at Orphanage
Ultraman Leo (1974, TV Series) as Dodole / Alien Sarin
Tokkan (1975)
Kaiketsu Zubat (1977, TV series, Episode 1.2)
Chiisana supaman Ganbaron (1977, TV Series)
Goranger Versus JAKQ (1978) as General Sahara
Message from Space (1978) as Mother Dark
Buru Kurisumasu (1978)

1980

Misuta, Misesu, Misu Ronri (1980) as Ryuichi Shimomura
Seiun Kamen Machineman (1984, TV Series) as Prof. K
Saraba hakobune (1984) as Key maker
Mahjong horoki (1984) as Hachimaki
The Red Spectacles (1987) as Moongaze Ginji
Kaitô Ruby (1988)
Bungakusho satsujin jiken: Oinaru jyoso (1989)

1990

Hong Kong Paradise (1990)
Ronin-gai^[fr] (1990) as Biwa player
Youkai tengoku: Ghost Hero (1990)
Daiyukai (1991) as Kushida^[23]
Kamitsukitai/Dorakiyura yori ai-0 (1991) as Servant
The Female Warriors (1991)
Shorishatachi (1992)
Za kakuto oh (1993)
Street Fighter II: The Movie (1994) as Ken and Ryu's Master (voice)^[24] (later established in the series as Goken)
Edogawa Rampo gekijo: Oshie to tabisuru otoko (1994)
Weather Woman (1995)^[4]
Eko eko azaraku II (1996) as Master of Saiga
Otenki-oneesan (1996) as Chairman Shimamori
Moon Spiral (1996, TV series) as Tōru^[25]
Mikeneko hoomuzu no tasogare hoteru (1998) as Akaishi
Efu (1998)

2000

Keizoku/eiga (2000)
Sweet Sweet Ghost (2000) as Yasuri
Hakata Movie: Chinchiromai (2000) as God Computer
Sebunzu feisu (2000) as Katsuda
Oshikiri (2000)
Vengeance for Sale (2002)
Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (2001) as Prof. Hirotoshi Isayama the Prophet (final film role)^[4]^[19]
Kamen Rider The First (2005) as Dr. Shinigami (archive footage, overdubbed by Eiji Maruyama)
??? (2009) – Master Li (archive footage)

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