Hideyo Amamoto | ALEFAST

Hideyo Amamoto

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.

Known For: Acting

Born: Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan, 1926-01-02

Died: 2003-03-23

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1954	The Garden of Women		66
2	1954	Twenty-Four Eyes	Ôishi Sensei no Otto	77
3	1957	Temptation	Kyozo Ikegami	80
4	1958	Who Is the Informer?	Nakao	0
5	1958	Theater of Life		0
6	1959	The Big Boss		63
7	1959	Samurai Saga	(uncredited)	67
8	1959	The Three Treasures	Spectator at Gods' Dance	54
9	1960	The Last Gunfight	Ichino	61
10	1960	The Gambling Samurai	Tomimatsu	63
11	1960	The Secret of the Telegian		61
12	1960	Man Against Man		0
13	1960	Westward Desperado		62
14	1960	Get 'em All	Weapon Dealer	60
15	1961	Daredevil in the Castle	Interpreter	74
16	1961	Blueprint of Murder		62
17	1961	Yojimbo	Yahachi	81
18	1961	A Night in Hong Kong		0
19	1961	Blood on the Sea		0
20	1961	Bandits on the Wind		0
21	1962	The Crimson Sky		0
22	1962	Gorath	Man in Bar	67
23	1962	Operation Sewer Rats	(uncredited)	0
24	1962	Chûshingura		73
25	1963	Warring Clans		68
26	1963	Matango	Skulking Transitional Matango (uncredited)	69
27	1963	Young Swordsman		65
28	1963	Samurai Pirate	Granny the Witch	55
29	1963	The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman		61
30	1963	Atragon	High Priest of Mu	65
31	1964	Oh, Bomb!	Tetsu	77
32	1964	Garakuta		0
33	1964	Dogora	Maki the Safecracker	69
34	1964	Could I But Live		0
35	1964	Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster	Princess Salno's aide (uncredited)	70
36	1965	Samurai Assassin	Matazaburo Hagiwara	74
37	1965	Kwaidan	(segment "In a Cup of Tea") (uncredited)	77
38	1965	Fort Graveyard	Shiga	67
39	1965	Key of Keys	Numaguchi	60
40	1966	Cash Calls Hell		76
41	1966	The Sword of Doom	Shuzen Kamio	77
42	1966	Adventure in Kigan Castle	Granny the Old Witch	57
43	1966	What's Up, Tiger Lily?	Cobra Man	54
44	1966	Rise Against the Sword	Heiroku	65
45	1966	Ebirah, Horror of the Deep	Red Bamboo Naval Officer	63
46	1967	The Age of Assassins	Shogo Mizorogi	73
47	1967	The Killing Bottle	First Murderer	70
48	1967	King Kong Escapes	Dr. Who	62
49	1967	Japan's Longest Day	Captain Takeo Sasaki	71
50	1968	The Tigers: The World is Waiting For Us	Heraclues	0
51	1968	Kill!	Gendayu Shimada	70
52	1968	The Human Bullet	Father of Him	61
53	1968	Konto 55: The Weaknesses of the Century	Sawada	0
54	1969	Red Lion	Dr. Gensai	64
55	1969	Portrait of Hell		81
56	1969	All Monsters Attack	Toy Consultant Shinpei Inami	51
57	1970	Crazy Violence at Shimizu Harbor		0
58	1970	The Militarists	Fuyuki	80
59	1971	Fate Deals the Card of Death		70
60	1971	The Battle of Okinawa	Okinawa Regional Officer	75
61	1971	The Wolves		74
62	1972	Kamen Rider vs. Shocker	Dr. Shinigami	58
63	1974	Lupin the Third: Strange Psychokinetic Strategy	Assassin at Orphanage	60
64	1975	Without Complaint		0
65	1975	Battle Cry	Yosaku	60
66	1976	The Adventure of Robocon		100
67	1978	J.A.K.Q. Dengekitai vs. Gorenger	General Sahara	82
68	1978	Message from Space	Dark	58
69	1978	Blood Type: Blue		55
70	1980	Mister, Missus, Miss Lonely	Ryuichi Shimomura	60
71	1981	Magistrate of the Floating World		60
72	1984	Farewell to the Ark	Key maker	70
73	1984	Mahjong Horoki	Hachimaki	65
74	1984	Agi, the Fury of Evil	Onmyoji	70
75	1985	Marukin marubi no kintamashii maki	Inn manager	0
76	1986	Monster Heaven		0
77	1987	The Red Spectacles	Moongaze Ginji	64
78	1987	Mighty Jack		24
79	1988	Kaito Ruby	Grocery Store Owner	69
80	1989	Bungakusho Satsujin Jiken: Oinaru Jyoso		0
81	1990	Shin Virgin Boys Story: Hong Kong Virgin Boy		0
82	1990	Big Boobs Buster	Dirty Old Goat	54
83	1990	Hong Kong Paradise	Youmei Kaku	0
84	1990	Go Nagai's Scary Zone 2: Senki		50
85	1990	Monster Heaven: Ghost Hero		54
86	1990	Ronin-gai	Biwa player	59
87	1990	Hole in the Pants 5: I Found a Glittering Star!		0
88	1991	Female Neo-Ninjas	Grandpa	40
89	1991	Da Dahhhhn		0
90	1991	Rainbow Kids	Kushida, the Butler	64
91	1991	My Soul Is Slashed	Servant	60
92	1992	Wangan Midnight		65
93	1992	Yamai wa kikara: Byôin e ikô 2		20
94	1992	High School Jingi 2: Taihen yoku dekimashita		0
95	1993	Kazuo Umezu's Terror Zone: Horror!		0
96	1993	A Gruesome and Terrifying Story that Happened in Real Life		0
97	1993	Black Market Emperor: Silver and Gold		0
98	1994	Black Market Emperor: Silver and Gold 2		0
99	1994	The Fighting King		0
100	1994	Edogawa Rampo Theater: The Man Who Travels With Prints	Monma Yazo	0
101	1995	Marehito	Voice of Marehito	50
102	1995	August in the Water	Sakai	67
103	1996	Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself: The Loot		80
104	1996	Eko Eko Azarak II: Birth of the Wizard	Master of Saiga	59
105	1996	Weather Woman	Chairman Shimamori	31
106	1997	30 -thirty-		0
107	1998	Tom Cat Holmes and the Twilight Hotel		0
108	1998	F		62
109	1999	Birdcage of Horrors		0
110	2000	Keizoku: Unsolved Mysteries - Beautiful Dreamer		62
111	2000	Oshikiri		53
112	2000	Hakata Movie: Chinchiromai		0
113	2001	Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack	Prof. Hirotoshi Isayama the Prophet	75
114	2005	Kamen Rider: THE FIRST	Dr. Shinigami	67

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1968	Mighty Jack		60
2	1971	Kamen Rider	Doctor Shinigami	64
3	1981	Pro Hunter		0
4	1982	Space Sheriff Gavan		79
5	1983	Furuya Ikkou's Great Detective Kindaichi Kousuke Series	Matsuo Takami	70
6	1984	Nebula Mask Machine Man	Prof. K.	87
7	1996	Moon Spiral	Toru Sawajiri	0