Hideyo Amamoto


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

    1960

  • ' as Ichino
  • Kunisada Chuji as Tomimatsu
  • ' as Onishi's Henchman
  • Dâisan hâtobanô kêtto
  • Otoko tai otoko as Killer
  • Dokuritsu gurentai nishi-e
  • Osaka jo monogatari as Interpreter
  • Ankokugai no dankon
  • Yojimbo as Yahachi
  • Honkon no yoru
  • Kurenai no umi
  • Shinko no otoko
  • Gorath as Drunk
  • Kurenai no sora
  • Dobunezumi sakusen
  • Chūshingura: Hana no Maki, Yuki no Maki as Takano, of the Chunagons
  • Ankokugai no kiba
  • Sengoku Yaro
  • Matango as Skulking Transitional Matango
  • Kokusai himitsu keisatsu—Shirei 8 go as Shû
  • Hiken
  • Daitozoku as Granny the Witch
  • Eburi manshi no yuga-na seikatsu
  • Atragon as High Priest of Mu
  • Aa bakudan as Tetsu
  • Dogara, the Space Monster as Maki the Safecracker
  • Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster as Princess Salno's aide
  • Kwaidan
  • Samurai sd Matazaburo Hagiwara
  • Fort Graveyard as Shiga
  • Kokusai himitsu keisatsu: Kagi no kagi as Numaguchi, Snake-Training Gangster
  • Gohiki no shinshi
  • Abare Goemon as Heiroku
  • The Sword of Doom as Lord Shuzen Kamio
  • Kiganjo no boken as Granny the Old Witch
  • Tenamonya Tokaido
  • Ebirah, Horror of the Deep as Red Bamboo Naval Officer
  • Satsujin kyo jidai as Shogo Mizorogi
  • Kokusai himitsu keisatsu: Zettai zetsumei as First Murderer
  • Sasaki Kojiro
  • King Kong Escapes as Dr. Who
  • Nihon no ichiban nagai hi as Captain Takeo Sasaki
  • Ultra Q as Kenji Tomono - Mysterious Old Man
  • Dorifutazu desu yo! Zenshin zenshin matazenshin
  • Za taigasu: Sekai wa bokura o matteiru as Heraclues
  • Kiru as Gendayu Shimada
  • Nikudan as Father of Him
  • Konto55go—Seiki no Daijakuten as Sawada
  • Kureejii Mekishiko dai sakusen
  • Mighty Jack
  • Akage as Dr. Gensai
  • Portrait of Hell
  • All Monsters Attack as Toy Consultant Shinpei Inami

    1970

  • Kureji no nagurikomi Shimizu Minato
  • as Prof. Fuyuki
  • Bakuchi-uchi: Inochi-huda
  • Kamen Rider as Dr. Shinigami "Ikadevil"
  • Return of Ultraman
  • as Okinawa Regional Officer
  • Shussho iwai
  • Kamen Rider vs. Shocker as Dr. Shinigami
  • as Satan
  • Kamen Rider V3 as Dr. Shinigami
  • Rupan Sansei: Nenriki chin sakusen as Assassin at Orphanage
  • Ultraman Leo as Dodole / Alien Sarin
  • Tokkan
  • Space Ironman Kyodain as Dr. Kaido
  • Kaiketsu Zubat
  • Chiisana supaman Ganbaron
  • Goranger Versus JAKQ as General Sahara
  • Message from Space as Mother Dark
  • ''Buru Kurisumasu''

    1980

  • Misuta, Misesu, Misu Ronri as Ryuichi Shimomura
  • Uchuu Keiji Gavan as Archbishop/Foreman
  • Seiun Kamen Machineman as Prof. K
  • Saraba hakobune as Key maker
  • Mahjong horoki as Hachimaki
  • The Red Spectacles as Moongaze Ginji
  • Kaitô Ruby
  • ''Bungakusho satsujin jiken: Oinaru jyoso''

    1990

  • Hong Kong Paradise
  • as Biwa player
  • Youkai tengoku: Ghost Hero
  • Daiyukai as Kushida
  • Kamitsukitai/Dorakiyura yori ai-0 as Servant
  • The Female Warriors
  • Shorishatachi
  • Za kakuto oh
  • Street Fighter II: The Movie as Ken and Ryu's Master
  • Edogawa Rampo gekijo: Oshie to tabisuru otoko
  • Weather Woman
  • as Master of Saiga
  • Otenki-oneesan as Chairman Shimamori
  • Moon Spiral as Tōru
  • as Akaishi
  • ''Efu''

    2000

  • Keizoku/eiga
  • Sweet Sweet Ghost as Yasuri
  • Hakata Movie: Chinchiromai as God Computer
  • as Katsuda
  • Oshikiri
  • Vengeance for Sale
  • Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack as Prof. Hirotoshi Isayama the Prophet
  • Kamen Rider The First as Dr. Shinigami