Hideyo Amamoto
Known for Acting
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
Yojimbo
1961
as Yahachi
Kwaidan
1965
as (segment "In a Cup of Tea") (uncredited)
Ebirah, Horror of the Deep
1966
as Red Bamboo Naval Officer
Samurai Assassin
1965
as Matazaburo Hagiwara
Japan's Longest Day
1967
as Captain Takeo Sasaki
Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack
2001
as Prof. Hirotoshi Isayama the Prophet
The Sword of Doom
1966
as Shuzen Kamio
King Kong Escapes
1967
as Dr. Who
Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
1964
as Princess Salno's aide
All Monsters Attack
1969
as Toy Consultant Shinpei Inami
Matango
1963
as Skulking Transitional Matango (uncredited)
Chûshingura
1962
Atragon
1963
as High Priest of Mu
Gorath
1962
as Man in Bar
The Red Spectacles
1987
as Moongaze Ginji
Message from Space
1978
as Dark
Mahjong Horoki
1984
as Hachimaki
The Battle of Okinawa
1971
as Okinawa Regional Officer
Dogora
1964
as Maki the Safecracker
The Three Treasures
1959
as Spectator at Gods' Dance