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Known For

Acting

Birthdate

1926-01-02

Day of Death

2003-03-23

Place of Birth

Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan

Hideyo Amamoto

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 (122)

⭐ 6.8 Role: Dr. Shinigami

Kamen Rider: THE FIRST

2005
⭐ 7.5 Role: Prof. Hirotoshi Isayama the Prophet

Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack

2001
⭐ 8.0 Role: Unknown

Hakata Movie: Chinchiromai

2000
⭐ 6.2 Role: Unknown

Oshikiri

2000
⭐ 6.4 Role: Unknown

Keizoku: Unsolved Mysteries - Beautiful Dreamer

2000
⭐ 0 Role: Unknown

Birdcage of Horrors

1999
⭐ 6.2 Role: Unknown

F

1998
⭐ 0 Role: Unknown

Tom Cat Holmes and the Twilight Hotel

1998
⭐ 5.0 Role: Unknown

30 -thirty-

1997
⭐ 3.4 Role: Chairman Shimamori

Weather Woman

1996
⭐ 6.2 Role: Master of Saiga

Eko Eko Azarak II: Birth of the Wizard

1996
⭐ 8.0 Role: Mutsuo Hatano

Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Loot

1996
⭐ 6.9 Role: Sakai

August in the Water

1995
⭐ 5.0 Role: Voice of Marehito

Marehito

1995
⭐ 9.0 Role: Monma Yazo

Edogawa Rampo Theater: The Man Who Travels With Prints

1994