Hideyo Amamoto

Hideyo Amamoto (天本 英世, Amamoto Hideyo, January 2, 1926 – March 23, 2003) was a prolific Japanese actor from the Wakamatsu ward of Kitakyūshū best known for portraying Dr. Shinigami in the original Kamen Rider series as well as many other characters in tokusatsu films and 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 from acute pneumonia at the age of 77.

1950s

• Nijushi no hitomi (1954) – Hisako's husband
• The Birth of Japan (1959) – Spectator at Gods' Dance
• Aru kengo no shogai (1959)
• Songoku: The Road to the West (1959)
• Ankokugai no kaoyaku (1959)

1960s

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

1970s

• Gekido no showashi 'Gunbatsu' (1970) – Prof. Fuyuki
• Kureji no nagurikomi Shimizu Minato (1970)
• Gekido no showashi: Okinawa kessen (1971)
• Kamen Rider (1971) [TV Series] – Dr. Shinigami (Deathgod)
• Bakuchi-uchi: Inochi-huda (1971)
• Shussho iwai (aka The Wolves) (1971)
• Kamen Rider vs. Shocker (1972) – Dr. Deathgod
• Henshin Ninja arashi (1972) [TV Series] – Satan
• Kamen Rider V3 (1973) – Dr. Deathgod
• Tokkan (1975)
• Kaiketsu Zubat [TV series] (Episode 1.2)
• Chiisana supaman Ganbaron (1977) [TV Series]
• Message from Space (1978) – Mother Dark
• Goranger Versus JAKQ (1978) – Sahara Shogun
• Buru Kurisumasu (1978)

1980s

• Misuta, Misesu, Misu Ronri (1980) – Ryuichi Shimomura
• Mahjong horoki (1984) – Hachimaki
• Saraba hakobune (1984) – Key maker
• Seiun Kamen Machineman(1984) [TV Series] – Prof. K
• Bungakusho satsujin jiken: Oinaru jyoso (1989)

1990s

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

2000s

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