Hideyo Amamoto
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.
Known for
2005Kamen Rider: THE FIRST
Dr. Shinigami
2001Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack
Prof. Hirotoshi Isayama the Prophet
2000Keizoku: Unsolved Mysteries - Beautiful Dreamer
2000Oshikiri
2000Hakata Movie: Chinchiromai
1999Birdcage of Horrors
1998Tom Cat Holmes and the Twilight Hotel
1998F
199730 -thirty-
1996Eko Eko Azarak II: Birth of the Wizard
Master of Saiga
1996Weather Woman
Chairman Shimamori
1996Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Loot
Mutsuo Hatano
1995Marehito
Voice of Marehito
1995August in the Water
Sakai
1994The Fighting King
1994Edogawa Rampo Theater: The Man Who Travels With Prints
Monma Yazo
1994Black Market Emperor: Silver and Gold 2
1993A Gruesome and Terrifying Story that Happened in Real Life
1993Black Market Emperor: Silver and Gold
1993My Beloved Ultraseven
Security Guard
1992Yamai wa kikara: Byôin e ikô 2
1992Wangan Midnight
1992High School Jingi 2: Taihen yoku dekimashita
1991My Soul Is Slashed
Servant