Hideyo Amamoto (天本 英世, Amamoto Hideyo; January 2, 1926 – March 23, 2003) 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.
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Film and television credits
1950s
Nijushi no hitomi (1954) as Hisako's husband
The Garden of Women (1954) as Professor (uncredited)
Twenty-Four Eyes (1954) as Ôishi Sensei no Otto
Ai wa furu hoshi no kanata ni (1956) as Chen LongCheng
Yûwaku (1957) as Kyôzô Ikegami
Kunin no shikeishû (1957) as Takao Nakamura
Yatsu ga satsujinsha da (1958)
Mikkokusha wa dare ka (1958) as Nakao
Jinsei gekijô - Seishun hen (1958)
Ankokugai no kaoyaku (1959)
Songoku: The Road to the West (1959)
Aru kengo no shogai (1959)
Seishun o kakero (1959) as Senzaka
The Birth of Japan (1959) as Spectator at Gods' Dance
1970s
Kureji no nagurikomi Shimizu Minato (1970)
Gekido no showashi 'Gunbatsu' (1970) as Prof. Fuyuki (uncredited)
Bakuchi-uchi: Inochi-huda (1971)
Kamen Rider (1971–1972, TV Series) as Dr. Shinigami "Ikadevil"
Return of Ultraman (1971, TV Series)
'Gekido no showashi: Okinawa kessen (1971) as Okinawa Regional Officer
Shussho iwai (aka The Wolves) (1971)
Kamen Rider vs. Shocker (1972) as Dr. Shinigami
Henshin Ninja arashi (1972, TV Series) as Satan
Kamen Rider V3 (1973, TV Series) as Dr. Shinigami
Rupan Sansei: Nenriki chin sakusen (1974) as Assassin at Orphanage
Ultraman Leo (1974, TV Series) as Dodole / Alien Sarin
Tokkan (1975)
Space Ironman Kyodain (1976–1977) as Dr. Kaido
Kaiketsu Zubat (1977, TV series, Episode 1.2)
Chiisana supaman Ganbaron (1977, TV Series)
Goranger Versus JAKQ (1978) as General Sahara
Message from Space (1978) as Mother Dark
Buru Kurisumasu (1978)
1980s
Misuta, Misesu, Misu Ronri (1980) as Ryuichi Shimomura
Uchuu Keiji Gavan (1982) as Archbishop/Foreman (a human form of Anahori Doubler)
Seiun Kamen Machineman (1984, TV Series) as Prof. K
Saraba hakobune (1984) as Key maker
Mahjong horoki (1984) as Hachimaki
The Red Spectacles (1987) as Moongaze Ginji
Kaitô Ruby (1988)
Bungakusho satsujin jiken: Oinaru jyoso (1989)
1990s
Hong Kong Paradise (1990)
Ronin-gai (1990) as Biwa player
Youkai tengoku: Ghost Hero (1990)
Daiyukai (1991) as Kushida
Kamitsukitai/Dorakiyura yori ai-0 (1991) as Servant
The Female Warriors (1991)
Shorishatachi (1992)
Za kakuto oh (1993)
Street Fighter II: The Movie (1994) as Ken and Ryu's Master (voice) (later established in the series as Goken)
Edogawa Rampo gekijo: Oshie to tabisuru otoko (1994)
Weather Woman (1995)
Eko eko azaraku II (1996) as Master of Saiga
Otenki-oneesan (1996) as Chairman Shimamori
Moon Spiral (1996, TV series) as Tōru
Mikeneko hoomuzu no tasogare hoteru (1998) as Akaishi
Efu (1998)
2000s
Keizoku/eiga (2000)
Sweet Sweet Ghost (2000) as Yasuri
Hakata Movie: Chinchiromai (2000) as God Computer
Sebunzu feisu (2000) as Katsuda
Oshikiri (2000)
Vengeance for Sale (2002)
Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (2001) as Prof. Hirotoshi Isayama the Prophet (final film role)
Kamen Rider The First (2005) as Dr. Shinigami (archive footage, overdubbed by Eiji Maruyama)