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.
Yojimbo
1961
Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
1964
Birdcage of Horrors
1999
Atragon
1963
Kwaidan
1965
Young Swordsman
1963
What's Up, Tiger Lily?
1966
Chûshingura
1962
Kill!
1968
Samurai Assassin
1965
Message from Space
1978
The Red Spectacles
1987
Showdown on Pier No.3
1960
Da Dahhhhn
1991
Mighty Jack
1987
Ronin-gai
1990
Mexican Free-for-All
1968
Matango
1963
Warring Clans
1963
Weather Woman
1996
King Kong Escapes
1967
Portrait of Hell
1969
The Human Bullet
1968
Hakata Movie: Chinchiromai
2000
Key of Keys
1965
Daredevil in the Castle
1961
Japan's Longest Day
1967
30 -thirty-
1997
The Sword of Doom
1966
Marukin marubi no kintamashii maki
1985
Lunar Eclipse
1956
Bungakusho Satsujin Jiken: Oinaru Jyoso
1989
Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack
2001
The Three Treasures
1959
Monster Heaven
1986
High School Jingi 2: Taihen yoku dekimashita
1992
Cash Calls Hell
1966
Agi, the Fury of Evil
1984
The Garden of Women
1954
My Soul Is Slashed
1991