Hideyo Amamoto

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.

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) (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

1960s

(1960) as Ichino Kunisada Chuji (1960) as Tomimatsu (1960) as Onishi's Henchman Dâisan hâtobanô kêtto (1960) Otoko tai otoko (1960) as Killer Dokuritsu gurentai nishi-e (1960) Osaka jo monogatari (1961) as Interpreter Ankokugai no dankon (1961) Yojimbo (1961) as Yahachi Honkon no yoru (1961) Kurenai no umi (aka Blood on the Sea) (1961) Shinko no otoko (1961) Gorath (1962) as Drunk Kurenai no sora (1962) Dobunezumi sakusen (1962) Chūshingura: Hana no Maki, Yuki no Maki (1962) as Takano, of the Chunagons Ankokugai no kiba (1962) Sengoku Yaro (1963) Matango (1963) as Skulking Transitional Matango Kokusai himitsu keisatsu—Shirei 8 go (aka Interpol Code 8) (1963) (note: first of five films in the "Kokusai himitsu keisatsu" series) as Shû Daitozoku (1963) as Granny the Witch Eburi manshi no yuga-na seikatsu (1963) Atragon (1963) as High Priest of Mu Aa bakudan (1964) as Tetsu Dogara, the Space Monster (1964) as Maki the Safecracker (1964) Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964) Kokusai himitsu keisatsu: Kagi no kagi (1965) as Numaguchi, Snake-Training Gangster Gohiki no shinshi (1966) Abare Goemon (1966) as Heiroku The Sword of Doom (1966) as Lord Shuzen Kamio Kiganjo no boken (1966) as Granny the Old Witch Tenamonya Tokaido (1966) Ebirah, Horror of the Deep (1966) as Red Bamboo Naval Officer Satsujin kyo jidai (1967) as Shogo Mizorogi Kokusai himitsu keisatsu: Zettai zetsumei (1967) as First Murderer Sasaki Kojiro (1967) King Kong Escapes (1967) Kureejii Mekishiko dai sakusen (aka Mexican Free-for-All) (1968) Mighty Jack (1968, TV Series) Akage (1969) as Dr. Gensai Portrait of Hell (1969) All Monsters Attack (1969) as Toy Consultant Shinpei Inami

1970s Kureji no nagurikomi Shimizu Minato (1970) (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) (1971) as Okinawa Regional Officer Shussho iwai (aka The Wolves) (1971) Kamen Rider vs. Shocker (1972) as Dr. Shinigami (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) (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) (1998) as Akaishi Efu (1998)

2000s Keizoku/eiga (2000) Sweet Sweet Ghost (2000) as Yasuri Hakata Movie: Chinchiromai (2000) as God Computer (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)