Hideyo Amamoto

Hideyo Amamoto
Hideyo Amamoto
	Amamoto in 1954
Born	January 2, 1926; Wakamatsu-ku, Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan
Died	March 23, 2003 (aged 77)
Other names	Eisei Amamoto
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1954–2003
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)

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 of complication from pneumonia at the age of 77.

Film and television credits[]

1950[]

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

1960[]

(1960) as Ichino
(1960) as Tomimatsu^[1]
(1960) as Onishi's Henchman
Dâisan hâtobanô kêtto (1960)
(1960) as Killer^[2]
(1960)
Osaka jo monogatari (1961) as Interpreter^[3]
(1961)
Yojimbo (1961) as Yahachi^[4]
Honkon no yoru (1961)
(aka Blood on the Sea) (1961)^[5]
(1961)
Gorath (1962) as Drunk
(1962)
(1962)
Chūshingura: Hana no Maki, Yuki no Maki (1962) as Takano, of the Chunagons
(1962)
Sengoku Yaro (1963)
Matango (1963) as Skulking Transitional Matango
(aka Interpol Code 8) (1963) (note: first of five films in the "" series) as Shû^[6]
(1963)^[6]
(1963) as Granny the Witch^[7]
(1963)^[8]
Atragon (1963) as High Priest of Mu
(1964) as Tetsu^[9]
Dogara, the Space Monster (1964) as Maki the Safecracker^[4]^[10]
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Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964)^[4] as Princess Salno's aide
Kwaidan (1964) (segment "Chawan no naka")^[4]
Samurai (1965) sd Matazaburo Hagiwara
(1965) as Shiga^[11]
Kokusai himitsu keisatsu: Kagi no kagi (1965) as Numaguchi, Snake-Training Gangster
Gohiki no shinshi (1966)
(1966) as Heiroku^[12]
Dai-bosatsu toge (1966) as Lord Shuzen Kamio^[13]
(1966) as Granny the Old Witch
(1966)
Ebirah, Horror of the Deep (1966) as Red Bamboo Naval Officer^[4]^[14]
(1967) as Shogo Mizorogi
(1967) as First Murderer
(1967)^[15]
King Kong Escapes (1967)^[4] as Dr. Who
(1967) as Captain Takeo Sasaki
Ultra Q (1967, TV series, Episode "Open the Door!") as Kenji Tomono - Mysterious Old Man
(1967)
(1968) as Heraclues
Kiru (1968) as Gendayu Shimada
Nikudan (1968) as Father of Him
Konto55go—Seiki no Daijakuten (1968) as Sawada^[16]
Kureejii Mekishiko dai sakusen (aka Mexican Free-for-All) (1968)^[17]
Mighty Jack (1968, TV Series)^[4]^[18]
Akage (1969) as Dr. Gensai
Portrait of Hell (1969)
All Monsters Attack (1969) as Toy Consultant Shinpei Inami^[4]^[19]

1970[]

(1970)
(1970) as Prof. Fuyuki (uncredited)^[20]
(1971)
Kamen Rider (1971-1972, TV Series) as Dr. Shinigami "Ikadevil"
Return of Ultraman (1971, TV Series)
' (1971) as Okinawa Regional Officer^[21]
Shussho iwai (aka The Wolves) (1971)^[22]
Kamen Rider vs. Shocker (1972) as Dr. Shinigami
^[ja] (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
(1975)
Kaiketsu Zubat (1977, TV series, Episode 1.2)
Chiisana supaman Ganbaron (1977, TV Series)
(1978) as General Sahara
Message from Space (1978) as Mother Dark
(1978)

1980[]

(1980) as Ryuichi Shimomura
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)
(1989)

1990[]

Hong Kong Paradise (1990)
^[fr] (1990) as Biwa player
(1990)
Daiyukai (1991) as Kushida^[23]
(1991) as Servant
(1991)
(1992)
(1993)
Street Fighter II: The Movie (1994) as Ken and Ryu's Master (voice)^[24] (later established in the series as Goken)
(1994)
Weather Woman (1995)^[4]
(1996) as Master of Saiga
(1996) as Chairman Shimamori
(1996, TV series) as Tōru^[25]
(1998) as Akaishi
Efu (1998)

2000[]

(2000)
(2000) as Yasuri
(2000) as God Computer
(2000) as Katsuda
Oshikiri (2000)
Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (2001) as Prof. Hirotoshi Isayama the Prophet (final film role)^[4]^[19]
Kamen Rider The First (2005) as Dr. Shinigami (archive footage, overdubbed by Eiji Maruyama)
??? (2009) – Master Li (archive footage)

References[]

^ Stuart Galbraith IV (16 May 2008). The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography. Scarecrow Press. pp. 167–168. ISBN 978-1-4616-7374-3.
^ Stuart Galbraith IV (16 May 2008). The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography. Scarecrow Press. p. 172. ISBN 978-1-4616-7374-3.
^ Stuart Galbraith IV (16 May 2008). The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography. Scarecrow Press. p. 177. ISBN 978-1-4616-7374-3.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Brian Thomas (January 2003). VideoHound's Dragon: Asian Action & Cult Flicks. Visible Ink Press. p. 745. ISBN 978-1-57859-141-1.
^ Stuart Galbraith IV (16 May 2008). The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography. Scarecrow Press. p. 184. ISBN 978-1-4616-7374-3.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Stuart Galbraith IV (16 May 2008). The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography. Scarecrow Press. p. 204. ISBN 978-1-4616-7374-3.
^ Stuart Galbraith IV (16 May 2008). The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography. Scarecrow Press. p. 205. ISBN 978-1-4616-7374-3.
^ Stuart Galbraith IV (16 May 2008). The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography. Scarecrow Press. pp. 205–206. ISBN 978-1-4616-7374-3.
^ Stuart Galbraith IV (16 May 2008). The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography. Scarecrow Press. p. 210. ISBN 978-1-4616-7374-3.
^ Stuart Galbraith IV (16 May 2008). The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography. Scarecrow Press. pp. 212–213. ISBN 978-1-4616-7374-3.
^ Stuart Galbraith IV (16 May 2008). The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography. Scarecrow Press. pp. 222–223. ISBN 978-1-4616-7374-3.
^ Stuart Galbraith IV (16 May 2008). The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography. Scarecrow Press. p. 226. ISBN 978-1-4616-7374-3.
^ Stuart Galbraith IV (16 May 2008). The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography. Scarecrow Press. p. 227. ISBN 978-1-4616-7374-3.
^ Stuart Galbraith IV (16 May 2008). The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography. Scarecrow Press. p. 234. ISBN 978-1-4616-7374-3.
^ Stuart Galbraith IV (16 May 2008). The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography. Scarecrow Press. p. 237. ISBN 978-1-4616-7374-3.
^ Stuart Galbraith IV (16 May 2008). The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography. Scarecrow Press. p. 253. ISBN 978-1-4616-7374-3.
^ Stuart Galbraith IV (16 May 2008). The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography. Scarecrow Press. pp. 248–249. ISBN 978-1-4616-7374-3.
^ Jonathan Clements; Motoko Tamamuro (1 November 2003). The Dorama Encyclopedia: A Guide to Japanese TV Drama Since 1953. Stone Bridge Press. p. 188. ISBN 978-1-880656-81-5.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Howard Hughes (15 April 2014). Outer Limits: Filmgoers’ Guide to the Great Science-Fiction Films, The. I.B.Tauris. pp. 31–33. ISBN 978-0-85773-475-4.
^ Stuart Galbraith IV (16 May 2008). The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography. Scarecrow Press. p. 269. ISBN 978-1-4616-7374-3.
^ Stuart Galbraith IV (16 May 2008). The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography. Scarecrow Press. p. 276. ISBN 978-1-4616-7374-3.
^ Stuart Galbraith IV (16 May 2008). The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography. Scarecrow Press. p. 278. ISBN 978-1-4616-7374-3.
^ Stuart Galbraith IV (16 May 2008). The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography. Scarecrow Press. p. 375. ISBN 978-1-4616-7374-3.
^ Morten Schive Taraldsvik. A Sci-Fi Movie Lexicon III. Lulu.com. p. 269. ISBN 978-1-4452-6465-3.
^ Jonathan Clements; Motoko Tamamuro (1 November 2003). The Dorama Encyclopedia: A Guide to Japanese TV Drama Since 1953. Stone Bridge Press. pp. 199–200. ISBN 978-1-880656-81-5.

External links[]

Hideyo (Eisei) Amamoto at IMDb
Hideyo (Eisei) Amamoto at the Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese)
Hideyo Amamoto at Find a Grave

[1] Stuart Galbraith IV (16 May 2008). The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography. Scarecrow Press. pp. 167–168. ISBN 978-1-4616-7374-3.

[2] Stuart Galbraith IV (16 May 2008). The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography. Scarecrow Press. p. 172. ISBN 978-1-4616-7374-3.

[3] Stuart Galbraith IV (16 May 2008). The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography. Scarecrow Press. p. 177. ISBN 978-1-4616-7374-3.

[Thomas2003-4] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Brian Thomas (January 2003). VideoHound's Dragon: Asian Action & Cult Flicks. Visible Ink Press. p. 745. ISBN 978-1-57859-141-1.

[5] Stuart Galbraith IV (16 May 2008). The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography. Scarecrow Press. p. 184. ISBN 978-1-4616-7374-3.

[galbraith_p204-6] Jump up to: ^a ^b Stuart Galbraith IV (16 May 2008). The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography. Scarecrow Press. p. 204. ISBN 978-1-4616-7374-3.

[7] Stuart Galbraith IV (16 May 2008). The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography. Scarecrow Press. p. 205. ISBN 978-1-4616-7374-3.

[8] Stuart Galbraith IV (16 May 2008). The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography. Scarecrow Press. pp. 205–206. ISBN 978-1-4616-7374-3.

[9] Stuart Galbraith IV (16 May 2008). The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography. Scarecrow Press. p. 210. ISBN 978-1-4616-7374-3.

[10] Stuart Galbraith IV (16 May 2008). The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography. Scarecrow Press. pp. 212–213. ISBN 978-1-4616-7374-3.

[11] Stuart Galbraith IV (16 May 2008). The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography. Scarecrow Press. pp. 222–223. ISBN 978-1-4616-7374-3.

[12] Stuart Galbraith IV (16 May 2008). The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography. Scarecrow Press. p. 226. ISBN 978-1-4616-7374-3.

[13] Stuart Galbraith IV (16 May 2008). The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography. Scarecrow Press. p. 227. ISBN 978-1-4616-7374-3.

[14] Stuart Galbraith IV (16 May 2008). The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography. Scarecrow Press. p. 234. ISBN 978-1-4616-7374-3.

[15] Stuart Galbraith IV (16 May 2008). The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography. Scarecrow Press. p. 237. ISBN 978-1-4616-7374-3.

[16] Stuart Galbraith IV (16 May 2008). The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography. Scarecrow Press. p. 253. ISBN 978-1-4616-7374-3.

[17] Stuart Galbraith IV (16 May 2008). The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography. Scarecrow Press. pp. 248–249. ISBN 978-1-4616-7374-3.

[18] Jonathan Clements; Motoko Tamamuro (1 November 2003). The Dorama Encyclopedia: A Guide to Japanese TV Drama Since 1953. Stone Bridge Press. p. 188. ISBN 978-1-880656-81-5.

[Hughes2014-19] Jump up to: ^a ^b Howard Hughes (15 April 2014). Outer Limits: Filmgoers’ Guide to the Great Science-Fiction Films, The. I.B.Tauris. pp. 31–33. ISBN 978-0-85773-475-4.

[20] Stuart Galbraith IV (16 May 2008). The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography. Scarecrow Press. p. 269. ISBN 978-1-4616-7374-3.

[21] Stuart Galbraith IV (16 May 2008). The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography. Scarecrow Press. p. 276. ISBN 978-1-4616-7374-3.

[22] Stuart Galbraith IV (16 May 2008). The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography. Scarecrow Press. p. 278. ISBN 978-1-4616-7374-3.

[23] Stuart Galbraith IV (16 May 2008). The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography. Scarecrow Press. p. 375. ISBN 978-1-4616-7374-3.

[24] Morten Schive Taraldsvik. A Sci-Fi Movie Lexicon III. Lulu.com. p. 269. ISBN 978-1-4452-6465-3.

[25] Jonathan Clements; Motoko Tamamuro (1 November 2003). The Dorama Encyclopedia: A Guide to Japanese TV Drama Since 1953. Stone Bridge Press. pp. 199–200. ISBN 978-1-880656-81-5.

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Hideyo Amamoto
Amamoto in 1954
Born	January 2, 1926 Wakamatsu-ku, Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan
Died	March 23, 2003(2003-03-23) (aged 77)
Other names	Eisei Amamoto
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1954–2003
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)