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Hideyo Amamoto
Known for: ActingHideyo 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.
Filmography 22
Ebirah, Horror of the Deep
as Red Bamboo Naval Officer 
Twenty-Four Eyes
as Ôishi Sensei no Otto 
Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack
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as Prof. Hirotoshi Isayama the Prophet 
Nebula Mask Machine Man
as Professor K 
King Kong Escapes
as Dr. Who 
Matango
as Transitional Matango 
All Monsters Attack
as Toy Consultant Shinpei Inami 
Kill!
as Gendayu Shimada 
The Sword of Doom
as Shuzen Kamio 
Ronin-gai
as Biwa player 
Samurai Assassin
as Matazaburo Hagiwara 
What's Up, Tiger Lily?
as Cobra Man 
Atragon
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as High Priest of Mu 
Message from Space
as Dark 
Kamen Rider: THE FIRST
as Dr. Shinigami 
The Human Bullet
as Father 
Mister, Missus, Miss Lonely
as Ryuichi Shimomura 
Dogora
as Maki the Safecracker 
J.A.K.Q. Dengekitai vs. Gorenger
as General Sahara 
Cash Calls Hell
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as Sō