Hideyo Amamoto
ActingPersonal Info
gender
Male
birthday
January 2, 1926
died
March 23, 2003
place of birth
Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan
also known as
天本 英世 · Amamoto Hideyo · 天本 ひでよ · Eisei Amamoto
total credits
50 movies
Biography
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.
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Filmography
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