Hideo Murota

was a Japanese actor who specialized in playing villains and tough guys. In 1957, he signed a contract with Toei Studio and appeared in over 1000 films. He won the Best Supporting Actor award at the Yokohama Film Festival for his role in Shinde mo ii.

Selected filmography

Film

• 1953: Daibosatsu Tôge - Dai-ni-bu: Mibu to Shimabara no maki; Miwa kamisugi no maki - Takagawa
• 1960: Bôso omote he derô
• 1961: Hachi-nin me no teki
• 1961: Shin jinsei gekijô
• 1962: Ankoku-gai saigo no hi
• 1962: Nerai uchi no buraikan
• 1963: Tokubetsu kidô sôsatai
• 1963: Tokubetsu kidô sôsatai: Tokyo eki ni harikome
• 1963: Ankokugai saidai no kettô - Ishigami
• 1963: Asakusa no kyôkaku
• 1963: Showa kyokyaku den
• 1963: Yakuza no uta
• 1963: Tôkyô gyangu tai Honkon gyangu
• 1964: Wolves, Pigs and Men - Mizuhara
• 1964: Doro inu
• 1965: A Fugitive from the Past - Pressman
• 1965: Himo
• 1965: Kuroi neko - Sagawa
• 1965: Nippon dorobô monogatari - Saiki, News reporter
• 1965: Zoku Abashiri bangaichi
• 1965: Shôwa zankyô-den - Yakuza
• 1965: Gyangu chôjô sakusen - Chin
• 1966: Shôwa zankyô-den: Karajishi botan
• 1966: The Threat - Sabu
• 1966: Otoko no shôbu
• 1966: Kaitei daisensô - Henchman
• 1966: Ninkyô yawara ichidai
• 1966: Umi no koto - Guest
• 1966: Otoko dokyô de shobû
• 1966: ' - Detective
• 1966: Rampaging Dragon of the North - Gen Ashida
• 1967: Ceremony of Disbanding - Nakanishi
• 1967: Soshiki bôryoku
• 1967: Kawachi yûkyôden - Sutezo
• 1967: Zoku soshiki bôryoku - Detective Sawai
• 1967: Choueki juhachi-nen: kari shutsugoku
• 1968: Rikugun chôhô 33 - Oku
• 1968: Kaidan hebi-onna - Saiji
• 1968: Uragiri no ankokugai - Barman
• 1968: Blackmail Is My Life - Seki
• 1968: Gokuchu no kaoyaku
• 1968: Gambler's Farewell
• 1968: Ah, yokaren - Teacher
• 1969: Black Rose Mansion - Kyohei's son - Wataru's brother
• 1969: Japan Organized Crime Boss
• 1970: Tora! Tora! Tora! - Japanese Pilot (uncredited)
• 1972: Street Mobster - Miyahara
• 1972: ' - Okizaki
• 1972: ' - Tadokoro
• 1972: ' - Okizaki
• 1972: '
• 1973: ' - Keisuke Nakahara
• 1973: Hissatsu Shikakenin - Matajûrô Mineyama
• 1973: ' - Hideo Hayakawa
• 1973: Karate Kiba - Hijacker A
• 1973: ' - Tatsumi Masaru
• 1974: ' - Hideo Hayakawa
• 1974: Violent Streets - Mochizuki
• 1974: ' - Masashi Kusaka
• 1974: Executioner - Boss
• 1974: ' - Kazushige Osone
• 1974: New Battles Without Honor and Humanity - Masuo Nozaki
• 1975: Graveyard of Honor - Yasuo Matsuoka
• 1975: Cops vs. Thugs - Tsukahara
• 1975: Gambling Den Heist - Kumakichi
• 1975: Cross the Rubicon!
• 1975: Champion of Death
• 1975: ' - Takeo Akamatsu
• 1976: '
• 1976: Karate Warriors
• 1976: Yakuza Graveyard - Hidaka
• 1976: The Classroom of Terror
• 1976: Yakuza Graveyard
• 1977: Karate for Life
• 1977: Doberman Cop - Jiro Takahashi
• 1977: Proof of the Man - Detective at Yokota
• 1978: Shogun's Samurai - Sagenta Nogero (Leader of Negoro Clan)
• 1978: Talk of the Town Tora-san - Soeda
• 1979: Hunter in the Dark - Hino
• 1980: Kagemusha - Nobufusa Baba
• 1980: The Beast to Die - Hideyuki Kashiwagi
• 1981: Samurai Reincarnation - Priest Inshun Hozoin
• 1981: Station - Shigeru Morioka
• 1982: Onimasa - Sagara
• 1982: The Go Masters
• 1983: Theater of Life as Narahei
• 1983: Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence - New Commandant of Camp
• 1983: The Go Masters
• 1985: Seburi monogatari - Kuzushiri
• 1986: Minami e Hashire, Umi no Michi o! - Kazuyuki Kiryu
• 1986: Tokei – Adieu l'hiver
• 1987: A Taxing Woman - JÅ«kichi Ishii
• 1987: ' - Yahei Hirano
• 1987: Kyofu-no yacchan - Sentaro Jinnai
• 1987: Abunai deka
• 1990: Heaven and Earth - Obu Masatora
• 1990: Ready to Shoot
• 1991: Hiruko the Goblin - Watanabe
• 1992: Original Sin - Hideki Tsuchiya
• 1993: ' - Momoi
• 1995: Gonin - Shikine
• 2000: Isola: Tajuu jinkaku shôjo - Old victim of the Great Hanshin Earthquake
• 2002: Women in the Mirror - Goda