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 ÃÂishi 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)
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- Aru kengo no shogai (1959)
- Seishun o kakero (1959) as Senzaka
- The Birth of Japan (1959) as Spectator at Gods' Dance
1960s
1970s
1980s
1990s
2000s
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