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Hideyo Amamoto (1926–2003)

Actor

One of Japan's most distinctive character actors, Eisei Amamoto is one of their cinema's few personalities who is easily recognizable to Western movie buffs. Tall (six feet) and skeletal of build, bony-faced and wild-haired (when not ensconced in a vast silver wig), Amamoto's persona inspired Woody Allen to dub him with an imitation Peter Lorre voice in What's Up Tiger Lily... See full bio »

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(age 77) in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan
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2001 Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack
Prof. Hirotoshi Isayama the Prophet
 
2000 Hakata Movie: Chinchiromai
God Computer
 
2000 Sweet Sweet Ghost
Yasuri
 
2000 Keizoku: The Movie
 
2000 Oshikiri
 
2000 Sebunzu feisu
Katsuda
 
1998 Mikeneko Hômuzu no tasogare hoteru (TV movie)
Akaishi
 
1996 Weather Girl (video)
Chairman Shimamori
 
1996 Eko eko azaraku II
Master of Saiga
 
1994 Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie
Gôken (voice)
 
1994 Yamikin no teiou Gin to Kin 2 (video)
 
1994 Edogawa Rampo gekijo: Oshie to tabisuru otoko
 
1993 Yamikin no teiou Gin to Kin (video)
 
1993 The Fighting King
 
1992 Shôrishatachi
 
1991 My Soul Is Slashed
Servant
 
1991 Rainbow Kids
Kushida, the Butler
 
1991 The Female Warriors
 
1990 Rônin-gai
Biwa player
 
1990 Hong Kong Paradise
 
1990 Yonimo kimyô na monogatari (TV series)
 
1990 Youkai tengoku: Ghost Hero
 
1989 Bungakusho satsujin jiken: Oinaru jyoso
 
1988 Kaitô Ruby
 
1987 Jigoku no banken: akai megane
Moongaze Ginji
 
1984 Mahjong Horoki
Hachimaki
 
1984 Farewell to the Ark
Key maker
 
1984 Seiun kamen Mashinman (TV series)
Prof. K
 
1983 The Kôsuke Kindaichi Series 2: The Mummy Bride (TV movie)
Tagami
 
1980 Misuta, Misesu, Misu Ronri
Ryuichi Shimomura
 
1980 The Detective Story (TV series)
– Diamond Panic (1980)
 
1978 Blue Christmas
 
1978 Message from Space
Mother Dark (in drag)
 
1978 Yûrei ressha (TV movie)
 
1977 Chiisana sûpâman Ganbaron (TV series)
– Episode #1.1 (1977)
 
1977 Kaiketsu Zubat (TV series)
– Episode #1.2
 
1976 Anju to zushiô (TV series)
 
1976 The Adventure of Robocon (short)
 
1975 Tokkan
 
1974 Lupin the Third: Strange Psychokinetic Strategy
 
1973-1974 Ôedo sôsamô (TV series)
– Kyôfu no bakuha sakusen! (1974)
– Onmitsu Dôshin utareru! (1973)
 
1972 Kamen Raidâ tai Shokkâ
Dr. Desugoddo-hakase
 
1972 Henshin Ninja arashi (TV series)
Satan
 
1971 Gekido no showashi: Okinawa kessen
Okinawa Regional Officer
 
1971 Kamen Rider (TV series)
Dr. Shinigami (Deathgod)
 
1971 Bakuchi-uchi: Inochi-huda
 
1970 Gekido no showashi 'Gunbatsu'
Prof. Fuyuki (uncredited)
 
1970 Kureji no nagurikomi Shimizu Minato
 
1969 Godzilla's Revenge
Shinpei Inami
 
1969 Jigokuhen
 
1969 Red Lion
Dr. Gensai
 
1968 Operation: Mystery! (TV series)
– 24 nen me no fukushuu (1968)
 
1968 The Human Bullet
Father of Him
 
1968 Kill!
Gendayu Shimada
 
1968 Za taigâsu: Sekai wa bokura o matteiru
Heraclues
 
1968 Maitei Jyakku (TV series)
 
1967 Urutora Q (TV series)
Mysterious Old Man
– Aketekure! (1967) … Mysterious Old Man
 
1967 Japan's Longest Day
Captain Takeo Sasaki
 
1967 King Kong Escapes
Dr. Who (as Eisei Amamoto)
 
1967 Sasaki Kojiro
 
1967 The Killing Bottle
First Murderer
 
1967 Epoch of Murder Madness
Shogo Mizorogi
 
1967 Momotarô-zamurai (TV series)
 
1967 Dorifutazu desu yo! Zenshin zenshin matazenshin
 
1966 Godzilla Versus the Sea Monster
Red Bamboo Naval Officer
 
1966 Tenamonya Tôkaidô
 
1966 Kiganjô no bôken
Granny the Old Witch
 
1966 The Sword of Doom
 
1966 Abare Goemon
Heiroku
 
1966 Cash Calls Hell
 
1965 Key of Keys
Numaguchi
 
1965 Chi to suna
Shiga
 
1965 Samurai Assassin
Matazaburo Hagiwara
 
1964 Kwaidan
(segment "Chawan no naka")
 
1964 Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
Princess Salno's aide
 
1964 Could I But Live
 
1964 Uchû daikaijû Dogora
Maki the Safecracker
 
1964 Aa bakudan
Tetsu
 
1963 Atragon
High Priest of Mu
 
1963 The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman
 
1963 The Lost World of Sinbad
Granny the Witch (in drag)
 
1963 Interpol Code 8
 
1963 Hiken
 
1963 Matango
Skulking Transitional Matango
 
1963 Sengoku yaro
 
1962 Ankokugai no kiba
 
1962 Chushingura
Takano, of the Chunagons
 
1962 Dobunezumi sakusen
 
1962 Gorath
Man in Bar
 
1962 Kurenai no sora
 
1961 Shinku no otoko
 
1961 Blood on the Sea
 
1961 Honkon no yoru
 
1961 Yojimbo
Yahachi
 
1961 Blueprint of Murder
 
1961 Daredevil in the Castle
Interpreter
 
1960 Dokuritsu gurentai nishi-e
 
1960 Otoko tai otoko
Killer
 
1960 Denso Ningen
Onishi's Henchman
 
1960 The Gambling Samurai
Tomimatsu
 
1960 The Last Gunfight
Ichino
 
1959 Nippon tanjô
Spectator at Gods' Dance
 
1959 Aru kengo no shogai
 
1959 Songoku: The Road to the West
 
1959 Ankokugai no kaoyaku
 
1958 Theater of Life
 
1958 Yatsu ga satsujinsha da
 
1957 Yûwaku
Kyôzô Ikegami
 
1956 Ai wa furu hoshi no kanata ni
Chen LongCheng
 
1954 Twenty-Four Eyes
Ôishi Sensei no Otto
 
1954 The Garden of Women
Professor (uncredited)
 
Show ShowSelf (2 titles)
2004 Making of Eko Eko Azarak II (video documentary short)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1992 Dai 6 kai FNS no hi sûpâ supesharu 1 oku 2000 man nin no Heisei kyôiku terebi (TV special)
Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (3 titles)
2005 Masked Rider: The First
Dr. Shinigami (digital cast)
 
1968 Mighty Jack (TV movie)
 
1966 What's Up, Tiger Lily?
Cobra Man
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

Played the lead role in a Japanese stage biography of the famed kabuki actor Tsumasaburo Bando.

Alternate Names:

Eisei Amamoto

Height:

6' (1.83 m)
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Star Sign:

Capricorn