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Hideyo Amamoto
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Hideyo Amamoto (天本 英世, Amamoto Hideyo, January 2, 1926 – March 23, 2003) was a prolific Japanese actor from the Wakamatsu ward of Kitakyūshū best known for portraying Dr. Shinigami in the original Kamen Rider series as well as many other characters in tokusatsu films and 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 complication from pneumonia at the age of 77.
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世紀末恐怖劇場 とても優しい隣人たち
Keizoku: Unsolved Mysteries - Beautiful Dreamer
Partition
Birdcage of Horrors
F
Tom Cat Holmes and the Twilight Hotel
30 -thirty-
Eko Eko Azarak II: Birth of the Wizard
August in the Water
Black Market Emperor: Silver and Gold 2
Edogawa Rampo gekijo: Oshie to tabisuru otoko
Black Market Emperor: Silver and Gold
Wangan Midnight
Female Neo-Ninjas
Rainbow Kids
My Soul Is Slashed
Ronin-gai
Hong Kong Paradise
Monster Heaven: Ghost Hero
The Literary Prize Murder Case: A Great Run-Up
Kaito Ruby
The Red Spectacles
Monster Heaven- 三姉三姉妹探偵団
Agi, the Fury of Evil
Farewell to the Ark
Mahjong Horoki
Magistrate of the Floating World
Mister, Missus, Miss Lonely
Ghost Train
Battle Cry
Without Complaint
The Battle of Okinawa
All Monsters Attack
Portrait of Hell
Red Lion
The Human Bullet
Kill!
The Tigers: The World is Waiting For Us
King Kong Escapes
The Age of Assassins
Ebirah, Horror of the Deep
Key of Keys
Fort Graveyard
Dogora
 bakudan
Atragon
Samurai Pirate
Warring Clans
The Crimson Sky
Honkon no yoru
Blueprint of Murder
Get 'em All
Man Against Man
The Doom of Night
Theater of Life
Temptation