Hideyo Amamoto

Overview

Known for
Acting
Gender
Other
Birthday
Jan 02, 1926 (99 years old)
Death date
Mar 23, 2003

Hideyo Amamoto

Known For

Moon Spiral
TV Show 1996

Moon Spiral

In 1999, a detective named Kisaku Hakko and his daughter Chihiro fight against a mysterious organization called the "Moon Spiral", which is secretly working to bring about the end of the world prophesized in Nostradamus' poetry collection "Les Prophéties".

Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself: The Loot
1h 20m
Movie 1996

Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself: The Loot

Yûji and Kosaku are hired to track down an old man. But when he suddenly dies, his granddaughter surfaces with a map to his buried fortune, which the yakuza and a dirty cop are determined to find.

Edogawa Rampo Theater: The Man Who Travels With Prints
1h 24m
Movie 1994

Edogawa Rampo Theater: The Man Who Travels With Prints

At the beginning of the Showa era, a man who was captivated by a girl he saw through a telescope locked her in a "painting". Visualization based on Rampo's "Oshie and Traveling Man". Released in 1994 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Rampo's birth.

The Fighting King
1h 30m
Movie 1994

The Fighting King

A drama filled battle that goes beyond acting unfolds!

Black Market Emperor: Silver and Gold 2
1h 36m
Movie 1994

Black Market Emperor: Silver and Gold 2

Tetsuo was suddenly told goodbye by Ginji. As for the farewell, only one of the tables was a real wad of bills and a full trunk. And, in that, there is a letter saying "Replace all this with the real thing!" Tetsuo is at a loss and one day meets Emi who works at the gallery. She endures the gallery owner of an amorous artist and aspires to be a painter. Tetsuo learns from her that a painting of Cezanne with a market value of 600 million yen has been sold to a Japanese person, and contacts the owner, Domon, the president of Teijin Bank. Inspire the desires of collection enthusiasts and imitation art dealers, and come up with a large-scale money game that opens up ambitions!

Black Market Emperor: Silver and Gold
1h 36m
Movie 1993

Black Market Emperor: Silver and Gold

A man Tetsuo (Kosuke Toyohara) met at a racetrack offered him a job of 100,000 yen per diem, and although he was suspicious, he was urged by the amount of money and decided to take over. What's more, all he has to do is carry a huge cardboard box to the man's apartment. The contents of the cardboard are 1 billion yen in cash. It is said that this will be used to make a back loan. In front of the apartment, men line up for the money. Who on earth is Ginji Hirai and what is his motive? And what kind of fate will Tetsuo be involved in from now on ...?

A Gruesome and Terrifying Story that Happened in Real Life
1h 0m
Movie 1993

A Gruesome and Terrifying Story that Happened in Real Life

A three-part omnibus horror work hosted by Hideyo Amamoto.

Kazuo Umezu's Terror Zone: Horror!
0h 50m
Movie 1993

Kazuo Umezu's Terror Zone: Horror!

High School Jingi 2: Taihen yoku dekimashita
1h 45m
Movie 1992

High School Jingi 2: Taihen yoku dekimashita

Based on the comic book series by Shuushi Mizuho.

Yamai wa kikara: Byôin e ikô 2
1h 50m
Movie 1992

Yamai wa kikara: Byôin e ikô 2

A comedy about a young woman who has terminal cancer.

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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