Hideyo Amamoto

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 1950 Nijushi no hitomi (1954) as Hisako's husband The Garden of Women (1954) as Professor (uncredited) Twenty-Four Eyes (1954) as Ôishi 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) (1959) Songoku: The Road to the West (1959) Aru kengo no shogai (1959) Seishun o kakero (1959) as Senzaka The Birth of Japan (1959) as Spectator at Gods' Dance 1960