Hideyo Amamoto

Eisei Amamoto in King Kong Escapes

Hideyo Amamoto (1926 - 2003)

A.K.A. Eisei Amamoto

Film Deaths

• The Birth of Japan (1959) [Spectator at Gods' Dance]: Eaten by Orochi.
• The Secret of the Telegian (1960) [Henchman]: Shot by Tadao Nakamaru.
• Gorath (1962) [Man in Bar]: Hit by a tsunami wave.
• Atragon (1963) [High Priest of Mu]: Killed by Tadao Takashima.

• Matango (1963) [Skulking Transitional Matango]: Shot by Hiroshi Koizumi. (note: Hideyo's character is deformed at this point)

• Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964) [Princess Salno's aide]: Killed when his airplane is blown up by a bomb set by assassins, Akiko Wakabayashi goes out of the airplane (and somehow taken by aliens) before it happens.

• Dogora (1964) [Gangster Joe Maki]: Squashed by Dogora running to the beach with falling rocks.
• Samurai Assassin (Samurai) (1965) [Matazaburo Hagiwara]: Stabbed to death during the films final attack on the Daimyo Lord.

• Ebirah, Horror of the Deep (Godzilla vs. The Sea Monster) (1966) [Red Bamboo Naval Officer]: Crushed to death (along with the crew) when Ebirah monster breaks their ship in half. (as the slaves had tricked them into using a "fake" monster repellant)

• King Kong Escapes (Kingu Kongu no Gyakushu, King Kong Strikes Again, King Kong's Counterattack, The Revenge of King Kong) (1967) [Dr. Who]: Crushed to death when a piece of equipment pins him against the wall while King Kong sinks his ship.
• Message From Space (Uchu Kara no messeji) (1978) [Empress Dark]: Dies when his son's body (Mikio Narita ) falls on him from hundreds of feet up in the air causing him to explode. (NOTE: Eisei is playing a woman in the film and is in heavy make-up) 

• Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (2001) [Professor Hirotoshi Isayama]: Killed by King Ghidorah’s fiery blasts.

TV Deaths

• Kamen Rider: Doctor Death, the True Meaning of Terror? [Dr. Shinigami AKA Ikadevil]:Destroyed by Kamen Rider Ichigō's Rider Tailspin Shoot.
• Kamen Rider V3 (1973; series) [Dr. Shinigami]: Destroyed by Kamen Rider V3

Gallery

Hideyo Amamoto (far right) before their deaths in Ebirah, Horror of the Deep

Hideyo Amamoto in Matango

Hideyo Amamoto's death (among others) in Atragon

Hideyo Amamoto dead (lying, in distance) in Dogora

Hideyo Amamoto before his death in Ghidorah, The Three-Headed Monster

Hideyo Amamoto right before his death in Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack

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