# Hideo Murota

Hideo Murota (室田 日出男, Murota Hideo, 7 October 1937 – 15 June 2002) was a Japanese actor who specialized in playing villains and tough guys. In 1957, he signed a contract with Toei Studio and appeared in over 1000 films. He won the Best Supporting Actor award at the Yokohama Film Festival for his role in Shinde mo ii.

## Selected filmography
### Film

* 1953: Daibosatsu Tôge - Dai-ni-bu: Mibu to Shimabara no maki; Miwa kamisugi no maki - Takagawa
* 1960: Bôso omote he derô
* 1961: Hachi-nin me no teki
* 1961: Shin jinsei gekijô
* 1962: Ankoku-gai saigo no hi
* 1962: Nerai uchi no buraikan
* 1963: Tokubetsu kidô sôsatai
* 1963: Tokubetsu kidô sôsatai: Tokyo eki ni harikome
* 1963: Ankokugai saidai no kettô - Ishigami
* 1963: Asakusa no kyôkaku
* 1963: Showa kyokyaku den
* 1963: Yakuza no uta
* 1963: Tôkyô gyangu tai Honkon gyangu
* 1964: Wolves, Pigs and Men - Mizuhara
* 1964: Doro inu
* 1965: A Fugitive from the Past - Pressman
* 1965: Himo
* 1965: Kuroi neko - Sagawa
* 1965: Nippon dorobô monogatari - Saiki, News reporter
* 1965: Zoku Abashiri bangaichi
* 1965: Shôwa zankyô-den - Yakuza
* 1965: Gyangu chôjô sakusen - Chin
* 1966: Shôwa zankyô-den: Karajishi botan
* 1966: The Threat - Sabu
* 1966: Otoko no shôbu
* 1966: Kaitei daisensô - Henchman
* 1966: Ninkyô yawara ichidai
* 1966: Umi no koto - Guest
* 1966: Otoko dokyô de shobû
* 1966: Kamikaze Man: Duel at Noon - detective
* 1966: Rampaging Dragon of the North - Gen Ashida
* 1967: Ceremony of Disbanding - Nakanishi
* 1967: Soshiki bôryoku
* 1967: Kawachi yûkyôden - Sutezo
* 1967: Zoku soshiki bôryoku - Detective Sawai
* 1967: Choueki juhachi-nen: kari shutsugoku
* 1968: Rikugun chôhô 33 - Oku
* 1968: Kaidan hebi-onna - Saiji
* 1968: Uragiri no ankokugai - Barman
* 1968: Blackmail Is My Life - Seki
* 1968: Gokuchu no kaoyaku
* 1968: Gambler's Farewell
* 1968: Ah, yokaren - Teacher
* 1969: Black Rose Mansion - Kyohei's son - Wataru's brother
* 1969: Japan Organized Crime Boss
* 1970: Tora! Tora! Tora! - Japanese Pilot (uncredited)
* 1972: Street Mobster - Miyahara
* 1972: Female Prisoner 701: Scorpion - Okizaki
* 1972: Wandering Ginza Butterfly 2: She-Cat Gambler - Tadokoro
* 1972: Female Convict Scorpion: Jailhouse 41 - Okizaki
* 1972: Outlaw Killers: Three Mad Dog Brothers
* 1973: Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima - Keisuke Nakahara
* 1973: Hissatsu Shikakenin - Matajûrô Mineyama
* 1973: Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War - Hideo Hayakawa
* 1973: Karate Kiba - Hijacker A
* 1973: Bodigaado Kiba: Hissatsu sankaku tobi - Tatsumi Masaru
* 1974: Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics - Hideo Hayakawa
* 1974: Violent Streets - Mochizuki
* 1974: Zero Woman: Red Handcuffs - Masashi Kusaka
* 1974: Executioner - Boss
* 1974: Sister Street Fighter: Hanging by a Thread - Kazushige Osone
* 1974: New Battles Without Honor and Humanity - Masuo Nozaki
* 1975: Graveyard of Honor - Yasuo Matsuoka
* 1975: Cops vs. Thugs - Tsukahara
* 1975: Gambling Den Heist - Kumakichi
* 1975: Cross the Rubicon!
* 1975: Champion of Death
* 1975: New Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Boss's Head - Takeo Akamatsu
* 1976: Violent Panic: The Big Crash
* 1976: Karate Warriors
* 1976: Yakuza Graveyard - Hidaka
* 1976: The Classroom of Terror
* 1976: Yakuza Graveyard
* 1977: Karate for Life
* 1977: Doberman Cop - Jiro Takahashi
* 1977: Proof of the Man - Detective at Yokota
* 1978: Shogun's Samurai - Sagenta Nogero (Leader of Negoro Clan)
* 1978: Talk of the Town Tora-san - Soeda
* 1979: Hunter in the Dark - Hino
* 1980: Kagemusha - Nobufusa Baba
* 1980: The Beast to Die - Hideyuki Kashiwagi
* 1981: Samurai Reincarnation - Priest Inshun Hozoin
* 1981: Station - Shigeru Morioka
* 1982: Onimasa - Sagara
* 1982: The Go Masters
* 1982: Theater of Life
* 1983: Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence - New Commandant of Camp
* 1983: The Go Masters
* 1985: Seburi monogatari - Kuzushiri
* 1986: Minami e Hashire, Umi no Michi o! - Kazuyuki Kiryu
* 1986: Tokei – Adieu l'hiver
* 1987: A Taxing Woman - Jūkichi Ishii
* 1987: Sure Death 4: Revenge - Yahei Hirano
* 1987: Kyofu-no yacchan - Sentaro Jinnai
* 1987: Abunai deka
* 1990: Heaven and Earth - Obu Masatora
* 1990: Ready to Shoot
* 1991: Hiruko the Goblin - Watanabe
* 1992: Original Sin - Hideki Tsuchiya
* 1993: The City That Never Sleeps: Shinjuku Shark - Momoi
* 1995: Gonin - Shikine
* 2000: Isola: Tajuu jinkaku shôjo - Old victim of the Great Hanshin Earthquake
* 2002: Women in the Mirror - Goda

### Television

* Shin Seven Color Mask (1960)
* National Kid (1960)
* Key Hunter (1968-73) (26 appearances as a guest star)
* Hissatsu Shikakenin (1972) (ep. 1)
* G-Men '75 (1975) (ep. 1 and 8)
* Zenryaku Ofukurosama (1975-77)
* Ōgon no Hibi (1978) as Hachisuka Masakatsu
* Taiyō ni Hoero! (1986) (ep. 696)
* Abunai Deka (1986) (ep. 50)
* Hōjō Tokimune (2001) as Hattori Masaemon