Akihiko Hirata

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1927-12-26 (57 years old)

Deathday

1984-07-25

Place of Birth

Seoul, Korea

Akihiko Hirata

Biography

Akihiko Hirata ( Hirata Akihiko ) (26 December 1927–25 July 1984) was a Japanese film actor. While Hirata starred in many movies (including Hiroshi Inagaki's Samurai trilogy), he is most well known for his work in the kaiju genre, including such films as King Kong vs. Godzilla, The Mysterians, and his most famous role of Dr. Daisuke Serizawa, the brilliant but disturbed young scientist in the original Godzilla, released in 1954. Hirata died after a long battle with lung cancer in 1984, at age 56. Description above from the Wikipedia article Akihiko Hirata, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Acting

2002

Godzilla Against MechaGodzilla

as Daisuke Serizawa (archive footage) (uncredited)

1954

Godzilla

as Daisuke Serizawa

1962

King Kong vs. Godzilla

as Dr. Shigezawa

1966

Ebirah, Horror of the Deep

as Red Bamboo Captain Ryui

1954

Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto

as Seijuro Yoshioka

1956

Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island

as Seijuro Yoshioka (uncredited)

1995

Godzilla vs. Destoroyah

as Dr. Daisuke Serizawa (archive footage)

1963

Atragon

as Mu Agent #23

1958

The H-Man

as Inspector Tominaga

1957

The Mysterians

as Ryoichi Shiraishi

1974

Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla

as Professor Hideto Miyajima

1969

Travels of Lord Mito

as Geki Kurokawa

1961

Mothra

as Doctor

1962

Gorath

as Endô

1969

Latitude Zero

as Dr. Sugata

1975

Terror of Mechagodzilla

as Dr. Shinzô Mafune

1956

Rodan

as Professor Kyuichiro Kashiwagi

1963

Attack Squadron

as Senda's Aide

1982

Brain 17

as Captain Roper

1966

1963

The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman

as Eburi's older brother

1987

Fugitive Alien

as Space Command official

1957

1957

Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen

as Count Arishima

1965

Samurai Assassin

as Sohei Masui

1957

1960

The Secret of the Telegian

as Inspector Kobayashi

1965

Ironfinger

as Komori

1959

Samurai Saga

as Akaboshi

1964

Whirlwind

as Ryutaro Inoue

1970

1984

Sayonara Jupiter

as Dr. Inoue Ryutarou

1969

Samurai Banners

as Suwa Yorishige

1969

Battle of the Japan Sea

as Staff Officer Tsunoda

1977

The War in Space

as Defense Countermeasure Supreme Commander Oshi

1966

1967

Japan's Longest Day

as Commander Sugahara - 302nd Air Group

1958

Underwater Murder

as Detective Makimo

1964

Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster

as Chief Detective Okita

1977

Godzilla

as Dr. Serizawa

1967

Son of Godzilla

as Fujisaki

1962

Sanjuro

as Samurai

1962

Varan the Unbelievable

as Dr. Fujimora

1961

Daredevil in the Castle

as Hayatonosho 'Hayato' Susukida

1959

Saga of the Vagabonds

as Jiro Hidekuni

1957

1967

Ultraman: Monster Movie Feature

as Professor Iwamoto (uncredited)

1960

The Last Gunfight

as Susumu Tendo

1960

The Lost Alibi

as Kishimoto

1953

1955

Stray Sheep

as Sugimoto

1979

Dog of Fortune

as Kan Aizawa

1958

Varan

as Dr. Fujimora

1953

The Last Embrace

as Yamaoka (Sandaime)

1965

1954

Farewell Rabaul

as First lieutenant Noguchi

1967

1960

Man Against Man

as Toriumi

1959

The Three Treasures

as Kibino Takehiko

1960

Get 'em All

as Kozo Kinugawa

1960

The Storm of the Pacific

as Fleet Staff Officer

1968

Admiral Yamamoto

as Staff Officer Watanabe

1961

1955

The Lone Journey

as Horikoshi no Masakichi

1967

The Killing Bottle

as Man With Turkish Hat

1980

Port Arthur

as Gaishi Nagaoka

1968

1974

Prophecies of Nostradamus

as Environmental scientist #1

1963

King Kong vs. Godzilla

as Dr. Shigezawa (uncredited)

1954

Itsuko to sono haha

as Kozo Miyoshi

1962

Operation Sewer Rats

as Captain Sugiyama

1956

Rainy Night Duel

as Shunsuke Iba

1963

The Young Ace in Hawaii

as 戸井田教授

1953

Even The Mighty Shed Tears

as Ryusaku Nishikawa

1957

Rodan! The Flying Monster!

as Dr. Kyuichiro Kashiwagi

1958

A Holiday in Tokyo

as Journalist

1965

The White Rose of Hong Kong

as Secretary Asano

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