Akihiko Hirata

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.

Known For

Godzilla
Sanjuro
King Kong vs. Godzilla
Godzilla, King of the Monsters!
King Kong vs. Godzilla
Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
Birth Location Seoul, Korea
Born 1927-12-26
Died 1984-07-25

Movies

Godzilla Against MechaGodzilla as Daisuke Serizawa (archive footage) (uncredited)
2002
1998
Godzilla vs. Destoroyah as Dr. Daisuke Serizawa (archive footage)
1995
Fugitive Alien as Space Command official
1987
Sayonara Jupiter as Dr. Inoue Ryutarou
1984
Brain 17 as Captain Roper
1982
1982
1981
1981
Port Arthur as Gaishi Nagaoka
1980
Dog of Fortune as Kan Aizawa
1979
The War in Space as Defense Countermeasure Supreme Commander Oshi
1977
1977
Godzilla as Dr. Serizawa
1977
Terror of Mechagodzilla as Dr. Shinzô Mafune
1975
Prophecies of Nostradamus as Environmental scientist #1
1974
Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla as Professor Hideto Miyajima
1974
The Militarists as Tomita
1970
Travels of Lord Mito as Geki Kurokawa
1969
Battle of the Japan Sea as Staff Officer Tsunoda
1969
Latitude Zero as Dr. Sugata
1969
Samurai Banners as Suwa Yorishige
1969
Young Challengers as Asakawa
1968
Admiral Yamamoto as Staff Officer Watanabe
1968
Son of Godzilla as Fujisaki
1967
Japan's Longest Day as Commander Sugahara - 302nd Air Group
1967
Ultraman: Monster Movie Feature as Professor Iwamoto
1967
1967
The Killing Bottle as Man With Turkish Hat
1967
Ebirah, Horror of the Deep as Capt. Yamoto
1966
1966
The Mad Atlantic as Nozaki
1966
Adventure in Kigan Castle as Chamberlain
1966
Ironfinger as Komori
1965
1965
Samurai Assassin as Sohei Masui
1965
Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster as Chief Detective Okita
1964
Whirlwind as Ryutaro Inoue
1964
Atragon as Mu Agent #23
1963
The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman as Eburi's older brother
1963
The Young Ace in Hawaii as 戸井田教授
1963
King Kong vs. Godzilla as Dr. Shigezawa (uncredited)
1963
Attack Squadron as Senda's Aide
1963
Varan the Unbelievable as Dr. Fujimora
1962
1962
King Kong vs. Godzilla as Dr. Shigezawa
1962
Operation Sewer Rats as Captain Sugiyama
1962
Gorath as Endô
1962
Sanjuro as Samurai
1962
1961
Mothra as Doctor
1961
Daredevil in the Castle as Hayatonosho 'Hayato' Susukida
1961
Get 'em All as Kozo Kinugawa
1960
Man Against Man as Toriumi
1960
The Storm of the Pacific as Fleet Staff Officer
1960
The Secret of the Telegian as Inspector Kobayashi
1960
The Lost Alibi as Kishimoto
1960
The Three Treasures as Kibino Takehiko
1959
Saga of the Vagabonds as Jiro Hidekuni
1959
Samurai Saga as Akaboshi
1959
Varan as Dr. Fujimora, bomb expert
1958
Underwater Murder as Detective Makimo
1958
The H-Man as Inspector Tominaga
1958
The Mysterians as Ryoichi Shiraishi
1957
1957
Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen as Count Arishima
1957
Yagyu Secret Scrolls as Tomonori
1957
1957
Rodan as Professor Kyuichiro Kashiwagi
1956
1956
Rainy Night Duel as Shunsuke Iba
1956
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island as Seijuro Yoshioka (uncredited)
1956
The Lone Journey as Horikoshi no Masakichi
1955
Stray Sheep as Sugimoto
1955
1955
Godzilla as Daisuke Serizawa
1954
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto as Seijuro Yoshioka
1954
Itsuko to sono haha as Kozo Miyoshi
1954
Farewell Rabaul as First lieutenant Noguchi
1954
1953
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