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Akihiko Hirata

Akihiko Hirata

Actor · Born 1927-12-26 · 日本, 東京都

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Biography

Akihiko Hirata (born 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.

Movies & TV Shows

  1. Godzilla (1954) — Daisuke Serizawa
  2. Sanjuro (1962) — Samurai
  3. King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962) — Dr. Shosuke Shigezawa
  4. Godzilla vs. Destoroyah (1995) — Dr. Daisuke Serizawa (archive footage)
  5. Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964) — Chief Detective Okita
  6. Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (1974) — Professor Hideto Miyajima
  7. Godzilla, King of the Monsters! (1956) — Dr. Serizawa
  8. King Kong vs. Godzilla (1963) — Dr. Kenji Shigezawa (uncredited)
  9. Godzilla Against MechaGodzilla (2002) — Daisuke Serizawa (archive footage) (uncredited)
  10. Terror of Mechagodzilla (1975) — Dr. Shinzô Mafune
  11. Son of Godzilla (1967) — Fujisaki
  12. Ebirah, Horror of the Deep (1966) — Red Bamboo Captain Ryui
  13. Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto (1954) — Seijuro Yoshioka
  14. Rodan (1956) — Professor Kyuichiro Kashiwagi
  15. Mothra (1961) — Doctor
  16. Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple (1955) — Seijuro Yoshioka
  17. Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island (1956) — Seijuro Yoshioka (uncredited)
  18. Samurai Assassin (1965) — Sohei Masui
  19. The Mysterians (1957) — Ryoichi Shiraishi
  20. Ultraman (1966) — Dr. Iwamoto
  21. Atragon (1963) — Mu Agent #23
  22. Godzilla (1977) — Dr. Serizawa
  23. Chûshingura (1962)
  24. The H-Man (1958) — Inspector Tominaga
  25. Varan (1958) — Dr. Fujimora
  26. Japan's Longest Day (1967) — Commander Sugahara - 302nd Air Group
  27. Varan the Unbelievable (1962) — Dr. Fujimora
  28. Samurai Banners (1969) — Suwa Yorishige
  29. Latitude Zero (1969) — Dr. Sugata
  30. The War in Space (1977) — Defense Countermeasure Supreme Commander Oshi
  31. Gorath (1962) — Endô
  32. Girls of the Night (1961) — Shima
  33. Godzilla, the Monster of the Pacific Ocean (1957) — Dr. Serizawa
  34. Samurai Saga (1959) — Akaboshi
  35. Main Line to Terror (1975)
  36. Fugitive Alien (1987) — Space Command official
  37. The Imperial Navy (1981)
  38. Prophecies of Nostradamus (1974) — Environmental scientist #1
  39. The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman (1963) — Eburi's older brother
  40. The Three Treasures (1959) — Kibino Takehiko