Akihiko Hirata
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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.
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- Born:
- Dec 26, 1927 In Keijo, Japan
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 79
- First Appeared:
- In the movie The Last Embrace 1953-03-11
- Latest Project:
- Movie Godzilla Against MechaGodzilla 2002-11-02
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Godzilla Against MechaGodzilla | Daisuke Serizawa (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2002-11-02 |
| Movie | Godzilla vs. Destoroyah | Dr. Daisuke Serizawa (archive footage) | 1995-12-09 |
| Movie | Fugitive Alien | Space Command official | 1987-11-03 |
| Movie | Sayonara Jupiter | Dr. Inoue Ryutarou | 1984-03-17 |
| Movie | The Imperial Navy | 1981-08-08 | |
| Movie | At This Late Date, the Charleston | City Employee | 1981-12-19 |
| Movie | Station | 1981-11-07 | |
| Movie | Port Arthur | Gaishi Nagaoka | 1980-08-02 |
| Movie | Dog of Fortune | Kan Aizawa | 1979-06-02 |
| Movie | Godzilla | Dr. Serizawa | 1977-01-01 |
| Movie | Tora-san Meets His Lordship | 1977-08-06 | |
| Movie | The War in Space | Defense Countermeasure Supreme Commander Oshi | 1977-12-17 |
| Movie | Zero Fighter | 1976-10-02 | |
| Movie | Terror of Mechagodzilla | Dr. Shinzô Mafune | 1975-03-15 |
| Movie | Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla | Professor Hideto Miyajima | 1974-03-21 |
| Movie | Prophecies of Nostradamus | Environmental scientist #1 | 1974-07-13 |
| Movie | The Human Revolution | 1973-09-08 | |
| Movie | The Militarists | Tomita | 1970-09-11 |
| Movie | Samurai Banners | Suwa Yorishige | 1969-03-01 |
| Movie | Latitude Zero | Dr. Sugata | 1969-07-26 |
| Movie | Battle of the Japan Sea | Staff Officer Tsunoda | 1969-08-01 |
| Movie | Admiral Yamamoto | Staff Officer Watanabe | 1968-08-14 |
| Movie | Son of Godzilla | Fujisaki | 1967-12-16 |
| Movie | Kojiro | 1967-04-01 | |
| Movie | The Killing Bottle | Man With Turkish Hat | 1967-02-11 |
| Movie | Ultraman: Monster Movie Feature | Professor Iwamoto | 1967-07-22 |
| Movie | Japan's Longest Day | Commander Sugahara - 302nd Air Group | 1967-08-03 |
| Movie | Adventure in Kigan Castle | Chamberlain | 1966-04-28 |
| Movie | Ebirah, Horror of the Deep | Capt. Yamoto | 1966-12-17 |
| Movie | Rise Against the Sword | Asakura | 1966-11-25 |
| Movie | 風来忍法帖 | 1965-05-16 | |
| Movie | Samurai Assassin | Sohei Masui | 1965-01-03 |
| Movie | The Retreat from Kiska | Dr. Kudo | 1965-07-04 |
| Movie | Whirlwind | Ryutaro Inoue | 1964-07-26 |
| Movie | Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster | Chief Detective Okita | 1964-12-20 |
| Movie | Siege of Fort Bismarck | 1963-05-29 | |
| Movie | King Kong vs. Godzilla | Dr. Shigezawa (uncredited) | 1963-06-26 |
| Movie | The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman | Eburi's older brother | 1963-11-16 |
| Movie | Atragon | Mu Agent #23 | 1963-12-22 |
| Movie | King Kong vs. Godzilla | Dr. Shigezawa | 1962-08-11 |
| Movie | Gorath | Endô | 1962-03-21 |
| Movie | Wakai kisetsu | 1962-10-20 | |
| Movie | Sanjuro | Samurai | 1962-01-01 |
| Movie | The Weed of Crime | 1962-12-08 | |
| Movie | Operation Enemy Fort | 1962-10-20 | |
| Movie | Varan the Unbelievable | Dr. Fujimora | 1962-12-07 |
| Movie | 47 Ronin | 1962-11-03 | |
| Movie | The Merciless Trap | 1961-02-01 | |
| Movie | Big Shots Die at Dawn | 1961-04-09 | |
| Movie | Daredevil in the Castle | Hayatonosho 'Hayato' Susukida | 1961-01-03 |
| Movie | Mothra | Doctor | 1961-07-30 |
| Movie | Girls of the Night | Shima | 1961-09-04 |
| Movie | The Lost Alibi | Kishimoto | 1960-03-13 |
| Movie | The Last Gunfight | Susumu Tendo | 1960-01-03 |
| Movie | The Storm of the Pacific | Fleet Staff Officer | 1960-04-26 |
| Movie | Man Against Man | Toriumi | 1960-08-14 |
| Movie | Westward Desperado | 1960-10-30 | |
| Movie | Get 'em All | Kozo Kinugawa | 1960-11-29 |
| Movie | Submarine I-57 Will Not Surrender | 1959-07-04 | |
| Movie | The Big Boss | 1959-01-15 | |
| Movie | Samurai Saga | Akaboshi | 1959-04-28 |
| Movie | Saga of the Vagabonds | Jiro Hidekuni | 1959-08-09 |
| Movie | The Three Treasures | Kibino Takehiko | 1959-11-01 |
| Movie | The H-Man | Inspector Tominaga | 1958-06-24 |
| Movie | Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II | Tomonori | 1958-01-03 |
| Movie | Underwater Murder | Detective Makimo | 1958-07-27 |
| Movie | The Lonely Swordsman (Part 2) | 1957-04-02 | |
| Movie | Yagyu Secret Scrolls | Tomonori | 1957-04-14 |
| Movie | The Mysterians | Ryoichi Shiraishi | 1957-12-28 |
| Movie | Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island | Seijuro Yoshioka (uncredited) | 1956-01-03 |
| Movie | Rodan | Professor Kyuichiro Kashiwagi | 1956-12-26 |
| Movie | Godzilla, King of the Monsters! | Dr. Serizawa | 1956-05-18 |
| Movie | Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple | Seijuro Yoshioka | 1955-07-12 |
| Movie | Stray Sheep | Sugimoto | 1955-08-31 |
| Movie | Farewell Rabaul | First lieutenant Noguchi | 1954-02-10 |
| Movie | Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto | Seijuro Yoshioka | 1954-09-25 |
| Movie | Itsuko to sono haha | Kozo Miyoshi | 1954-02-17 |
| Movie | The Last Embrace | Yamaoka (Sandaime) | 1953-03-11 |
| Movie | Mr. Pu | 1953-04-15 |