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:
- 84
- 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 | Station | 1981-11-07 | |
| Movie | At This Late Date, the Charleston | City Employee | 1981-12-19 |
| Movie | Port Arthur | Gaishi Nagaoka | 1980-08-02 |
| Movie | Dog of Fortune | Kan Aizawa | 1979-06-02 |
| Movie | Nomugi Pass | 1979-06-30 | |
| Movie | Godzilla | Dr. Serizawa | 1977-01-01 |
| Movie | The War in Space | Defense Countermeasure Supreme Commander Oshi | 1977-12-17 |
| Movie | Tora-san Meets His Lordship | 1977-08-06 | |
| Movie | Zero Fighter | 1976-10-02 | |
| Movie | Main Line to Terror | 1975-09-06 | |
| Movie | Terror of Mechagodzilla | Dr. Shinzô Mafune | 1975-03-15 |
| Movie | The Family | 1974-01-26 | |
| Movie | Prophecies of Nostradamus | Environmental scientist #1 | 1974-08-03 |
| Movie | Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla | Professor Hideto Miyajima | 1974-03-21 |
| Movie | The Human Revolution | 1973-09-08 | |
| Movie | The Militarists | Tomita | 1970-09-11 |
| Movie | Latitude Zero | Dr. Sugata | 1969-07-26 |
| Movie | Samurai Banners | Suwa Yorishige | 1969-03-01 |
| Movie | Battle of the Japan Sea | Staff Officer Tsunoda | 1969-08-01 |
| Movie | Admiral Yamamoto | Staff Officer Watanabe | 1968-08-14 |
| Movie | Kojiro | 1967-04-01 | |
| Movie | Ultraman: Monster Movie Feature | Professor Iwamoto (uncredited) | 1967-07-22 |
| Movie | The Killing Bottle | Man With Turkish Hat | 1967-02-11 |
| Movie | Japan's Longest Day | Commander Sugahara - 302nd Air Group | 1967-08-03 |
| Movie | Son of Godzilla | Fujisaki | 1967-12-16 |
| Movie | Adventure in Kigan Castle | Chamberlain | 1966-04-28 |
| Movie | Ebirah, Horror of the Deep | Red Bamboo Captain Ryui | 1966-12-17 |
| Movie | Rise Against the Sword | Asakura | 1966-11-25 |
| Movie | Samurai Assassin | Sohei Masui | 1965-01-03 |
| Movie | The Retreat from Kiska | Dr. Kudo | 1965-07-04 |
| Movie | 風来忍法帖 | 1965-05-16 | |
| Movie | Whirlwind | Ryutaro Inoue | 1964-07-26 |
| Movie | Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster | Chief Detective Okita | 1964-12-20 |
| Movie | King Kong vs. Godzilla | Dr. Shigezawa (uncredited) | 1963-06-26 |
| Movie | Siege of Fort Bismarck | 1963-05-29 | |
| Movie | Atragon | Mu Agent #23 | 1963-12-22 |
| Movie | The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman | Eburi's older brother | 1963-11-16 |
| Movie | King Kong vs. Godzilla | Dr. Shigezawa | 1962-08-11 |
| Movie | Sanjuro | Samurai | 1962-01-01 |
| Movie | Wakai kisetsu | 1962-10-20 | |
| Movie | Gorath | Endô | 1962-03-21 |
| Movie | Operation Enemy Fort | 1962-10-20 | |
| Movie | The Weed of Crime | 1962-12-08 | |
| Movie | Varan the Unbelievable | Dr. Fujimora | 1962-12-07 |
| Movie | Chûshingura | 1962-11-03 | |
| Movie | The Merciless Trap | 1961-02-01 | |
| Movie | Daredevil in the Castle | Hayatonosho 'Hayato' Susukida | 1961-01-03 |
| Movie | Big Shots Die at Dawn | 1961-04-09 | |
| Movie | Mothra | Doctor | 1961-07-30 |
| Movie | Challenge to Live | 1961-06-17 | |
| Movie | Girls of the Night | Shima | 1961-09-04 |
| Movie | The Lost Alibi | Kishimoto | 1960-03-13 |
| Movie | The Storm of the Pacific | Fleet Staff Officer | 1960-04-26 |
| Movie | The Last Gunfight | Susumu Tendo | 1960-01-03 |
| Movie | Man Against Man | Toriumi | 1960-08-14 |
| Movie | Get 'em All | Kozo Kinugawa | 1960-11-29 |
| Movie | Westward Desperado | 1960-10-30 | |
| Movie | The Big Boss | 1959-01-15 | |
| Movie | Submarine I-57 Will Not Surrender | 1959-07-04 | |
| Movie | Samurai Saga | Akaboshi | 1959-04-28 |
| Movie | The Three Treasures | Kibino Takehiko | 1959-11-01 |
| Movie | Saga of the Vagabonds | Jiro Hidekuni | 1959-08-09 |
| Movie | Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II | Tomonori | 1958-01-03 |
| Movie | The H-Man | Inspector Tominaga | 1958-06-24 |
| 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 | Geisha in the Old City | Sashichi | 1957-10-13 |
| 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 | 1956-04-27 |
| 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 | Itsuko to sono haha | Kozo Miyoshi | 1954-02-17 |
| Movie | Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto | Seijuro Yoshioka | 1954-09-25 |
| Movie | The Last Embrace | Yamaoka (Sandaime) | 1953-03-11 |
| Movie | Mr. Pu | 1953-04-15 |