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:
- 77
- 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 | 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 | 1974-03-20 |
| 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 | Battle of the Japan Sea | Staff Officer Tsunoda | 1969-08-01 |
| Movie | Samurai Banners | Suwa Yorishige | 1969-03-01 |
| Movie | Latitude Zero | Dr. Sugata | 1969-07-26 |
| Movie | Admiral Yamamoto | Staff Officer Watanabe | 1968-08-14 |
| Movie | Kojiro | 1967-04-01 | |
| Movie | Ultraman: Monster Movie Feature | Professor Iwamoto | 1967-07-22 |
| Movie | The Killing Bottle | Man With Turkish Hat | 1967-02-11 |
| Movie | Japan's Longest Day | Commander Sugahara - 302nd Air Group | 1967-08-12 |
| Movie | Son of Godzilla | Fujisaki | 1967-12-16 |
| 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 | 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 | Varan the Unbelievable | Dr. Fujimora | 1962-12-07 |
| Movie | The Weed of Crime | 1962-12-08 | |
| Movie | 47 Ronin | 1962-11-03 | |
| Movie | Daredevil in the Castle | Hayatonosho 'Hayato' Susukida | 1961-01-03 |
| Movie | The Merciless Trap | 1961-02-01 | |
| Movie | Mothra | Doctor | 1961-07-30 |
| Movie | Big Shots Die at Dawn | 1961-04-09 | |
| 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 | 1960-01-03 | |
| Movie | Man Against Man | Toriumi | 1960-08-14 |
| 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 | Underwater Murder | Detective Makimo | 1958-07-27 |
| Movie | The H-Man | Inspector Tominaga | 1958-06-24 |
| Movie | The Lonely Swordsman (Part 2) | 1957-04-02 | |
| Movie | The Mysterians | Ryoichi Shiraishi | 1957-12-28 |
| Movie | Yagyu Secret Scrolls | Tomonori | 1957-04-14 |
| Movie | Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island | Seijuro Yoshioka (uncredited) | 1956-01-03 |
| Movie | Godzilla, King of the Monsters! | Dr. Serizawa | 1956-04-27 |
| Movie | Rodan | Professor Kyuichiro Kashiwagi | 1956-12-26 |
| Movie | Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple | Seijuro Yoshioka | 1955-07-12 |
| Movie | Stray Sheep | Sugimoto | 1955-08-31 |
| Movie | Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto | Seijuro Yoshioka | 1954-09-25 |
| Movie | Farewell Rabaul | First lieutenant Noguchi | 1954-02-10 |
| Movie | The Last Embrace | 1953-03-11 | |
| Movie | Mr. Pu | 1953-04-15 |