Akihiko Hirata

Personal Info

Birthday

December 26, 1927

Day of Death

1984-07-25

(56 years old)

Place of Birth

Seoul, Korea

Akihiko Hirata

Biography

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

Ultraman

Atragon

Godzilla

Son of Godzilla

Terror of Mechagodzilla

Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla

King Kong vs. Godzilla

Sanjuro

Filmography

2002
Godzilla Against MechaGodzilla
as Daisuke Serizawa (archive footage) (uncredited)
1995
Godzilla vs. Destoroyah
as Dr. Daisuke Serizawa (archive footage)
1987
Fugitive Alien
as Space Command official
1984
Sayonara Jupiter
as Dr. Inoue Ryutarou
1983
Legend of the Cat Monster
as Producer
1982
Brain 17
as Captain Roper
1981
At This Late Date, the Charleston
as City Employee
The Last Days of Planet Earth
as Botanist
1980
Port Arthur
as Gaishi Nagaoka
1979
Ultraman: Great Monster Decisive Battle
as Iwamoto
Dog of Fortune
as Kan Aizawa
1977
The War in Space
as Defense Countermeasure Supreme Commander Oshi
Daitetsujin 17: Aerial Battleship
as Captain Gomes
1975
Terror of Mechagodzilla
as Dr. Shinzô Mafune
1974
Prophecies of Nostradamus
as Environmental scientist #1
Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla
as Professor Hideto Miyajima
1970
The Militarists
as Tomita
1969
The Great Japanese Pick-Pocket Club
as Furansu
Travels of Lord Mito
as Geki Kurokawa
Battle of the Japan Sea
as Staff Officer Tsunoda
Latitude Zero
as Dr. Sugata
Samurai Banners
as Suwa Yorishige
1968
Young Challengers
as Asakawa
Admiral Yamamoto
as Staff Officer Watanabe
1967
Son of Godzilla
as Fujisaki
Japan's Longest Day
as Commander Sugahara - 302nd Air Group
Ultraman: Monster Movie Feature
as Professor Iwamoto (uncredited)
The Killing Bottle
as Man With Turkish Hat
1966
Ebirah, Horror of the Deep
as Red Bamboo Captain Ryui
Rise Against the Sword
as Asakura
The Mad Atlantic
as Nozaki
Adventure in Kigan Castle
as Chamberlain
The Boss of Pick-Pocket Bay
as Omasa
1965
Ironfinger
as Komori
The White Rose of Hong Kong
as Secretary Asano
The Retreat from Kiska
as Dr. Kudo
Samurai Assassin
as Sohei Masui
1964
Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
as Chief Detective Okita
Whirlwind
as Ryutaro Inoue
1963
Atragon
as Mu Agent #23
The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman
as Eburi's older brother
The Young Ace in Hawaii
as 戸井田教授

Attack Squadron
as Senda's Aide
1962
Varan the Unbelievable
as Dr. Fujimora
King Kong vs. Godzilla
as Dr. Shigezawa
Operation Sewer Rats
as Captain Sugiyama
Gorath
as Endô
Sanjuro
as Samurai
1961
Girls of the Night
as Shima
Mothra
as Doctor
Daredevil in the Castle
as Hayatonosho 'Hayato' Susukida
1960
Get 'em All
as Kozo Kinugawa
Man Against Man
as Toriumi
The Storm of the Pacific
as Fleet Staff Officer
The Secret of the Telegian
as Inspector Kobayashi
The Lost Alibi
as Kishimoto
The Last Gunfight
as Susumu Tendo
1959
The Three Treasures
as Kibino Takehiko
Saga of the Vagabonds
as Jiro Hidekuni
Samurai Saga
as Akaboshi
1958
Varan
as Dr. Fujimora
Underwater Murder
as Detective Makimo
The H-Man
as Inspector Tominaga
A Holiday in Tokyo
as Journalist
Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II
as Tomonori
1957
The Mysterians
as Ryoichi Shiraishi
Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen
as Arishima
Rodan! The Flying Monster!
as Dr. Kyuichiro Kashiwagi
Geisha in the Old City
as Sashichi
Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen
as Count Arishima
A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 2
as Tokuoka
Yagyu Secret Scrolls
as Tomonori
Godzilla, the Monster of the Pacific Ocean
as Dr. Serizawa
1956
Rodan
as Professor Kyuichiro Kashiwagi
Godzilla, King of the Monsters!
as Dr. Serizawa
Rainy Night Duel
as Shunsuke Iba
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
as Seijuro Yoshioka (uncredited)
1955
The Lone Journey
as Horikoshi no Masakichi
Stray Sheep
as Sugimoto
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
as Seijuro Yoshioka
1954
Godzilla
as Daisuke Serizawa
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
as Seijuro Yoshioka
Itsuko to sono haha
as Kozo Miyoshi
Farewell Rabaul
as First lieutenant Noguchi
1953
Even The Mighty Shed Tears
as Ryusaku Nishikawa
The Last Embrace
as Yamaoka (Sandaime)