Akira Takarada
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1934-04-29
Day of Death
2022-03-14 (87 years old)
Place of Birth
Harbin, China
Akira Takarada
Biography
Akira Takarada was a Japanese film actor best known for his roles in the Godzilla film series.
Known For
Acting
(2023)
(2022)
A World Without Cherry Blossoms
as Keizo
(2019)
Dance with Me
as Machin Ueda
(2019)
(2019)
The Dawn of Kaiju Eiga
as Self - Actor
(2018)
The Great Buddha Arrival
as Narrator
(2018)
Bridge over Troubled Water
as CEO Ogata
(2015)
(2015)
(2014)
Godzilla
as Immigration Officer
(2014)
(2014)
(2014)
Godzilla Battle Royale
as Sec. General Fuji
(2013)
(2010)
Making of Godzilla vs. Mothra
as Himself
(2008)
(2007)
Glory to the Filmmaker!
as Gentleman in a White Mercedes
(2005)
(2005)
Mikio Naruse 100th Birth Anniversary
as Voiceover
(2004)
Godzilla: Final Wars
as UN Secretary General Naotarô Daigo
(2001)
Prince Shōtoku
as Prince Anahobe
(2001)
Prince Shōtoku
as Mononobe no Moriya
(2000)
(2000)
(1999)
(1999)
(1998)
(1997)
Woman in Witness Protection
as Police Commissioner
(1996)
(1995)
My name is Reiko Shiratori! The Movie
as Kichitaro Shiratori
(1994)
(1992)
Minbo, or the Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion
as Kobayashi
(1992)
Godzilla vs. Mothra
as Environmental Planning Board Chief Jyoji Minamino
(1990)
Tales of a Golden Geisha
as Inukai
(1985)
(1984)
The Audition
as Emcee
(1983)
(1981)
(1977)
Godzilla
as Ogata
(1969)
Travels of Lord Mito
as Sukesaburô Sasaki
(1969)
Latitude Zero
as Dr. Ken Tashiro
(1968)
(1968)
(1968)
Golden Eyes
as Andrew Hoshino
(1967)
King Kong Escapes
as Lt. Commander Jiro Nomura
(1967)
Let's Go! Young Guy
as Kou Kure
(1966)
Ebirah, Horror of the Deep
as Yoshimura
(1966)
The Daphne
as Kudo
(1966)
3 Raccoon Dogs
as Michio Sasaki
(1966)
More Than 10,000 Women But...
as Junichi Hasegawa
(1966)
Big Wind from Tokyo
as Ishinaka Sekijirō
(1965)
Invasion of Astro-Monster
as Astronaut K. Fuji
(1965)
Ironfinger
as Andrew Hoshino
(1965)
The White Rose of Hong Kong
as Susumu Utsugi
(1965)
The Longest Night
as 田中清辉
(1964)
Mothra vs. Godzilla
as Ichiro "Ichi" Sakai
(1964)
(1964)
(1964)
(1963)
Devices Stronger Than Women
as Shin Takayama (Nanahikari Electric publicity staff)
(1963)
A Woman's Life
as Koichi Shimizu
(1963)
Honolulu, Tokyo, Hong Kong
as Yuichi Okamoto
(1963)
Walleyed Nippon
as Shin Moriyama
(1962)
Chûshingura
as Gunpei Takada
(1962)
Star of Hong Kong
as Hasegawa Toru
(1962)
Me and Me
as Akihiko Kinugasa
(1962)
(1962)
(1962)
A Wanderer's Notebook
as Fukuya
(1962)
The Wiser Age
as Rokkakuya Kou
(1962)
(1962)
Woman of Design
as Kosuke Sakai
(1962)
(1962)
(1961)
The Last War
as Takano
(1961)
The End of Summer
as Teramoto Tadashi
(1961)
Different Sons
as Kensuke Akagi
(1961)
(1961)
A Night in Hong Kong
as Hiroshi Tanaka
(1961)
(1961)
(1960)
Modern Salaryman: Bushido Romance
as Mizukami Gorō
(1960)
(1960)
(1960)
The Masterless 47
as Kohei Hayano
(1960)
(1960)
Daughters, Wives and a Mother
as Reiji Sakanishi
(1960)
Beyond the Hills
as Kentaro - Ueshima
(1960)
(1959)
Three Dolls in College
as Shin'ichi Takada
(1959)
The Three Treasures
as Prince Wakatarashi
(1959)
The Big Boss
as Mineo Komatsu
(1959)
Samurai Saga
as Jutaro [Jurota] Karibe
(1959)
Someday I'll Know
as Daisuke Kaneko
(1959)
(1959)
(1958)
Diary of an Elegant Hot Spring
as Shirō Arisaka (Kyōko’s husband)
(1958)
The Rise and Fall of a Jazz Girl
as himself
(1958)
Holiday in Tokyo
as George Tanaka
(1958)
Yaji and Kita on the Road
as Akinosuke Takarai
(1958)
City of Love
as Kunio Murata
(1958)
(1958)
Flower's Yearning
as Tsuda Shin'ichi
(1957)
(1957)
(1957)
On Wings of Love
as Hajime Kyosu
(1957)
Birth of Romance
as Ichirô Yabe
(1957)
Price of Beauty
as Koichi Yamawaki
(1957)
A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 2
as Tatsuo Ito
(1957)
Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman
as The Boy (Her Brother)
(1957)
Godzilla, the Monster of the Pacific Ocean
as Ogata (as Akiro Takarata)
(1957)
Reign of Terror
as Jun’nosuke Kijima
(1957)
A Town with a Mountain and River
as Keisuke Yagi
(1956)
Love on Rainbow Island
as Sainkichi 'Johannes' Matsutani
(1956)
(1956)
Jacks and Jills
as Kubota
(1956)
Morishige, where are you going?
as Akira Wakayama
(1956)
Godzilla, King of the Monsters!
as Ogata
(1955)
Beast Man Snow Man
as Takeshi Iijima
(1955)
(1955)
All is Well
as Saitaro Okazaki
(1954)
Godzilla
as Hideto Ogata
(1954)
Bride in a Bathing Suit
as Masao Sakurai
(1954)
How the Bell of Liberty Rings
as Masuda Sotaro
Crew
(2022)
A World Without Cherry Blossoms
Executive Producer