Akihiko Hirata
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1927-12-26
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.
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Known For
Acting
(2002)
Godzilla Against MechaGodzilla
as Daisuke Serizawa (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1996)
(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
(1983)
(1982)
Brain 17
as Captain Roper
(1982)
(1982)
(1981)
(1981)
(1981)
At This Late Date, the Charleston
as City Employee
(1981)
The Last Days of Planet Earth
as Botanist
(1980)
Port Arthur
as Gaishi Nagaoka
(1980)
(1979)
Dog of Fortune
as Kan Aizawa
(1979)
Ultraman: Great Monster Decisive Battle
as Iwamoto
(1979)
(1977)
Godzilla
as Dr. Serizawa
(1977)
The War in Space
as Defense Countermeasure Supreme Commander Oshi
(1977)
(1977)
Daitetsujin 17: Aerial Battleship
as Captain Gomes
(1976)
(1975)
Terror of Mechagodzilla
as Dr. Shinzô Mafune
(1975)
(1974)
Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla
as Professor Hideto Miyajima
(1974)
Prophecies of Nostradamus
as Environmental scientist #1
(1973)
(1970)
The Militarists
as Tomita
(1970)
(1969)
Latitude Zero
as Dr. Sugata
(1969)
Battle of the Japan Sea
as Staff Officer Tsunoda
(1969)
Samurai Banners
as Suwa Yorishige
(1969)
(1969)
The Great Japanese Pick-Pocket Club
as Furansu
(1969)
Travels of Lord Mito
as Geki Kurokawa
(1968)
Admiral Yamamoto
as Staff Officer Watanabe
(1968)
Young Challengers
as Asakawa
(1968)
(1968)
(1967)
Son of Godzilla
as Fujisaki
(1967)
Japan's Longest Day
as Commander Sugahara - 302nd Air Group
(1967)
Ultraman: Monster Movie Feature
as Professor Iwamoto (uncredited)
(1967)
(1967)
The Killing Bottle
as Man With Turkish Hat
(1967)
(1966)
Ebirah, Horror of the Deep
as Red Bamboo Captain Ryui
(1966)
Rise Against the Sword
as Asakura
(1966)
Adventure in Kigan Castle
as Chamberlain
(1966)
The Mad Atlantic
as Nozaki
(1966)
The Boss of Pick-Pocket Bay
as Omasa
(1965)
The Retreat from Kiska
as Dr. Kudo
(1965)
Samurai Assassin
as Sohei Masui
(1965)
The White Rose of Hong Kong
as Secretary Asano
(1965)
Ironfinger
as Komori
(1965)
(1965)
(1965)
(1964)
Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
as Chief Detective Okita
(1964)
Whirlwind
as Ryutaro Inoue
(1964)
(1963)
King Kong vs. Godzilla
as Dr. Shigezawa (uncredited)
(1963)
Atragon
as Mu Agent #23
(1963)
Attack Squadron
as Senda's Aide
(1963)
The Young Ace in Hawaii
as 戸井田教授
(1963)
The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman
as Eburi's older brother
(1963)
(1963)
(1962)
King Kong vs. Godzilla
as Dr. Shigezawa
(1962)
Sanjuro
as Samurai
(1962)
Gorath
as Endô
(1962)
(1962)
Varan the Unbelievable
as Dr. Fujimora
(1962)
(1962)
Operation Sewer Rats
as Captain Sugiyama
(1962)
(1962)
(1962)
(1962)
(1961)
Mothra
as Doctor
(1961)
Girls of the Night
as Shima
(1961)
Daredevil in the Castle
as Hayatonosho 'Hayato' Susukida
(1961)
(1961)
(1961)
(1961)
(1961)
(1961)
(1960)
The Storm of the Pacific
as Fleet Staff Officer
(1960)
The Secret of the Telegian
as Inspector Kobayashi
(1960)
The Last Gunfight
as Susumu Tendo
(1960)
(1960)
Get 'em All
as Kozo Kinugawa
(1960)
Man Against Man
as Toriumi
(1960)
The Lost Alibi
as Kishimoto
(1959)
The Three Treasures
as Kibino Takehiko
(1959)
(1959)
(1959)
Samurai Saga
as Akaboshi
(1959)
(1959)
(1959)
Saga of the Vagabonds
as Jiro Hidekuni
(1958)
The H-Man
as Inspector Tominaga
(1958)
Varan
as Dr. Fujimora, bomb expert
(1958)
A Holiday in Tokyo
as Journalist
(1958)
Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II
as Tomonori
(1958)
Underwater Murder
as Detective Makimo
(1957)
The Mysterians
as Ryoichi Shiraishi
(1957)
Godzilla, the Monster of the Pacific Ocean
as Dr. Serizawa
(1957)
Yagyu Secret Scrolls
as Tomonori
(1957)
(1957)
Rodan! The Flying Monster!
as Dr. Kyuichiro Kashiwagi
(1957)
Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen
as Count Arishima
(1957)
A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 2
as Tokuoka
(1957)
Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen
as Arishima
(1957)
(1957)
(1957)
(1957)
Geisha in the Old City
as Sashichi
(1957)
(1957)
(1957)
(1956)
Rodan
as Professor Kyuichiro Kashiwagi
(1956)
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
as Seijuro Yoshioka (uncredited)
(1956)
Godzilla, King of the Monsters!
as Dr. Serizawa
(1956)
Rainy Night Duel
as Shunsuke Iba
(1956)
(1955)
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
as Seijuro Yoshioka
(1955)
The Lone Journey
as Horikoshi no Masakichi
(1955)
Stray Sheep
as Sugimoto
(1955)
(1955)
(1954)
Godzilla
as Daisuke Serizawa
(1954)
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
as Seijuro Yoshioka
(1954)
Farewell Rabaul
as First lieutenant Noguchi
(1954)
Itsuko to sono haha
as Kozo Miyoshi
(1953)
(1953)
The Last Embrace
as Yamaoka (Sandaime)
(1953)
(1953)
Even The Mighty Shed Tears
as Ryusaku Nishikawa