Akihiko Hirata
Birthday
1927/12/26
Day of death
1984/07/25 (56 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Seoul, Korea
Also know as
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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 ...Read more
Acting
(2002) Godzilla Against MechaGodzilla
as Daisuke Serizawa (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1954) Godzilla
as Daisuke Serizawa
(1962) King Kong vs. Godzilla
as Dr. Shigezawa
(1966) Ebirah, Horror of the Deep
as Capt. Yamoto
(1955) Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
as Seijuro Yoshioka
(1954) Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
as Seijuro Yoshioka
(1956) Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
as Seijuro Yoshioka (uncredited)
(1995) Godzilla vs. Destoroyah
as Dr. Daisuke Serizawa (archive footage)
(1963) Atragon
as Mu Agent #23
(1959) Sazae-san's Marriage
as ---
(1958) The H-Man
as Inspector Tominaga
(1957) The Mysterians
as Ryoichi Shiraishi
(1974) Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla
as Professor Hideto Miyajima
(1969) Travels of Lord Mito
as Geki Kurokawa
(1963) Operation Mad Dog
as ---
(1961) Mothra
as Doctor
(1979) Ultraman: Great Monster Decisive Battle
as Iwamoto
(1962) Gorath
as Endô
(1969) Latitude Zero
as Dr. Sugata
(1975) Terror of Mechagodzilla
as Dr. Shinzô Mafune
(1956) Godzilla, King of the Monsters!
as Dr. Serizawa
(1956) Rodan
as Professor Kyuichiro Kashiwagi
(1963) Attack Squadron
as Senda's Aide
(1977) Daitetsujin 17: Aerial Battleship
as Captain Gomes
(1982) Brain 17
as Captain Roper
(1966) Adventure in Kigan Castle
as Chamberlain
(1963) The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman
as Eburi's older brother
(1957) Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen
as Arishima
(1987) Fugitive Alien
as Space Command official
(1957) Ôban
as ---
(1957) Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen
as Count Arishima
(1965) Samurai Assassin
as Sohei Masui
(1983) The Sea of Sparta
as ---
(1965) Ankokugai zenmetsu sakusen
as ---
(1957) Godzilla, the Monster of the Pacific Ocean
as Dr. Serizawa
(1969) The Great Japanese Pick-Pocket Club
as Furansu
(1957) Yagyu Secret Scrolls
as Tomonori
(1960) The Secret of the Telegian
as Inspector Kobayashi
(1981) Station
as ---
(1958) Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II
as Tomonori
(1976) Zero Fighter
as ---
(1965) Ironfinger
as Komori
(1962) Ai no uzu shio
as ---
(1981) At This Late Date, the Charleston
as City Employee
(1959) Samurai Saga
as Akaboshi
(1964) Whirlwind
as Ryutaro Inoue
(1970) The Militarists
as Tomita
(1984) Sayonara Jupiter
as Dr. Inoue Ryutarou
(1969) Samurai Banners
as Suwa Yorishige
(1969) Battle of the Japan Sea
as Staff Officer Tsunoda
(1962) Jūyaku kōho-sei nanbā 1
as ---
(1977) The War in Space
as Defense Countermeasure Supreme Commander Oshi
(1957) Last Days of the Samurai
as ---
(1966) The Mad Atlantic
as Nozaki
(1957) A Man in the Storm
as ---
(1967) Japan's Longest Day
as Commander Sugahara - 302nd Air Group
(1958) Underwater Murder
as Detective Makimo
(1962) Wakai kisetsu
as ---
(1981) The Imperial Navy
as ---
(1961) Big Shots Die at Dawn
as ---
(1964) Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
as Chief Detective Okita
(1977) Godzilla
as Dr. Serizawa
(1967) Son of Godzilla
as Fujisaki
(1962) Sanjuro
as Samurai
(1962) Varan the Unbelievable
as Dr. Fujimora
(1961) The Merciless Trap
as ---
(1982) A Woman in Danger
as ---
(1965) A Smell of Money
as ---
(1961) Daredevil in the Castle
as Hayatonosho 'Hayato' Susukida
(1959) Submarine I-57 Will Not Surrender
as ---
(1957) The Lonely Swordsman (Part 2)
as ---
(1959) Saga of the Vagabonds
as Jiro Hidekuni
(1957) Geisha in the Old City
as Sashichi
(1968) 空想天国
as ---
(1970) クレージーの殴り込み清水港
as ---
(1967) Ultraman: Monster Movie Feature
as Professor Iwamoto (uncredited)
(1960) Westward Desperado
as ---
(1959) The Big Boss
as ---
(1960) The Last Gunfight
as Susumu Tendo
(1963) Siege of Fort Bismarck
as ---
(1968) 風来忍法帖 八方破れ
as ---
(1965) 風来忍法帖
as ---
(1960) The Lost Alibi
as Kishimoto
(1953) Mr. Pu
as ---
(1962) The Weed of Crime
as ---
(1955) Stray Sheep
as Sugimoto
(1979) Dog of Fortune
as Kan Aizawa
(1962) Operation Enemy Fort
as ---
(1958) Varan
as Dr. Fujimora, bomb expert
(1953) The Last Embrace
as Yamaoka (Sandaime)
(1965) The Retreat from Kiska
as Dr. Kudo
(1954) Farewell Rabaul
as First lieutenant Noguchi
(1982) Examination Hell
as ---
(1961) Blueprint of Murder
as ---
(1967) Kojiro
as ---
(1960) Man Against Man
as Toriumi
(1961) Structure of Hate
as ---
(1959) The Three Treasures
as Kibino Takehiko
(1960) Get 'em All
as Kozo Kinugawa
(1961) Challenge to Live
as ---
(1968) Admiral Yamamoto
as Staff Officer Watanabe
(1960) The Storm of the Pacific
as Fleet Staff Officer
(1961) Girls of the Night
as Shima
(1966) Rise Against the Sword
as Asakura
(1955) The Lone Journey
as Horikoshi no Masakichi
(1967) The Killing Bottle
as Man With Turkish Hat
(1980) Port Arthur
as Gaishi Nagaoka
(1968) Young Challengers
as Asakawa
(1957) A Teapicker's Song of Goodbye
as ---
(1957) A Farewell to the Woman Called My Sister
as ---
(1957) A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 2
as Tokuoka
(1979) Nomugi Pass
as ---
(1962) Chûshingura
as ---
(1961) Blood on the Sea
as ---
(1966) The Boss of Pick-Pocket Bay
as Omasa
(1974) Prophecies of Nostradamus
as Environmental scientist #1
(1977) Tora-san Meets His Lordship
as ---
(1969) Crazy Big Explosion
as ---
(1957) A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 1
as ---
(1963) King Kong vs. Godzilla
as Dr. Shigezawa (uncredited)
(1954) Itsuko to sono haha
as Kozo Miyoshi
(1955) No Response from Car 33
as ---
(1962) Operation Sewer Rats
as Captain Sugiyama
(1973) The Human Revolution
as ---
(1983) Legend of the Cat Monster
as Producer
(1953) Girls in the Orchard
as ---
(1956) Rainy Night Duel
as Shunsuke Iba
(1956) はりきり社長
as ---
(1963) The Young Ace in Hawaii
as 戸井田教授
(1959) I Want to Be a Shellfish
as ---
(1996) Revive! Ultraman
as ---
(1964) Garakuta
as ---
(1953) Even The Mighty Shed Tears
as Ryusaku Nishikawa
(1981) The Last Days of Planet Earth
as Botanist
(1955) Tactics of Love
as ---
(1957) Rodan! The Flying Monster!
as Dr. Kyuichiro Kashiwagi
(1975) Main Line to Terror
as ---
(1977) Daitetsujin 17
as Captain Gomez
(1976) Enban Sensou Bankid
as Commander Guzare
(1972) Warrior of Love Rainbowman
as Mr. K
(1966) Ultraman
as Dr. Iwamoto
(1977) Edogawa Rampo no bijo shirīzu
as ---
Downtown Story
as ---
(1982) 受験地獄
as ---