Akihiko Hirata

1927-12-26 – 1984-07-25 (age 56) 日本, 東京都

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Biography

Akihiko Hirata (born 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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Akihiko Hirata

Akihiko Hirata

Akihiko Hirata

Known For

Godzilla

Godzilla

1954

as Daisuke Serizawa

King Kong vs. Godzilla

King Kong vs. Godzilla

1962

as Dr. Shosuke Shigezawa

Ebirah, Horror of the Deep

Ebirah, Horror of the Deep

1966

as Red Bamboo Captain Ryui

Sanjuro

Sanjuro

1962

as Samurai

Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla

Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla

1974

as Professor Hideto Miyajima

King Kong vs. Godzilla

King Kong vs. Godzilla

1963

as Dr. Kenji Shigezawa (uncredited)

Godzilla, King of the Monsters!

Godzilla, King of the Monsters!

1956

as Dr. Serizawa

Atragon

Atragon

1963

as Mu Agent #23

Godzilla vs. Destoroyah

Godzilla vs. Destoroyah

1995

as Dr. Daisuke Serizawa (archive footage)

Rodan

Rodan

1956

as Professor Kyuichiro Kashiwagi

Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster

Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster

1964

as Chief Detective Okita

Godzilla Against MechaGodzilla

Godzilla Against MechaGodzilla

2002

as Daisuke Serizawa (archive footage) (uncredited)

Terror of Mechagodzilla

Terror of Mechagodzilla

1975

as Dr. Shinzô Mafune

Battle of the Japan Sea

Battle of the Japan Sea

1969

as Staff Officer Tsunoda

Son of Godzilla

Son of Godzilla

1967

as Fujisaki

Mothra

Mothra

1961

as Doctor

Port Arthur

Port Arthur

1980

as Gaishi Nagaoka

The War in Space

The War in Space

1977

as Defense Countermeasure Supreme Commander Oshi

Prophecies of Nostradamus

Prophecies of Nostradamus

1974

as Environmental scientist #1

Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island

Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island

1956

as Seijuro Yoshioka (uncredited)