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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1927-12-26 (97 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

1982

Brain 17 as Captain Roper

1981

1980

Port Arthur as Gaishi Nagaoka

1979

Dog of Fortune as Kan Aizawa

1977

The War in Space as Defense Countermeasure Supreme Commander Oshi
Godzilla as Dr. Serizawa
Daitetsujin 17 as Captain Gomez

1976

Enban Sensou Bankid as Commander Guzare

1975

Terror of Mechagodzilla as Dr. Shinzô Mafune

1974

Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla as Professor Hideto Miyajima
Prophecies of Nostradamus as Environmental scientist #1

1973

1972

1970

The Militarists as Tomita

1969

Travels of Lord Mito as Geki Kurokawa
Latitude Zero as Dr. Sugata
Samurai Banners as Suwa Yorishige
Battle of the Japan Sea as Staff Officer Tsunoda

1968

Admiral Yamamoto as Staff Officer Watanabe

1967

Japan's Longest Day as Commander Sugahara - 302nd Air Group
Son of Godzilla as Fujisaki
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
Ultraman as Dr. Iwamoto

1965

Samurai Assassin as Sohei Masui
Ironfinger as Komori

1964

Whirlwind as Ryutaro Inoue
Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster as Chief Detective Okita

1963

Atragon as Mu Agent #23
Attack Squadron as Senda's Aide
The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman as Eburi's older brother
King Kong vs. Godzilla as Dr. Shigezawa (uncredited)
The Young Ace in Hawaii as 戸井田教授

1962

King Kong vs. Godzilla as Dr. Shigezawa
Gorath as Endô
Sanjuro as Samurai
Varan the Unbelievable as Dr. Fujimora
Operation Sewer Rats as Captain Sugiyama

1961

Mothra as Doctor
Daredevil in the Castle as Hayatonosho 'Hayato' Susukida

1960

The Secret of the Telegian as Inspector Kobayashi
The Last Gunfight as Susumu Tendo
The Lost Alibi as Kishimoto
Man Against Man as Toriumi
Get 'em All as Kozo Kinugawa
The Storm of the Pacific as Fleet Staff Officer

1959

Samurai Saga as Akaboshi
Saga of the Vagabonds as Jiro Hidekuni
The Three Treasures as Kibino Takehiko

1958

The H-Man as Inspector Tominaga
Underwater Murder as Detective Makimo
Varan as Dr. Fujimora, bomb expert
A Holiday in Tokyo as Journalist

1957

The Mysterians as Ryoichi Shiraishi
Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen as Count Arishima
Rodan! The Flying Monster! as Dr. Kyuichiro Kashiwagi

1956

Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island as Seijuro Yoshioka (uncredited)
Rodan as Professor Kyuichiro Kashiwagi
Rainy Night Duel as Shunsuke Iba

1955

Stray Sheep as Sugimoto
The Lone Journey as Horikoshi no Masakichi

1954

Godzilla as Daisuke Serizawa
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto as Seijuro Yoshioka
Farewell Rabaul as First lieutenant Noguchi
Itsuko to sono haha as Kozo Miyoshi

1953

The Last Embrace as Yamaoka (Sandaime)
Even The Mighty Shed Tears as Ryusaku Nishikawa

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