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Akihiko Hirata

Akihiko Hirata

Birthday: 1927-12-26 | Place of Birth: Seoul, Korea

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Akihiko Hirata, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

1995
Godzilla vs. Destoroyah

as    Dr. Daisuke Serizawa (archive footage)

1981
At This Late Date, the Charleston

as    City Employee

1978
Terror of Mechagodzilla

as    Dr. Shinzô Mafune

1977
Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla

as    Professor Hideto Miyajima

1974
Prophecies of Nostradamus

as    Environmental scientist #1

1970
Latitude Zero

as    Dr. Sugata

1969
Ebirah, Horror of the Deep

as    Capt. Yamoto

1966
Adventure in Kigan Castle

as    Chamberlain

1966
Ultraman

as    Dr. Iwamoto

1965
Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster

as    Chief Detective Okita

1965
Ironfinger

as    Komori

1964
Whirlwind

as    Ryutaro Inoue

1962
Varan the Unbelievable

as    Dr. Fujimora

1962
King Kong vs. Godzilla

as    Dr. Shigezawa

1962
Gorath

as    Endô

1961
Mothra

as    Doctor

1959
The H-Man

as    Inspector Tominaga

1957
Rodan

as    Professor Kyuichiro Kashiwagi

1957
The Mysterians

as    Ryoichi Shiraishi

1956
Godzilla, King of the Monsters!

as    Dr. Serizawa

1955
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple

as    Seijuro Yoshioka

1954
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto

as    Seijuro Yoshioka