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Akihiko Hirata

Acting Born Dec 26, 1927 日本, 東京都 24 credits

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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Known for

Film

Godzilla

as Daisuke Serizawa
Film

Sanjuro

as Samurai

House of Anubis

as Seijuro Yoshioka

Full filmography

  • Ultraman (1966) as Dr. Iwamoto
  • Edogawa Rampo no bijo shirīzu (1977)
  • Godzilla (1954) as Daisuke Serizawa
  • King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962) as Dr. Shosuke Shigezawa
  • Sanjuro (1962) as Samurai
  • Godzilla Against MechaGodzilla (2002) as Daisuke Serizawa (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Godzilla vs. Destoroyah (1995) as Dr. Daisuke Serizawa (archive footage)
  • Ebirah, Horror of the Deep (1966) as Red Bamboo Captain Ryui
  • Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (1974) as Professor Hideto Miyajima
  • Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964) as Chief Detective Okita
  • Mothra (1961) as Doctor
  • Son of Godzilla (1967) as Fujisaki
  • Downtown Story
  • Japan's Longest Day (1967) as Commander Sugahara - 302nd Air Group
  • Terror of Mechagodzilla (1975) as Dr. Shinzô Mafune
  • Gorath (1962) as Endô
  • Chûshingura (1962)
  • Warrior of Love Rainbowman (1972) as Mr. K
  • Rodan (1956) as Professor Kyuichiro Kashiwagi
  • Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island (1956) as Seijuro Yoshioka (uncredited)
  • Godzilla, King of the Monsters! (1956) as Dr. Serizawa
  • Atragon (1963) as Mu Agent #23
  • Port Arthur (1980) as Gaishi Nagaoka
  • Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto (1954) as Seijuro Yoshioka