Akihiko Hirata

Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Born
December 26, 1927 (56 years old)
Died
July 25, 1984
Place of Birth
Seoul, Korea
Popular Genres
Science Fiction Action Drama
Career Span
1953 – 2002

Akihiko Hirata

17 nominations
140 credits

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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Personal Info

Born
Dec 26, 1927
From
Seoul, Korea
Known For
Acting
Career
1953 – 2002

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17
Nominations

Complete Filmography

2002

Godzilla Against MechaGodzilla as Daisuke Serizawa (archive footage) (uncredited)

1996

Revive! Ultraman

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

Legend of the Cat Monster as Producer
The Sea of Sparta

1982

Brain 17 as Captain Roper
Examination Hell
A Woman in Danger

1981

Station
The Imperial Navy
At This Late Date, the Charleston as City Employee
The Last Days of Planet Earth as Botanist

1980

Port Arthur as Gaishi Nagaoka Award
The House of Evil: Dangerous Temptation

1979

Ultraman: Great Monster Decisive Battle as Iwamoto
Dog of Fortune as Kan Aizawa
Nomugi Pass

1977

Godzilla as Dr. Serizawa Award
The War in Space as Defense Countermeasure Supreme Commander Oshi
Daitetsujin 17: Aerial Battleship as Captain Gomes
Tora-san Meets His Lordship

1976

Zero Fighter

1975

Terror of Mechagodzilla as Dr. Shinzô Mafune Award
Main Line to Terror

1974

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

1973

The Human Revolution

1970

The Militarists as Tomita
クレージーの殴り込み清水港

1969

Battle of the Japan Sea as Staff Officer Tsunoda
Latitude Zero as Dr. Sugata
Samurai Banners as Suwa Yorishige
Crazy Big Explosion
The Great Japanese Pick-Pocket Club as Furansu
Travels of Lord Mito as Geki Kurokawa

1968

Admiral Yamamoto as Staff Officer Watanabe
Young Challengers as Asakawa
風来忍法帖　八方破れ
空想天国

1967

Ultraman: Monster Movie Feature as Professor Iwamoto (uncredited)
Japan's Longest Day as Commander Sugahara - 302nd Air Group Award
Son of Godzilla as Fujisaki
The Killing Bottle as Man With Turkish Hat
Kojiro

1966

Ebirah, Horror of the Deep as Red Bamboo Captain Ryui Award
Rise Against the Sword as Asakura
Adventure in Kigan Castle as Chamberlain
The Mad Atlantic as Nozaki
The Boss of Pick-Pocket Bay as Omasa

1965

Samurai Assassin as Sohei Masui
The Retreat from Kiska as Dr. Kudo
Ironfinger as Komori
Ankokugai zenmetsu sakusen
A Smell of Money
風来忍法帖
The White Rose of Hong Kong as Secretary Asano

1964

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

1963

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

1962

Gorath as Endô Award
Chûshingura Award
King Kong vs. Godzilla as Dr. Shigezawa Award
Varan the Unbelievable as Dr. Fujimora Award
Sanjuro as Samurai
Operation Sewer Rats as Captain Sugiyama
Jūyaku kōho-sei nanbā 1
Wakai kisetsu
Operation Enemy Fort
Ai no uzu shio
The Weed of Crime

1961

Mothra as Doctor Award
Daredevil in the Castle as Hayatonosho 'Hayato' Susukida
Blood on the Sea
The Merciless Trap
Blueprint of Murder
Girls of the Night as Shima
Big Shots Die at Dawn
Challenge to Live
Structure of Hate

1960

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

1959

The Three Treasures as Kibino Takehiko
Samurai Saga as Akaboshi
Submarine I-57 Will Not Surrender
The Big Boss
Saga of the Vagabonds as Jiro Hidekuni
I Want to Be a Shellfish
Sazae-san's Marriage

1958

The H-Man as Inspector Tominaga Award
Varan as Dr. Fujimora, bomb expert Award
Underwater Murder as Detective Makimo
A Holiday in Tokyo as Journalist
Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II as Tomonori

1957

The Mysterians as Ryoichi Shiraishi Award
Godzilla, the Monster of the Pacific Ocean as Dr. Serizawa
Rodan! The Flying Monster! as Dr. Kyuichiro Kashiwagi
Yagyu Secret Scrolls as Tomonori
A Man in the Storm
Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen as Count Arishima
Ôban
A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 2 as Tokuoka
Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen as Arishima
A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 1
The Lonely Swordsman (Part 2)
Last Days of the Samurai
Geisha in the Old City as Sashichi
A Teapicker's Song of Goodbye
A Farewell to the Woman Called My Sister

1956

Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island as Seijuro Yoshioka (uncredited) Award
Rodan as Professor Kyuichiro Kashiwagi
Godzilla, King of the Monsters! as Dr. Serizawa
Rainy Night Duel as Shunsuke Iba
はりきり社長

1955

Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple as Seijuro Yoshioka
Stray Sheep as Sugimoto
Tactics of Love
The Lone Journey as Horikoshi no Masakichi
No Response from Car 33

1954

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

1953

Mr. Pu
Girls in the Orchard
The Last Embrace as Yamaoka (Sandaime)
Even The Mighty Shed Tears as Ryusaku Nishikawa

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Mothra
Terror of Mechagodzilla
Atragon
Gorath
King Kong vs. Godzilla
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
The H-Man

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