Akihiko Hirata
Actor
- Born
- December 26, 1927 · 日本, 東京都
- Died
- July 25, 1984 (age 56)
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.
Known for
Godzilla
November 3, 1954
Sanjuro
January 1, 1962
King Kong vs. Godzilla
August 11, 1962
Godzilla vs. Destoroyah
December 9, 1995
Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla
March 21, 1974
Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
December 20, 1964
Godzilla, King of the Monsters!
April 27, 1956
King Kong vs. Godzilla
June 26, 1963
Godzilla Against MechaGodzilla
November 2, 2002
Son of Godzilla
December 16, 1967
Terror of Mechagodzilla
March 15, 1975
Ebirah, Horror of the Deep
December 17, 1966
Acting182
- 2002Godzilla Against MechaGodzilla as Daisuke Serizawa (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1996Revive! Ultraman
- 1995Godzilla vs. Destoroyah as Dr. Daisuke Serizawa (archive footage)
- 1987Fugitive Alien as Space Command official
- 1984Sayonara Jupiter as Dr. Inoue Ryutarou
- 1983The Sea of Sparta
- 1983Legend of the Cat Monster as Producer
- 1982Brain 17 as Captain Roper
- 1982A Woman in Danger
- 1982Examination Hell