Name
Akihiko Hirata
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1927-12-26
Deathday
1984-07-25 (57 years old)
Place of Birth
日本, 東京都
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.
Known For
Godzilla vs. Destoroyah
(320 Votes)
7.8
A burning Godzilla, on the verge of meltdown, emerges to lay siege to Hong Kong. At the sa...
Relase Date : 9 Dec, 1995
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Godzilla, King of the Monsters!
(295 Votes)
6.507
During an assignment, foreign correspondent Steve Martin spends a layover in Tokyo and is ...
Relase Date : 27 Apr, 1956
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King Kong vs. Godzilla
(360 Votes)
6.9
The advertising director of Pacific Pharmaceuticals, frustrated with the low ratings of th...
Relase Date : 11 Aug, 1962
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Godzilla Against MechaGodzilla
(277 Votes)
7.5
JSDF pilot Akane has a fateful encounter when a new Godzilla emerges in Tateyama. As a cou...
Relase Date : 2 Nov, 2002
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Terror of Mechagodzilla
(256 Votes)
6.8
A submarine expedition to salvage the remains of Mechagodzilla is thwarted by a massive di...
Relase Date : 15 Mar, 1975
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Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla
(308 Votes)
6.9
An Okinawan prophecy that foretells the destruction of the Earth is seeming fulfilled when...
Relase Date : 21 Mar, 1974
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Movies
Tv Shows
- 2002 Godzilla Against MechaGodzilla as Daisuke Serizawa (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1954 Godzilla as Daisuke Serizawa
- 1962 King Kong vs. Godzilla as Dr. Shosuke Shigezawa
- 1966 Ebirah, Horror of the Deep as Red Bamboo Captain Ryui
- 1955 Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple as Seijuro Yoshioka
- 1954 Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto as Seijuro Yoshioka
- 1956 Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island as Seijuro Yoshioka (uncredited)
- 1995 Godzilla vs. Destoroyah as Dr. Daisuke Serizawa (archive footage)
- 1963 Atragon as Mu Agent #23
- 1959 Sazae-san's Marriage as Tomioka (Etsuko's groom)
- 1958 The H-Man as Inspector Tominaga
- 1957 The Mysterians as Ryoichi Shiraishi
- 1974 Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla as Professor Hideto Miyajima
- 1969 Travels of Lord Mito as Geki Kurokawa
- 1963 Operation Mad Dog
- 1961 Mothra as Doctor
- 1979 Ultraman: Great Monster Decisive Battle as Iwamoto
- 1962 Gorath as Endô
- 1969 Latitude Zero as Dr. Sugata
- 1975 Terror of Mechagodzilla as Dr. Shinzô Mafune
- 1956 Godzilla, King of the Monsters! as Dr. Serizawa
- 1956 Rodan as Professor Kyuichiro Kashiwagi
- 1963 Attack Squadron as Senda's Aide
- 1977 Daitetsujin 17: Aerial Battleship as Captain Gomes
- 1982 Brain 17 as Captain Roper
- 1966 Adventure in Kigan Castle as Chamberlain
- 1963 The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman as Eburi's older brother
- 1957 Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen as Arishima
- 1987 Fugitive Alien as Space Command official
- 1957 Ôban
- 1957 Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen as Count Arishima
- 1965 Samurai Assassin as Sohei Masui
- 1983 The Sea of Sparta
- 1965 Mission to Annihilate the Underworld
- 1957 Godzilla, the Monster of the Pacific Ocean as Dr. Serizawa
- 1969 The Great Japanese Pick-Pocket Club as Furansu
- 1957 Yagyu Secret Scrolls as Tomonori
- 1960 The Secret of the Telegian as Inspector Kobayashi
- 1981 Station
- 1958 Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II as Tomonori
- 1976 Zero Pilot
- 1965 Ironfinger as Komori
- 1962 Whirlpool of Love
- 1981 At This Late Date, the Charleston as City Employee
- 1959 Samurai Saga as Akaboshi
- 1964 Whirlwind as Ryutaro Inoue
- 1970 The Militarists as Tomita
- 1984 Sayonara Jupiter as Dr. Inoue Ryutarou
- 1969 Samurai Banners as Suwa Yorishige
- 1969 Battle of the Japan Sea as Staff Officer Tsunoda
- 1962 Jūyaku kōho-sei nanbā 1
- 1977 The War in Space as Defense Countermeasure Supreme Commander Oshi
- 1957 Last Days of the Samurai
- 1966 The Mad Atlantic as Nozaki
- 1957 A Man in the Storm
- 1967 Japan's Longest Day as Commander Sugahara - 302nd Air Group
- 1958 Underwater Murder as Detective Makimo
- 1962 Youth Season
- 1981 The Imperial Navy
- 1961 Big Shots Die at Dawn
- 1964 Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster as Chief Detective Okita
- 1977 Godzilla as Dr. Serizawa
- 1967 Son of Godzilla as Fujisaki
- 1962 Sanjuro as Samurai
- 1962 Varan the Unbelievable as Dr. Fujimora
- 1961 The Merciless Trap
- 1982 A Woman in Danger
- 1965 A Smell of Money
- 1961 Daredevil in the Castle as Hayatonosho 'Hayato' Susukida
- 1959 Submarine I-57 Will Not Surrender
- 1957 The Lonely Swordsman (Part 2)
- 1959 Saga of the Vagabonds as Jiro Hidekuni
- 1957 Geisha in the Old City as Sashichi
- 1968 Imaginary Paradise
- 1970 Crazy Violence at Shimizu Harbor
- 1967 Ultraman: Monster Movie Feature as Professor Iwamoto (uncredited)
- 1960 Westward Desperado
- 1959 The Big Boss as Sudo
- 1960 The Last Gunfight as Susumu Tendo
- 1963 Siege of Fort Bismarck
- 1968 Homeless Ninja Trick Book: Lose in All Directions
- 1965 Homeless Ninja Trick Book
- 1960 The Lost Alibi as Kishimoto
- 1953 Mr. Pu
- 1962 The Weed of Crime
- 1955 Stray Sheep as Sugimoto
- 1979 Dog of Fortune as Kan Aizawa
- 1962 Operation Enemy Fort
- 1958 Varan as Dr. Fujimora
- 1953 The Last Embrace as Yamaoka (Sandaime)
- 1965 The Retreat from Kiska as Dr. Kudo
- 1954 Farewell Rabaul as First lieutenant Noguchi
- 1982 Examination Hell
- 1961 Blueprint of Murder
- 1967 Kojiro
- 1960 Man Against Man as Toriumi
- 1961 Structure of Hate
- 1959 The Three Treasures as Kibino Takehiko
- 1960 Get 'em All as Kozo Kinugawa
- 1961 Challenge to Live
- 1968 Admiral Yamamoto as Staff Officer Watanabe
- 1960 The Storm of the Pacific as Fleet Staff Officer
- 1961 Girls of the Night as Shima
- 1966 Rise Against the Sword as Asakura
- 1955 The Lone Journey as Horikoshi no Masakichi
- 1967 The Killing Bottle as Man With Turkish Hat
- 1980 Port Arthur as Gaishi Nagaoka
- 1968 Young Challengers as Asakawa
- 1957 A Teapicker's Song of Goodbye
- 1957 A Farewell to the Woman Called My Sister
- 1957 A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 2 as Tokuoka
- 1979 Nomugi Pass
- 1962 Chûshingura
- 1961 Blood on the Sea
- 1966 The Boss of Pick-Pocket Bay as Omasa
- 1974 Prophecies of Nostradamus as Environmental scientist #1
- 1977 Tora-san Meets His Lordship as 宗通
- 1969 Crazy Big Explosion
- 1957 A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 1
- 1963 King Kong vs. Godzilla as Dr. Kenji Shigezawa (uncredited)
- 1954 Itsuko to sono haha as Kozo Miyoshi
- 1955 No Response from Car 33
- 1962 Operation Sewer Rats as Captain Sugiyama
- 1973 The Human Revolution as Lawyer Watanabe
- 1983 Legend of the Cat Monster as Producer
- 1953 Girls in the Orchard
- 1956 Rainy Night Duel as Shunsuke Iba
- 1956 Three Generations of Company Presidents
- 1963 Young Guy in Hawaii as 戸井田教授
- 1959 I Want to Be a Shellfish
- 1996 Revive! Ultraman
- 1964 The Rabble
- 1953 Even The Mighty Shed Tears as Ryusaku Nishikawa
- 1981 The Last Days of Planet Earth as Botanist
- 1955 Tactics of Love
- 1957 Rodan! The Flying Monster as Dr. Kyuichiro Kashiwagi
- 1975 Main Line to Terror
- 1958 Holiday in Tokyo as Journalist
- 1980 The House of Evil: Dangerous Temptation
- 1965 The White Rose of Hong Kong as Secretary Asano
- 1967 Botchan shain seishun wa ore no monoda!
- 1974 The Family
- 1960 University Bandits
- 1961 Kill the Killer! as Otaki (President of Otaki Construction)
- 1959 3 Dolls in College as Iwafune
- 1963 Devices Stronger Than Women as Rokusuke Sakai (CM Song Lyricist)
- 1964 Ant Hell War
- 1956 Eacape of Fear as Junkichi Nakata
- 1956 Wharf with the Weeping Girl as Henchman Ken
- 1960 Showdown on Pier No.3 as Jōta
- 1955 Revenge of Jorurizaka 1: Attack at Onibushi Pass
- 1955 Revenge at Jorurizaka 2: Bloody Battle at Dawn
- 1956 Summer in Eclipse
- 1958 Female Detective Story: S.O.S Woman
- 1963 Sensation Seekers
- 1964 Tiger Flight
- 1964 Legend of the Irresponsible Hero
- 1977 Bloodthirsty Hawk as Doctor Jia (uncredited)
- 1960 The Forbidden Scoop
- 1981 Don't Touch the Bride! My Son is a Murderer as Kaihara
- 1956 The Wicked Boy
- 1964 Money Is Most Important
- 1960 Diary of a Successful Salaryman • Conclusion-Bridegroom: Manager No.1
- 1956 A Brother and His Sister as Michio
- 1957 The Last Escape as Son
- 1954 One Night of Love as Hayata
- 1957 The Luckiest Dai
- 1954 A Long, Comic Story of Houses in Their Prime
- 1969 L'Essayage
- 1966 Taming an Unruly Girl
- 1954 This Love Costs 50 Million Yen
- 1958 The Little Actress
- 1958 Flower's Yearning
- 1956 The Fighter in the Ring
- 1958 Family Safety
- 1959 Record of Loving Your Wife
- 1957 Faraway Man
- 1956 Kurama Tengu: Goyō tō ihen
- 1957 The Story of Zenta and Sanpei: Kids in the Wind
- 1966 New News Reporter: The Trap of the Big City
- 1956 Employee with the Secret Savings and the Autocrat President: The Autocrat President's Pure Heart
- 1956 Employee with the Secret Savings and the Autocrat Company President: The Employee with the Secret Savings Fights Bravely
- 1977 Daitetsujin 17 ( 35 episodes ) as Captain Gomez
- 1976 Flying Saucer War Bankid ( 26 episodes ) as Commander Guzare
- 1972 Warrior of Love Rainbowman ( 52 episodes ) as Mr. K
- 1966 Ultraman ( 39 episodes ) as Dr. Iwamoto
- 1977 Edogawa Rampo no bijo shirīzu ( 1 episode )
- Soon Downtown Story ( 13 episodes )
- 1982 受験地獄 ( 1 episode )
