Akihiko Hirata

Actor

1927-12-26 – 1984-07-25 · 日本, 東京都

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.

• Godzilla (1954) — Daisuke Serizawa
• Sanjuro (1962) — Samurai
• King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962) — Dr. Shosuke Shigezawa
• Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (1974) — Professor Hideto Miyajima
• Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964) — Chief Detective Okita
• Godzilla, King of the Monsters! (1956) — Dr. Serizawa
• King Kong vs. Godzilla (1963) — Dr. Kenji Shigezawa (uncredited)
• Son of Godzilla (1967) — Fujisaki
• Terror of Mechagodzilla (1975) — Dr. Shinzô Mafune
• Ebirah, Horror of the Deep (1966) — Red Bamboo Captain Ryui
• Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto (1954) — Seijuro Yoshioka
• Rodan (1956) — Professor Kyuichiro Kashiwagi
• Mothra (1961) — Doctor
• Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple (1955) — Seijuro Yoshioka
• Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island (1956) — Seijuro Yoshioka (uncredited)
• The Mysterians (1957) — Ryoichi Shiraishi
• Samurai Assassin (1965) — Sohei Masui
• Atragon (1963) — Mu Agent #23
• Godzilla (1977) — Dr. Serizawa
• Chûshingura (1962)
• The H-Man (1958) — Inspector Tominaga
• Varan (1958) — Dr. Fujimora
• Japan's Longest Day (1967) — Commander Sugahara - 302nd Air Group
• Varan the Unbelievable (1962) — Dr. Fujimora