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Akihiko Hirata

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Akihiko Hirata, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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Born:
Dec 26, 1927 In Keijo, Japan
Movie/TV Credits:
79
First Appeared:
In the movie The Last Embrace 1953-03-11
Latest Project:
Movie Godzilla Against MechaGodzilla 2002-11-02
Known For
Filmography
Movie Godzilla Against MechaGodzilla Daisuke Serizawa (archive footage) (uncredited) 2002-11-02
Movie Godzilla vs. Destoroyah Dr. Daisuke Serizawa (archive footage) 1995-12-09
Movie Fugitive Alien Space Command official 1987-11-03
Movie Sayonara Jupiter Dr. Inoue Ryutarou 1984-03-17
Movie The Imperial Navy 1981-08-08
Movie At This Late Date, the Charleston City Employee 1981-12-19
Movie Station 1981-11-07
Movie Port Arthur Gaishi Nagaoka 1980-08-02
Movie Dog of Fortune Kan Aizawa 1979-06-02
Movie Godzilla Dr. Serizawa 1977-01-01
Movie Tora-san Meets His Lordship 1977-08-06
Movie The War in Space Defense Countermeasure Supreme Commander Oshi 1977-12-17
Movie Zero Fighter 1976-10-02
Movie Terror of Mechagodzilla Dr. Shinzô Mafune 1975-03-15
Movie Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla Professor Hideto Miyajima 1974-03-21
Movie Prophecies of Nostradamus Environmental scientist #1 1974-08-03
Movie The Human Revolution 1973-09-08
Movie The Militarists Tomita 1970-09-11
Movie Samurai Banners Suwa Yorishige 1969-03-01
Movie Latitude Zero Dr. Sugata 1969-07-26
Movie Battle of the Japan Sea Staff Officer Tsunoda 1969-08-01
Movie Admiral Yamamoto Staff Officer Watanabe 1968-08-14
Movie Son of Godzilla Fujisaki 1967-12-16
Movie Kojiro 1967-04-01
Movie The Killing Bottle Man With Turkish Hat 1967-02-11
Movie Ultraman: Monster Movie Feature Professor Iwamoto 1967-07-22
Movie Japan's Longest Day Commander Sugahara - 302nd Air Group 1967-08-03
Movie Adventure in Kigan Castle Chamberlain 1966-04-28
Movie Ebirah, Horror of the Deep Capt. Yamoto 1966-12-17
Movie Rise Against the Sword Asakura 1966-11-25
Movie 風来忍法帖 1965-05-16
Movie Samurai Assassin Sohei Masui 1965-01-03
Movie The Retreat from Kiska Dr. Kudo 1965-07-04
Movie Whirlwind Ryutaro Inoue 1964-07-26
Movie Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster Chief Detective Okita 1964-12-20
Movie Siege of Fort Bismarck 1963-05-29
Movie King Kong vs. Godzilla Dr. Shigezawa (uncredited) 1963-06-26
Movie The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman Eburi's older brother 1963-11-16
Movie Atragon Mu Agent #23 1963-12-22
Movie King Kong vs. Godzilla Dr. Shigezawa 1962-08-11
Movie Gorath Endô 1962-03-21
Movie Wakai kisetsu 1962-10-20
Movie Sanjuro Samurai 1962-01-01
Movie The Weed of Crime 1962-12-08
Movie Operation Enemy Fort 1962-10-20
Movie Varan the Unbelievable Dr. Fujimora 1962-12-07
Movie 47 Ronin 1962-11-03
Movie The Merciless Trap 1961-02-01
Movie Big Shots Die at Dawn 1961-04-09
Movie Daredevil in the Castle Hayatonosho 'Hayato' Susukida 1961-01-03
Movie Mothra Doctor 1961-07-30
Movie Girls of the Night Shima 1961-09-04
Movie The Lost Alibi Kishimoto 1960-03-13
Movie The Last Gunfight Susumu Tendo 1960-01-03
Movie The Storm of the Pacific Fleet Staff Officer 1960-04-26
Movie Man Against Man Toriumi 1960-08-14
Movie Westward Desperado 1960-10-30
Movie Get 'em All Kozo Kinugawa 1960-11-29
Movie Submarine I-57 Will Not Surrender 1959-07-04
Movie The Big Boss 1959-01-15
Movie Samurai Saga Akaboshi 1959-04-28
Movie Saga of the Vagabonds Jiro Hidekuni 1959-08-09
Movie The Three Treasures Kibino Takehiko 1959-11-01
Movie The H-Man Inspector Tominaga 1958-06-24
Movie Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II Tomonori 1958-01-03
Movie Underwater Murder Detective Makimo 1958-07-27
Movie The Lonely Swordsman (Part 2) 1957-04-02
Movie Yagyu Secret Scrolls Tomonori 1957-04-14
Movie The Mysterians Ryoichi Shiraishi 1957-12-28
Movie Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island Seijuro Yoshioka (uncredited) 1956-01-03
Movie Rodan Professor Kyuichiro Kashiwagi 1956-12-26
Movie Godzilla, King of the Monsters! Dr. Serizawa 1956-05-18
Movie Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple Seijuro Yoshioka 1955-07-12
Movie Stray Sheep Sugimoto 1955-08-31
Movie Farewell Rabaul First lieutenant Noguchi 1954-02-10
Movie Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto Seijuro Yoshioka 1954-09-25
Movie Itsuko to sono haha Kozo Miyoshi 1954-02-17
Movie The Last Embrace Yamaoka (Sandaime) 1953-03-11
Movie Mr. Pu 1953-04-15
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