Akihiko Hirata
ActingBiography
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.
Movies
(160 total)
Godzilla
as Daisuke Serizawa
Sanjuro
as Samurai
King Kong vs. Godzilla
as Dr. Shigezawa
Godzilla vs. Destoroyah
as Dr. Daisuke Serizawa (archive footage)
Godzilla, King of the Monsters!
as Dr. Serizawa
Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
as Chief Detective Okita
Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla
as Professor Hideto Miyajima
King Kong vs. Godzilla
as Dr. Shigezawa (uncredited)
Terror of Mechagodzilla
as Dr. Shinzô Mafune
Godzilla Against MechaGodzilla
as Daisuke Serizawa (archive footage) (uncredited)
Son of Godzilla
as Fujisaki
Ebirah, Horror of the Deep
as Red Bamboo Captain Ryui
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
as Seijuro Yoshioka
Rodan
as Professor Kyuichiro Kashiwagi
Mothra
as Doctor
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
as Seijuro Yoshioka
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
as Seijuro Yoshioka (uncredited)
The Mysterians
as Ryoichi Shiraishi
Samurai Assassin
as Sohei Masui
Atragon
as Mu Agent #23
TV Shows
(7 total)
Ultraman
as Dr. Iwamoto
Daitetsujin 17
as Captain Gomez
Enban Sensou Bankid
as Commander Guzare
