Birthday: Dec 26, 1927
Place of Birth: Seoul, Korea

Akihiko Hirata

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.

Filmography

Movie	Cast	Year
Godzilla Against MechaGodzilla	Daisuke Serizawa (archive footage) (uncredited)	2002
Godzilla	Daisuke Serizawa	1954
King Kong vs. Godzilla	Dr. Shigezawa	1962
Ebirah, Horror of the Deep	Capt. Yamoto	1966
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto	Seijuro Yoshioka	1954
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple	Seijuro Yoshioka	1955
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island	Seijuro Yoshioka (uncredited)	1956
Godzilla vs. Destoroyah	Dr. Daisuke Serizawa (archive footage)	1995
Atragon	Mu Agent #23	1963
Sazae-san's Marriage		1959
The H-Man	Inspector Tominaga	1958
The Mysterians	Ryoichi Shiraishi	1957
Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla	Professor Hideto Miyajima	1974
Travels of Lord Mito	Geki Kurokawa	1969
Operation Mad Dog		1963
Mothra	Doctor	1961
Ultraman: Great Monster Decisive Battle	Iwamoto	1979
Gorath	Endô	1962
Latitude Zero	Dr. Sugata	1969
Terror of Mechagodzilla	Dr. Shinzô Mafune	1975
Godzilla, King of the Monsters!	Dr. Serizawa	1956
Rodan	Professor Kyuichiro Kashiwagi	1956
Attack Squadron	Senda's Aide	1963
Daitetsujin 17: Aerial Battleship	Captain Gomes	1977
Brain 17	Captain Roper	1982
Adventure in Kigan Castle	Chamberlain	1966
The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman	Eburi's older brother	1963
Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen	Arishima	1957
Fugitive Alien	Space Command official	1987
Ôban		1957
Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen	Count Arishima	1957
Samurai Assassin	Sohei Masui	1965
The Sea of Sparta		1983
Ankokugai zenmetsu sakusen		1965
Godzilla, the Monster of the Pacific Ocean	Dr. Serizawa	1957
The Great Japanese Pick-Pocket Club	Furansu	1969
Yagyu Secret Scrolls	Tomonori	1957
The Secret of the Telegian	Inspector Kobayashi	1960
Station		1981
Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II	Tomonori	1958
Zero Fighter		1976
Ironfinger	Komori	1965
Ai no uzu shio		1962
At This Late Date, the Charleston	City Employee	1981
Samurai Saga	Akaboshi	1959
Whirlwind	Ryutaro Inoue	1964
The Militarists	Tomita	1970
Sayonara Jupiter	Dr. Inoue Ryutarou	1984
Samurai Banners	Suwa Yorishige	1969
Battle of the Japan Sea	Staff Officer Tsunoda	1969
Jūyaku kōho-sei nanbā 1		1962
The War in Space	Defense Countermeasure Supreme Commander Oshi	1977
Last Days of the Samurai		1957
The Mad Atlantic	Nozaki	1966
A Man in the Storm		1957
Japan's Longest Day	Commander Sugahara - 302nd Air Group	1967
Underwater Murder	Detective Makimo	1958
Wakai kisetsu		1962
The Imperial Navy		1981
Big Shots Die at Dawn		1961
Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster	Chief Detective Okita	1964
Godzilla	Dr. Serizawa	1977
Son of Godzilla	Fujisaki	1967
Sanjuro	Samurai	1962
Varan the Unbelievable	Dr. Fujimora	1962
The Merciless Trap		1961
A Woman in Danger		1982
A Smell of Money		1965
Daredevil in the Castle	Hayatonosho 'Hayato' Susukida	1961
Submarine I-57 Will Not Surrender		1959
The Lonely Swordsman (Part 2)		1957
Saga of the Vagabonds	Jiro Hidekuni	1959
Geisha in the Old City	Sashichi	1957
空想天国		1968
クレージーの殴り込み清水港		1970
Ultraman: Monster Movie Feature	Professor Iwamoto	1967
Westward Desperado		1960
The Big Boss		1959
The Last Gunfight	Susumu Tendo	1960
Siege of Fort Bismarck		1963
風来忍法帖		1965
風来忍法帖　八方破れ		1968
The Lost Alibi	Kishimoto	1960
Mr. Pu		1953
The Weed of Crime		1962
Stray Sheep	Sugimoto	1955
Dog of Fortune	Kan Aizawa	1979
Operation Enemy Fort		1962
Varan	Dr. Fujimora, bomb expert	1958
The Last Embrace	Yamaoka (Sandaime)	1953
The Retreat from Kiska	Dr. Kudo	1965
Farewell Rabaul	First lieutenant Noguchi	1954
Examination Hell		1982
Blueprint of Murder		1961
Kojiro		1967
Man Against Man	Toriumi	1960
Structure of Hate		1961
The Three Treasures	Kibino Takehiko	1959
Get 'em All	Kozo Kinugawa	1960
Challenge to Live		1961
The Storm of the Pacific	Fleet Staff Officer	1960
Admiral Yamamoto	Staff Officer Watanabe	1968
Girls of the Night	Shima	1961
Rise Against the Sword	Asakura	1966
The Lone Journey	Horikoshi no Masakichi	1955
The Killing Bottle	Man With Turkish Hat	1967
Port Arthur	Gaishi Nagaoka	1980
Young Challengers	Asakawa	1968
A Teapicker's Song of Goodbye		1957
A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 2	Tokuoka	1957
A Farewell to the Woman Called My Sister		1957
Nomugi Pass		1979
47 Ronin		1962
Blood on the Sea		1961
The Boss of Pick-Pocket Bay	Omasa	1966
Prophecies of Nostradamus	Environmental scientist #1	1974
Tora-san Meets His Lordship		1977
Crazy Big Explosion		1969
A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 1		1957
King Kong vs. Godzilla	Dr. Shigezawa (uncredited)	1963
Itsuko to sono haha	Kozo Miyoshi	1954
No Response from Car 33		1955
Operation Sewer Rats	Captain Sugiyama	1962
The Human Revolution		1973
Legend of the Cat Monster	Producer	1998
Girls in the Orchard		1953
Rainy Night Duel	Shunsuke Iba	1956
はりきり社長		1956
The Young Ace in Hawaii	戸井田教授	1963
I Want to Be a Shellfish		1959
Revive! Ultraman		1996
Rodan! The Flying Monster!	Dr. Kyuichiro Kashiwagi	1957
Garakuta		1964
Series	Cast	Year
Daitetsujin 17	Captain Gomez	1977
Enban Sensou Bankid	Commander Guzare	1976
Warrior of Love Rainbowman	Mr. K	1972
Ultraman	Dr. Iwamoto	1966
Edogawa Rampo no bijo shirīzu		1977
Downtown Story		1970
受験地獄		1982

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