Akihiko Hirata
Born: 1927-12-26 in 日本, 東京都
Died: 1984-07-25
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2002
- Godzilla Against MechaGodzilla as Daisuke Serizawa (archive footage) (uncredited)
1996
1995
- Godzilla vs. Destoroyah as Dr. Daisuke Serizawa (archive footage)
1987
- Fugitive Alien as Space Command official
1984
- Sayonara Jupiter as Dr. Inoue Ryutarou
1983
- Legend of the Cat Monster as Producer
- The Sea of Sparta
1982
- Brain 17 as Captain Roper
- Examination Hell
- 受験地獄
- A Woman in Danger
1981
- The Imperial Navy
- Station
- At This Late Date, the Charleston as City Employee
- Don't Touch the Bride! My Son is a Murderer as Kaihara
- The Last Days of Planet Earth as Botanist
1980
- Port Arthur as Gaishi Nagaoka
- The House of Evil: Dangerous Temptation
1979
- Dog of Fortune as Kan Aizawa
- Ultraman: Great Monster Decisive Battle as Iwamoto
- Nomugi Pass
1977
- Edogawa Rampo no bijo shirīzu
- Daitetsujin 17 as Captain Gomez
- Godzilla as Dr. Serizawa
- Bloodthirsty Hawk as Doctor Jia (uncredited)
- The War in Space as Defense Countermeasure Supreme Commander Oshi
- Tora-san Meets His Lordship
- Daitetsujin 17: Aerial Battleship as Captain Gomes
1976
- Flying Saucer War Bankid as Commander Guzare
- Zero Fighter
1975
- Terror of Mechagodzilla as Dr. Shinzô Mafune
- Main Line to Terror
1974
- Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla as Professor Hideto Miyajima
- Prophecies of Nostradamus as Environmental scientist #1
- The Family
1973
1972
- Warrior of Love Rainbowman as Mr. K
1970
1969
- Latitude Zero as Dr. Sugata
- Battle of the Japan Sea as Staff Officer Tsunoda
- Samurai Banners as Suwa Yorishige
- Crazy Big Explosion
- The Great Japanese Pick-Pocket Club as Furansu
- Travels of Lord Mito as Geki Kurokawa
1968
- Admiral Yamamoto as Staff Officer Watanabe
- Young Challengers as Asakawa
- Imaginary Paradise
- 風来忍法帖 八方破れ
1967
- Son of Godzilla as Fujisaki
- Ultraman: Monster Movie Feature as Professor Iwamoto (uncredited)
- Japan's Longest Day as Commander Sugahara - 302nd Air Group
- Kojiro
- The Killing Bottle as Man With Turkish Hat
- Botchan shain seishun wa ore no monoda!
1966
- Ultraman as Dr. Iwamoto
- Ebirah, Horror of the Deep as Red Bamboo Captain Ryui
- The Mad Atlantic as Nozaki
- Adventure in Kigan Castle as Chamberlain
- The Boss of Pick-Pocket Bay as Omasa
- Rise Against the Sword as Asakura
1965
- Samurai Assassin as Sohei Masui
- The Retreat from Kiska as Dr. Kudo
- The White Rose of Hong Kong as Secretary Asano
- Ironfinger as Komori
- Mission to Annihilate the Underworld
- 風来忍法帖
- A Smell of Money
1964
- Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster as Chief Detective Okita
- Whirlwind as Ryutaro Inoue
- Ant Hell War
- Tiger Flight
- The Rabble
- Legend of the Irresponsible Hero
- Money Is Most Important
1963
- King Kong vs. Godzilla as Dr. Kenji Shigezawa (uncredited)
- Atragon as Mu Agent #23
- Attack Squadron as Senda's Aide
- The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman as Eburi's older brother
- Operation Mad Dog
- Young Guy in Hawaii as 戸井田教授
- Siege of Fort Bismarck
- Sensation Seekers
- Devices Stronger Than Women as Rokusuke Sakai (CM Song Lyricist)
1962
- King Kong vs. Godzilla as Dr. Shosuke Shigezawa
- Sanjuro as Samurai
- Gorath as Endô
- Chûshingura
- Varan the Unbelievable as Dr. Fujimora
- The Weed of Crime
- Whirlpool of Love
- Operation Sewer Rats as Captain Sugiyama
- Jūyaku kōho-sei nanbā 1
- Youth Season
- Operation Enemy Fort
1961
- Mothra as Doctor
- Daredevil in the Castle as Hayatonosho 'Hayato' Susukida
- Girls of the Night as Shima
- Big Shots Die at Dawn
- Blueprint of Murder
- The Merciless Trap
- Kill the Killer! as Otaki (President of Otaki Construction)
- Structure of Hate
- Blood on the Sea
- Challenge to Live
1960
- The Storm of the Pacific as Fleet Staff Officer
- The Last Gunfight as Susumu Tendo
- Westward Desperado
- The Secret of the Telegian as Inspector Kobayashi
- Man Against Man as Toriumi
- Diary of a Successful Salaryman • Conclusion-Bridegroom: Manager No.1
- The Lost Alibi as Kishimoto
- University Bandits
- Get 'em All as Kozo Kinugawa
- The Forbidden Scoop
- Showdown on Pier No.3 as Jōta
1959
- The Three Treasures as Kibino Takehiko
- I Want to Be a Shellfish
- Saga of the Vagabonds as Jiro Hidekuni
- The Big Boss
- Submarine I-57 Will Not Surrender
- Sazae-san's Marriage
- Samurai Saga as Akaboshi
- 3 Dolls in College as Iwafune
1958
- The H-Man as Inspector Tominaga
- Varan as Dr. Fujimora
- Underwater Murder as Detective Makimo
- Holiday in Tokyo as Journalist
- Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II as Tomonori
- Female Detective Story: S.O.S Woman
1957
- The Mysterians as Ryoichi Shiraishi
- Godzilla, the Monster of the Pacific Ocean as Dr. Serizawa
- Yagyu Secret Scrolls as Tomonori
- A Man in the Storm
- Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen as Arishima
- Ôban
- Geisha in the Old City as Sashichi
- Rodan! The Flying Monster as Dr. Kyuichiro Kashiwagi
- Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen as Count Arishima
- A Teapicker's Song of Goodbye
- A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 2 as Tokuoka
- A Farewell to the Woman Called My Sister
- The Lonely Swordsman (Part 2)
- A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 1
- Last Days of the Samurai
- The Last Escape as Son
- The Luckiest Dai
1956
- Rodan as Professor Kyuichiro Kashiwagi
- Godzilla, King of the Monsters! as Dr. Serizawa
- Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island as Seijuro Yoshioka (uncredited)
- The Wicked Boy
- Rainy Night Duel as Shunsuke Iba
- A Brother and His Sister as Michio
- Three Generations of Company Presidents
- Summer in Eclipse
- Wharf with the Weeping Girl as Henchman Ken
- Eacape of Fear as Junkichi Nakata
1955
- Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple as Seijuro Yoshioka
- The Lone Journey as Horikoshi no Masakichi
- Tactics of Love
- Stray Sheep as Sugimoto
- No Response from Car 33
- Revenge at Jorurizaka 2: Bloody Battle at Dawn
- Revenge of Jorurizaka 1: Attack at Onibushi Pass
1954
- Godzilla as Daisuke Serizawa
- Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto as Seijuro Yoshioka
- Farewell Rabaul as First lieutenant Noguchi
- One Night of Love as Hayata
- Itsuko to sono haha as Kozo Miyoshi
1953
- The Last Embrace as Yamaoka (Sandaime)
- Mr. Pu
- Girls in the Orchard
- Even The Mighty Shed Tears as Ryusaku Nishikawa