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
- A Woman in Danger
- Brain 17 as Captain Roper
- 受験地獄
- Examination Hell
1981
- Station
- The Imperial Navy
- The Last Days of Planet Earth as Botanist
- Don't Touch the Bride! My Son is a Murderer as Kaihara
- At This Late Date, the Charleston as City Employee
1980
- Port Arthur as Gaishi Nagaoka
- The House of Evil: Dangerous Temptation
1979
- Ultraman: Great Monster Decisive Battle as Iwamoto
- Nomugi Pass
- Dog of Fortune as Kan Aizawa
1977
- Edogawa Rampo no bijo shirīzu
- Daitetsujin 17 as Captain Gomez
- Godzilla as Dr. Serizawa
- The War in Space as Defense Countermeasure Supreme Commander Oshi
- Bloodthirsty Hawk as Doctor Jia (uncredited)
- 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
- The Family
- Prophecies of Nostradamus as Environmental scientist #1
1973
1972
- Warrior of Love Rainbowman as Mr. K
1970
1969
- Battle of the Japan Sea as Staff Officer Tsunoda
- Samurai Banners as Suwa Yorishige
- Latitude Zero as Dr. Sugata
- Crazy Big Explosion
- L'Essayage
- 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
- 風来忍法帖 八方破れ
- Imaginary Paradise
1967
- Son of Godzilla as Fujisaki
- Japan's Longest Day as Commander Sugahara - 302nd Air Group
- Ultraman: Monster Movie Feature as Professor Iwamoto (uncredited)
- 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
- Taming an Unruly Girl
- Rise Against the Sword as Asakura
- Adventure in Kigan Castle as Chamberlain
- The Mad Atlantic as Nozaki
- The Boss of Pick-Pocket Bay as Omasa
1965
- Samurai Assassin as Sohei Masui
- The Retreat from Kiska as Dr. Kudo
- Ironfinger as Komori
- 風来忍法帖
- Mission to Annihilate the Underworld
- The White Rose of Hong Kong as Secretary Asano
- A Smell of Money
1964
- Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster as Chief Detective Okita
- Whirlwind as Ryutaro Inoue
- Money Is Most Important
- Tiger Flight
- The Rabble
- Ant Hell War
- Legend of the Irresponsible Hero
1963
- King Kong vs. Godzilla as Dr. Kenji Shigezawa (uncredited)
- Operation Mad Dog
- Atragon as Mu Agent #23
- Attack Squadron as Senda's Aide
- Siege of Fort Bismarck
- The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman as Eburi's older brother
- Young Guy in Hawaii as 戸井田教授
- Devices Stronger Than Women as Rokusuke Sakai (CM Song Lyricist)
- Sensation Seekers
1962
- King Kong vs. Godzilla as Dr. Shosuke Shigezawa
- Sanjuro as Samurai
- Chûshingura
- Varan the Unbelievable as Dr. Fujimora
- Gorath as Endô
- Operation Enemy Fort
- Operation Sewer Rats as Captain Sugiyama
- Youth Season
- The Weed of Crime
- Jūyaku kōho-sei nanbā 1
- Whirlpool of Love
1961
- Mothra as Doctor
- Blood on the Sea
- The Merciless Trap
- Girls of the Night as Shima
- Daredevil in the Castle as Hayatonosho 'Hayato' Susukida
- Blueprint of Murder
- Big Shots Die at Dawn
- Challenge to Live
- Structure of Hate
- Kill the Killer! as Otaki (President of Otaki Construction)
1960
- The Storm of the Pacific as Fleet Staff Officer
- The Secret of the Telegian as Inspector Kobayashi
- The Last Gunfight as Susumu Tendo
- Diary of a Successful Salaryman • Conclusion-Bridegroom: Manager No.1
- Get 'em All as Kozo Kinugawa
- Man Against Man as Toriumi
- University Bandits
- The Lost Alibi as Kishimoto
- Westward Desperado
- Showdown on Pier No.3 as Jōta
- The Forbidden Scoop
1959
- I Want to Be a Shellfish
- The Three Treasures as Kibino Takehiko
- Samurai Saga as Akaboshi
- The Big Boss
- Submarine I-57 Will Not Surrender
- Saga of the Vagabonds as Jiro Hidekuni
- Sazae-san's Marriage as Tomioka (Etsuko's groom)
- 3 Dolls in College as Iwafune
1958
- The H-Man as Inspector Tominaga
- Varan as Dr. Fujimora
- Holiday in Tokyo as Journalist
- Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II as Tomonori
- The Little Actress
- Underwater Murder as Detective Makimo
- Flower's Yearning
- Female Detective Story: S.O.S Woman
- Family Safety
1957
- A Farewell to the Woman Called My Sister
- The Mysterians as Ryoichi Shiraishi
- A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 1
- A Teapicker's Song of Goodbye
- Godzilla, the Monster of the Pacific Ocean as Dr. Serizawa
- Rodan! The Flying Monster as Dr. Kyuichiro Kashiwagi
- Yagyu Secret Scrolls as Tomonori
- The Lonely Swordsman (Part 2)
- Ôban
- Last Days of the Samurai
- Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen as Count Arishima
- Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen as Arishima
- The Last Escape as Son
- The Luckiest Dai
- Geisha in the Old City as Sashichi
- A Man in the Storm
- A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 2 as Tokuoka
1956
- Godzilla, King of the Monsters! as Dr. Serizawa
- Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island as Seijuro Yoshioka (uncredited)
- Rodan as Professor Kyuichiro Kashiwagi
- The Wicked Boy
- Eacape of Fear as Junkichi Nakata
- Three Generations of Company Presidents
- Rainy Night Duel as Shunsuke Iba
- The Fighter in the Ring
- A Brother and His Sister as Michio
- Summer in Eclipse
- Wharf with the Weeping Girl as Henchman Ken
1955
- Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple as Seijuro Yoshioka
- Stray Sheep as Sugimoto
- The Lone Journey as Horikoshi no Masakichi
- Revenge at Jorurizaka 2: Bloody Battle at Dawn
- Tactics of Love
- No Response from Car 33
- Revenge of Jorurizaka 1: Attack at Onibushi Pass
1954
- Godzilla as Daisuke Serizawa
- Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto as Seijuro Yoshioka
- A Long, Comic Story of Houses in Their Prime
- This Love Costs 50 Million Yen
- 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