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
- 受験地獄
- A Woman in Danger
- 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
- Nomugi Pass
- Ultraman: Great Monster Decisive Battle as Iwamoto
- 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 as 宗通
- Daitetsujin 17: Aerial Battleship as Captain Gomes
1976
- Flying Saucer War Bankid as Commander Guzare
- Zero Pilot
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
- The Great Japanese Pick-Pocket Club as Furansu
- Crazy Big Explosion
- L'Essayage
- Travels of Lord Mito as Geki Kurokawa
1968
- Admiral Yamamoto as Staff Officer Watanabe
- Homeless Ninja Trick Book: Lose in All Directions
- Young Challengers as Asakawa
- 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
- New News Reporter: The Trap of the Big City
- Taming an Unruly Girl
- Rise Against the Sword as Asakura
- Adventure in Kigan Castle as Chamberlain
- The Boss of Pick-Pocket Bay as Omasa
- The Mad Atlantic as Nozaki
1965
- Samurai Assassin as Sohei Masui
- The Retreat from Kiska as Dr. Kudo
- Ironfinger as Komori
- The White Rose of Hong Kong as Secretary Asano
- Homeless Ninja Trick Book
- Mission to Annihilate the Underworld
- A Smell of Money
1964
- Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster as Chief Detective Okita
- Whirlwind as Ryutaro Inoue
- Ant Hell War
- Legend of the Irresponsible Hero
- Money Is Most Important
- The Rabble
- Tiger Flight
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
- Sensation Seekers
- Siege of Fort Bismarck
- Devices Stronger Than Women as Rokusuke Sakai (CM Song Lyricist)
1962
- Sanjuro as Samurai
- King Kong vs. Godzilla as Dr. Shosuke Shigezawa
- Chûshingura
- Gorath as Endô
- Varan the Unbelievable as Dr. Fujimora
- Operation Enemy Fort
- The Weed of Crime
- Whirlpool of Love
- Youth Season
- Operation Sewer Rats as Captain Sugiyama
- Jūyaku kōho-sei nanbā 1
1961
- Mothra as Doctor
- Girls of the Night as Shima
- Blood on the Sea
- Daredevil in the Castle as Hayatonosho 'Hayato' Susukida
- Blueprint of Murder
- The Merciless Trap
- 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 Last Gunfight as Susumu Tendo
- Get 'em All as Kozo Kinugawa
- Diary of a Successful Salaryman • Conclusion-Bridegroom: Manager No.1
- Man Against Man as Toriumi
- The Secret of the Telegian as Inspector Kobayashi
- The Lost Alibi as Kishimoto
- Westward Desperado
- University Bandits
- 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
- Record of Loving Your Wife
- The Big Boss as Sudo
- Samurai Saga as Akaboshi
- Submarine I-57 Will Not Surrender
- 3 Dolls in College as Iwafune
- Sazae-san's Marriage as Tomioka (Etsuko's groom)
1958
- The H-Man as Inspector Tominaga
- Family Safety
- Varan as Dr. Fujimora
- Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II as Tomonori
- Underwater Murder as Detective Makimo
- Female Detective Story: S.O.S Woman
- The Little Actress
- Holiday in Tokyo as Journalist
- Flower's Yearning
1957
- The Mysterians as Ryoichi Shiraishi
- Godzilla, the Monster of the Pacific Ocean as Dr. Serizawa
- Rodan! The Flying Monster as Dr. Kyuichiro Kashiwagi
- Faraway Man
- The Story of Zenta and Sanpei: Kids in the Wind
- Geisha in the Old City as Sashichi
- Yagyu Secret Scrolls as Tomonori
- A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 1
- A Teapicker's Song of Goodbye
- The Last Escape as Son
- A Farewell to the Woman Called My Sister
- Ôban
- A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 2 as Tokuoka
- Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen as Count Arishima
- A Man in the Storm
- Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen as Arishima
- The Luckiest Dai
- The Lonely Swordsman (Part 2)
- Last Days of the Samurai
1956
- Godzilla, King of the Monsters! as Dr. Serizawa
- Rodan as Professor Kyuichiro Kashiwagi
- Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island as Seijuro Yoshioka (uncredited)
- Kurama Tengu: Goyō tō ihen
- Employee with the Secret Savings and the Autocrat Company President: The Employee with the Secret Savings Fights Bravely
- Employee with the Secret Savings and the Autocrat President: The Autocrat President's Pure Heart
- The Fighter in the Ring
- A Brother and His Sister as Michio
- The Wicked Boy
- Summer in Eclipse
- Rainy Night Duel as Shunsuke Iba
- Three Generations of Company Presidents
- Eacape of Fear as Junkichi Nakata
- 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 of Jorurizaka 1: Attack at Onibushi Pass
- Tactics of Love
- No Response from Car 33
- Revenge at Jorurizaka 2: Bloody Battle at Dawn
1954
- Godzilla as Daisuke Serizawa
- Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto as Seijuro Yoshioka
- A Long, Comic Story of Houses in Their Prime
- One Night of Love as Hayata
- This Love Costs 50 Million Yen
- Farewell Rabaul as First lieutenant Noguchi
- 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