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