Akihiko Hirata
Born: 1927-12-26 in Seoul, South Korea
Died: 1984-07-25
Known For: Acting
Biography
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
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
- Examination Hell
- A Woman in Danger
- 受験地獄
- Brain 17 as Captain Roper
1981
- Station
- The Imperial Navy
- At This Late Date, the Charleston as City Employee
- The Last Days of Planet Earth as Botanist
1980
- Port Arthur as Gaishi Nagaoka
- The House of Evil: Dangerous Temptation
1979
- Nomugi Pass
- Dog of Fortune as Kan Aizawa
- Ultraman: Great Monster Decisive Battle as Iwamoto
1977
- The War in Space as Defense Countermeasure Supreme Commander Oshi
- Godzilla as Dr. Serizawa
- Edogawa Rampo no bijo shirīzu
- Daitetsujin 17: Aerial Battleship as Captain Gomes
- Tora-san Meets His Lordship
- Daitetsujin 17 as Captain Gomez
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
- Travels of Lord Mito as Geki Kurokawa
- The Great Japanese Pick-Pocket Club as Furansu
1968
- Admiral Yamamoto as Staff Officer Watanabe
- 風来忍法帖 八方破れ
- Imaginary Paradise
- Young Challengers as Asakawa
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
- Botchan shain seishun wa ore no monoda!
- The Killing Bottle as Man With Turkish Hat
1966
- Ultraman as Dr. Iwamoto
- Ebirah, Horror of the Deep as Red Bamboo Captain Ryui
- Rise Against the Sword as Asakura
- The Mad Atlantic as Nozaki
- The Boss of Pick-Pocket Bay as Omasa
- Adventure in Kigan Castle as Chamberlain
1965
- Ironfinger as Komori
- The Retreat from Kiska as Dr. Kudo
- 風来忍法帖
- Samurai Assassin as Sohei Masui
- The White Rose of Hong Kong as Secretary Asano
- 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
- Garakuta
- Tiger Flight
- Legend of the Irresponsible Hero
1963
- King Kong vs. Godzilla as Dr. Shigezawa (uncredited)
- Siege of Fort Bismarck
- The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman as Eburi's older brother
- Attack Squadron as Senda's Aide
- Operation Mad Dog
- Sensation Seekers
- Young Guy in Hawaii as 戸井田教授
- Devices Stronger Than Women as Rokusuke Sakai (CM Song Lyricist)
- Atragon as Mu Agent #23
1962
- Sanjuro as Samurai
- King Kong vs. Godzilla as Dr. Shigezawa
- Chûshingura
- Gorath as Endô
- Ai no uzu shio
- Varan the Unbelievable as Dr. Fujimora
- Jūyaku kōho-sei nanbā 1
- Operation Enemy Fort
- Operation Sewer Rats as Captain Sugiyama
- Youth Season
- The Weed of Crime
1961
- Mothra as Doctor
- Girls of the Night as Shima
- Daredevil in the Castle as Hayatonosho 'Hayato' Susukida
- Structure of Hate
- Blood on the Sea
- Kill the Killer! as Otaki (President of Otaki Construction)
- Big Shots Die at Dawn
- The Merciless Trap
- Blueprint of Murder
- Challenge to Live
1960
- The Storm of the Pacific as Fleet Staff Officer
- The Lost Alibi as Kishimoto
- Westward Desperado
- Man Against Man as Toriumi
- The Last Gunfight as Susumu Tendo
- Girls Behind Bars
- The Secret of the Telegian as Inspector Kobayashi
- Get 'em All as Kozo Kinugawa
- Showdown on Pier No.3 as Jōta
1959
- The Three Treasures as Kibino Takehiko
- Saga of the Vagabonds as Jiro Hidekuni
- Samurai Saga as Akaboshi
- I Want to Be a Shellfish
- Sazae-san's Marriage
- Three Dolls in College as Iwafune
- Submarine I-57 Will Not Surrender
- The Big Boss
1958
- Varan as Dr. Fujimora
- Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II as Tomonori
- Holiday in Tokyo as Journalist
- Underwater Murder as Detective Makimo
- The H-Man as Inspector Tominaga
1957
- The Mysterians as Ryoichi Shiraishi
- A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 1
- Yagyu Secret Scrolls as Tomonori
- Last Days of the Samurai
- The Lonely Swordsman (Part 2)
- A Man in the Storm
- A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 2 as Tokuoka
- Geisha in the Old City as Sashichi
- Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen as Count Arishima
- Ôban
- Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen as Arishima
- Godzilla, the Monster of the Pacific Ocean as Dr. Serizawa
- A Farewell to the Woman Called My Sister
- A Teapicker's Song of Goodbye
- Rodan! The Flying Monster as Dr. Kyuichiro Kashiwagi
1956
- Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island as Seijuro Yoshioka (uncredited)
- Summer in Eclipse
- Rainy Night Duel as Shunsuke Iba
- Three Generations of Company Presidents
- Rodan as Professor Kyuichiro Kashiwagi
- Godzilla, King of the Monsters! as Dr. Serizawa
- 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
- Tactics of Love
- Revenge at Jorurizaka 2: Bloody Battle at Dawn
- Revenge of Jorurizaka 1: Attack at Onibushi Pass
- No Response from Car 33
- The Lone Journey as Horikoshi no Masakichi
1954
- Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto as Seijuro Yoshioka
- Godzilla as Daisuke Serizawa
- Itsuko to sono haha as Kozo Miyoshi
- Farewell Rabaul as First lieutenant Noguchi
1953
- The Last Embrace as Yamaoka (Sandaime)
- Girls in the Orchard
- Mr. Pu
- Even The Mighty Shed Tears as Ryusaku Nishikawa