Akihiko Hirata
Known For
Acting
Born
1927-12-26 in 日本, 東京都
Died
1984-07-25
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.
Most Known For
Ultraman
as Dr. Iwamoto
Godzilla Against MechaGodzilla
as Daisuke Serizawa (archive footage) (uncredited)
Godzilla
as Dr. Serizawa
Godzilla
as Daisuke Serizawa
Station
Edogawa Rampo no bijo shirīzu
Daitetsujin 17
as Captain Gomez
Godzilla vs. Destoroyah
as Dr. Daisuke Serizawa (archive footage)
Enban Sensou Bankid
as Commander Guzare
Godzilla, King of the Monsters!
as Dr. Serizawa
King Kong vs. Godzilla
as Dr. Shigezawa
King Kong vs. Godzilla
as Dr. Shigezawa (uncredited)
Sanjuro
as Samurai
Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
as Chief Detective Okita
Son of Godzilla
as Fujisaki
Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla
as Professor Hideto Miyajima
Ebirah, Horror of the Deep
as Red Bamboo Captain Ryui
Terror of Mechagodzilla
as Dr. Shinzô Mafune
Mothra
as Doctor
