Akihiko Hirata
- Born
- December 26, 1927
- Died
- July 25, 1984
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.
Acting
By IMDb rating
Rainy Night Duel
Shunsuke Iba
Godzilla
Daisuke Serizawa
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
Seijuro Yoshioka
The Last Embrace
Yamaoka (Sandaime)
Godzilla vs. Destoroyah
Dr. Daisuke Serizawa (archive footage)
Mothra
Doctor
Battle of the Japan Sea
Staff Officer Tsunoda
Godzilla, King of the Monsters!
Dr. Serizawa
Prophecies of Nostradamus
Environmental scientist #1
Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla
Professor Hideto Miyajima
King Kong vs. Godzilla
Dr. Shosuke Shigezawa
Rodan
Professor Kyuichiro Kashiwagi
Terror of Mechagodzilla
Dr. Shinzô Mafune
King Kong vs. Godzilla
Dr. Kenji Shigezawa (uncredited)
Ebirah, Horror of the Deep
Red Bamboo Captain Ryui
Son of Godzilla
Fujisaki
The War in Space
Defense Countermeasure Supreme Commander Oshi
Varan the Unbelievable
Dr. Fujimora