Akihiko Hirata
Biography
Akihiko Hirata (born Hirata Akihiko; 26 December 1927β25 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.
Known For
Top 40 Movies
Operation Mad Dog
1963
Brain 17
1982
Godzilla
1954
Eacape of Fear
1956
A Farewell to the Woman Called My Sister
1957
Rodan
1956
Atragon
1963
Showdown on Pier No.3
1960
The Last Days of Planet Earth
1981
King Kong vs. Godzilla
1963
Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
1964
Sanjuro
1962
Son of Godzilla
1967
King Kong vs. Godzilla
1962
Mothra
1961
Godzilla, the Monster of the Pacific Ocean
1957
Godzilla vs. Destoroyah
1995
Terror of Mechagodzilla
1975
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
1956
Ebirah, Horror of the Deep
1966
Godzilla
1977
Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla
1974
Godzilla, King of the Monsters!
1956
Sayonara Jupiter
1984
Godzilla Against MechaGodzilla
2002
The War in Space
1977
Wharf with the Weeping Girl
1956
The Mysterians
1957
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
1955
The Three Treasures
1959
Port Arthur
1980
Prophecies of Nostradamus
1974
Devices Stronger Than Women
1963
The Imperial Navy
1981
Admiral Yamamoto
1968
Station
1981
Daredevil in the Castle
1961
Kill the Killer!
1961
The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman
1963
Nomugi Pass
1979