Akihiko Hirata
Known for department: Acting
Birthday: 1927-12-26 – 1984-07-25
Place of birth: 日本, 東京都
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.
Known for
Godzilla Against MechaGodzilla
2002Daisuke Serizawa (archive footage) (uncredited)
Godzilla
1954Daisuke Serizawa
King Kong vs. Godzilla
1962Dr. Shigezawa
Ebirah, Horror of the Deep
1966Red Bamboo Captain Ryui
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
1954Seijuro Yoshioka
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
1955Seijuro Yoshioka
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
1956Seijuro Yoshioka (uncredited)
Godzilla vs. Destoroyah
1995Dr. Daisuke Serizawa (archive footage)
Atragon
1963Mu Agent #23
Sazae-san's Marriage
1959
The H-Man
1958Inspector Tominaga
The Mysterians
1957Ryoichi Shiraishi
Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla
1974Professor Hideto Miyajima
Travels of Lord Mito
1969Geki Kurokawa
Operation Mad Dog
1963
Mothra
1961Doctor
Ultraman: Great Monster Decisive Battle
1979Iwamoto
Gorath
1962Endô
Latitude Zero
1969Dr. Sugata