Acting
Akihiko Hirata
Birth Date
December 26, 1927
Death Date
July 25, 1984
(passed away at 56)
Place of Birth
日本, 東京都
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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.
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Ultraman
Dr. Iwamoto
1966 • 39 episodes
Godzilla
Daisuke Serizawa
1954
Edogawa Rampo no bijo shirīzu
1977 • 1 episode
Sanjuro
Samurai
1962
King Kong vs. Godzilla
Dr. Shosuke Shigezawa
1962
Godzilla, King of the Monsters!
Dr. Serizawa
1956
Ebirah, Horror of the Deep
Red Bamboo Captain Ryui
1966
Son of Godzilla
Fujisaki
1967
Godzilla vs. Destoroyah
Dr. Daisuke Serizawa (archive footage)
1995
Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla
Professor Hideto Miyajima
1974
King Kong vs. Godzilla
Dr. Kenji Shigezawa (uncredited)
1963
Terror of Mechagodzilla
Dr. Shinzô Mafune
1975
Godzilla Against MechaGodzilla
Daisuke Serizawa (archive footage) (uncredited)
2002
Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
Chief Detective Okita
1964
Atragon
Mu Agent #23
1963
Rodan
Professor Kyuichiro Kashiwagi
1956
Mothra
Doctor
1961
Daitetsujin 17
Captain Gomez
1977 • 35 episodes
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
Seijuro Yoshioka (uncredited)
1956
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
Seijuro Yoshioka
1954