Akihiko Hirata
Acting
Born Dec 26, 1927
-- Died Jul 25, 1984
· 日本, 東京都
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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7.6
movie
Godzilla
as Daisuke Serizawa
1954
7.9
movie
Sanjuro
as Samurai
1962
6.9
movie
King Kong vs. Godzilla
as Dr. Shigezawa
1962
7.8
movie
Godzilla vs. Destoroyah
as Dr. Daisuke Serizawa (archive footage)
1995
7.0
movie
Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
as Chief Detective Okita
1964
7.0
movie
Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla
as Professor Hideto Miyajima
1974
6.5
movie
Godzilla, King of the Monsters!
as Dr. Serizawa
1956
6.5
movie
King Kong vs. Godzilla
as Dr. Shigezawa (uncredited)
1963
6.8
movie
Terror of Mechagodzilla
as Dr. Shinzô Mafune
1975
7.4
movie
Godzilla Against MechaGodzilla
as Daisuke Serizawa (archive footage) (uncredited)
2002
6.4
movie
Son of Godzilla
as Fujisaki
1967
6.3
movie
Ebirah, Horror of the Deep
as Red Bamboo Captain Ryui
1966