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Akihiko Hirata

Akihiko Hirata

Birthday: 1927-12-26 | Place of Birth: Seoul, Korea

Akihiko Hirata ( 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Akihiko Hirata, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2004
Godzilla

as    Daisuke Serizawa

1995
Godzilla vs. Destoroyah

as    Dr. Daisuke Serizawa (archive footage)

1987
Fugitive Alien

as    Space Command official

1984
Sayonara Jupiter

as    Dr. Inoue Ryutarou

1983
Legend of the Cat Monster

as    Producer

1982
Brain 17

as    Captain Roper

1981
The Last Days of Planet Earth

as    Botanist

1981
At This Late Date, the Charleston

as    City Employee

1978
Terror of Mechagodzilla

as    Dr. Shinzô Mafune

1977
Daitetsujin 17: Aerial Battleship

as    Captain Gomes

1977
Daitetsujin 17

as    Captain Gomez

1977
The War in Space

as    Defense Countermeasure Supreme Commander Oshi

1977
Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla

as    Professor Hideto Miyajima

1976
Enban Sensou Bankid

as    Commander Guzare

1976
Godzilla vs. the Cosmic Monster

as    Professor Hideto Miyajima

1974
Prophecies of Nostradamus

as    Environmental scientist #1

1972
Warrior of Love Rainbowman

as    Mr. K

1970
Latitude Zero

as    Dr. Sugata