Akihiko Hirata

Acting · Born 1927-12-26 in 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.

Filmography

• Godzilla Against MechaGodzilla as Daisuke Serizawa (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Godzilla as Daisuke Serizawa
• King Kong vs. Godzilla as Dr. Shigezawa
• Ebirah, Horror of the Deep as Red Bamboo Captain Ryui
• Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto as Seijuro Yoshioka
• Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple as Seijuro Yoshioka
• Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island as Seijuro Yoshioka (uncredited)
• Godzilla vs. Destoroyah as Dr. Daisuke Serizawa (archive footage)
• Atragon as Mu Agent #23
• The H-Man as Inspector Tominaga