Akira Takarada

Akira Takarada

Known for
Acting
Born
April 29, 1934
Died
March 14, 2022 (aged 87)
Birthplace
Harbin, Heilongjiang, China

Biography

Akira Takarada (April 29, 1934–March 14, 2022) was a Japanese film actor, best known for his roles in the Godzilla film series.

Known For

Filmography

2023
Nikko Story poster

Nikko Story

Movie

2022
A World Without Cherry Blossoms poster

A World Without Cherry Blossoms

Movie · as Keizo

2021
War and Peace: Akira Takarada's Testimony poster

War and Peace: Akira Takarada's Testimony

Movie

2019
Dance with Me poster

Dance with Me

Movie · as Machin Ueda

2019
The Dawn of Kaiju Eiga poster

The Dawn of Kaiju Eiga

Movie · as Self - Actor

2019
Nipponia Nippon – Fukushima Rhapsody poster

Nipponia Nippon – Fukushima Rhapsody

Movie

2019
Yasuragi no Toki: Michi poster

Yasuragi no Toki: Michi

TV · 1 ep

2018
Bridge over Troubled Water poster

Bridge over Troubled Water

Movie · as CEO Ogata

2018
The Great Buddha Arrival poster

The Great Buddha Arrival

Movie · as Narrator

2015
The Man of the Political Economy poster

The Man of the Political Economy

Movie

2015
Hail to the King: 60 Years of Destruction poster

Hail to the King: 60 Years of Destruction

Movie · as Himself

2015
Keisei Saimin no Otoko poster

Keisei Saimin no Otoko

TV · as Shigeaki Ikeda · 5 eps

2014
Godzilla Battle Royale poster

Godzilla Battle Royale

Movie · as Sec. General Fuji

2014
Godzilla poster

Godzilla

Movie · as Immigration Officer

2014
A Far Promise poster

A Far Promise

Movie

2014
The Cabin Attendant poster

The Cabin Attendant

Movie

2014
Kingdom Hearts Re:coded poster

Kingdom Hearts Re:coded

Movie · as Jafar (voice)

2013
A Sparkle of Life poster

A Sparkle of Life

Movie

2011
Carnation poster

Carnation

TV · 151 eps

2010
Making of Godzilla vs. Mothra poster

Making of Godzilla vs. Mothra

Movie · as Himself

2009
Clouds Over the Hill poster

Clouds Over the Hill

TV · 5 eps

2008
Bringing Godzilla Down to Size: The Art of Japanese Special Effects poster

Bringing Godzilla Down to Size: The Art of Japanese Special Effects

Movie · as Himself

2008
A Miracle of Hakone poster

A Miracle of Hakone

Movie

2007
Glory to the Filmmaker! poster

Glory to the Filmmaker!

Movie · as Gentleman in a White Mercedes

2007
The Man Who Never Gives Up 3: Goodbye poster

The Man Who Never Gives Up 3: Goodbye

Movie

2005
Fantastipo poster

Fantastipo

Movie

2005
Mikio Naruse 100th Birth Anniversary poster

Mikio Naruse 100th Birth Anniversary

Movie · as Voiceover

2005
A Melody for My Father poster

A Melody for My Father

Movie

2004
Godzilla: Final Wars poster

Godzilla: Final Wars

Movie · as UN Secretary General Naotarô Daigo

2004
I Am a Sardine poster

I Am a Sardine

Movie

2004
Black Corridor poster

Black Corridor

Movie

2004
The Spirit of Godzilla poster

The Spirit of Godzilla

Movie · as ナレーション

2003
Fukumimi poster

Fukumimi

Movie

2001
Prince Shōtoku poster

Prince Shōtoku

Movie · as Prince Anahobe, Mononobe no Moriya

2001
Shibuya Midnight War Dark Street poster

Shibuya Midnight War Dark Street

Movie

2001
Prince Shotoku poster

Prince Shotoku

TV · as Mononobe no Moriya · 2 eps

2000
Road to the Don 12 poster

Road to the Don 12

Movie

2000
Tales of the Unusual poster

Tales of the Unusual

Movie

2000
Watashi no Aozora poster

Watashi no Aozora

TV · as Joji Murai · 156 eps

1999
History of Japan’s Yakuza — Ambition Corps 2 poster

History of Japan’s Yakuza — Ambition Corps 2

Movie

1999
History of Japan’s Yakuza — Ambition Corps poster

History of Japan’s Yakuza — Ambition Corps

Movie

1998
Tom Cat Holmes and the Twilight Hotel poster

Tom Cat Holmes and the Twilight Hotel

Movie

1997
Woman in Witness Protection poster

Woman in Witness Protection

Movie · as Police Commissioner

1996
Sure Death 6 poster

Sure Death 6

Movie

1996
San-ban Tēburu no Kyaku poster

San-ban Tēburu no Kyaku

TV · 1 ep

1995
My name is Reiko Shiratori! The Movie poster

My name is Reiko Shiratori! The Movie

Movie · as Kichitaro Shiratori

1994
The man who became a billionaire. poster

The man who became a billionaire.

Movie

1993
My name is Reiko Shiratori! poster

My name is Reiko Shiratori!

TV · as Shiratori Kichitaro [Reiko's father] · 11 eps

1992
Godzilla vs. Mothra poster

Godzilla vs. Mothra

Movie · as Environmental Planning Board Chief Jyoji Minamino

1992
Minbo, or The Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion poster

Minbo, or The Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion

Movie · as Kobayashi

1992
Patio poster

Patio

Movie

1992
Homework poster

Homework

TV · 11 eps

1990
Tales of a Golden Geisha poster

Tales of a Golden Geisha

Movie · as Inukai

1985
Clara White Paper - ShohjotaiPHOON! poster

Clara White Paper - ShohjotaiPHOON!

Movie

1984
The Audition poster

The Audition

Movie · as Emcee

1984
Shinobu's Tomorrow poster

Shinobu's Tomorrow

Movie

1983
Legend of Plumeria poster

Legend of Plumeria

Movie

1981
Love You Till I Die poster

Love You Till I Die

Movie

1980
Nukata no Ōkimi poster

Nukata no Ōkimi

TV · 2 eps

1977
Godzilla poster

Godzilla

Movie · as Ogata

1969
Travels of Lord Mito poster

Travels of Lord Mito

Movie · as Sukesaburô Sasaki

1969
Latitude Zero poster

Latitude Zero

Movie · as Dr. Ken Tashiro

1968
Golden Eyes poster

Golden Eyes

Movie · as Andrew Hoshino

1968
Imaginary Paradise poster

Imaginary Paradise

Movie

1968
Devils-in-Law poster

Devils-in-Law

Movie

1967
King Kong Escapes poster

King Kong Escapes

Movie · as Lt. Commander Jiro Nomura

1967
Let's Go! Young Guy poster

Let's Go! Young Guy

Movie · as Kou Kure

1966
Ebirah, Horror of the Deep poster

Ebirah, Horror of the Deep

Movie · as Yoshimura

1966
The Daphne poster

The Daphne

Movie · as Kudo

1966
3 Raccoon Dogs poster

3 Raccoon Dogs

Movie · as Michio Sasaki

1966
More Than 10,000 Women But... poster

More Than 10,000 Women But...

Movie · as Junichi Hasegawa

1966
Big Wind from Tokyo poster

Big Wind from Tokyo

Movie · as Ishinaka Sekijirō

1965
Invasion of Astro-Monster poster

Invasion of Astro-Monster

Movie · as Astronaut Kazuo Fuji

1965
Ironfinger poster

Ironfinger

Movie · as Andrew Hoshino

1965
The Longest Night poster

The Longest Night

Movie · as 田中清辉

1965
The White Rose of Hong Kong poster

The White Rose of Hong Kong

Movie · as Susumu Utsugi

1965
Start Here poster

Start Here

Movie · as Kiyoshi Nakanishi (Junko’s Husband)

1964
Mothra vs. Godzilla poster

Mothra vs. Godzilla

Movie · as Ichiro "Ichi" Sakai

1964
Hibari, Chiemi, Izumi: We Are Three Best Friends poster

Hibari, Chiemi, Izumi: We Are Three Best Friends

Movie

1964
Blood and Diamonds poster

Blood and Diamonds

Movie

1964
Mr. Giant's Victory Flag poster

Mr. Giant's Victory Flag

Movie

1963
A Woman's Life poster

A Woman's Life

Movie · as Koichi Shimizu

1963
Honolulu, Tokyo, Hong Kong poster

Honolulu, Tokyo, Hong Kong

Movie · as Yuichi Okamoto

1963
Devices Stronger Than  Women poster

Devices Stronger Than Women

Movie · as Shin Takayama (Nanahikari Electric publicity staff)

1963
Walleyed Nippon poster

Walleyed Nippon

Movie · as Shin Moriyama

1963
Daybreak Chorus poster

Daybreak Chorus

Movie · as Kensuke Ukita

1962
Long Way to Okinawa poster

Long Way to Okinawa

Movie

1962
Chûshingura poster

Chûshingura

Movie · as Gunpei Takada

1962
Shimizu Port Salaryman Part II poster

Shimizu Port Salaryman Part II

Movie

1962
Breakthrough Course of Women in Trouble poster

Breakthrough Course of Women in Trouble

Movie

1962
Let's Meet in Our Dreams poster

Let's Meet in Our Dreams

Movie

1962
Anything For Success poster

Anything For Success

Movie

1962
A Wanderer's Notebook poster

A Wanderer's Notebook

Movie · as Fukuya

1962
Woman of Design poster

Woman of Design

Movie · as Kosuke Sakai

1962
The Wiser Age poster

The Wiser Age

Movie · as Rokkakuya Kou

1962
Star of Hong Kong poster

Star of Hong Kong

Movie · as Hasegawa Toru

1962
Me and Me poster

Me and Me

Movie · as Akihiko Kinugasa

1961
The End of Summer poster

The End of Summer

Movie · as Teramoto Tadashi

1961
The Last War poster

The Last War

Movie · as Takano

1961
Different Sons poster

Different Sons

Movie · as Kensuke Akagi

1961
A Night in Hong Kong poster

A Night in Hong Kong

Movie · as Hiroshi Tanaka

1961
The Masterless 47 – Part II poster

The Masterless 47 – Part II

Movie

1961
Taking a Success Course poster

Taking a Success Course

Movie

1961
Lovers of Ginza poster

Lovers of Ginza

Movie

1960
Beyond the Hills poster

Beyond the Hills

Movie · as Kentaro - Ueshima

1960
The Storm of the Pacific poster

The Storm of the Pacific

Movie

1960
The Lovelorn Geisha poster

The Lovelorn Geisha

Movie

1960
The Masterless 47 poster

The Masterless 47

Movie · as Kohei Hayano

1960
Daughters, Wives and a Mother poster

Daughters, Wives and a Mother

Movie · as Reiji Sakanishi

1960
The Dangerous Kiss poster

The Dangerous Kiss

Movie

1960
The Poem of the Blue Star poster

The Poem of the Blue Star

Movie

1960
Modern Salaryman: Bushido  Romance poster

Modern Salaryman: Bushido Romance

Movie · as Mizukami Gorō

1960
The 6th Suspect poster

The 6th Suspect

Movie · as Shinsuke Arima

1960
Singing in the Sun poster

Singing in the Sun

Movie · as Moriyama Tadashi

1960
Showdown on Pier No.3 poster

Showdown on Pier No.3

Movie · as Takagi

1959
Sazae-san, the Wayward Wife poster

Sazae-san, the Wayward Wife

Movie · as Ryota Kujira

1959
Samurai Saga poster

Samurai Saga

Movie · as Jutaro [Jurota] Karibe

1959
A Whistle in My Heart poster

A Whistle in My Heart

Movie

1959
The Big Boss poster

The Big Boss

Movie · as Mineo Komatsu

1959
The Three Treasures poster

The Three Treasures

Movie · as Prince Wakatarashi

1959
Someday I'll Know poster

Someday I'll Know

Movie · as Daisuke Kaneko

1959
3 Dolls in College poster

3 Dolls in College

Movie · as Shin'ichi Takada

1959
The College Ruggers poster

The College Ruggers

Movie · as Eiichi Miyake

1959
Young Lovers poster

Young Lovers

Movie · as Shuichi Nozaki

1958
Yaji and Kita on the Road poster

Yaji and Kita on the Road

Movie · as Akinosuke Takarai

1958
The Capital of Love poster

The Capital of Love

Movie · as Kunio Murata

1958
Holiday in Tokyo poster

Holiday in Tokyo

Movie · as George Tanaka

1958
Diary of an Elegant Hot Spring poster

Diary of an Elegant Hot Spring

Movie · as Shirō Arisaka (Kyōko’s husband)

1958
The Rise and Fall of a Jazz Girl poster

The Rise and Fall of a Jazz Girl

Movie · as himself

1958
Flower's Yearning poster

Flower's Yearning

Movie · as Tsuda Shin'ichi

1958
Bright Young Maidens poster

Bright Young Maidens

Movie

1958
Romance and Rhythm poster

Romance and Rhythm

Movie · as Tajima

1958
Diary of a Successful Salaryman Part 3 poster

Diary of a Successful Salaryman Part 3

Movie · as Keiichiro Maeda

1958
The College Hero poster

The College Hero

Movie · as Katsumi Kageyama

1957
Birth of Romance poster

Birth of Romance

Movie · as Ichirô Yabe

1957
Godzilla, the Monster of the Pacific Ocean poster

Godzilla, the Monster of the Pacific Ocean

Movie · as Ogata (as Akiro Takarata)

1957
Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman poster

Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman

Movie · as The Boy (Her Brother)

1957
Price of Beauty poster

Price of Beauty

Movie · as Koichi Yamawaki

1957
A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 2 poster

A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 2

Movie · as Tatsuo Ito

1957
The Paradise Island Story poster

The Paradise Island Story

Movie

1957
On Wings of Love poster

On Wings of Love

Movie · as Hajime Kyosu

1957
A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 1 poster

A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 1

Movie

1957
Reign of Terror poster

Reign of Terror

Movie · as Jun’nosuke Kijima

1957
A Town with a Mountain and River poster

A Town with a Mountain and River

Movie · as Keisuke Yagi

1957
Diary of a Successful Salaryman Part 2 poster

Diary of a Successful Salaryman Part 2

Movie · as Maeda Keiichirō

1957
Diary of a Successful Salaryman poster

Diary of a Successful Salaryman

Movie · as Maeda Keiichirō

1957
The Blue Mountains poster

The Blue Mountains

Movie · as Mr. Numata

1957
The Blue Mountains Part 2 poster

The Blue Mountains Part 2

Movie · as Teacher Numata

1957
The Green Voyage poster

The Green Voyage

Movie · as Keiji Takenaka (college student)

1957
The Singing Tireless Town poster

The Singing Tireless Town

Movie · as Yoshio Matsuoka (Assistant Director)

1957
Schooldays poster

Schooldays

Movie · as Takada Shinichi

1956
Runaway Bride poster

Runaway Bride

Movie

1956
Godzilla, King of the Monsters! poster

Godzilla, King of the Monsters!

Movie · as Ogata

1956
Love on Rainbow Island poster

Love on Rainbow Island

Movie · as Sainkichi 'Johannes' Matsutani

1956
Jacks and Jills poster

Jacks and Jills

Movie · as Kubota

1956
Morishige, where are you going? poster

Morishige, where are you going?

Movie · as Akira Wakayama

1956
Eacape of Fear poster

Eacape of Fear

Movie · as Toshio Ogata

1956
Wharf with the Weeping Girl poster

Wharf with the Weeping Girl

Movie · as Ryūji

1956
Fighting Cha Cha Girl poster

Fighting Cha Cha Girl

Movie · as Hideyuki Tsutsumi

1956
Triumphant Song of Youth poster

Triumphant Song of Youth

Movie · as Akio Shimamura

1956
Blue Buds poster

Blue Buds

Movie · as Groom

1956
The Wife is a University Student poster

The Wife is a University Student

Movie · as Tadashi Baba (Rugby Team Captain)

1956
A Strong Wind Blows poster

A Strong Wind Blows

Movie · as Shūji Ōma

1956
Three Youngmen and a Dream Girl poster

Three Youngmen and a Dream Girl

Movie · as Kamura

1956
Engagement Ring poster

Engagement Ring

Movie · as Yōichi Kurata

1955
Beast Man Snow Man poster

Beast Man Snow Man

Movie · as Takeshi Iijima

1955
All is Well poster

All is Well

Movie · as Saitaro Okazaki

1955
All is Well 2 poster

All is Well 2

Movie

1955
Tomboy Daughter Diary poster

Tomboy Daughter Diary

Movie · as Tsubasa Ipponsugi

1955
Bridal Candidates poster

Bridal Candidates

Movie · as Tsubasa Ipponsugi

1955
Frame of Snow poster

Frame of Snow

Movie · as Kikukawa Shinzō

1955
New Tengu Kurama: Samurai in the Pouring Rain poster

New Tengu Kurama: Samurai in the Pouring Rain

Movie · as Heizaemon Ujiie

1955
Young Love Conquers All poster

Young Love Conquers All

Movie

1954
Godzilla poster

Godzilla

Movie · as Hideto Ogata

1954
How the Bell of Liberty Rings poster

How the Bell of Liberty Rings

Movie · as Masuda Sotaro

1954
Bride in a Bathing Suit poster

Bride in a Bathing Suit

Movie · as Masao Sakurai