
Akihiko Hirata
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- December 26, 1927
- Died
- July 25, 1984 (aged 56)
- Birthplace
- 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.
Known For
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Filmography

Downtown Story
TV · 13 eps

Godzilla Against MechaGodzilla
Movie · as Daisuke Serizawa (archive footage) (uncredited)

Revive! Ultraman
Movie

Godzilla vs. Destoroyah
Movie · as Dr. Daisuke Serizawa (archive footage)

Fugitive Alien
Movie · as Space Command official

Sayonara Jupiter
Movie · as Dr. Inoue Ryutarou

The Sea of Sparta
Movie

Legend of the Cat Monster
Movie · as Producer

Brain 17
Movie · as Captain Roper

A Woman in Danger
Movie

Examination Hell
Movie
受験地獄
TV · 1 ep

Station
Movie

At This Late Date, the Charleston
Movie · as City Employee

The Imperial Navy
Movie

The Last Days of Planet Earth
Movie · as Botanist
Don't Touch the Bride! My Son is a Murderer
Movie · as Kaihara

Port Arthur
Movie · as Gaishi Nagaoka

The House of Evil: Dangerous Temptation
Movie

Ultraman: Great Monster Decisive Battle
Movie · as Iwamoto

Dog of Fortune
Movie · as Kan Aizawa

Nomugi Pass
Movie

Daitetsujin 17: Aerial Battleship
Movie · as Captain Gomes

The War in Space
Movie · as Defense Countermeasure Supreme Commander Oshi

Godzilla
Movie · as Dr. Serizawa

Tora-san Meets His Lordship
Movie · as 宗通

Bloodthirsty Hawk
Movie · as Doctor Jia (uncredited)

Daitetsujin 17
TV · as Captain Gomez · 35 eps

Edogawa Rampo no bijo shirīzu
TV · 1 ep

Zero Pilot
Movie

Flying Saucer War Bankid
TV · as Commander Guzare · 26 eps

Terror of Mechagodzilla
Movie · as Dr. Shinzô Mafune

Main Line to Terror
Movie

Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla
Movie · as Professor Hideto Miyajima

Prophecies of Nostradamus
Movie · as Environmental scientist #1

The Family
Movie

The Human Revolution
Movie · as Lawyer Watanabe

Warrior of Love Rainbowman
TV · as Mr. K · 52 eps

The Militarists
Movie · as Tomita

Crazy Violence at Shimizu Harbor
Movie

Travels of Lord Mito
Movie · as Geki Kurokawa

Latitude Zero
Movie · as Dr. Sugata

The Great Japanese Pick-Pocket Club
Movie · as Furansu

Samurai Banners
Movie · as Suwa Yorishige

Battle of the Japan Sea
Movie · as Staff Officer Tsunoda

Crazy Big Explosion
Movie

L'Essayage
Movie

Imaginary Paradise
Movie

Homeless Ninja Trick Book: Lose in All Directions
Movie

Admiral Yamamoto
Movie · as Staff Officer Watanabe

Young Challengers
Movie · as Asakawa

Japan's Longest Day
Movie · as Commander Sugahara - 302nd Air Group

Son of Godzilla
Movie · as Fujisaki

Ultraman: Monster Movie Feature
Movie · as Professor Iwamoto (uncredited)

Kojiro
Movie

The Killing Bottle
Movie · as Man With Turkish Hat

Botchan shain seishun wa ore no monoda!
Movie

Ebirah, Horror of the Deep
Movie · as Red Bamboo Captain Ryui

Adventure in Kigan Castle
Movie · as Chamberlain

The Mad Atlantic
Movie · as Nozaki

Rise Against the Sword
Movie · as Asakura

The Boss of Pick-Pocket Bay
Movie · as Omasa

Taming an Unruly Girl
Movie

New News Reporter: The Trap of the Big City
Movie

Ultraman
TV · as Dr. Iwamoto · 39 eps

Samurai Assassin
Movie · as Sohei Masui
Mission to Annihilate the Underworld
Movie

Ironfinger
Movie · as Komori
A Smell of Money
Movie

Homeless Ninja Trick Book
Movie

The Retreat from Kiska
Movie · as Dr. Kudo

The White Rose of Hong Kong
Movie · as Secretary Asano

Whirlwind
Movie · as Ryutaro Inoue

Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
Movie · as Chief Detective Okita

The Rabble
Movie

Ant Hell War
Movie

Tiger Flight
Movie

Legend of the Irresponsible Hero
Movie

Money Is Most Important
Movie

Atragon
Movie · as Mu Agent #23

Operation Mad Dog
Movie

Attack Squadron
Movie · as Senda's Aide

The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman
Movie · as Eburi's older brother

Siege of Fort Bismarck
Movie

King Kong vs. Godzilla
Movie · as Dr. Kenji Shigezawa (uncredited)

Young Guy in Hawaii
Movie · as 戸井田教授

Devices Stronger Than Women
Movie · as Rokusuke Sakai (CM Song Lyricist)

Sensation Seekers
Movie

King Kong vs. Godzilla
Movie · as Dr. Shosuke Shigezawa

Gorath
Movie · as Endô

Whirlpool of Love
Movie

Jūyaku kōho-sei nanbā 1
Movie

Youth Season
Movie

Sanjuro
Movie · as Samurai

Varan the Unbelievable
Movie · as Dr. Fujimora

The Weed of Crime
Movie

Operation Enemy Fort
Movie

Chûshingura
Movie

Operation Sewer Rats
Movie · as Captain Sugiyama

Mothra
Movie · as Doctor

Big Shots Die at Dawn
Movie

The Merciless Trap
Movie

Daredevil in the Castle
Movie · as Hayatonosho 'Hayato' Susukida

Blueprint of Murder
Movie

Structure of Hate
Movie

Challenge to Live
Movie

Girls of the Night
Movie · as Shima

Blood on the Sea
Movie

Kill the Killer!
Movie · as Otaki (President of Otaki Construction)

The Secret of the Telegian
Movie · as Inspector Kobayashi

Westward Desperado
Movie

The Last Gunfight
Movie · as Susumu Tendo

The Lost Alibi
Movie · as Kishimoto

Man Against Man
Movie · as Toriumi

Get 'em All
Movie · as Kozo Kinugawa

The Storm of the Pacific
Movie · as Fleet Staff Officer

University Bandits
Movie

Showdown on Pier No.3
Movie · as Jōta

The Forbidden Scoop
Movie

Diary of a Successful Salaryman • Conclusion-Bridegroom: Manager No.1
Movie

Sazae-san's Marriage
Movie · as Tomioka (Etsuko's groom)

Samurai Saga
Movie · as Akaboshi

Submarine I-57 Will Not Surrender
Movie

Saga of the Vagabonds
Movie · as Jiro Hidekuni

The Big Boss
Movie · as Sudo

The Three Treasures
Movie · as Kibino Takehiko

I Want to Be a Shellfish
Movie

3 Dolls in College
Movie · as Iwafune

Record of Loving Your Wife
Movie

The H-Man
Movie · as Inspector Tominaga

Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II
Movie · as Tomonori
Underwater Murder
Movie · as Detective Makimo

Varan
Movie · as Dr. Fujimora

Holiday in Tokyo
Movie · as Journalist

Female Detective Story: S.O.S Woman
Movie
The Little Actress
Movie

Flower's Yearning
Movie

Family Safety
Movie

The Mysterians
Movie · as Ryoichi Shiraishi

Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen
Movie · as Arishima

Ôban
Movie

Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen
Movie · as Count Arishima

Godzilla, the Monster of the Pacific Ocean
Movie · as Dr. Serizawa

Yagyu Secret Scrolls
Movie · as Tomonori

Last Days of the Samurai
Movie

A Man in the Storm
Movie

The Lonely Swordsman (Part 2)
Movie

Geisha in the Old City
Movie · as Sashichi

A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 2
Movie · as Tokuoka

A Teapicker's Song of Goodbye
Movie

A Farewell to the Woman Called My Sister
Movie

A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 1
Movie

Rodan! The Flying Monster
Movie · as Dr. Kyuichiro Kashiwagi

The Last Escape
Movie · as Son

The Luckiest Dai
Movie

Faraway Man
Movie

The Story of Zenta and Sanpei: Kids in the Wind
Movie

Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
Movie · as Seijuro Yoshioka (uncredited)

Godzilla, King of the Monsters!
Movie · as Dr. Serizawa

Rodan
Movie · as Professor Kyuichiro Kashiwagi

Rainy Night Duel
Movie · as Shunsuke Iba

Three Generations of Company Presidents
Movie

Eacape of Fear
Movie · as Junkichi Nakata

Wharf with the Weeping Girl
Movie · as Henchman Ken

Summer in Eclipse
Movie

The Wicked Boy
Movie

A Brother and His Sister
Movie · as Michio

The Fighter in the Ring
Movie

Kurama Tengu: Goyō tō ihen
Movie

Employee with the Secret Savings and the Autocrat President: The Autocrat President's Pure Heart
Movie
Employee with the Secret Savings and the Autocrat Company President: The Employee with the Secret Savings Fights Bravely
Movie

Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
Movie · as Seijuro Yoshioka
Stray Sheep
Movie · as Sugimoto

The Lone Journey
Movie · as Horikoshi no Masakichi

No Response from Car 33
Movie

Tactics of Love
Movie

Revenge of Jorurizaka 1: Attack at Onibushi Pass
Movie

Revenge at Jorurizaka 2: Bloody Battle at Dawn
Movie

Godzilla
Movie · as Daisuke Serizawa

Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
Movie · as Seijuro Yoshioka

Farewell Rabaul
Movie · as First lieutenant Noguchi

Itsuko to sono haha
Movie · as Kozo Miyoshi

One Night of Love
Movie · as Hayata

A Long, Comic Story of Houses in Their Prime
Movie

This Love Costs 50 Million Yen
Movie

Mr. Pu
Movie

The Last Embrace
Movie · as Yamaoka (Sandaime)

Girls in the Orchard
Movie

Even The Mighty Shed Tears
Movie · as Ryusaku Nishikawa


