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Akihiko Hirata
Actor
Born December 26, 1927Died July 25, 1984 (56 years)
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.
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Known For
Filmography
| 2002 | Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla · as Daisuke Serizawa (archive Footage) (uncredited) |
| 1995 | Godzilla vs. Destoroyah · as Dr. Daisuke Serizawa (archive Footage) |
| 1986 | Fugitive Alien · as Space Command Official |
| 1984 | Bye Bye Jupiter · as Dr. Inoue Ryutarou |
| 1983 | Legend of the Cat Monster · as Producer |
| 1981 | At This Late Date, the Charleston · as City Employee |
| 1981 | |
| 1981 | |
| 1980 | The Battle of Port Arthur · as Gaishi Nagaoka |
| 1979 | Ultraman: Monster Big Battle · as Iwamoto |
| 1979 | |
| 1979 | Dog of Fortune · as Kan Aizawa |
| 1978 | Monkey (TV Series) · as Yin Kaishan |
| 1977 | The War in Space · as Defense Countermeasure Supreme Commander Oshi |
| 1977 | Edogawa Rampo no bijo shirīzu (TV Series) |
| 1977 | |
| 1977 | Daitetsujin 17 (TV Series) · as Captain Gomez |
| 1977 | Godzilla · as Dr. Serizawa |
| 1976 | |
| 1975 | |
| 1975 | Terror of Mechagodzilla · as Dr. Shinzô Mafune |
| 1974 | Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1974 | Prophecies of Nostradamus · as Environmental Scientist #1 |
| 1974 | Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla · as Professor Hideto Miyajima |
| 1974 | |
| 1973 | |
| 1970 | The Militarists · as Tomita |
| 1970 | Kurêjî no Nagurikomi Shimizu Minato · as Cast |
| 1970 | |
| 1969 | Battle of the Japan Sea · as Staff Officer Tsunoda |
| 1969 | Latitude Zero · as Dr. Sugata |
| 1969 | |
| 1969 | Samurai Banners · as Suwa Yorishige |
| 1968 | Operation: Mystery! (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1968 | Admiral Yamamoto · as Staff Officer Watanabe |
| 1967 | Son of Godzilla · as Fujisaki |
| 1967 | Ultraseven (TV Series) · as Staff Officeryanagawa |
| 1967 | Japan's Longest Day · as Commander Sugahara - 302nd Air Group |
| 1967 | Ultraman · as Professor Iwamoto (uncredited) |
| 1967 | |
| 1967 | The Killing Bottle · as Man With Turkish Hat |
| 1966 | Ebirah, Horror of the Deep · as Red Bamboo Captain Ryui |
| 1966 | Ultraman (TV Series) · as Dr. Iwamoto |
| 1966 | Adventure in Kigan Castle · as Chamberlain |
| 1966 | Rise Against the Sword · as Asakura |
| 1966 | The Boss of Pick-pocket Bay · as Omasa |
| 1965 | |
| 1965 | Ironfinger · as Komori |
| 1965 | Taiheiyô kiseki no sakusen: Kisuka · as Dr. Kudo |
| 1965 | Samurai Assassin · as Sohei Masui |
| 1964 | Ghidorah: The Three-Headed Monster · as Chief Detective Okita |
| 1964 | Shikonmado - Dai tatsumaki · as Ryutaro Inoue |
| 1963 | |
| 1963 | The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman · as Eburi's Older Brother |
| 1963 | Hawai no wakadaishô · as 戸井田教授 |
| 1963 | King Kong vs. Godzilla · as Dr. Shigezawa (uncredited) |
| 1963 | |
| 1963 | Attack Squadron! · as Senda's Aide |
| 1962 | Varan the Unbelievable · as Dr. Fujimora |
| 1962 | |
| 1962 | |
| 1962 | King Kong vs. Godzilla · as Dr. Shigezawa |
| 1962 | Dobunezumi sakusen · as Captain Sugiyama |
| 1962 | Gorath · as Endô |
| 1962 | Sanjuro · as Samurai |
| 1961 | |
| 1961 | Girl of Dark · as Shima |
| 1961 | Mothra · as Doctor |
| 1961 | |
| 1961 | |
| 1961 | |
| 1961 | Daredevil in the Castle · as Hayatonosho 'hayato' Susukida |
| 1960 | |
| 1960 | |
| 1960 | I Bombed Pearl Harbor · as Fleet Staff Officer |
| 1960 | The Secret of the Telegian · as Inspector Kobayashi |
| 1960 | The Lost Alibi · as Kishimoto |
| 1960 | The Last Gunfight · as Susumu Tendo |
| 1959 | The Three Treasures · as Kibino Takehiko |
| 1959 | Sengoku gunto-den · as Jiro Hidekuni |
| 1959 | |
| 1959 | Samurai Saga · as Akaboshi |
| 1959 | |
| 1959 | |
| 1959 | |
| 1958 | Varan · as Dr. Fujimora |
| 1958 | |
| 1958 | Yagyû bugeichô: Sôryû hiken · as Tomonori |
| 1957 | The Mysterians · as Ryoichi Shiraishi |
| 1957 | Yagyû bugeichô · as Tomonori |
| 1957 | Godzilla · as Dr. Serizawa |
| 1956 | Rodan · as Professor Kyuichiro Kashiwagi |
| 1956 | |
| 1956 | Godzilla: King of the Monsters! · as Dr. Serizawa |
| 1956 | Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island · as Seijuro Yoshioka (uncredited) |
| 1955 | Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple · as Seijuro Yoshioka |
| 1954 | Godzilla · as Daisuke Serizawa |
| 1954 | Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto · as Seijuro Yoshioka |
| 1954 | Farewell Rabaul · as First Lieutenant Noguchi |
| 1953 |