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Akihiko Hirata

1927–1984 · 18 titles in the catalogue

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.

Their work

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  1. Godzilla1954as Daisuke Serizawa
  2. Sanjuro1962as Samurai
  3. King Kong vs. Godzilla1962as Dr. Shosuke Shigezawa
  4. Godzilla vs. Destoroyah1995as Dr. Daisuke Serizawa (archive footage)
  5. Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster1964as Chief Detective Okita
  6. Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla1974as Professor Hideto Miyajima
  7. Godzilla, King of the Monsters!1956as Dr. Serizawa
  8. King Kong vs. Godzilla1963as Dr. Kenji Shigezawa (uncredited)
  9. Godzilla Against MechaGodzilla2002as Daisuke Serizawa (archive footage) (uncredited)
  10. Terror of Mechagodzilla1975as Dr. Shinzô Mafune
  11. Son of Godzilla1967as Fujisaki
  12. Ebirah, Horror of the Deep1966as Red Bamboo Captain Ryui
  13. Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto1954as Seijuro Yoshioka
  14. Rodan1956as Professor Kyuichiro Kashiwagi
  15. Mothra1961as Doctor
  16. Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple1955as Seijuro Yoshioka
  17. Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island1956as Seijuro Yoshioka (uncredited)
  18. Saga of the Vagabonds1959as Jiro Hidekuni