Akira Takarada
Acting • Born 1934-04-29 – Died 2022-03-14
Biography
Akira Takarada (April 29, 1934–March 14, 2022) was a Japanese film actor, best known for his roles in the Godzilla film series.
Filmography
176 credits
Godzilla
Movie • 1954
Hideto Ogata
Mothra vs. Godzilla
Movie • 1964
Ichiro "Ichi" Sakai
Ebirah, Horror of the Deep
Movie • 1966
Yoshimura
Runaway Bride
Movie • 1956
Fantastipo
Movie • 2005
The End of Summer
Movie • 1961
Teramoto Tadashi
Sazae-san, the Wayward Wife
Movie • 1959
Long Way to Okinawa
Movie • 1962
Road to the Don 12
Movie • 2000
Chûshingura
Movie • 1962
Gunpei Takada
Shimizu Port Salaryman Part II
Movie • 1962
Godzilla: Final Wars
Movie • 2004
UN Secretary General Naotarô Daigo
Breakthrough Course of Women in Trouble
Movie • 1962
Travels of Lord Mito
Movie • 1969
Sukesaburô Sasaki
King Kong Escapes
Movie • 1967
Lt. Commander Jiro Nomura
Latitude Zero
Movie • 1969
Dr. Ken Tashiro
Godzilla vs. Mothra
Movie • 1992
Environmental Planning Board Chief Jyoji Minamino
Godzilla, King of the Monsters!
Movie • 1956
Ogata
Invasion of Astro-Monster
Movie • 1965
Astronaut K. Fuji
The Man of the Political Economy
Movie • 2015
Birth of Romance
Movie • 1957
Ichirô Yabe
The Last War
Movie • 1961
Takano
Beyond the Hills
Movie • 1960
Kentaro - Ueshima
Yaji and Kita on the Road
Movie • 1958
Akinosuke Takarai
Godzilla, the Monster of the Pacific Ocean
Movie • 1957
Ogata (as Akiro Takarata)
Minbo, or The Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion
Movie • 1992
Kobayashi
Different Sons
Movie • 1961
Kensuke Akagi
The Storm of the Pacific
Movie • 1960
Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman
Movie • 1957
The Boy (Her Brother)
A Woman's Life
Movie • 1963
Koichi Shimizu
Golden Eyes
Movie • 1968
Andrew Hoshino
A World Without Cherry Blossoms
Movie • 2022
Keizo
Beast Man Snow Man
Movie • 1955
Takeshi Iijima
Ironfinger
Movie • 1965
Andrew Hoshino
Samurai Saga
Movie • 1959
Jutaro [Jurota] Karibe
Tales of a Golden Geisha
Movie • 1990
Inukai
My name is Reiko Shiratori! The Movie
Movie • 1995
Kichitaro Shiratori
A Whistle in My Heart
Movie • 1959
The Lovelorn Geisha
Movie • 1960
Legend of Plumeria
Movie • 1983
The Masterless 47
Movie • 1960
Kohei Hayano
All is Well
Movie • 1955
Saitaro Okazaki
All is Well 2
Movie • 1955
A Sparkle of Life
Movie • 2013
Let's Meet in Our Dreams
Movie • 1962
Anything For Success
Movie • 1962
Godzilla Battle Royale
Movie • 2014
Sec. General Fuji
Glory to the Filmmaker!
Movie • 2007
Gentleman in a White Mercedes
Mikio Naruse 100th Birth Anniversary
Movie • 2005
Voiceover
Godzilla
Movie • 1977
Ogata
Hail to the King: 60 Years of Destruction
Movie • 2015
Himself
Daughters, Wives and a Mother
Movie • 1960
Reiji Sakanishi
A Wanderer's Notebook
Movie • 1962
Fukuya
The Big Boss
Movie • 1959
Mineo Komatsu
Imaginary Paradise
Movie • 1968
Woman of Design
Movie • 1962
Kosuke Sakai
The Wiser Age
Movie • 1962
Rokkakuya Kou
Bringing Godzilla Down to Size: The Art of Japanese Special Effects
Movie • 2008
Himself
Hibari, Chiemi, Izumi: We Are Three Best Friends
Movie • 1964
Love on Rainbow Island
Movie • 1956
Sainkichi 'Johannes' Matsutani
Godzilla
Movie • 2014
Immigration Officer
A Night in Hong Kong
Movie • 1961
Hiroshi Tanaka
Blood and Diamonds
Movie • 1964
Sure Death 6
Movie • 1996
Star of Hong Kong
Movie • 1962
Hasegawa Toru
The Three Treasures
Movie • 1959
Prince Wakatarashi
Price of Beauty
Movie • 1957
Koichi Yamawaki
Bridge over Troubled Water
Movie • 2018
CEO Ogata
Someday I'll Know
Movie • 1959
Daisuke Kaneko
Devils-in-Law
Movie • 1968
Let's Go! Young Guy
Movie • 1967
Kou Kure
Dance with Me
Movie • 2019
Machin Ueda
The Great Buddha Arrival
Movie • 2018
Narrator
The Daphne
Movie • 1966
Kudo
The Capital of Love
Movie • 1958
Kunio Murata
The Masterless 47 – Part II
Movie • 1961
A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 2
Movie • 1957
Tatsuo Ito
A Far Promise
Movie • 2014
Woman in Witness Protection
Movie • 1997
Police Commissioner
The Paradise Island Story
Movie • 1957
Jacks and Jills
Movie • 1956
Kubota
On Wings of Love
Movie • 1957
Hajime Kyosu
A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 1
Movie • 1957
The Dawn of Kaiju Eiga
Movie • 2019
Self - Actor
Making of Godzilla vs. Mothra
Movie • 2010
Himself
Nipponia Nippon – Fukushima Rhapsody
Movie • 2019
The Dangerous Kiss
Movie • 1960
The Audition
Movie • 1984
Emcee
Me and Me
Movie • 1962
Akihiko Kinugasa
The Longest Night
Movie • 1965
田中清辉
Morishige, where are you going?
Movie • 1956
Akira Wakayama
Honolulu, Tokyo, Hong Kong
Movie • 1963
Yuichi Okamoto
Taking a Success Course
Movie • 1961
The Poem of the Blue Star
Movie • 1960
Holiday in Tokyo
Movie • 1958
George Tanaka
Lovers of Ginza
Movie • 1961
Prince Shōtoku
Movie • 2001
Prince Anahobe
The White Rose of Hong Kong
Movie • 1965
Susumu Utsugi
How the Bell of Liberty Rings
Movie • 1954
Masuda Sotaro
Diary of an Elegant Hot Spring
Movie • 1958
Shirō Arisaka (Kyōko’s husband)
Mr. Giant's Victory Flag
Movie • 1964
Clara White Paper - ShohjotaiPHOON!
Movie • 1985
The man who became a billionaire.
Movie • 1994
Nikko Story
Movie • 2023
The Cabin Attendant
Movie • 2014
Tales of the Unusual
Movie • 2000
History of Japan’s Yakuza — Ambition Corps 2
Movie • 1999
Tom Cat Holmes and the Twilight Hotel
Movie • 1998
History of Japan’s Yakuza — Ambition Corps
Movie • 1999
Modern Salaryman: Bushido Romance
Movie • 1960
Mizukami Gorō
3 Dolls in College
Movie • 1959
Shin'ichi Takada
The Rise and Fall of a Jazz Girl
Movie • 1958
himself
Bride in a Bathing Suit
Movie • 1954
Masao Sakurai
Devices Stronger Than Women
Movie • 1963
Shin Takayama (Nanahikari Electric publicity staff)
3 Raccoon Dogs
Movie • 1966
Michio Sasaki
Reign of Terror
Movie • 1957
Jun’nosuke Kijima
A Town with a Mountain and River
Movie • 1957
Keisuke Yagi
Flower's Yearning
Movie • 1958
Tsuda Shin'ichi
Prince Shōtoku
Movie • 2001
Mononobe no Moriya
More Than 10,000 Women But...
Movie • 1966
Junichi Hasegawa
Big Wind from Tokyo
Movie • 1966
Ishinaka Sekijirō
Walleyed Nippon
Movie • 1963
Shin Moriyama
Love You Till I Die
Movie • 1981
Bright Young Maidens
Movie • 1958
Daybreak Chorus
Movie • 1963
Kensuke Ukita
Tomboy Daughter Diary
Movie • 1955
Tsubasa Ipponsugi
The 6th Suspect
Movie • 1960
Shinsuke Arima
Eacape of Fear
Movie • 1956
Toshio Ogata
Start Here
Movie • 1965
Kiyoshi Nakanishi (Junko’s Husband)
Singing in the Sun
Movie • 1960
Moriyama Tadashi
The College Ruggers
Movie • 1959
Eiichi Miyake
Bridal Candidates
Movie • 1955
Tsubasa Ipponsugi
Romance and Rhythm
Movie • 1958
Tajima
Diary of a Successful Salaryman Part 3
Movie • 1958
Keiichiro Maeda
Diary of a Successful Salaryman Part 2
Movie • 1957
Maeda Keiichirō
Diary of a Successful Salaryman
Movie • 1957
Maeda Keiichirō
Kingdom Hearts Re:coded
Movie • 2014
Jafar (voice)
Wharf with the Weeping Girl
Movie • 1956
Ryūji
Fighting Cha Cha Girl
Movie • 1956
Hideyuki Tsutsumi
The Blue Mountains
Movie • 1957
Mr. Numata
Triumphant Song of Youth
Movie • 1956
Akio Shimamura
Blue Buds
Movie • 1956
Groom
The Wife is a University Student
Movie • 1956
Tadashi Baba (Rugby Team Captain)
Young Lovers
Movie • 1959
Shuichi Nozaki
The Blue Mountains Part 2
Movie • 1957
Teacher Numata
A Strong Wind Blows
Movie • 1956
Shūji Ōma
Three Youngmen and a Dream Girl
Movie • 1956
Kamura
The Green Voyage
Movie • 1957
Keiji Takenaka (college student)
Engagement Ring
Movie • 1956
Yōichi Kurata
Frame of Snow
Movie • 1955
Kikukawa Shinzō
New Tengu Kurama: Samurai in the Pouring Rain
Movie • 1955
Heizaemon Ujiie
Young Love Conquers All
Movie • 1955
The Singing Tireless Town
Movie • 1957
Yoshio Matsuoka (Assistant Director)
Schooldays
Movie • 1957
Takada Shinichi
The College Hero
Movie • 1958
Katsumi Kageyama
Showdown on Pier No.3
Movie • 1960
Takagi
Shinobu's Tomorrow
Movie • 1984
Patio
Movie • 1992
Shibuya Midnight War Dark Street
Movie • 2001
Fukumimi
Movie • 2003
I Am a Sardine
Movie • 2004
Black Corridor
Movie • 2004
A Melody for My Father
Movie • 2005
The Man Who Never Gives Up 3: Goodbye
Movie • 2007
A Miracle of Hakone
Movie • 2008
War and Peace: Akira Takarada's Testimony
Movie • 2021
スピリット オブ ゴジラ ～怪獣を演じた男たちの軌跡～
Movie • 2004
ナレーション
Keisei Saimin no Otoko
TV • 2015
Ikeda Shigeaki
Homework
TV • 1992
Carnation
TV • 2011
My name is Reiko Shiratori!
TV • 1993
Shiratori Kichitaro [Reiko's father]
Watashi no Aozora
TV • 2000
Joji Murai
Yasuragi no Toki: Michi
TV • 2019
Prince Shotoku
TV • 2001
Mononobe no Moriya
Nukata no Ōkimi
TV • 1980
Clouds Over the Hill
TV • 2009