Akihiko Hirata
Acting • Born 1927-12-26 – Died 1984-07-25
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.
Filmography
168 credits
Godzilla Against MechaGodzilla
Movie • 2002
Daisuke Serizawa (archive footage) (uncredited)
Godzilla
Movie • 1954
Daisuke Serizawa
King Kong vs. Godzilla
Movie • 1962
Dr. Shigezawa
Ebirah, Horror of the Deep
Movie • 1966
Red Bamboo Captain Ryui
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
Movie • 1955
Seijuro Yoshioka
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
Movie • 1954
Seijuro Yoshioka
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
Movie • 1956
Seijuro Yoshioka (uncredited)
Godzilla vs. Destoroyah
Movie • 1995
Dr. Daisuke Serizawa (archive footage)
Atragon
Movie • 1963
Mu Agent #23
Sazae-san's Marriage
Movie • 1959
The H-Man
Movie • 1958
Inspector Tominaga
The Mysterians
Movie • 1957
Ryoichi Shiraishi
Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla
Movie • 1974
Professor Hideto Miyajima
Travels of Lord Mito
Movie • 1969
Geki Kurokawa
Operation Mad Dog
Movie • 1963
Mothra
Movie • 1961
Doctor
Ultraman: Great Monster Decisive Battle
Movie • 1979
Iwamoto
Gorath
Movie • 1962
Endô
Latitude Zero
Movie • 1969
Dr. Sugata
Terror of Mechagodzilla
Movie • 1975
Dr. Shinzô Mafune
Godzilla, King of the Monsters!
Movie • 1956
Dr. Serizawa
Rodan
Movie • 1956
Professor Kyuichiro Kashiwagi
Attack Squadron
Movie • 1963
Senda's Aide
Daitetsujin 17: Aerial Battleship
Movie • 1977
Captain Gomes
Brain 17
Movie • 1982
Captain Roper
Adventure in Kigan Castle
Movie • 1966
Chamberlain
The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman
Movie • 1963
Eburi's older brother
Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen
Movie • 1957
Arishima
Fugitive Alien
Movie • 1987
Space Command official
Ôban
Movie • 1957
Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen
Movie • 1957
Count Arishima
Samurai Assassin
Movie • 1965
Sohei Masui
The Sea of Sparta
Movie • 1983
Mission to Annihilate the Underworld
Movie • 1965
Godzilla, the Monster of the Pacific Ocean
Movie • 1957
Dr. Serizawa
The Great Japanese Pick-Pocket Club
Movie • 1969
Furansu
Yagyu Secret Scrolls
Movie • 1957
Tomonori
The Secret of the Telegian
Movie • 1960
Inspector Kobayashi
Station
Movie • 1981
Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II
Movie • 1958
Tomonori
Zero Fighter
Movie • 1976
Ironfinger
Movie • 1965
Komori
Ai no uzu shio
Movie • 1962
At This Late Date, the Charleston
Movie • 1981
City Employee
Samurai Saga
Movie • 1959
Akaboshi
Whirlwind
Movie • 1964
Ryutaro Inoue
The Militarists
Movie • 1970
Tomita
Sayonara Jupiter
Movie • 1984
Dr. Inoue Ryutarou
Samurai Banners
Movie • 1969
Suwa Yorishige
Battle of the Japan Sea
Movie • 1969
Staff Officer Tsunoda
Jūyaku kōho-sei nanbā 1
Movie • 1962
The War in Space
Movie • 1977
Defense Countermeasure Supreme Commander Oshi
Last Days of the Samurai
Movie • 1957
The Mad Atlantic
Movie • 1966
Nozaki
A Man in the Storm
Movie • 1957
Japan's Longest Day
Movie • 1967
Commander Sugahara - 302nd Air Group
Underwater Murder
Movie • 1958
Detective Makimo
Youth Season
Movie • 1962
The Imperial Navy
Movie • 1981
Big Shots Die at Dawn
Movie • 1961
Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
Movie • 1964
Chief Detective Okita
Godzilla
Movie • 1977
Dr. Serizawa
Son of Godzilla
Movie • 1967
Fujisaki
Sanjuro
Movie • 1962
Samurai
Varan the Unbelievable
Movie • 1962
Dr. Fujimora
The Merciless Trap
Movie • 1961
A Woman in Danger
Movie • 1982
A Smell of Money
Movie • 1965
Daredevil in the Castle
Movie • 1961
Hayatonosho 'Hayato' Susukida
Submarine I-57 Will Not Surrender
Movie • 1959
The Lonely Swordsman (Part 2)
Movie • 1957
Saga of the Vagabonds
Movie • 1959
Jiro Hidekuni
Geisha in the Old City
Movie • 1957
Sashichi
Imaginary Paradise
Movie • 1968
Crazy Violence at Shimizu Harbor
Movie • 1970
Ultraman: Monster Movie Feature
Movie • 1967
Professor Iwamoto (uncredited)
Westward Desperado
Movie • 1960
The Big Boss
Movie • 1959
The Last Gunfight
Movie • 1960
Susumu Tendo
Siege of Fort Bismarck
Movie • 1963
風来忍法帖 八方破れ
Movie • 1968
風来忍法帖
Movie • 1965
The Lost Alibi
Movie • 1960
Kishimoto
Mr. Pu
Movie • 1953
The Weed of Crime
Movie • 1962
Stray Sheep
Movie • 1955
Sugimoto
Dog of Fortune
Movie • 1979
Kan Aizawa
Operation Enemy Fort
Movie • 1962
Varan
Movie • 1958
Dr. Fujimora
The Last Embrace
Movie • 1953
Yamaoka (Sandaime)
The Retreat from Kiska
Movie • 1965
Dr. Kudo
Farewell Rabaul
Movie • 1954
First lieutenant Noguchi
Examination Hell
Movie • 1982
Blueprint of Murder
Movie • 1961
Kojiro
Movie • 1967
Man Against Man
Movie • 1960
Toriumi
Structure of Hate
Movie • 1961
The Three Treasures
Movie • 1959
Kibino Takehiko
Get 'em All
Movie • 1960
Kozo Kinugawa
Challenge to Live
Movie • 1961
Admiral Yamamoto
Movie • 1968
Staff Officer Watanabe
The Storm of the Pacific
Movie • 1960
Fleet Staff Officer
Girls of the Night
Movie • 1961
Shima
Rise Against the Sword
Movie • 1966
Asakura
The Lone Journey
Movie • 1955
Horikoshi no Masakichi
The Killing Bottle
Movie • 1967
Man With Turkish Hat
Port Arthur
Movie • 1980
Gaishi Nagaoka
Young Challengers
Movie • 1968
Asakawa
A Teapicker's Song of Goodbye
Movie • 1957
A Farewell to the Woman Called My Sister
Movie • 1957
A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 2
Movie • 1957
Tokuoka
Nomugi Pass
Movie • 1979
Chûshingura
Movie • 1962
Blood on the Sea
Movie • 1961
The Boss of Pick-Pocket Bay
Movie • 1966
Omasa
Prophecies of Nostradamus
Movie • 1974
Environmental scientist #1
Tora-san Meets His Lordship
Movie • 1977
Crazy Big Explosion
Movie • 1969
A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 1
Movie • 1957
King Kong vs. Godzilla
Movie • 1963
Dr. Shigezawa (uncredited)
Itsuko to sono haha
Movie • 1954
Kozo Miyoshi
No Response from Car 33
Movie • 1955
Operation Sewer Rats
Movie • 1962
Captain Sugiyama
The Human Revolution
Movie • 1973
Legend of the Cat Monster
Movie • 1983
Producer
Girls in the Orchard
Movie • 1953
Rainy Night Duel
Movie • 1956
Shunsuke Iba
Three Generations of Company Presidents
Movie • 1956
Young Guy in Hawaii
Movie • 1963
戸井田教授
I Want to Be a Shellfish
Movie • 1959
Revive! Ultraman
Movie • 1996
The Rabble
Movie • 1964
Even The Mighty Shed Tears
Movie • 1953
Ryusaku Nishikawa
The Last Days of Planet Earth
Movie • 1981
Botanist
Tactics of Love
Movie • 1955
Rodan! The Flying Monster
Movie • 1957
Dr. Kyuichiro Kashiwagi
Main Line to Terror
Movie • 1975
Holiday in Tokyo
Movie • 1958
Journalist
The House of Evil: Dangerous Temptation
Movie • 1980
The White Rose of Hong Kong
Movie • 1965
Secretary Asano
Botchan shain seishun wa ore no monoda!
Movie • 1967
The Family
Movie • 1974
University Bandits
Movie • 1960
Kill the Killer!
Movie • 1961
Otaki (President of Otaki Construction)
3 Dolls in College
Movie • 1959
Iwafune
Devices Stronger Than Women
Movie • 1963
Rokusuke Sakai (CM Song Lyricist)
Ant Hell War
Movie • 1964
Eacape of Fear
Movie • 1956
Junkichi Nakata
Wharf with the Weeping Girl
Movie • 1956
Henchman Ken
Showdown on Pier No.3
Movie • 1960
Jōta
Revenge of Jorurizaka 1: Attack at Onibushi Pass
Movie • 1955
Revenge at Jorurizaka 2: Bloody Battle at Dawn
Movie • 1955
Summer in Eclipse
Movie • 1956
Female Detective Story: S.O.S Woman
Movie • 1958
Sensation Seekers
Movie • 1963
Tiger Flight
Movie • 1964
Legend of the Irresponsible Hero
Movie • 1964
Bloodthirsty Hawk
Movie • 1977
Doctor Jia (uncredited)
The Forbidden Scoop
Movie • 1960
Don't Touch the Bride! My Son is a Murderer
Movie • 1981
Kaihara
The Wicked Boy
Movie • 1956
Daitetsujin 17
TV • 1977
Captain Gomez
Enban Sensou Bankid
TV • 1976
Commander Guzare
Warrior of Love Rainbowman
TV • 1972
Mr. K
Ultraman
TV • 1966
Dr. Iwamoto
Edogawa Rampo no bijo shirīzu
TV • 1977
Downtown Story
TV
受験地獄
TV • 1982