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Akira Takarada

Akira Takarada was a Japanese film actor best known for his roles in the Godzilla film series.

Known For: Acting

Born: Harbin, China, 1934-04-29

Died: 2022-03-14

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1954	How the Bell of Liberty Rings	Masuda Sotaro	0
2	1954	Bride in a Bathing Suit	Masao Sakurai	0
3	1954	Godzilla	Hideto Ogata	77
4	1955	All is Well	Saitaro Okazaki	0
5	1955	All is Well 2		0
6	1955	Beast Man Snow Man	Takeshi Iijima	45
7	1956	Nigetekita hanayome		0
8	1956	Godzilla, King of the Monsters!	Ogata	65
9	1956	Morishige, where are you going?	Akira Wakayama	0
10	1956	Jacks and Jills	Kubota	0
11	1956	Love on Rainbow Island	Sainkichi 'Johannes' Matsutani	0
12	1957	The Paradise Island Story		0
13	1957	A Town with a Mountain and River	Keisuke Yagi	0
14	1957	Price of Beauty	Koichi Yamawaki	0
15	1957	Godzilla, the Monster of the Pacific Ocean	Ogata (as Akiro Takarata)	86
16	1957	Birth of Romance	Ichirô Yabe	0
17	1957	Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman	The Boy (Her Brother)	30
18	1957	Reign of Terror	Jun’nosuke Kijima	0
19	1957	A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 2	Tatsuo Ito	0
20	1957	A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 1		0
21	1957	On Wings of Love	Hajime Kyosu	0
22	1958	City of Love	Kunio Murata	0
23	1958	The Rise and Fall of a Jazz Girl	himself	0
24	1958	A Holiday in Tokyo	George Tanaka	0
25	1958	Yaji and Kita on the Road	Akinosuke Takarai	0
26	1958	Flower's Yearning	Tsuda Shin'ichi	0
27	1958	Diary of an Elegant Hot Spring	Shirō Arisaka (Kyōko’s husband)	0
28	1959	The Big Boss	Mineo Komatsu	63
29	1959	Three Dolls in College	Shin'ichi Takada	0
30	1959	A Whistle in My Heart		63
31	1959	Samurai Saga	Jutaro [Jurota] Karibe	67
32	1959	Someday I'll Know	Daisuke Kaneko	0
33	1959	The Three Treasures	Prince Wakatarashi	54
34	1959	Sazae-san, the Wayward Wife		0
35	1960	Modern Salaryman: Bushido Romance	Mizukami Gorō	0
36	1960	Beyond the Hills	Kentaro - Ueshima	0
37	1960	Arashi o Yobu Gakudan		0
38	1960	The Storm of the Pacific		56
39	1960	Daughters, Wives and a Mother	Reiji Sakanishi	71
40	1960	The Dangerous Kiss		0
41	1960	The Lovelorn Geisha		63
42	1960	The Masterless 47	Kohei Hayano	0
43	1961	Lovers of Ginza		0
44	1961	Taking a Success Course		0
45	1961	The Masterless 47 – Part II		0
46	1961	A Night in Hong Kong	Hiroshi Tanaka	0
47	1961	The Last War	Takano	62
48	1961	The End of Summer	Teramoto Tadashi	75
49	1961	Different Sons	Kensuke Akagi	0
50	1962	The Wiser Age	Rokkakuya Kou	73
51	1962	Woman of Design	Kosuke Sakai	65
52	1962	Long Way to Okinawa		0
53	1962	Shimizu Port Salaryman Part II		0
54	1962	Breakthrough Course of Women in Trouble		0
55	1962	Star of Hong Kong	Hasegawa Toru	0
56	1962	Me and Me	Akihiko Kinugasa	0
57	1962	Let's Meet in Our Dreams		0
58	1962	A Wanderer's Notebook	Fukuya	72
59	1962	Chûshingura	Gunpei Takada	73
60	1962	Anything For Success		0
61	1963	Devices Stronger Than Women	Shin Takayama (Nanahikari Electric publicity staff)	0
62	1963	Walleyed Nippon	Shin Moriyama	0
63	1963	Honolulu, Tokyo, Hong Kong	Yuichi Okamoto	0
64	1963	A Woman's Life	Koichi Shimizu	70
65	1964	Mr. Giant's Victory Flag		0
66	1964	Mothra vs. Godzilla	Ichiro "Ichi" Sakai	70
67	1964	Hibari, Chiemi, Izumi: We Are Three Best Friends		0
68	1964	Blood and Diamonds		0
69	1965	The Longest Night	田中清辉	0
70	1965	The White Rose of Hong Kong	Susumu Utsugi	0
71	1965	Ironfinger	Andrew Hoshino	62
72	1965	Invasion of Astro-Monster	Astronaut K. Fuji	68
73	1966	More Than 10,000 Women But...	Junichi Hasegawa	0
74	1966	3 Raccoon Dogs	Michio Sasaki	0
75	1966	The Daphne	Kudo	0
76	1966	Big Wind from Tokyo	Ishinaka Sekijirō	0
77	1966	Ebirah, Horror of the Deep	Yoshimura	63
78	1967	Let's Go! Young Guy	Kou Kure	60
79	1967	King Kong Escapes	Lt. Commander Jiro Nomura	62
80	1968	Devils-in-Law		0
81	1968	Golden Eyes	Andrew Hoshino	65
82	1968	Imaginary Paradise		0
83	1969	Latitude Zero	Dr. Ken Tashiro	58
84	1969	Travels of Lord Mito	Sukesaburô Sasaki	0
85	1977	Godzilla	Ogata	67
86	1981	爱你入骨		0
87	1983	Legend of Plumeria		0
88	1984	The Audition	Emcee	0
89	1985	Clara White Paper - ShohjotaiPHOON!		0
90	1990	Tales of a Golden Geisha	Inukai	64
91	1992	Minbo, or the Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion	Kobayashi	67
92	1992	Godzilla vs. Mothra	Environmental Planning Board Chief Jyoji Minamino	69
93	1994	The man who became a billionaire.		0
94	1995	My name is Reiko Shiratori! The Movie	Kichitaro Shiratori	20
95	1996	Sure Death 6		0
96	1997	Woman in Witness Protection	Police Commissioner	64
97	1998	Tom Cat Holmes and the Twilight Hotel		0
98	1999	Japanese Gangster History Ambition Corps 2		0
99	1999	Japanese Gangster History Ambition Corps		0
100	2000	Road to the Don 12		0
101	2000	Tales of the Unusual		65
102	2001	Prince Shōtoku	Prince Anahobe	0
103	2001	Prince Shōtoku	Mononobe no Moriya	0
104	2004	Godzilla: Final Wars	UN Secretary General Naotarô Daigo	71
105	2005	Mikio Naruse 100th Birth Anniversary	Voiceover	0
106	2005	Fantastipo		60
107	2007	Glory to the Filmmaker!	Gentleman in a White Mercedes	63
108	2008	Bringing Godzilla Down to Size: The Art of Japanese Special Effects	Himself	84
109	2010	Making of Godzilla vs. Mothra	Himself	92
110	2013	A Sparkle of Life		90
111	2014	Godzilla	Immigration Officer	63
112	2014	The Cabin Attendant		0
113	2014	A Far Promise		0
114	2014	Godzilla Battle Royale	Sec. General Fuji	90
115	2015	Hail to the King: 60 Years of Destruction	Himself	70
116	2015	The Man of the Political Economy		0
117	2018	Bridge over Troubled Water	CEO Ogata	0
118	2018	The Great Buddha Arrival	Narrator	60
119	2019	Nipponia Nippon – Fukushima Rhapsody		0
120	2019	The Dawn of Kaiju Eiga	Self - Actor	86
121	2019	Dance with Me	Machin Ueda	70
122	2022	A World Without Cherry Blossoms	Keizo	40
123	2023	Nikko Story		0

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1980	Nukata no Ōkimi		0
2	1992	Homework		50
3	1993	My name is Reiko Shiratori!	Shiratori Kichitaro [Reiko's father]	60
4	2000	Watashi no Aozora	Joji Murai	70
5	2001	Prince Shotoku	Mononobe no Moriya	60
6	2009	Clouds Over the Hill		81
7	2011	Carnation		82
8	2015	Keisei Saimin no Otoko	Ikeda Shigeaki	0
9	2019	Yasuragi no Toki: Michi		80