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Akihiko Hirata

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Akihiko Hirata, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For: Acting

Born: Seoul, Korea, 1927-12-26

Died: 1984-07-25

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1953	The Last Embrace	Yamaoka (Sandaime)	0
2	1953	Mr. Pu		65
3	1953	Girls in the Orchard		0
4	1953	Even The Mighty Shed Tears	Ryusaku Nishikawa	0
5	1954	Farewell Rabaul	First lieutenant Noguchi	84
6	1954	Itsuko to sono haha	Kozo Miyoshi	0
7	1954	Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto	Seijuro Yoshioka	72
8	1954	Godzilla	Daisuke Serizawa	76
9	1955	No Response from Car 33		70
10	1955	Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple	Seijuro Yoshioka	72
11	1955	Stray Sheep	Sugimoto	0
12	1955	The Lone Journey	Horikoshi no Masakichi	0
13	1955	Tactics of Love		0
14	1956	Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island	Seijuro Yoshioka (uncredited)	72
15	1956	Rainy Night Duel	Shunsuke Iba	0
16	1956	Godzilla, King of the Monsters!	Dr. Serizawa	65
17	1956	Three Generations of Company Presidents		0
18	1956	Rodan	Professor Kyuichiro Kashiwagi	65
19	1957	A Man in the Storm		0
20	1957	Ôban		0
21	1957	Godzilla, the Monster of the Pacific Ocean	Dr. Serizawa	86
22	1957	The Lonely Swordsman (Part 2)		60
23	1957	Yagyu Secret Scrolls	Tomonori	70
24	1957	A Teapicker's Song of Goodbye		0
25	1957	A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 2	Tokuoka	0
26	1957	A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 1		0
27	1957	Last Days of the Samurai		0
28	1957	Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen	Count Arishima	0
29	1957	A Farewell to the Woman Called My Sister		0
30	1957	Geisha in the Old City	Sashichi	0
31	1957	Rodan! The Flying Monster!	Dr. Kyuichiro Kashiwagi	70
32	1957	Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen	Arishima	0
33	1957	The Mysterians	Ryoichi Shiraishi	64
34	1958	Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II	Tomonori	53
35	1958	A Holiday in Tokyo	Journalist	0
36	1958	The H-Man	Inspector Tominaga	59
37	1958	Underwater Murder	Detective Makimo	0
38	1958	Varan	Dr. Fujimora	57
39	1959	Sazae-san's Marriage		0
40	1959	The Big Boss		63
41	1959	I Want to Be a Shellfish		100
42	1959	Samurai Saga	Akaboshi	67
43	1959	Submarine I-57 Will Not Surrender		85
44	1959	Saga of the Vagabonds	Jiro Hidekuni	63
45	1959	The Three Treasures	Kibino Takehiko	54
46	1960	The Last Gunfight	Susumu Tendo	61
47	1960	The Lost Alibi	Kishimoto	52
48	1960	The Secret of the Telegian	Inspector Kobayashi	61
49	1960	The Storm of the Pacific	Fleet Staff Officer	56
50	1960	Girls Behind Bars		0
51	1960	Man Against Man	Toriumi	0
52	1960	Westward Desperado		62
53	1960	Get 'em All	Kozo Kinugawa	60
54	1961	Daredevil in the Castle	Hayatonosho 'Hayato' Susukida	74
55	1961	Blueprint of Murder		62
56	1961	The Merciless Trap		70
57	1961	Big Shots Die at Dawn		62
58	1961	Challenge to Live		0
59	1961	Mothra	Doctor	72
60	1961	Blood on the Sea		0
61	1961	Girls of the Night	Shima	69
62	1961	Structure of Hate		0
63	1962	Sanjuro	Samurai	80
64	1962	Gorath	Endô	67
65	1962	Ai no uzu shio		0
66	1962	Operation Sewer Rats	Captain Sugiyama	0
67	1962	Jūyaku kōho-sei nanbā 1		0
68	1962	King Kong vs. Godzilla	Dr. Shigezawa	69
69	1962	Wakai kisetsu		0
70	1962	Operation Enemy Fort		0
71	1962	Chûshingura		73
72	1962	Varan the Unbelievable	Dr. Fujimora	42
73	1962	The Weed of Crime		0
74	1963	Attack Squadron	Senda's Aide	60
75	1963	Siege of Fort Bismarck		0
76	1963	King Kong vs. Godzilla	Dr. Shigezawa (uncredited)	66
77	1963	The Young Ace in Hawaii	戸井田教授	0
78	1963	Operation Mad Dog		0
79	1963	The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman	Eburi's older brother	61
80	1963	Atragon	Mu Agent #23	65
81	1964	Whirlwind	Ryutaro Inoue	68
82	1964	Garakuta		0
83	1964	Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster	Chief Detective Okita	70
84	1965	Samurai Assassin	Sohei Masui	74
85	1965	Ankokugai zenmetsu sakusen		0
86	1965	風来忍法帖		0
87	1965	The Retreat from Kiska	Dr. Kudo	83
88	1965	The White Rose of Hong Kong	Secretary Asano	0
89	1965	Ironfinger	Komori	62
90	1965	A Smell of Money		0
91	1966	The Boss of Pick-Pocket Bay	Omasa	0
92	1966	Adventure in Kigan Castle	Chamberlain	57
93	1966	The Mad Atlantic	Nozaki	0
94	1966	Rise Against the Sword	Asakura	65
95	1966	Ebirah, Horror of the Deep	Red Bamboo Captain Ryui	63
96	1967	The Killing Bottle	Man With Turkish Hat	70
97	1967	Kojiro		75
98	1967	Botchan shain seishun wa ore no monoda!		0
99	1967	Ultraman: Monster Movie Feature	Professor Iwamoto (uncredited)	70
100	1967	Japan's Longest Day	Commander Sugahara - 302nd Air Group	71
101	1967	Son of Godzilla	Fujisaki	65
102	1968	風来忍法帖　八方破れ		0
103	1968	Imaginary Paradise		0
104	1968	Admiral Yamamoto	Staff Officer Watanabe	83
105	1968	Young Challengers	Asakawa	0
106	1969	Samurai Banners	Suwa Yorishige	76
107	1969	Crazy Big Explosion		0
108	1969	Latitude Zero	Dr. Sugata	58
109	1969	Battle of the Japan Sea	Staff Officer Tsunoda	60
110	1969	Travels of Lord Mito	Geki Kurokawa	0
111	1969	The Great Japanese Pick-Pocket Club	Furansu	0
112	1970	Crazy Violence at Shimizu Harbor		0
113	1970	The Militarists	Tomita	80
114	1973	The Human Revolution		0
115	1974	The Family		100
116	1974	Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla	Professor Hideto Miyajima	70
117	1974	Prophecies of Nostradamus	Environmental scientist #1	60
118	1975	Terror of Mechagodzilla	Dr. Shinzô Mafune	69
119	1975	Main Line to Terror		60
120	1976	Zero Fighter		42
121	1977	Godzilla	Dr. Serizawa	67
122	1977	Daitetsujin 17: Aerial Battleship	Captain Gomes	70
123	1977	Tora-san Meets His Lordship		85
124	1977	The War in Space	Defense Countermeasure Supreme Commander Oshi	62
125	1979	Dog of Fortune	Kan Aizawa	45
126	1979	Nomugi Pass		63
127	1979	Ultraman: Great Monster Decisive Battle	Iwamoto	63
128	1980	The House of Evil: Dangerous Temptation		0
129	1980	Port Arthur	Gaishi Nagaoka	73
130	1981	The Last Days of Planet Earth	Botanist	0
131	1981	The Imperial Navy		63
132	1981	Station		61
133	1981	At This Late Date, the Charleston	City Employee	63
134	1982	Examination Hell		0
135	1982	A Woman in Danger		0
136	1982	Brain 17	Captain Roper	60
137	1983	Legend of the Cat Monster	Producer	0
138	1983	The Sea of Sparta		0
139	1984	Sayonara Jupiter	Dr. Inoue Ryutarou	53
140	1987	Fugitive Alien	Space Command official	34
141	1995	Godzilla vs. Destoroyah	Dr. Daisuke Serizawa (archive footage)	78
142	1996	Revive! Ultraman		57
143	2002	Godzilla Against MechaGodzilla	Daisuke Serizawa (archive footage) (uncredited)	74

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1966	Ultraman	Dr. Iwamoto	84
2	1972	Warrior of Love Rainbowman	Mr. K	60
3	1976	Enban Sensou Bankid	Commander Guzare	60
4	1977	Daitetsujin 17	Captain Gomez	100
5	1977	Edogawa Rampo no bijo shirīzu		0
6		Downtown Story		0
7	1982	受験地獄		0