Akihiko Hirata
Actor·1927–1984·日本, 東京都
22 horror credits
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.
Actor22 films
Godzilla Against MechaGodzilla
Daisuke Serizawa (archive footage) (uncredited)
Godzilla vs. Destoroyah
Dr. Daisuke Serizawa (archive footage)
Legend of the Cat Monster
Producer
The House of Evil: Dangerous Temptation
Bloodthirsty Hawk
Doctor Jia (uncredited)
Godzilla
Dr. Serizawa
Terror of Mechagodzilla
Dr. Shinzô Mafune
Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla
Professor Hideto Miyajima
Son of Godzilla
Fujisaki
Ebirah, Horror of the Deep
Red Bamboo Captain Ryui
Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
Chief Detective Okita
King Kong vs. Godzilla
Dr. Shigezawa (uncredited)
Varan the Unbelievable
Dr. Fujimora
King Kong vs. Godzilla
Dr. Shigezawa
The Secret of the Telegian
Inspector Kobayashi
Varan
Dr. Fujimora
The H-Man
Inspector Tominaga
Rodan! The Flying Monster
Dr. Kyuichiro Kashiwagi
Godzilla, the Monster of the Pacific Ocean
Dr. Serizawa
Rodan
Professor Kyuichiro Kashiwagi
Godzilla, King of the Monsters!
Dr. Serizawa
Godzilla
Daisuke Serizawa