Akihiko Hirata
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.
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 1927-12-26 · 日本, 東京都
- Died
- 1984-07-25
Known for
- Godzilla (1954) — Daisuke Serizawa
- Sanjuro (1962) — Samurai
- King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962) — Dr. Shosuke Shigezawa
- Godzilla vs. Destoroyah (1995) — Dr. Daisuke Serizawa (archive footage)
- Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (1974) — Professor Hideto Miyajima
- Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964) — Chief Detective Okita
- Godzilla, King of the Monsters! (1956) — Dr. Serizawa
- King Kong vs. Godzilla (1963) — Dr. Kenji Shigezawa (uncredited)
- Godzilla Against MechaGodzilla (2002) — Daisuke Serizawa (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Son of Godzilla (1967) — Fujisaki
- Terror of Mechagodzilla (1975) — Dr. Shinzô Mafune
- Ebirah, Horror of the Deep (1966) — Red Bamboo Captain Ryui
- Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto (1954) — Seijuro Yoshioka
- Rodan (1956) — Professor Kyuichiro Kashiwagi
- Mothra (1961) — Doctor
- Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple (1955) — Seijuro Yoshioka