Akihiko Hirata
ActingBorn: 1927-12-26Place of Birth: 日本, 東京都
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.
Known For
Ultraman
Dr. Iwamoto
Godzilla
Daisuke Serizawa
King Kong vs. Godzilla
Dr. Kenji Shigezawa (uncredited)
Godzilla vs. Destoroyah
Dr. Daisuke Serizawa (archive footage)
Edogawa Rampo no bijo shirīzu
King Kong vs. Godzilla
Dr. Shosuke Shigezawa
Godzilla, King of the Monsters!
Dr. Serizawa
Sanjuro
Samurai
The Last Embrace
Yamaoka (Sandaime)
Terror of Mechagodzilla
Dr. Shinzô Mafune