Actor
Akihiko Hirata
Born 1927 · 日本, 東京都
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.
Acting
Godzilla
Daisuke Serizawa · 1954
Sanjuro
Samurai · 1962
Godzilla vs. Destoroyah
Dr. Daisuke Serizawa (archive footage) · 1995
Godzilla Against MechaGodzilla
Daisuke Serizawa (archive footage) (uncredited) · 2002
King Kong vs. Godzilla
Dr. Shigezawa · 1962
Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
Chief Detective Okita · 1964
Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla
Professor Hideto Miyajima · 1974
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
Seijuro Yoshioka · 1954
Terror of Mechagodzilla
Dr. Shinzô Mafune · 1975
Mothra
Doctor · 1961
King Kong vs. Godzilla
Dr. Shigezawa (uncredited) · 1963
Godzilla, King of the Monsters!
Dr. Serizawa · 1956
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
Seijuro Yoshioka · 1955
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
Seijuro Yoshioka (uncredited) · 1956
Son of Godzilla
Fujisaki · 1967
Ultraman
Dr. Iwamoto · 1966
Rodan
Professor Kyuichiro Kashiwagi · 1956
Ebirah, Horror of the Deep
Red Bamboo Captain Ryui · 1966
Samurai Assassin
Sohei Masui · 1965
Godzilla, the Monster of the Pacific Ocean
Dr. Serizawa · 1957
Godzilla
Dr. Serizawa · 1977
Atragon
Mu Agent #23 · 1963
The Mysterians
Ryoichi Shiraishi · 1957
Japan's Longest Day
Commander Sugahara - 302nd Air Group · 1967