Akihiko Hirata1927 - 1984
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Biography
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.
Credits
2002
Action • Science Fiction • Thriller
as Daisuke Serizawa (archive footage) (uncredited)
1995
Action • Horror • Science Fiction
as Dr. Daisuke Serizawa (archive footage)
1977
Action • Adventure • Science Fiction
as Defense Countermeasure Supreme Commander Oshi
1974
Action • Drama • Fantasy • Science Fiction
as Environmental scientist #1
1967
Action • Adventure • Science Fiction
as Professor Iwamoto (uncredited)
1964
Action • Fantasy • Science Fiction • Thriller
as Chief Detective Okita
1963
Action • Adventure • Comedy • Fantasy • Science Fiction
as Dr. Shigezawa (uncredited)
1956
Action • Adventure • Drama • History • Romance
as Seijuro Yoshioka (uncredited)
