Akihiko Hirata

Acting

Dec 26, 1927 – Jul 25, 1984 · 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.

Adds the top 10 unseen, by popularity

Godzilla1954
as ⁨Daisuke Serizawa⁩
Sanjuro1962
as ⁨Samurai⁩
King Kong vs. Godzilla1962
as ⁨Dr. Shosuke Shigezawa⁩
Godzilla vs. Destoroyah1995
as ⁨Dr. Daisuke Serizawa (archive footage)⁩
Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla1974
as ⁨Professor Hideto Miyajima⁩
Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster1964
as ⁨Chief Detective Okita⁩
Godzilla, King of the Monsters!1956
as ⁨Dr. Serizawa⁩
as ⁨Dr. Kenji Shigezawa (uncredited)⁩
as ⁨Daisuke Serizawa (archive footage) (uncredited)⁩
as ⁨Fujisaki⁩
as ⁨Dr. Shinzô Mafune⁩
as ⁨Red Bamboo Captain Ryui⁩
as ⁨Seijuro Yoshioka⁩
as ⁨Professor Kyuichiro Kashiwagi⁩
as ⁨Doctor⁩
as ⁨Seijuro Yoshioka⁩
as ⁨Seijuro Yoshioka (uncredited)⁩
as ⁨Ryoichi Shiraishi⁩
as ⁨Sohei Masui⁩
as ⁨Mu Agent #23⁩
as ⁨Dr. Serizawa⁩

Adds the top 10 unseen, by popularity

Godzilla1954
as ⁨Daisuke Serizawa⁩
Sanjuro1962
as ⁨Samurai⁩
King Kong vs. Godzilla1962
as ⁨Dr. Shosuke Shigezawa⁩
Godzilla vs. Destoroyah1995
as ⁨Dr. Daisuke Serizawa (archive footage)⁩
Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla1974
as ⁨Professor Hideto Miyajima⁩
Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster1964
as ⁨Chief Detective Okita⁩
Godzilla, King of the Monsters!1956
as ⁨Dr. Serizawa⁩
as ⁨Dr. Kenji Shigezawa (uncredited)⁩
as ⁨Daisuke Serizawa (archive footage) (uncredited)⁩
as ⁨Fujisaki⁩
as ⁨Dr. Shinzô Mafune⁩
as ⁨Red Bamboo Captain Ryui⁩
as ⁨Seijuro Yoshioka⁩
as ⁨Professor Kyuichiro Kashiwagi⁩
as ⁨Doctor⁩
as ⁨Seijuro Yoshioka⁩
as ⁨Seijuro Yoshioka (uncredited)⁩
as ⁨Ryoichi Shiraishi⁩
as ⁨Sohei Masui⁩
as ⁨Mu Agent #23⁩
as ⁨Dr. Serizawa⁩