Acting
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.
Titles
Ultraman
1966
Edogawa Rampo no bijo shirīzu
1977
Godzilla
1954
Godzilla, King of the Monsters!
1956
Sanjuro
1962
Ebirah, Horror of the Deep
1966
Godzilla vs. Destoroyah
1995
Warrior of Love Rainbowman
1972
King Kong vs. Godzilla
1962
Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
1964
Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla
1974
Rodan
1956
King Kong vs. Godzilla
1963
Terror of Mechagodzilla
1975
Godzilla Against MechaGodzilla
2002
Daitetsujin 17
1977
Son of Godzilla
1967
Downtown Story
The Mysterians
1957
Chûshingura
1962
Mothra
1961
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
1954
The Big Boss
1959
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
1956
Atragon
1963
Varan the Unbelievable
1962
Prophecies of Nostradamus
1974
Rodan! The Flying Monster
1957
Flying Saucer War Bankid
1976
The Last Days of Planet Earth
1981
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
1955
The H-Man
1958
Godzilla
1977
Battle of the Japan Sea
1969
The Imperial Navy
1981
Godzilla, the Monster of the Pacific Ocean
1957