Akihiko Hirata
AKA: 平田昭彦
Birthday: 1927-12-26
Died: 1984-07-25
Birthplace: Seoul, Korea
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.
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Filmography
Character: Daisuke Serizawa
Character: Seijuro Yoshioka
Character: Seijuro Yoshioka
Character: Seijuro Yoshioka (uncredited)
Character: Dr. Daisuke Serizawa (archive footage)
Character: Inspector Tominaga
Character: Ryoichi Shiraishi
Character: Dr. Shinzô Mafune
Character: Professor Kyuichiro Kashiwagi
Character: Eburi's older brother
Character: Inspector Kobayashi
Character: Dr. Inoue Ryutarou
Character: Detective Makimo
Character: Defense Countermeasure Supreme Commander Oshi
Character: Commander Sugahara - 302nd Air Group
Character: Chief Detective Okita
Character: Professor Hideto Miyajima
Character: Hayatonosho 'Hayato' Susukida
Character: Professor Iwamoto
Character: Dr. Fujimora, bomb expert
Character: First lieutenant Noguchi
Character: Kibino Takehiko
Character: Fleet Staff Officer
Character: Staff Officer Watanabe
Character: Horikoshi no Masakichi
Character: Man With Turkish Hat
Character: Gaishi Nagaoka
Character: Environmental scientist #1
Character: Dr. Shigezawa (uncredited)
Character: Captain Sugiyama
Character: Space Command official
Character: Suwa Yorishige
Character: Daisuke Serizawa (archive footage) (uncredited)
Character: Count Arishima
Character: Staff Officer Tsunoda