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.
Known for
- Ultraman (1966)
- Edogawa Rampo no bijo shirīzu (1977)
- Godzilla (1954)
- Godzilla vs. Destoroyah (1995)
- Godzilla, King of the Monsters! (1956)
- King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962)
- Sanjuro (1962)
- King Kong vs. Godzilla (1963)
- Warrior of Love Rainbowman (1972)
- Godzilla Against MechaGodzilla (2002)
- Rodan (1956)
- Daitetsujin 17 (1977)
- Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964)
- Flying Saucer War Bankid (1976)
- Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (1974)
- Son of Godzilla (1967)
- Ebirah, Horror of the Deep (1966)
- The Mysterians (1957)
- Mothra (1961)
- Chûshingura (1962)