Akihiko Hirata

Akihiko Hirata is known for acting, with films including Godzilla, Godzilla vs. Destoroyah, King Kong vs. Godzilla. Browse the full filmography and find where to stream on sseenn.

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.

Filmography

• Godzilla (1954)
• Godzilla vs. Destoroyah (1995)
• King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962)
• Godzilla Against MechaGodzilla (2002)
• Ebirah, Horror of the Deep (1966)
• Sanjuro (1962)
• Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964)
• Son of Godzilla (1967)
• Godzilla, King of the Monsters! (1956)
• Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (1974)
• Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto (1954)
• Terror of Mechagodzilla (1975)
• King Kong vs. Godzilla (1963)
• Godzilla (1977)
• Rodan (1956)
• Mothra (1961)
• Atragon (1963)
• Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island (1956)
• The Mysterians (1957)
• Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple (1955)
• Samurai Assassin (1965)