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.
as Daisuke Serizawa (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Dr. Daisuke Serizawa (archive footage)
as Space Command official
as Dr. Inoue Ryutarou
as Producer
as Captain Roper
as City Employee
as Botanist
as Gaishi Nagaoka
as Iwamoto
as Kan Aizawa
as Defense Countermeasure Supreme Commander Oshi
as Doctor Jia (uncredited)
as Captain Gomes
as Captain Gomez(35 eps)
as Dr. Serizawa
as Commander Guzare(26 eps)
as Dr. Shinzô Mafune
as Environmental scientist #1
as Professor Hideto Miyajima
as Lawyer Watanabe
as Mr. K(52 eps)
as Tomita
as Furansu
as Geki Kurokawa
as Staff Officer Tsunoda
as Dr. Sugata
as Suwa Yorishige
as Asakawa
as Staff Officer Watanabe
as Fujisaki
as Commander Sugahara - 302nd Air Group
as Professor Iwamoto (uncredited)
as Man With Turkish Hat
as Red Bamboo Captain Ryui
as Dr. Iwamoto(39 eps)
as Nozaki
as Chamberlain
as Asakura
as Omasa
as Komori
as Secretary Asano
as Dr. Kudo
as Sohei Masui
as Chief Detective Okita
as Ryutaro Inoue
as Mu Agent #23
as Eburi's older brother
as 戸井田教授
as Dr. Kenji Shigezawa (uncredited)
as Rokusuke Sakai (CM Song Lyricist)
as Senda's Aide
as Dr. Fujimora
as Dr. Shosuke Shigezawa
as Captain Sugiyama
as Endô
as Samurai
as Shima
as Doctor
as Otaki (President of Otaki Construction)
as Hayatonosho 'Hayato' Susukida
as Kozo Kinugawa
as Toriumi
as Fleet Staff Officer
as Jōta
as Inspector Kobayashi
as Kishimoto
as Susumu Tendo
as Kibino Takehiko
as Jiro Hidekuni
as Akaboshi
as Iwafune
as Sudo
as Tomioka (Etsuko's groom)
as Dr. Fujimora
as Detective Makimo
as Inspector Tominaga
as Journalist
as Tomonori
as Ryoichi Shiraishi
as Arishima
as Dr. Kyuichiro Kashiwagi
as Sashichi
as Son
as Count Arishima
as Tokuoka
as Tomonori
as Dr. Serizawa
as Professor Kyuichiro Kashiwagi
as Michio
as Junkichi Nakata
as Henchman Ken
as Dr. Serizawa
as Shunsuke Iba
as Seijuro Yoshioka (uncredited)
as Sugimoto
as Horikoshi no Masakichi
as Seijuro Yoshioka
as Daisuke Serizawa
as Seijuro Yoshioka
as Kozo Miyoshi
as First lieutenant Noguchi
as Hayata
as Ryusaku Nishikawa
as Yamaoka (Sandaime)