Akihiko Hirata (平田昭彦, Hirata Akihiko) (December 16, 1927 – July 25, 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.
In his first film role, _Even the Mighty Shed Tears (1953)_, Hirata's character sported an eyepatch. More famously, so did his war-disfigured Dr. Serizawa in the immortal Gojira (1954). And in another Gojira film, Big Duel in The South Seas (1966), Hirata's character (a villain this time) once again wore an eyepatch.
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Fact
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He held a law degree from Tokyo University.
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The only actor to appear in the "debut" efforts of Godzilla, Rodan, Mothra, King Ghidorah and Mechagodzilla.
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Saiyûki
1979
TV Series
Urutoraman - Kaijû daikessen
1979
Oh! The Nomugi Pass
1979
Prince Fushiminomiya
Ôgon no inu
1979
Kan Aizawa
Sutâurufu
1978
TV Series
The War in Space
1977
Defense Countermeasure Supreme Commander Oshi
Tora-san Meets His Lordship
1977
Munemichi
Daitetsujin Wan-Sebun
1977
TV Series
Captain Gomez
Godzilla
1977
Dr. Serizawa
Ôzora no samurai
1976
Zatôichi monogatari
1976
TV Series
Dômyaku rettô
1975
Tanemura
Terror of Mechagodzilla
1975
Dr. Shinzô Mafune
Nosutoradamusu no daiyogen
1974
Environmental Scientist 1
Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla
1974
Professor Hideto Miyajima
The Family
1974
Haruta
The Human Revolution
1973
Ai no senshi Reinbôman
1972
TV Series
Mister K
Kigeki kinô no teki wa kyô mo teki
1971
The Militarists
1970
Tomita (uncredited)
Kigeki: Makete tamaru ka!
1970
Nagurikomi Shimizu Minato
1970
Dai Nippon suri shûdan
1969
Furansu
Mito Kômon man'yûki
1969
Geki Kurokawa
Battle of the Japan Sea
1969
Staff Officer Tsunoda
Latitude Zero
1969
Dr. Sugata
Dai bakuhatsu
1969
W
Operation: Mystery!
1969
TV Series
Rengô kantai shirei chôkan: Yamamoto Isoroku
1968
Staff Officer Watanabe
Ultraman
1967
Professor Iwamoto
Son of Godzilla
1967
Fujisaki
Urutora sebun
1967
TV Series
Staff Officer Yanagawa
Nihon no ichiban nagai hi
1967
Commander Sugahara - 302nd Air Group
Urutoraman: Kûsô tokusatsu shirîzu
1966-1967
TV Series
Dr. Iwamoto
The Killing Bottle
1967
Man With Turkish Hat
Momotarô-zamurai
1967
TV Series
Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster
1966
Captain Yamoto
Doto ichiman kairi
1966
Nozaki
Ja ja umanarashi
1966
Kiganjô no bôken
1966
Chamberlain
Urutora Q
1966
TV Series
Chief Hanazawa
Abare Gôemon
1966
Asakura
The Boss of Pick-pocket Bay
1966
Hyappatsu hyakuchu
1965
Komori
Musashino fujin
1965
TV Series
Seishun to wa nanda
1965
TV Series
Honkon no shiroibara
1965
Asano
Taiheiyô kiseki no sakusen: Kisuka
1965
Dr. Kudo
Fûrai ninpôchô
1965
Ankokugai gekitotsu sakusen
1965
Shimada
Samurai Assassin
1965
Sohei Masui
Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
1964
Chief Detective Okita
Garakuta
1964
Kyô mo ware ôzora ni ari
1964
Shikonmado - Dai tatsumaki
1964
Ryutaro Inoue
Atragon
1963
Mu Agent #23
Eburi manshi no yûga-na seikatsu
1963
Operation Mad Dog
1963
Hawai no wakadaishô
1963
Chintao yôsai bakugeki meirei
1963
Sensation Seekers
1963
Onna ni tsuyoku naru kufû no kazukazu
1963
Rokusuke Sakai
Attack Squadron!
1963
Senda's Aide
Ankokugai no kiba
1962
Varan the Unbelievable
1962
Observer
Chûshingura
1962
Yasoemon Okajima
Wakai kisetsu
1962
Yama-neko sakusen
1962
King Kong vs. Godzilla
1962
Dr. Shigezawa
Dobunezumi sakusen
1962
Gorath
1962
Endô - Captain of Ôtori
Ai no uzu shio
1962
Sanjuro
1962
Samurai
Structure of Hate
1961
Onna bakari no yoru
1961
Blood on the Sea
1961
Mothra
1961
Doctor
Kill the Killer!
1961
Ai to honoho to
1961
Kyo Sawada
Big Shots Die at Dawn
1961
The Merciless Trap
1961
Morishima
Ankokugai no dankon
1961
Daredevil in the Castle
1961
Hayatonosho 'Hayato' Susukida
Get 'em All
1960
Kozo Kinugawa
Dokuritsu gurentai nishi-e
1960
Man Against Man
1960
Torimi
Daigaku no sanzôkutachi
1960
Marukyû Department Store Manager
Hawai Middowei daikaikûsen: Taiheiyô no arashi
1960
Densô ningen
1960
Det. Kobayashi
Sarariman shussetai kôki daigobu
1960
Kuroi gashû: Aru sarariman no shôgen
1960
The Last Gunfight
1960
Susumu Tendo, the killer
Nippon tanjô
1959
Kibino Takehiko
Sengoku gunto-den
1959
Jiro Hidekuni
Sensuikan I-57 kofuku sezu
1959
Samurai Saga
1959
Akaboshi
Daigaku no oneechan
1959
Iwafune
Ankokugai no kaoyaku
1959
Daikaijû Baran
1958
Dr. Fujimora, bomb expert
Josei SOS
1958
Hana no bojô
1958
Seigetsu Izumida
Hitokui ama
1958
Detective Makino
The H-Man
1958
Inspector Tominaga
Kanai anzen
1958
Yôtarô Ibuki
Kiuchi yasuto
1958
Yagyû bugeichô: Sôryû hiken
1958
Tomonori
The Mysterians
1957
Ryoichi Shiraishi
Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen
1957
Kottaisan yori: Nyotai wa kanashiku
1957
Sashichi
Wakare no chatsumi-uta shimai-hen: Oneesan to yonda hito
1957
Saigo no dasso
1957
Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen
1957
Count Arishima
Koto no tsume
1957
Waga mune ni niji wa kiezu
1957
Tokuoka
Wakare no chatsumi-uta
1957
Yagyû bugeichô
1957
Tomonori
Nemuri Kyôshirô burai hikae dainibu
1957
Ôban
1957
A Man in the Storm
1957
Taian kichijitsu
1957
Rodan
1956
Professor Kyuichiro Kashiwagi (biology)
Ani to sono musume
1956
Harikiri shacho
1956
Furyô shônen
1956
Godzilla, King of the Monsters!
1956
Dr. Serizawa
Rainy Night Duel
1956
Shunsuke Iba
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
1956
Seijuro Yoshioka
Kaettekita wakadan'na
1955
Mochizuki
Natsume Sôseki no Sanshirô
1955
Sugimoto
The Lone Journey
1955
Horikoshi no Masakichi
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
1955
Seijuro Yoshioka
Sanjusan go sha otonashi
1955
Gojira
1954
Daisuke Serizawa-hakase
Miyamoto Musashi
1954/I
Seijuro Yoshioka
Itsuko to sono haha
1954
Kozo Miyoshi
Saraba Rabauru
1954
First lieutenant Noguchi
Tetsuwan namida ari
1953
Hana no naka no musumetachi
1953
Takamaro Kitaôji
Mr. Pu
1953
The Last Embrace
1953
Yamaoka, alias Sandaime
Fugitive Alien
1987
TV Movie uncredited
Bye Bye Jupiter
1984
Dr. Inoue Ryutarou
Suparuta no umi
1983
Hi no ataru basho
1982
TV Movie
At This Late Date, the Charleston
1981
Station
1981
The Imperial Navy
1981
Sekigahara
1981
TV Movie
Nagamori Mashita
Kyôtarô Nishimura's Travel Mystery: the Mysteries of Ghost Ship
1980
TV Movie
203 kochi
1980
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Saraba Kaitei kûbo i 401 Maboroshi no panama unga daibakugeki!
1983
TV Movie documentary
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
Cinemassacre's Monster Madness
2008
TV Series documentary
Dr. Shinzô Mafune / Fujisaki / Dr. Shigezawa / ...
Yomigaere! Urutoraman
1996
Short
Dr. Iwamoto
Godzilla vs. Destoroyah
1995
Dr. Daisuke Serizawa
Known for movies
Gojira (1954) as Daisuke Serizawa-hakase
Sanjuro (1962) as Samurai
Godzilla, King of the Monsters! (1956) as Dr. Serizawa
Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (1974) as Professor Hideto Miyajima
$700,000
