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Akihiko Hirata
Biography
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Akihiko Hirata, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Godzilla
as Daisuke Serizawa
Terror of Mechagodzilla
as Dr. Shinzô Mafune
Ebirah, Horror of the Deep
as Red Bamboo Captain Ryui
Mothra
as Doctor
Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla
as Professor Hideto Miyajima
Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
as Chief Detective Okita
King Kong vs. Godzilla
as Dr. Shigezawa (uncredited)
Gorath
as Endô
King Kong vs. Godzilla
as Dr. Shigezawa
Atragon
as Mu Agent #23
