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Actor

Akihiko Hirata

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Acting credits

161

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Very extensive acting filmography.

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0.5

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Movies: 155Series: 6

TMDB ID: 30568

IMDb ID: nm0386284

Known for: Acting

Born: December 26, 1927

Died: July 25, 1984

Age: 56

Place of birth: 日本, 東京都

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1953 - 2002

Years active: 50

Average TMDB rating: 6.8

Wikidata: Q418046

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.

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