Akihiko Hirata
Biography
Akihiko Hirata was a Japanese film actor who became a familiar presence in the kaiju genre. Born in Seoul in 1927, he studied law at Tokyo University, then worked as an assistant director at Shintoho and in still photography before joining Toho in 1953 through its New Face program. His screen debut came that same year with The Last Embrace. He played characters ranging from snarling villains to government officials, and his long face and intense features earned him a cult following. His most famous role was Dr. Daisuke Serizawa in the original Godzilla (1954), a part that typecast him even as he appeared in more than 20 other science fiction and fantasy films for Toho, including The H-Man, Gorath, and Prophecies of Nostradamus. He also had a notable recurring part in the original Ultraman series, starred in Hiroshi Inagaki's Samurai trilogy, and gave his final film performance in Sayonara Jupiter (1984).
56years old at death
- Born Seoul
- Died Tokyo
- Star sign: CapricornThe sign runs December 22 to January 19
Movie Career
- Films
- 23
- Career span
- 41 years1954 to 1995
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Big break
Hirata joined Toho in 1953 through the studio's "New Face" program, and this led to him being cast in Godzilla.
Akihiko Hirata movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
- Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster1966 Action, Adventure, Comedyas Captain Yamoto
IMDb rating 5.67.5K votes
- Rodan1956 Adventure, Drama, Horroras Professor Kyuichiro Kashiwagi (biology)
IMDb rating 6.26.8K votes
Most often with
Ishirô Honda directed eight of these films, Hiroshi Inagaki four and Jun Fukuda three. Two actors appear in seven of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Toshirô Mifune's page
Takashi Shimura's page
Kenji Sahara's page
Ikio Sawamura's page
Yoshio Tsuchiya's page
Yoshibumi Tajima's page
Ishirô HondaDirector, 8 films, 1956 to 1969
All films by Ishirô Honda
Hiroshi InagakiDirector, 4 films, 1954 to 1969
Jun FukudaDirector, 3 films, 1966 to 1977
Also five films together1 more actor
- Hiroshi KoizumiNosutoradamusu no daiyogen (1974), Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964), Atragon (1963), Mothra (1961) and The Storm of the Pacific (1960)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Akihiko Hirata's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$41.9 million
10 of the 23 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 23 films: 10 worldwide figure; 1 never in cinemas; 12 figure not found.
- 10Worldwide figure
- 1Never in cinemas
- 12Figure not found
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 92% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$18M43.0% of the total
- 2$4.0M9.5% of the total
- 3$3.2M7.7% of the total
- 4$3.0M7.2% of the total
- 5$3.0M7.2% of the total
- 6$2.7M6.4% of the total
- 7$2.4M5.7% of the total
- 8$2.2M5.3% of the total
$3.3 millionfrom the other 2 films with a worldwide figure, 8% of the total
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.