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Akihiko Hirata
平田昭彦
Hirata in 1957
Born
Akihiko Onoda
(1927-12-26)December 26, 1927
Seoul, Korea
Died
July 25, 1984(1984-07-25) (aged 56)
Tokyo, Japan
Occupation
Actor
Years active
1953–1984
Notable credit
Dr. Daisuke Serizawa in Godzilla
Spouse
Yoshiko Kuga (1961–1984)
Akihiko Hirata (平田昭彦, Hirata Akihiko) (December 16, 1927 – July 25, 1984), born Akihiko Onoda (野田昭彦, Onoda Akihiko), 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, Terror of Mechagodzilla, Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla, and his most famous role of Dr. Daisuke Serizawa, the brilliant but disturbed young scientist in the original Godzilla, released in 1954.[1] Hirata was married to the popular actress Yoshiko Kuga[2] from 1961 until his death. He died at age 56 in 1984[2] after a long battle with lung cancer.[3]
^A Kaiju film website Archived 2008-11-21 at the Wayback Machine, provides details of Hirata's filmography.
^ abCite error: The named reference kotoba was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^IMDB biography, fills in some details of Hirata's life.
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