Akihiko Hirata - Turner Classic Movies

Filmography

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Wakusei daisenso (1977)

Terror of Mechagodzilla (1975)

Monsters From an Unknown Planet (1975)

Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (1974)

Professor Hideto Miyajima

Latitude Zero (1970)

Secret Scrolls (Part II) (1968)

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Terror Of Mechagodzilla (1975) -- (Movie Clip) So This Is Tokyo?

Terror Of Mechagodzilla (1975) -- (Movie Clip) We're From Black Hole Planet 3

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Filmography

Cast (Feature Film)

Wakusei daisenso (1977)

Terror of Mechagodzilla (1975)

Monsters From an Unknown Planet (1975)

Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (1974)

Professor Hideto Miyajima

Latitude Zero (1970)

Secret Scrolls (Part II) (1968)

The Emperor and a General (1968)

Secret Scrolls (Part I) (1967)

Samurai (Part II) (1967)

Seijuro Yoshioka

Son of Godzilla (1967)

Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1965)

Saga of the Vagabonds (1964)

King Kong vs. Godzilla (1963)

Premier Shigezawa

Varan the Unbelievable (1962)

Man Against Man (1961)

Daredevil in the Castle (1961)

Westward Desperado (1961)

Get 'Em All (1961)

Secret of the Telegian (1961)

Sora no Daikaiju Radon (1958)

Kyuichiro Kashiwagi

The H-Man (1958)

The Mysterians (1957)

Godzilla, King of the Monsters! (1956)

Daisuke Serizawa

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Terror Of Mechagodzilla (1975) -- (Movie Clip) So This Is Tokyo? Cutting from a scene with the Interpol good guys wondering what (…the new monster Titanosaurus) erased their submarine, incognito alien underboss Tsuda (Toru Ibuki) greets leader Mugal (Goro Mutsumi, visiting earth from expiring Black Hole Planet 3) and briefs him on the ostracized human scientist (Akihiko Hirata) they’re recruiting to rebuild their (title) monster, in Terror Of Mechagodzilla,1975.

Terror Of Mechagodzilla (1975) -- (Movie Clip) We're From Black Hole Planet 3 Evil disguised alien Tsuda (Toru Ibuki) leads vengeful human Dr. Mafune (Akihiko Hirata) who’s been in hiding for years, and his daughter (Tomoko Ai) to the underground lab where his cohorts, led by Commander Mugal (Goro Mutsu) have secretly re-built the title character, resuming their world-domination scheme, in Terror Of Mechagodzilla,1975.

Godzilla Vs. Mechagodzilla (1974) -- (Movie Clip) A Cyborg? Previously-friendly Godzilla’s mysterious rampage continues at a refinery, brothers Keisuke and Masahiko (Masaaki Daimon, Kazuya Aoyama), arriving with professor Miyajima (Akihiko Hiraka, with daughter Hiromi Matsushita) who figures it out when a second monster appears, but no explanation for a dude (Goro Mutsu Mutsumi) in some command center, in Godzilla Vs. Mechagodzilla, 1974.

Rodan (1958) -- (Movie Clip) That Thing Is The Killer! Following the first on-screen appearance of the mostly-larval form of the title character, civilian miners and cops head for the slag heap where engineer Kawamura (Kenji Sahara) and the chief (Akio Kobori) reach the obvious conclusion, in Rodan, 1957.

Gojira (1954) -- (Movie Clip) This Footprint Is Radioactive! From the original Toho Films feature, Takashi Shimura as Dr. Yamane, beginning to realize what they’ve got on their hands, Sachio Sakai as the reporter Hagiwara, Momoko Kôchi as his daughter Emiko, then the first appearance on screen of the monster designed by Teizo Toshimitsu, Akira Watanabe and Eiji Tsubayara, later known as Godzilla, in Gojira, 1954.

Gojira (1954) -- (Movie Clip) What Could Have Caused This? The opening of the original feature by Ishiro Honda for Toho Films, with trouble at sea, followed by the introduction of Akira Takarada as sea salvage worker Hideo and Momoko Kôchi as girlfriend Emiko, in Gojira, 1954, re-cut and released two years later in the U.S. as Godzilla.

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