Person
Akira Takarada
Actor · Crew· Harbin, Heilongjiang, China
Akira Takarada (April 29, 1934–March 14, 2022) was a Japanese film actor, best known for his roles in the Godzilla film series.
Known For
The roles that explain the career.
Godzilla
Immigration Officer · 2014
Godzilla
Hideto Ogata · 1954
Godzilla: Final Wars
2004
Mothra vs. Godzilla
Ichiro "Ichi" Sakai · 1964
Godzilla, King of the Monsters!
Ogata · 1956
Invasion of Astro-Monster
Astronaut Kazuo Fuji · 1965
Godzilla vs. Mothra
Environmental Planning Board Chief Jyoji Minamino · 1992
Ebirah, Horror of the Deep
Yoshimura · 1966
Filmography
39 credits across 2 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Dance with Me | Machin Ueda | Film |
| 2015 | Keisei Saimin no Otoko | Shigeaki Ikeda | TV |
| 2014 | The Cabin Attendant | Film | |
| 2014 | Godzilla | Immigration Officer | Film |
| 2007 | Glory to the Filmmaker! | Gentleman in a White Mercedes | Film |
| 2005 | Mikio Naruse 100th Birth Anniversary | Voiceover | Film |
| 2004 | The Spirit of Godzilla | ナレーション | Film |
| 2000 | Tales of the Unusual | Film | |
| 1997 | Woman in Witness Protection | Police Commissioner | Film |
| 1992 | Godzilla vs. Mothra | Environmental Planning Board Chief Jyoji Minamino | Film |
| 1992 | Minbo, or The Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion | Kobayashi | Film |
| 1990 | Tales of a Golden Geisha | Inukai | Film |
| 1984 | The Audition | Emcee | Film |
| 1977 | Godzilla | Ogata | Film |
| 1969 | Latitude Zero | Dr. Ken Tashiro | Film |
| 1968 | Golden Eyes | Andrew Hoshino | Film |
| 1968 | The Last War | Takano | Film |
| 1967 | King Kong Escapes | Lt. Commander Jiro Nomura | Film |
| 1966 | Ebirah, Horror of the Deep | Yoshimura | Film |
| 1965 | Invasion of Astro-Monster | Astronaut Kazuo Fuji | Film |
| 1965 | Ironfinger | Andrew Hoshino | Film |
| 1964 | Mothra vs. Godzilla | Ichiro "Ichi" Sakai | Film |
| 1963 | A Woman's Life | Koichi Shimizu | Film |
| 1962 | A Wanderer's Notebook | Fukuya | Film |
| 1962 | The Wiser Age | Rokkakuya Kou | Film |
| 1962 | Chûshingura | Gunpei Takada | Film |
| 1961 | The End of Summer | Teramoto Tadashi | Film |
| 1961 | The Last War | Takano | Film |
| 1960 | Daughters, Wives and a Mother | Reiji Sakanishi | Film |
| 1960 | The Storm of the Pacific | Film | |
| 1959 | Samurai Saga | Jutaro [Jurota] Karibe | Film |
| 1959 | The Three Treasures | Prince Wakatarashi | Film |
| 1959 | A Whistle in My Heart | Film | |
| 1959 | The Big Boss | Mineo Komatsu | Film |
| 1957 | Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman | The Boy (Her Brother) | Film |
| 1957 | Godzilla, the Monster of the Pacific Ocean | Ogata (as Akiro Takarata) | Film |
| 1956 | Godzilla, King of the Monsters! | Ogata | Film |
| 1955 | Beast Man Snow Man | Takeshi Iijima | Film |
| 1954 | Godzilla | Hideto Ogata | Film |
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