Akira Takarada

Biography

Akira Takarada (born April 29, 1934 -) is a Japanese film actor who is most known in the west for his roles in the Godzilla film series. Description above from the Wikipedia article Akira Takarada, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Most Famous Work

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6

Godzilla

(2014) Immigration Officer

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8

Godzilla

(1954) Hideto Ogata

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7

Godzilla: Final Wars

(2004) UN Secretary General Naotarô Daigo

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7

Godzilla, King of the Monsters!

(1956) Ogata

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6

Ebirah, Horror of the Deep

(1966) Yoshimura

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0

Watashi no Aozora

(2000) Joji Murai

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7

Godzilla vs. Mothra

(1992) Environmental Planning Board Chief Jyoji Minamino

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6

Godzilla

(1977) Ogata

Acting

Year	Character	Movie/Tv
2022	Keizo	A World Without Cherry Blossoms 2022-04-01 Movie
2019	Machin Ueda	Dance with Me 2019-08-16 Movie
	N/A	Yasuragi no Toki: Michi 2019-04-08 TV Show
	Self - Actor	The Dawn of Kaiju Eiga 2019-04-02 Movie
	N/A	Nipponia Nippon – Fukushima Rhapsody 2019-03-09 Movie
2018	N/A	The Great Buddha: Arrival 2018-12-15 Movie
	CEO Ogata	Bridge over Troubled Water 2018-06-30 Movie
2015	N/A	The Man of the Political Economy 2015-09-19 Movie
	Ikeda Shigeaki	Keisei Saimin no Otoko 2015-08-22 TV Show
	Himself	Hail to the King: 60 Years of Destruction 2015-07-11 Movie
2014	N/A	A Far Promise 2014-08-25 Movie
	Immigration Officer	Godzilla 2014-05-14 Movie
2013	N/A	A Sparkle of Life 2013-11-16 Movie
2011	N/A	Carnation 2011-10-03 TV Show
2010	Himself	Making of Godzilla vs. Mothra 2010-01-22 Movie
2008	Himself	Bringing Godzilla Down to Size: The Art of Japanese Special Effects 2008-08-03 Movie
2007	Gentleman in a White Mercedes	Glory to the Filmmaker! 2007-06-02 Movie
2005	N/A	Fantastipo 2005-02-10 Movie
2004	UN Secretary General Naotarô Daigo	Godzilla: Final Wars 2004-12-04 Movie
2000	Joji Murai	Watashi no Aozora 2000-04-03 TV Show
	N/A	Road to the Don 12 2000-03-31 Movie
1997	Police Commissioner	Woman in Witness Protection 1997-09-27 Movie
1996	N/A	Sure Death 6 1996-05-25 Movie
1995	Kichitaro Shiratori	My name is Reiko Shiratori! The Movie 1995-08-19 Movie
1993	Shiratori Kichitaro [Reiko's father]	My name is Reiko Shiratori! 1993-01-14 TV Show
1992	Environmental Planning Board Chief Jyoji Minamino	Godzilla vs. Mothra 1992-12-12 Movie
	N/A	ホームワーク 1992-10-06 TV Show
	Kobayashi	Minbo: the Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion 1992-05-16 Movie
1990	Inukai	Tales of a Golden Geisha 1990-06-02 Movie
1984	Emcee	The Audition 1984-11-17 Movie
1983	N/A	Legend of Plumeria 1983-07-02 Movie
1977	Ogata	Godzilla 1977-01-01 Movie
1969	Sukesaburô Sasaki	Travels of Lord Mito 1969-11-01 Movie
	Dr. Ken Tashiro	Latitude Zero 1969-07-26 Movie
1968	Andrew Hoshino	Golden Eyes 1968-03-16 Movie
	N/A	Devils-in-Law 1968-01-14 Movie
1967	Lt. Commander Jiro Nomura	King Kong Escapes 1967-07-22 Movie
	Kou Kure	Let's Go! Young Guy 1967-01-01 Movie
1966	Yoshimura	Ebirah, Horror of the Deep 1966-12-17 Movie
	Kudo	The Daphne 1966-10-01 Movie
1965	Astronaut K. Fuji	Invasion of Astro-Monster 1965-12-19 Movie
	Andrew Hoshino	Ironfinger 1965-12-05 Movie
	田中清辉	The Longest Night 1965-01-01 Movie
1964	N/A	Blood and Diamonds 1964-07-01 Movie
	Ichiro "Ichi" Sakai	Mothra vs. Godzilla 1964-04-29 Movie
1963	Koichi Shimizu	A Woman's Life 1963-11-16 Movie
1962	Gunpei Takada	47 Ronin 1962-11-03 Movie
	Fukuya	A Wanderer's Notebook 1962-09-29 Movie
	N/A	Yume de aimasho 1962-09-15 Movie
	Akihiko Kinugasa	Me and Me 1962-08-11 Movie
	Toru Hasegawa	Star of Hong Kong 1962-07-14 Movie
	N/A	女難コースを突破せよ 1962-04-01 Movie
	N/A	続サラリーマン清水港 1962-03-07 Movie
	N/A	Long Way to Okinawa 1962-03-07 Movie
	Kosuke Sakai	Woman of Design 1962-01-28 Movie
	Rokkakuya Kou	The Wiser Age 1962-01-14 Movie
1961	Kensuke Akagi	Different Sons 1961-11-12 Movie
	Teramoto Tadashi	The End of Summer 1961-10-29 Movie
	Takano	The Last War 1961-10-08 Movie
	Hiroshi Tanaka	A Night in Hong Kong 1961-07-01 Movie
	N/A	The Masterless 47 – Part II 1961-02-25 Movie
1960	Kohei Hayano	The Masterless 47 1960-12-25 Movie
	N/A	The Lovelorn Geisha 1960-07-12 Movie
	N/A	The Dangerous Kiss 1960-06-26 Movie
	Reiji Sakanishi	Daughters, Wives and a Mother 1960-05-21 Movie
	N/A	The Storm of the Pacific 1960-04-26 Movie
	Kentaro - Ueshima	Beyond the Hills 1960-02-02 Movie
1959	N/A	Sazae-san, the Wayward Wife 1959-12-26 Movie
	Prince Wakatarashi	The Three Treasures 1959-11-01 Movie
	Daisuke Kaneko	Someday I'll Know 1959-09-08 Movie
	Jutaro [Jurota] Karibe	Samurai Saga 1959-04-28 Movie
	N/A	A Whistle in My Heart 1959-03-29 Movie
	Mineo Komatsu	The Big Boss 1959-01-15 Movie
1958	The Boy (Her Brother)	Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman 1958-12-01 Movie
	Akinosuke Takarai	Yaji and Kita on the Road 1958-04-29 Movie
	Kunio Murata	City of Love 1958-01-21 Movie
1957	Hajime Kyosu	On Wings of Love 1957-07-13 Movie
	Tatsuo Ito	A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 2 1957-07-09 Movie
	N/A	A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 1 1957-07-09 Movie
	Ichirô Yabe	Birth of Romance 1957-05-15 Movie
	Ogata (as Akiro Takarata)	Godzilla, the Monster of the Pacific Ocean 1957-03-15 Movie
	Koichi Yamawaki	Price of Beauty 1957-03-13 Movie
	N/A	The Paradise Island Story 1957-01-29 Movie
1956	Kubota	Jacks and Jills 1956-08-15 Movie
	Ogata	Godzilla, King of the Monsters! 1956-04-27 Movie
	N/A	Nigetekita hanayome 1956-02-12 Movie
1955	Takeshi Iijima	Half Human 1955-08-14 Movie
	N/A	All is Well 2 1955-02-20 Movie
	N/A	All is Well 1955-01-29 Movie
1954	Hideto Ogata	Godzilla 1954-11-03 Movie
Year	Character	Movie/Tv