Akira Takarada

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Known For Acting

Known Credits 90

Gender Male

Birthday 1934-04-29

Day of Death 2022-03-14 (87 years old)

Place of Birth Harbin, China

Also Known As

宝田明
Акира Такарада

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Akira Takarada

Biography

Akira Takarada was a Japanese film actor best known for his roles in the Godzilla film series.

Known For

Acting

2022

2019		Dance with Me as Machin Ueda
2019		Yasuragi no Toki: Michi (1 episode)
2019		The Dawn of Kaiju Eiga as Self - Actor
2019		Nipponia Nippon – Fukushima Rhapsody

2018		The Great Buddha: Arrival
2018		Bridge over Troubled Water as CEO Ogata

2015		The Man of the Political Economy
2015		Keisei Saimin no Otoko (5 episodes) as Ikeda Shigeaki
2015		Hail to the King: 60 Years of Destruction as Himself

2014		A Far Promise
2014		Godzilla as Immigration Officer

2013

2011

(151 episodes)

2010

as Himself

2008

as Himself

2007

as Gentleman in a White Mercedes

2005

2004

as UN Secretary General Naotarô Daigo

2000		Watashi no Aozora (156 episodes) as Joji Murai
2000		Road to the Don 12

1997

as Police Commissioner

1996

1995

as Kichitaro Shiratori

1993

(5 episodes) as Shiratori Kichitaro [Reiko's father]

1992		Godzilla vs. Mothra as Environmental Planning Board Chief Jyoji Minamino
1992		ホームワーク (11 episodes)
1992		Minbo: the Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion as Kobayashi

1990

as Inukai

1984

as Emcee

1983

1977

as Ogata

1969		Travels of Lord Mito as Sukesaburô Sasaki
1969		Latitude Zero as Dr. Ken Tashiro

1968		Golden Eyes as Andrew Hoshino
1968		Devils-in-Law

1967		King Kong Escapes as Lt. Commander Jiro Nomura
1967		Let's Go! Young Guy as Kou Kure

1966		Ebirah, Horror of the Deep as Yoshimura
1966		The Daphne as Kudo

1965		Invasion of Astro-Monster as Astronaut K. Fuji
1965		Ironfinger as Andrew Hoshino
1965		The Longest Night as 田中清辉

1964		Blood and Diamonds
1964		Mothra vs. Godzilla as Ichiro "Ichi" Sakai

1963

as Koichi Shimizu

1962		47 Ronin as Gunpei Takada
1962		A Wanderer's Notebook as Fukuya
1962		Yume de aimasho
1962		Me and Me as Akihiko Kinugasa
1962		Star of Hong Kong as Toru Hasegawa
1962		女難コースを突破せよ
1962		続サラリーマン清水港
1962		Long Way to Okinawa
1962		Woman of Design as Kosuke Sakai
1962		The Wiser Age as Rokkakuya Kou

1961		Different Sons as Kensuke Akagi
1961		The End of Summer as Teramoto Tadashi
1961		The Last War as Takano
1961		A Night in Hong Kong as Hiroshi Tanaka
1961		The Masterless 47 – Part II

1960		The Masterless 47 as Kohei Hayano
1960		The Lovelorn Geisha
1960		The Dangerous Kiss
1960		Daughters, Wives and a Mother as Reiji Sakanishi
1960		Storm Over the Pacific
1960		Beyond the Hills as Kentaro - Ueshima

1959		Sazae-san, the Wayward Wife
1959		The Three Treasures as Prince Wakatarashi
1959		Someday I'll Know as Daisuke Kaneko
1959		Samurai Saga as Jutaro [Jurota] Karibe
1959		A Whistle in My Heart
1959		The Big Boss as Mineo Komatsu

1958		Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman as The Boy (Her Brother)
1958		Yaji and Kita on the Road as Akinosuke Takarai
1958		City of Love as Kunio Murata

1957		On Wings of Love as Hajime Kyosu
1957		A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 1
1957		A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 2 as Tatsuo Ito
1957		Birth of Romance as Ichirô Yabe
1957		Godzilla, the Monster of the Pacific Ocean as Ogata (as Akiro Takarata)
1957		Price of Beauty as Koichi Yamawaki
1957		The Paradise Island Story

1956		Jacks and Jills as Kubota
1956		Godzilla, King of the Monsters! as Ogata
1956		Nigetekita hanayome

1955		Half Human as Takeshi Iijima
1955		All is Well 2
1955		All is Well

1954

as Hideto Ogata

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