Akira Takarada

Acting

Personal Info

gender

Male

birthday

April 29, 1934

died

March 14, 2022

place of birth

Harbin, Heilongjiang, China

also known as

Акира Такарада · آکیرا تاکارادا

total credits

50 movies

Biography

Akira Takarada (April 29, 1934–March 14, 2022) was a Japanese film actor, best known for his roles in the Godzilla film series.

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Known For

Godzilla

as Immigration Officer

Godzilla

as Hideto Ogata

Godzilla: Final Wars

as UN Secretary General Naotarô Daigo

Ebirah, Horror of the Deep

as Yoshimura

Mothra vs. Godzilla

as Ichiro "Ichi" Sakai

Godzilla vs. Mothra

as Environmental Planning Board Chief Jyoji Minamino

Filmography

50 credits · sorted by popularity · swipe or use arrows

6.4

Godzilla

2014as Immigration Officer

7.6

Godzilla

1954as Hideto Ogata

7.1

Godzilla: Final Wars

2004as UN Secretary General Naotarô Daigo

6.3

Ebirah, Horror of the Deep

1966as Yoshimura

7.0

Mothra vs. Godzilla

1964as Ichiro "Ichi" Sakai

6.9

Godzilla vs. Mothra

1992as Environmental Planning Board Chief Jyoji Minamino

7.1

Chûshingura

1962as Gunpei Takada

6.2

King Kong Escapes

1967as Lt. Commander Jiro Nomura

5.5

The Three Treasures

1959as Prince Wakatarashi

6.0

The Storm of the Pacific

1960

The Audition

1984as Emcee

6.5

Godzilla, King of the Monsters!

1956as Ogata

6.8

Invasion of Astro-Monster

1965as Astronaut Kazuo Fuji

6.8

Tales of the Unusual

2000

7.1

A Woman's Life

1963as Koichi Shimizu

7.5

The End of Summer

1961as Teramoto Tadashi

5.9

Latitude Zero

1969as Dr. Ken Tashiro

7.3

Daughters, Wives and a Mother

1960as Reiji Sakanishi

6.6

The Last War

1961as Takano

7.2

A Wanderer's Notebook

1962as Fukuya

7.0

The White Rose of Hong Kong

1965as Susumu Utsugi

9.0

The Masterless 47 – Part II

1961

6.2

Woman in Witness Protection

1997as Police Commissioner

7.0

Minbo, or The Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion

1992as Kobayashi

4.9

Beast Man Snow Man

1955as Takeshi Iijima

6.7

A Whistle in My Heart

1959

The Capital of Love

1958as Kunio Murata

6.0

The Great Buddha Arrival

2018as Narrator

8.0

Love on Rainbow Island

1956as Sainkichi 'Johannes' Matsutani

Different Sons

Dance with Me

Shimizu Port Salaryman Part II

Holiday in Tokyo

Godzilla

The Masterless 47

The Wiser Age

Let's Meet in Our Dreams

1962

Yaji and Kita on the Road

1958as Akinosuke Takarai

6.2

Tales of a Golden Geisha

1990as Inukai

Beyond the Hills

1960as Kentaro - Ueshima

3.5

Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman

1957as The Boy (Her Brother)

8.6

Godzilla, the Monster of the Pacific Ocean

1957as Ogata (as Akiro Takarata)

10.0

All is Well

1955as Saitaro Okazaki

Star of Hong Kong

Lovers of Ginza

All is Well 2

Anything For Success

The Man of the Political Economy

The Lovelorn Geisha

A World Without Cherry Blossoms

2022as Keizo