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Akira Takarada | The Couch Critic
Born
April 29, 1934
Place of Birth
Harbin, China
Known For
Acting
Akira Takarada
Biography
Akira Takarada was a Japanese film actor best known for his roles in the Godzilla film series.
Movies
TV Shows
Godzilla
Movie
6.3
as Immigration Officer
May 14, 2014
Godzilla
Movie
7.6
as Hideto Ogata
November 3, 1954
Godzilla: Final Wars
Movie
7.1
as UN Secretary General Naotarô Daigo
December 4, 2004
Godzilla vs. Mothra
Movie
6.9
as Environmental Planning Board Chief Jyoji Minamino
December 12, 1992
Ebirah, Horror of the Deep
Movie
6.3
as Yoshimura
December 17, 1966
King Kong Escapes
Movie
6.2
as Lt. Commander Jiro Nomura
July 22, 1967
Mothra vs. Godzilla
Movie
7.0
as Ichiro "Ichi" Sakai
April 29, 1964
Invasion of Astro-Monster
Movie
6.8
as Astronaut K. Fuji
December 19, 1965
Godzilla, King of the Monsters!
Movie
6.6
as Ogata
May 18, 1956
Latitude Zero
Movie
5.8
as Dr. Ken Tashiro
July 26, 1969
Tales of a Golden Geisha
Movie
6.3
as Inukai
June 2, 1990
The Storm of the Pacific
Movie
5.6
Cast
April 26, 1960
The End of Summer
Movie
7.5
as Teramoto Tadashi
October 29, 1961
Godzilla
Movie
6.8
as Ogata
January 1, 1977
Glory to the Filmmaker!
Movie
6.3
as Gentleman in a White Mercedes
June 2, 2007
Minbo, or the Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion
Movie
6.7
as Kobayashi
May 16, 1992
A World Without Cherry Blossoms
Movie
4.0
as Keizo
April 1, 2022
Ironfinger
Movie
5.9
as Andrew Hoshino
December 5, 1965
Dance with Me
Movie
7.0
as Machin Ueda
August 16, 2019
Chûshingura
Movie
7.3
as Gunpei Takada
November 3, 1962
The Great Buddha Arrival
Movie
6.0
as Narrator
December 15, 2018
Daughters, Wives and a Mother
Movie
7.1
as Reiji Sakanishi
May 21, 1960
Woman in Witness Protection
Movie
6.4
as Police Commissioner
September 27, 1997
Half Human
Movie
4.5
as Takeshi Iijima
August 14, 1955
Sure Death 6
Movie
Cast
May 25, 1996
A Wanderer's Notebook
Movie
7.2
as Fukuya
September 29, 1962
A Woman's Life
Movie
7.1
as Koichi Shimizu
November 16, 1963
The Three Treasures
Movie
5.4
as Prince Wakatarashi
November 1, 1959
Godzilla, the Monster of the Pacific Ocean
Movie
8.6
as Ogata (as Akiro Takarata)
March 14, 1957
Legend of Plumeria
Movie
Cast
July 2, 1983
The Last War
Movie
6.2
as Takano
October 8, 1961
The Big Boss
Movie
6.3
as Mineo Komatsu
January 15, 1959
My name is Reiko Shiratori! The Movie
Movie
2.0
as Kichitaro Shiratori
August 19, 1995
Different Sons
Movie
as Kensuke Akagi
November 12, 1961
Yume de aimasho
Movie
Cast
September 15, 1962
The Lovelorn Geisha
Movie
6.6
Cast
July 12, 1960
A Whistle in My Heart
Movie
6.3
Cast
March 29, 1959
How the Bell of Liberty Rings
Movie
as Masuda Sotaro
June 1, 1954
All is Well
Movie
as Saitaro Okazaki
January 29, 1955
On Wings of Love
Movie
as Hajime Kyosu
July 13, 1957
The Wiser Age
Movie
7.3
as Rokkakuya Kou
January 14, 1962
Devils-in-Law
Movie
Cast
January 14, 1968
Shimizu Port Salaryman Part II
Movie
Cast
March 7, 1962
Golden Eyes
Movie
6.5
as Andrew Hoshino
March 16, 1968
Woman of Design
Movie
6.5
as Kosuke Sakai
January 28, 1962
A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 2
Movie
as Tatsuo Ito
July 9, 1957
Samurai Saga
Movie
6.7
as Jutaro [Jurota] Karibe
April 28, 1959
A Holiday in Tokyo
Movie
as George Tanaka
April 15, 1958
裸足の青春
Movie
as Sainkichi 'Johannes' Matsutani
October 16, 1956
Sazae-san, the Wayward Wife
Movie
Cast
December 26, 1959
A Far Promise
Movie
Cast
August 25, 2014
Lovers of Ginza
Movie
Cast
January 15, 1961
Road to the Don 12
Movie
Cast
March 31, 2000
The Man of the Political Economy
Movie
Cast
September 19, 2015
A Night in Hong Kong
Movie
as Hiroshi Tanaka
July 1, 1961
Yaji and Kita on the Road
Movie
as Akinosuke Takarai
April 29, 1958
The Longest Night
Movie
as 田中清辉
January 1, 1965
Gekkyū dorobō
Movie
Cast
December 8, 1962
Let's Go! Young Guy
Movie
as Kou Kure
January 1, 1967
The Masterless 47
Movie
as Kohei Hayano
December 25, 1960
Star of Hong Kong
Movie
as Hasegawa Toru
July 14, 1962
Bridge over Troubled Water
Movie
as CEO Ogata
June 30, 2018
Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman
Movie
3.0
as The Boy (Her Brother)
December 1, 1958
Blood and Diamonds
Movie
Cast
July 1, 1964
The Masterless 47 – Part II
Movie
Cast
February 25, 1961
Nigetekita hanayome
Movie
Cast
February 12, 1956
The White Rose of Hong Kong
Movie
as Susumu Utsugi
August 25, 1965
Fantastipo
Movie
6.0
Cast
February 10, 2005
Jacks and Jills
Movie
as Kubota
August 15, 1956
Long Way to Okinawa
Movie
Cast
March 7, 1962
All is Well 2
Movie
Cast
February 20, 1955
Honolulu, Tokyo, Hong Kong
Movie
as Yuichi Okamoto
November 1, 1963
Hail to the King: 60 Years of Destruction
Movie
7.0
as Himself
July 11, 2015
The Daphne
Movie
as Kudo
October 1, 1966
Someday I'll Know
Movie
as Daisuke Kaneko
September 8, 1959
空想天国
Movie
Cast
August 14, 1968
Shusse kōsu ni shinro o tore
Movie
Cast
January 26, 1961
Me and Me
Movie
as Akihiko Kinugasa
August 11, 1962
Prince Shōtoku
Movie
Cast
November 10, 2001
City of Love
Movie
as Kunio Murata
January 21, 1958
Beyond the Hills
Movie
as Kentaro - Ueshima
February 2, 1960
Morishige, where are you going?
Movie
as Akira Wakayama
June 14, 1956
The Dangerous Kiss
Movie
Cast
June 26, 1960
The Dawn of Kaiju Eiga
Movie
8.6
as Self - Actor
April 2, 2019
女難コースを突破せよ
Movie
Cast
April 1, 1962
A Sparkle of Life
Movie
9.0
Cast
November 16, 2013
A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 1
Movie
Cast
July 9, 1957
Arashi o Yobu Gakudan
Movie
Cast
February 28, 1960
Travels of Lord Mito
Movie
as Sukesaburô Sasaki
November 1, 1969
Hibari, Chiemi, Izumi: Sannin yoreba
Movie
Cast
May 16, 1964
The Audition
Movie
as Emcee
November 17, 1984
Price of Beauty
Movie
as Koichi Yamawaki
March 13, 1957
Birth of Romance
Movie
as Ichirô Yabe
May 15, 1957
The Paradise Island Story
Movie
Cast
January 29, 1957
Bringing Godzilla Down to Size: The Art of Japanese Special Effects
Movie
8.4
as Himself
August 3, 2008
Making of Godzilla vs. Mothra
Movie
9.2
as Himself
January 22, 2010
Godzilla Battle Royale
Movie
8.9
as Sec. General Fuji
November 6, 2014
Nipponia Nippon – Fukushima Rhapsody
Movie
Cast
March 9, 2019
Mikio Naruse 100th Birth Anniversary
Movie
as Voiceover
January 1, 2005
