Akira Takarada
Akira Takarada was a Japanese film actor best known for his roles in the Godzilla film series.
Acted in
A World Without Cherry Blossoms
2022
as Keizo
Dance with Me
2019
as Machin Ueda
Yasuragi no Toki: Michi
2019
The Dawn of Kaiju Eiga
2019
as Self - Actor
Nipponia Nippon – Fukushima Rhapsody
2019
The Great Buddha Arrival
2018
as Narrator
Bridge over Troubled Water
2018
as CEO Ogata
The Man of the Political Economy
2015
Keisei Saimin no Otoko
2015
as Ikeda Shigeaki
Hail to the King: 60 Years of Destruction
2015
as Himself
Godzilla Battle Royale
2014
as Sec. General Fuji
A Far Promise
2014
Godzilla
2014
as Immigration Officer
A Sparkle of Life
2013
Carnation
2011
Making of Godzilla vs. Mothra
2010
as Himself
Bringing Godzilla Down to Size: The Art of Japanese Special Effects
2008
as Himself
Glory to the Filmmaker!
2007
as Gentleman in a White Mercedes
Fantastipo
2005
Mikio Naruse 100th Birth Anniversary
2005
as Voiceover
Godzilla: Final Wars
2004
as UN Secretary General Naotarô Daigo
Prince Shotoku
2001
as Mononobe no Moriya
Watashi no Aozora
2000
as Joji Murai
Road to the Don 12
2000
Woman in Witness Protection
1997
as Police Commissioner
Sure Death 6
1996
My name is Reiko Shiratori! The Movie
1995
as Kichitaro Shiratori
My name is Reiko Shiratori!
1993
as Shiratori Kichitaro [Reiko's father]
Godzilla vs. Mothra
1992
as Environmental Planning Board Chief Jyoji Minamino
Homework
1992
Minbo, or the Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion
1992
as Kobayashi
Tales of a Golden Geisha
1990
as Inukai
The Audition
1984
as Emcee
Legend of Plumeria
1983
Nukata no Ōkimi
1980
Godzilla
1977
as Ogata
Travels of Lord Mito
1969
as Sukesaburô Sasaki
Latitude Zero
1969
as Dr. Ken Tashiro
空想天国
1968
Golden Eyes
1968
as Andrew Hoshino
Devils-in-Law
1968
King Kong Escapes
1967
as Lt. Commander Jiro Nomura
Let's Go! Young Guy
1967
as Kou Kure
Ebirah, Horror of the Deep
1966
as Yoshimura
The Daphne
1966
as Kudo
Invasion of Astro-Monster
1965
as Astronaut K. Fuji
Ironfinger
1965
as Andrew Hoshino
The Longest Night
1965
as 田中清辉
Blood and Diamonds
1964
Hibari, Chiemi, Izumi: Sannin yoreba
1964
Mothra vs. Godzilla
1964
as Ichiro "Ichi" Sakai
A Woman's Life
1963
as Koichi Shimizu
Honolulu, Tokyo, Hong Kong
1963
as Yuichi Okamoto
Gekkyū dorobō
1962
Chûshingura
1962
as Gunpei Takada
A Wanderer's Notebook
1962
as Fukuya
Yume de aimasho
1962
Me and Me
1962
as Akihiko Kinugasa
Star of Hong Kong
1962
as Hasegawa Toru
女難コースを突破せよ
1962
Long Way to Okinawa
1962
続サラリーマン清水港
1962
Woman of Design
1962
as Kosuke Sakai
The Wiser Age
1962
as Rokkakuya Kou
Different Sons
1961
as Kensuke Akagi
The End of Summer
1961
as Teramoto Tadashi
The Last War
1961
as Takano
A Night in Hong Kong
1961
as Hiroshi Tanaka
The Masterless 47 – Part II
1961
Shusse kōsu ni shinro o tore
1961
The Masterless 47
1960
as Kohei Hayano
The Lovelorn Geisha
1960
The Dangerous Kiss
1960
Daughters, Wives and a Mother
1960
as Reiji Sakanishi
The Storm of the Pacific
1960
Beyond the Hills
1960
as Kentaro - Ueshima
Sazae-san, the Wayward Wife
1959
The Three Treasures
1959
as Prince Wakatarashi
Someday I'll Know
1959
as Daisuke Kaneko
Samurai Saga
1959
as Jutaro [Jurota] Karibe
A Whistle in My Heart
1959
The Big Boss
1959
as Mineo Komatsu
Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman
1958
as The Boy (Her Brother)
Yaji and Kita on the Road
1958
as Akinosuke Takarai
City of Love
1958
as Kunio Murata
On Wings of Love
1957
as Hajime Kyosu
A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 2
1957
as Tatsuo Ito
A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 1
1957
Birth of Romance
1957
as Ichirô Yabe
Godzilla, the Monster of the Pacific Ocean
1957
as Ogata (as Akiro Takarata)
Price of Beauty
1957
as Koichi Yamawaki
The Paradise Island Story
1957
裸足の青春
1956
as Sainkichi 'Johannes' Matsutani
Jacks and Jills
1956
as Kubota
Morishige, where are you going?
1956
as Akira Wakayama
Godzilla, King of the Monsters!
1956
as Ogata
Nigetekita hanayome
1956
Half Human
1955
as Takeshi Iijima
All is Well 2
1955
All is Well
1955
as Saitaro Okazaki
Godzilla
1954
as Hideto Ogata