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Akira Takarada

Born 1934-04-29

Died 2022-03-14

📍 Harbin, Heilongjiang, China

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

Filmography 175

A World Without Cherry Blossoms

War and Peace: Akira Takarada's Testimony

Yasuragi no Toki: Michi

The Dawn of Kaiju Eiga

as Self - Actor

Nipponia Nippon – Fukushima Rhapsody

The Great Buddha Arrival

Bridge over Troubled Water

The Man of the Political Economy

Keisei Saimin no Otoko

as Ikeda Shigeaki

Hail to the King: 60 Years of Destruction

Godzilla Battle Royale

as Sec. General Fuji

Kingdom Hearts Re:coded

as Jafar (voice)

The Cabin Attendant

as Immigration Officer

Making of Godzilla vs. Mothra

Clouds Over the Hill

Bringing Godzilla Down to Size: The Art of Japanese Special Effects

A Miracle of Hakone

The Man Who Never Gives Up 3: Goodbye

Glory to the Filmmaker!

as Gentleman in a White Mercedes

A Melody for My Father

Mikio Naruse 100th Birth Anniversary

Godzilla: Final Wars

as UN Secretary General Naotarô Daigo

スピリットオブゴジラ～怪獣を演じた男たちの軌跡～

as ナレーション

Prince Shōtoku

as Prince Anahobe

Prince Shōtoku

as Mononobe no Moriya

as Mononobe no Moriya

Shibuya Midnight War Dark Street

Tales of the Unusual

Watashi no Aozora

Road to the Don 12

History of Japan’s Yakuza — Ambition Corps

History of Japan’s Yakuza — Ambition Corps 2

Tom Cat Holmes and the Twilight Hotel

Woman in Witness Protection

as Police Commissioner

My name is Reiko Shiratori! The Movie

as Kichitaro Shiratori

The man who became a billionaire.

My name is Reiko Shiratori!

as Shiratori Kichitaro [Reiko's father]

Godzilla vs. Mothra

as Environmental Planning Board Chief Jyoji Minamino

Minbo, or The Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion

Tales of a Golden Geisha

Clara White Paper - ShohjotaiPHOON!

Shinobu's Tomorrow

Legend of Plumeria

Love You Till I Die

Nukata no Ōkimi

Travels of Lord Mito

as Sukesaburô Sasaki

as Dr. Ken Tashiro

Imaginary Paradise

as Andrew Hoshino

King Kong Escapes

as Lt. Commander Jiro Nomura

Let's Go! Young Guy

Ebirah, Horror of the Deep

Big Wind from Tokyo

as Ishinaka Sekijirō

as Michio Sasaki

More Than 10,000 Women But...

as Junichi Hasegawa

Invasion of Astro-Monster

as Astronaut K. Fuji

as Andrew Hoshino

The White Rose of Hong Kong

as Susumu Utsugi

as Kiyoshi Nakanishi (Junko’s Husband)

The Longest Night

as 田中清辉

Blood and Diamonds

Hibari, Chiemi, Izumi: We Are Three Best Friends

Mothra vs. Godzilla

as Ichiro "Ichi" Sakai

Mr. Giant's Victory Flag

Daybreak Chorus

as Kensuke Ukita

as Koichi Shimizu

Walleyed Nippon

as Shin Moriyama

Honolulu, Tokyo, Hong Kong

as Yuichi Okamoto

Devices Stronger Than Women

as Shin Takayama (Nanahikari Electric publicity staff)

Anything For Success

as Gunpei Takada

A Wanderer's Notebook

Let's Meet in Our Dreams

as Akihiko Kinugasa

Star of Hong Kong

as Hasegawa Toru

Breakthrough Course of Women in Trouble

Long Way to Okinawa

Shimizu Port Salaryman Part II

Woman of Design

as Kosuke Sakai

as Rokkakuya Kou

as Kensuke Akagi

The End of Summer

as Teramoto Tadashi

A Night in Hong Kong

as Hiroshi Tanaka

The Masterless 47 – Part II

Taking a Success Course

Lovers of Ginza

The Masterless 47

as Kohei Hayano

The 6th Suspect

as Shinsuke Arima

The Lovelorn Geisha

The Dangerous Kiss

Singing in the Sun

as Moriyama Tadashi

Daughters, Wives and a Mother

as Reiji Sakanishi

The Storm of the Pacific

Showdown on Pier No.3

The Poem of the Blue Star

Beyond the Hills

as Kentaro - Ueshima

Modern Salaryman: Bushido Romance

as Mizukami Gorō

Sazae-san, the Wayward Wife

The Three Treasures

as Prince Wakatarashi

as Shuichi Nozaki

Someday I'll Know

as Daisuke Kaneko

The College Ruggers

as Eiichi Miyake

as Jutaro [Jurota] Karibe

A Whistle in My Heart

3 Dolls in College

as Shin'ichi Takada

as Mineo Komatsu

Bright Young Maidens

The College Hero

as Katsumi Kageyama

Diary of a Successful Salaryman Part 3

as Keiichiro Maeda

Diary of an Elegant Hot Spring

as Shirō Arisaka (Kyōko’s husband)

Romance and Rhythm

Flower's Yearning

as Tsuda Shin'ichi

Yaji and Kita on the Road

as Akinosuke Takarai

Holiday in Tokyo

as George Tanaka

The Rise and Fall of a Jazz Girl

The Capital of Love

as Kunio Murata

The Green Voyage

as Keiji Takenaka (college student)

The Blue Mountains Part 2

as Teacher Numata

Diary of a Successful Salaryman Part 2

as Maeda Keiichirō

The Blue Mountains

as Takada Shinichi

On Wings of Love

as Hajime Kyosu

A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 2

A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 1

Reign of Terror

as Jun’nosuke Kijima

Diary of a Successful Salaryman

as Maeda Keiichirō

Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman

as The Boy (Her Brother)

Birth of Romance

as Ichirô Yabe

Godzilla, the Monster of the Pacific Ocean

as Ogata (as Akiro Takarata)

Price of Beauty

as Koichi Yamawaki

A Town with a Mountain and River

as Keisuke Yagi

The Paradise Island Story

The Singing Tireless Town

as Yoshio Matsuoka (Assistant Director)

Engagement Ring

as Yōichi Kurata

A Strong Wind Blows

Triumphant Song of Youth

as Akio Shimamura

Love on Rainbow Island

as Sainkichi 'Johannes' Matsutani

Jacks and Jills

as Toshio Ogata

Morishige, where are you going?

as Akira Wakayama

Fighting Cha Cha Girl

as Hideyuki Tsutsumi

Wharf with the Weeping Girl

Godzilla, King of the Monsters!

Three Youngmen and a Dream Girl

The Wife is a University Student

as Tadashi Baba (Rugby Team Captain)

Young Love Conquers All

Beast Man Snow Man

as Takeshi Iijima

New Tengu Kurama: Samurai in the Pouring Rain

as Heizaemon Ujiie

as Kikukawa Shinzō

as Saitaro Okazaki

Bridal Candidates

as Tsubasa Ipponsugi

Tomboy Daughter Diary

as Tsubasa Ipponsugi

as Hideto Ogata

Bride in a Bathing Suit

as Masao Sakurai

How the Bell of Liberty Rings

as Masuda Sotaro