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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
April 29, 1934
Died
March 14, 2022
Place of Birth
Harbin, China
Also Known As
- Акира Такарада
- آکیرا تاکارادا
Akira Takarada
1.1 Popularity
Biography
Akira Takarada was a Japanese film actor best known for his roles in the Godzilla film series.
Known For
4.0
Keizo
A World Without Cherry Blossoms
2022
7.0
Machin Ueda
Dance with Me
2019
8.0
Yasuragi no Toki: Michi
2019
8.6
Self - Actor
The Dawn of Kaiju Eiga
2019
0.0
Nipponia Nippon – Fukushima Rhapsody
2019
6.0
Narrator
The Great Buddha Arrival
2018
0.0
CEO Ogata
Bridge over Troubled Water
2018
0.0
The Man of the Political Economy
2015
0.0
Ikeda Shigeaki
Keisei Saimin no Otoko
2015
7.0
Himself
Hail to the King: 60 Years of Destruction
2015
Credits
A World Without Cherry Blossoms
as Keizo
2022
4.0
Dance with Me
as Machin Ueda
2019
7.0
Yasuragi no Toki: Michi
2019
8.0
The Dawn of Kaiju Eiga
as Self - Actor
2019
8.6
Nipponia Nippon – Fukushima Rhapsody
2019
0.0
The Great Buddha Arrival
as Narrator
2018
6.0
Bridge over Troubled Water
as CEO Ogata
2018
0.0
The Man of the Political Economy
2015
0.0
Keisei Saimin no Otoko
as Ikeda Shigeaki
2015
0.0
Hail to the King: 60 Years of Destruction
as Himself
2015
7.0
Godzilla Battle Royale
as Sec. General Fuji
2014
8.9
A Far Promise
2014
0.0
Godzilla
as Immigration Officer
2014
6.3
🎬
A Sparkle of Life
2013
9.0
Carnation
2011
8.2
Making of Godzilla vs. Mothra
as Himself
2010
9.2
Clouds Over the Hill
2009
8.1
Bringing Godzilla Down to Size: The Art of Japanese Special Effects
as Himself
2008
8.4
Glory to the Filmmaker!
as Gentleman in a White Mercedes
2007
6.3
Fantastipo
2005
6.0
Mikio Naruse 100th Birth Anniversary
as Voiceover
2005
0.0
Godzilla: Final Wars
as UN Secretary General Naotarô Daigo
2004
7.1
Prince Shotoku
as Mononobe no Moriya
2001
6.0
Prince Shōtoku
2001
0.0
Watashi no Aozora
as Joji Murai
2000
7.0
Road to the Don 12
2000
0.0
Woman in Witness Protection
as Police Commissioner
1997
6.4
Sure Death 6
1996
0.0
My name is Reiko Shiratori! The Movie
as Kichitaro Shiratori
1995
2.0
My name is Reiko Shiratori!
as Shiratori Kichitaro [Reiko's father]
1993
6.0
Godzilla vs. Mothra
as Environmental Planning Board Chief Jyoji Minamino
1992
6.9
Homework
1992
5.0
Minbo, or the Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion
as Kobayashi
1992
6.7
Tales of a Golden Geisha
as Inukai
1990
6.3
The Audition
as Emcee
1984
0.0
Legend of Plumeria
1983
0.0
Nukata no Ōkimi
1980
0.0
Godzilla
as Ogata
1977
6.8
Travels of Lord Mito
as Sukesaburô Sasaki
1969
0.0
Latitude Zero
as Dr. Ken Tashiro
1969
5.8
空想天国
1968
0.0
Golden Eyes
as Andrew Hoshino
1968
6.5
Devils-in-Law
1968
0.0
King Kong Escapes
as Lt. Commander Jiro Nomura
1967
6.2
Let's Go! Young Guy
as Kou Kure
1967
0.0
Ebirah, Horror of the Deep
as Yoshimura
1966
6.3
The Daphne
as Kudo
1966
0.0
Invasion of Astro-Monster
as Astronaut K. Fuji
1965
6.8
Ironfinger
as Andrew Hoshino
1965
5.9
The White Rose of Hong Kong
as Susumu Utsugi
1965
0.0
The Longest Night
as 田中清辉
1965
0.0
Blood and Diamonds
1964
0.0
Hibari, Chiemi, Izumi: Sannin yoreba
1964
0.0
Mothra vs. Godzilla
as Ichiro "Ichi" Sakai
1964
7.0
A Woman's Life
as Koichi Shimizu
1963
7.1
Honolulu, Tokyo, Hong Kong
as Yuichi Okamoto
1963
0.0
Gekkyū dorobō
1962
0.0
Chûshingura
as Gunpei Takada
1962
7.3
A Wanderer's Notebook
as Fukuya
1962
7.2
Let's Meet in Our Dreams
1962
0.0
Me and Me
as Akihiko Kinugasa
1962
0.0
Star of Hong Kong
as Hasegawa Toru
1962
0.0
女難コースを突破せよ
1962
0.0
Shimizu Port Salaryman Part II
1962
0.0
Long Way to Okinawa
1962
0.0
Woman of Design
as Kosuke Sakai
1962
6.5
The Wiser Age
as Rokkakuya Kou
1962
7.3
Different Sons
as Kensuke Akagi
1961
0.0
The End of Summer
as Teramoto Tadashi
1961
7.5
The Last War
as Takano
1961
6.2
A Night in Hong Kong
as Hiroshi Tanaka
1961
0.0
The Masterless 47 – Part II
1961
0.0
Shusse kōsu ni shinro o tore
1961
0.0
Lovers of Ginza
1961
0.0
The Masterless 47
as Kohei Hayano
1960
0.0
The Lovelorn Geisha
1960
6.6
The Dangerous Kiss
1960
0.0
Daughters, Wives and a Mother
as Reiji Sakanishi
1960
7.1
The Storm of the Pacific
1960
5.6
Arashi o Yobu Gakudan
1960
0.0
Beyond the Hills
as Kentaro - Ueshima
1960
0.0
Sazae-san, the Wayward Wife
1959
0.0
The Three Treasures
as Prince Wakatarashi
1959
5.4
Someday I'll Know
as Daisuke Kaneko
1959
0.0
Samurai Saga
as Jutaro [Jurota] Karibe
1959
6.7
A Whistle in My Heart
1959
6.3
The Big Boss
as Mineo Komatsu
1959
6.3
Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman
as The Boy (Her Brother)
1958
3.0
Diary of an Elegant Hot Spring
as Shirō Arisaka (Kyōko’s husband)
1958
0.0
Yaji and Kita on the Road
as Akinosuke Takarai
1958
0.0
A Holiday in Tokyo
as George Tanaka
1958
0.0
City of Love
as Kunio Murata
1958
0.0
On Wings of Love
as Hajime Kyosu
1957
0.0
A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 2
as Tatsuo Ito
1957
0.0
A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 1
1957
0.0
Birth of Romance
as Ichirô Yabe
1957
0.0
Godzilla, the Monster of the Pacific Ocean
as Ogata (as Akiro Takarata)
1957
8.6
Price of Beauty
as Koichi Yamawaki
1957
0.0
The Paradise Island Story
1957
0.0
Love on Rainbow Island
as Sainkichi 'Johannes' Matsutani
1956
0.0
Jacks and Jills
as Kubota
1956
0.0
Morishige, where are you going?
as Akira Wakayama
1956
0.0
Godzilla, King of the Monsters!
as Ogata
1956
6.6
Nigetekita hanayome
1956
0.0
Half Human
as Takeshi Iijima
1955
4.5
All is Well 2
1955
0.0
All is Well
as Saitaro Okazaki
1955
0.0
Godzilla
as Hideto Ogata
1954
7.6
How the Bell of Liberty Rings
as Masuda Sotaro
1954
0.0