Akira Takarada

Biography

Akira Takarada was a Japanese film actor best known for his roles in the Godzilla film series.

Known For

Carnation

Watashi no Aozora

Joji Murai

Keisei Saimin no Otoko

Ikeda Shigeaki

Yasuragi no Toki: Michi

Godzilla

Immigration Officer

Godzilla: Final Wars

UN Secretary General Naotarô Daigo

Clouds Over the Hill

Ebirah, Horror of the Deep

Yoshimura

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2022	A World Without Cherry Blossoms	Keizo
2019	Dance with Me	Machin Ueda
2019	The Dawn of Kaiju Eiga	Self - Actor
2019	Nipponia Nippon – Fukushima Rhapsody
2018	Bridge over Troubled Water	CEO Ogata
2018	The Great Buddha Arrival	Narrator
2015	The Man of the Political Economy
2015	Hail to the King: 60 Years of Destruction	Himself
2014	Godzilla Battle Royale	Sec. General Fuji
2014	Godzilla	Immigration Officer
2014	A Far Promise
2013	A Sparkle of Life
2010	Making of Godzilla vs. Mothra	Himself
2008	Bringing Godzilla Down to Size: The Art of Japanese Special Effects	Himself
2007	Glory to the Filmmaker!	Gentleman in a White Mercedes
2005	Fantastipo
2005	Mikio Naruse 100th Birth Anniversary	Voiceover
2004	Godzilla: Final Wars	UN Secretary General Naotarô Daigo
2001	Prince Shōtoku
2000	Road to the Don 12
1997	Woman in Witness Protection	Police Commissioner
1996	Sure Death 6
1995	My name is Reiko Shiratori! The Movie	Kichitaro Shiratori
1992	Godzilla vs. Mothra	Environmental Planning Board Chief Jyoji Minamino
1992	Minbo, or the Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion	Kobayashi
1990	Tales of a Golden Geisha	Inukai
1984	The Audition	Emcee
1983	Legend of Plumeria
1977	Godzilla	Ogata
1969	Travels of Lord Mito	Sukesaburô Sasaki
1969	Latitude Zero	Dr. Ken Tashiro
1968	Golden Eyes	Andrew Hoshino
1968	空想天国
1968	Devils-in-Law
1967	King Kong Escapes	Lt. Commander Jiro Nomura
1967	Let's Go! Young Guy	Kou Kure
1966	Ebirah, Horror of the Deep	Yoshimura
1966	The Daphne	Kudo
1965	Invasion of Astro-Monster	Astronaut K. Fuji
1965	Ironfinger	Andrew Hoshino
1965	The Longest Night	田中清辉
1965	The White Rose of Hong Kong	Susumu Utsugi
1964	Mothra vs. Godzilla	Ichiro "Ichi" Sakai
1964	Hibari, Chiemi, Izumi: Sannin yoreba
1964	Blood and Diamonds
1963	A Woman's Life	Koichi Shimizu
1963	Honolulu, Tokyo, Hong Kong	Yuichi Okamoto
1962	Long Way to Okinawa
1962	Chûshingura	Gunpei Takada
1962	Shimizu Port Salaryman Part II
1962	女難コースを突破せよ
1962	Let's Meet in Our Dreams
1962	Gekkyū dorobō
1962	A Wanderer's Notebook	Fukuya
1962	Woman of Design	Kosuke Sakai
1962	The Wiser Age	Rokkakuya Kou
1962	Star of Hong Kong	Hasegawa Toru
1962	Me and Me	Akihiko Kinugasa
1961	The End of Summer	Teramoto Tadashi
1961	The Last War	Takano
1961	Different Sons	Kensuke Akagi
1961	A Night in Hong Kong	Hiroshi Tanaka
1961	The Masterless 47 – Part II
1961	Shusse kōsu ni shinro o tore
1961	Lovers of Ginza
1960	Beyond the Hills	Kentaro - Ueshima
1960	The Storm of the Pacific
1960	The Lovelorn Geisha
1960	The Masterless 47	Kohei Hayano
1960	Daughters, Wives and a Mother	Reiji Sakanishi
1960	The Dangerous Kiss
1960	Arashi o Yobu Gakudan
1959	Sazae-san, the Wayward Wife
1959	Samurai Saga	Jutaro [Jurota] Karibe
1959	A Whistle in My Heart
1959	The Big Boss	Mineo Komatsu
1959	The Three Treasures	Prince Wakatarashi
1959	Someday I'll Know	Daisuke Kaneko
1958	Yaji and Kita on the Road	Akinosuke Takarai
1958	Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman	The Boy (Her Brother)
1958	City of Love	Kunio Murata
1958	A Holiday in Tokyo	George Tanaka
1958	Diary of an Elegant Hot Spring	Shirō Arisaka (Kyōko’s husband)
1957	Birth of Romance	Ichirô Yabe
1957	Godzilla, the Monster of the Pacific Ocean	Ogata (as Akiro Takarata)
1957	Price of Beauty	Koichi Yamawaki
1957	A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 2	Tatsuo Ito
1957	The Paradise Island Story
1957	On Wings of Love	Hajime Kyosu
1957	A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 1
1956	Nigetekita hanayome
1956	Godzilla, King of the Monsters!	Ogata
1956	Love on Rainbow Island	Sainkichi 'Johannes' Matsutani
1956	Jacks and Jills	Kubota
1956	Morishige, where are you going?	Akira Wakayama
1955	Half Human	Takeshi Iijima
1955	All is Well	Saitaro Okazaki
1955	All is Well 2
1954	Godzilla	Hideto Ogata
1954	How the Bell of Liberty Rings	Masuda Sotaro

Year	TV Show	Role
2019	Yasuragi no Toki: Michi
2015	Keisei Saimin no Otoko	Ikeda Shigeaki
2011	Carnation
2009	Clouds Over the Hill
2001	Prince Shotoku	Mononobe no Moriya
2000	Watashi no Aozora	Joji Murai
1993	My name is Reiko Shiratori!	Shiratori Kichitaro [Reiko's father]
1992	Homework
1980	Nukata no Ōkimi