Akira Takarada

Akira Takarada

1934-04-29 • Harbin, China • Male • 118 Known Credits

Biography

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

Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1934-04-29

Place of Birth

Harbin, China

Known Credits

118

Known For

Acting

Also Known As

Акира Такарада, آکیرا تاکارادا

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Known For Movies

Godzilla

Godzilla

2014
Godzilla

Godzilla

1954
Godzilla: Final Wars

Godzilla: Final Wars

2004
Mothra vs. Godzilla

Mothra vs. Godzilla

1964
Invasion of Astro-Monster

Invasion of Astro-Monster

1965
The Great Buddha Arrival

The Great Buddha Arrival

2018
Ebirah, Horror of the Deep

Ebirah, Horror of the Deep

1966
Godzilla vs. Mothra

Godzilla vs. Mothra

1992
King Kong Escapes

King Kong Escapes

1967
Godzilla, King of the Monsters!

Godzilla, King of the Monsters!

1956
Tales of the Unusual

Tales of the Unusual

2000
Latitude Zero

Latitude Zero

1969
The Cabin Attendant

The Cabin Attendant

2014
Chûshingura

Chûshingura

1962
The End of Summer

The End of Summer

1961
The Storm of the Pacific

The Storm of the Pacific

1960
Nigetekita hanayome

Nigetekita hanayome

1956
Minbo, or the Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion

Minbo, or the Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion

1992
Tales of a Golden Geisha

Tales of a Golden Geisha

1990
On Wings of Love

On Wings of Love

1957
Godzilla

Godzilla

1977
Glory to the Filmmaker!

Glory to the Filmmaker!

2007
Dance with Me

Dance with Me

2019
Woman in Witness Protection

Woman in Witness Protection

1997
City of Love

City of Love

1958
The Three Treasures

The Three Treasures

1959
Honolulu, Tokyo, Hong Kong

Honolulu, Tokyo, Hong Kong

1963
The Wiser Age

The Wiser Age

1962
A Far Promise

A Far Promise

2014
A Wanderer's Notebook

A Wanderer's Notebook

1962
The Last War

The Last War

1961
A Holiday in Tokyo

A Holiday in Tokyo

1958
Breakthrough Course of Women in Trouble

Breakthrough Course of Women in Trouble

1962
The Man of the Political Economy

The Man of the Political Economy

2015
The Audition

The Audition

1984
Legend of Plumeria

Legend of Plumeria

1983
Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman

Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman

1958
Daughters, Wives and a Mother

Daughters, Wives and a Mother

1960
Arashi o Yobu Gakudan

Arashi o Yobu Gakudan

1960
Birth of Romance

Birth of Romance

1957
Road to the Don 12

Road to the Don 12

2000
A Whistle in My Heart

A Whistle in My Heart

1959
A Woman's Life

A Woman's Life

1963
Let's Go! Young Guy

Let's Go! Young Guy

1967
Blood and Diamonds

Blood and Diamonds

1964
Beyond the Hills

Beyond the Hills

1960
Star of Hong Kong

Star of Hong Kong

1962
Yaji and Kita on the Road

Yaji and Kita on the Road

1958
Tom Cat Holmes and the Twilight Hotel

Tom Cat Holmes and the Twilight Hotel

1998
Travels of Lord Mito

Travels of Lord Mito

1969
Anything For Success

Anything For Success

1962
Woman of Design

Woman of Design

1962
Jacks and Jills

Jacks and Jills

1956
Half Human

Half Human

1955
The Masterless 47 – Part II

The Masterless 47 – Part II

1961
Ironfinger

Ironfinger

1965
Someday I'll Know

Someday I'll Know

1959
A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 2

A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 2

1957
Price of Beauty

Price of Beauty

1957
The Lovelorn Geisha

The Lovelorn Geisha

1960
My name is Reiko Shiratori! The Movie

My name is Reiko Shiratori! The Movie

1995
A World Without Cherry Blossoms

A World Without Cherry Blossoms

2022
The Dawn of Kaiju Eiga

The Dawn of Kaiju Eiga

2019
All is Well 2

All is Well 2

1955
Lovers of Ginza

Lovers of Ginza

1961
The Masterless 47

The Masterless 47

1960
Sazae-san, the Wayward Wife

Sazae-san, the Wayward Wife

1959
A Sparkle of Life

A Sparkle of Life

2013
Bridge over Troubled Water

Bridge over Troubled Water

2018
The Big Boss

The Big Boss

1959
All is Well

All is Well

1955
Different Sons

Different Sons

1961
Godzilla, the Monster of the Pacific Ocean

Godzilla, the Monster of the Pacific Ocean

1957
Long Way to Okinawa

Long Way to Okinawa

1962
Hibari, Chiemi, Izumi: We Are Three Best Friends

Hibari, Chiemi, Izumi: We Are Three Best Friends

1964
How the Bell of Liberty Rings

How the Bell of Liberty Rings

1954
Nipponia Nippon – Fukushima Rhapsody

Nipponia Nippon – Fukushima Rhapsody

2019
The Dangerous Kiss

The Dangerous Kiss

1960
Sure Death 6

Sure Death 6

1996
Samurai Saga

Samurai Saga

1959
The White Rose of Hong Kong

The White Rose of Hong Kong

1965
Diary of an Elegant Hot Spring

Diary of an Elegant Hot Spring

1958
Morishige, where are you going?

Morishige, where are you going?

1956
Shimizu Port Salaryman Part II

Shimizu Port Salaryman Part II

1962
Nikko Story

Nikko Story

2023
Prince Shōtoku

Prince Shōtoku

2001
Mr. Giants

Mr. Giants

1964
Taking a Success Course

Taking a Success Course

1961
Let's Meet in Our Dreams

Let's Meet in Our Dreams

1962
A Night in Hong Kong

A Night in Hong Kong

1961
Love on Rainbow Island

Love on Rainbow Island

1956
The Daphne

The Daphne

1966
Me and Me

Me and Me

1962
Japanese Gangster History Ambition Corps 2

Japanese Gangster History Ambition Corps 2

1999
Golden Eyes

Golden Eyes

1968
The man who became a billionaire.

The man who became a billionaire.

1994
Mikio Naruse 100th Birth Anniversary

Mikio Naruse 100th Birth Anniversary

2005
Hail to the King: 60 Years of Destruction

Hail to the King: 60 Years of Destruction

2015
A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 1

A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 1

1957
Japanese Gangster History Ambition Corps

Japanese Gangster History Ambition Corps

1999
Bringing Godzilla Down to Size: The Art of Japanese Special Effects

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

2008
The Longest Night

The Longest Night

1965
Devils-in-Law

Devils-in-Law

1968
Making of Godzilla vs. Mothra

Making of Godzilla vs. Mothra

2010
Godzilla Battle Royale

Godzilla Battle Royale

2014
Imaginary Paradise

Imaginary Paradise

1968
Clara White Paper - ShohjotaiPHOON!

Clara White Paper - ShohjotaiPHOON!

1985
Fantastipo

Fantastipo

2005
The Paradise Island Story

The Paradise Island Story

1957

Known For TV Shows

Clouds Over the Hill

Clouds Over the Hill

2009
Carnation

Carnation

2011
Keisei Saimin no Otoko

Keisei Saimin no Otoko

2015
Watashi no Aozora

Watashi no Aozora

2000
Yasuragi no Toki: Michi

Yasuragi no Toki: Michi

2019
My name is Reiko Shiratori!

My name is Reiko Shiratori!

1993
Homework

Homework

1992
Prince Shotoku

Prince Shotoku

2001
Nukata no Ōkimi

Nukata no Ōkimi

1980

Movie Credits

Godzilla

2014

Immigration Officer

Godzilla

1954

Hideto Ogata

Godzilla: Final Wars

2004

UN Secretary General Naotarô Daigo

Mothra vs. Godzilla

1964

Ichiro "Ichi" Sakai

Invasion of Astro-Monster

1965

Astronaut K. Fuji

The Great Buddha Arrival

2018

Narrator

Ebirah, Horror of the Deep

1966

Yoshimura

Godzilla vs. Mothra

1992

Environmental Planning Board Chief Jyoji Minamino

King Kong Escapes

1967

Lt. Commander Jiro Nomura

Godzilla, King of the Monsters!

1956

Ogata

Tales of the Unusual

2000

Latitude Zero

1969

Dr. Ken Tashiro

The Cabin Attendant

2014

Chûshingura

1962

Gunpei Takada

The End of Summer

1961

Teramoto Tadashi

The Storm of the Pacific

1960

Nigetekita hanayome

1956

Minbo, or the Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion

1992

Kobayashi

Tales of a Golden Geisha

1990

Inukai

On Wings of Love

1957

Hajime Kyosu

Godzilla

1977

Ogata

Glory to the Filmmaker!

2007

Gentleman in a White Mercedes

Dance with Me

2019

Machin Ueda

Woman in Witness Protection

1997

Police Commissioner

City of Love

1958

Kunio Murata

The Three Treasures

1959

Prince Wakatarashi

Honolulu, Tokyo, Hong Kong

1963

Yuichi Okamoto

The Wiser Age

1962

Rokkakuya Kou

A Far Promise

2014

A Wanderer's Notebook

1962

Fukuya

The Last War

1961

Takano

A Holiday in Tokyo

1958

George Tanaka

Breakthrough Course of Women in Trouble

1962

The Man of the Political Economy

2015

The Audition

1984

Emcee

Legend of Plumeria

1983

Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman

1958

The Boy (Her Brother)

Daughters, Wives and a Mother

1960

Reiji Sakanishi

Arashi o Yobu Gakudan

1960

Birth of Romance

1957

Ichirô Yabe

Road to the Don 12

2000

A Whistle in My Heart

1959

A Woman's Life

1963

Koichi Shimizu

Let's Go! Young Guy

1967

Kou Kure

Blood and Diamonds

1964

Beyond the Hills

1960

Kentaro - Ueshima

Star of Hong Kong

1962

Hasegawa Toru

Yaji and Kita on the Road

1958

Akinosuke Takarai

Tom Cat Holmes and the Twilight Hotel

1998

Travels of Lord Mito

1969

Sukesaburô Sasaki

Anything For Success

1962

Woman of Design

1962

Kosuke Sakai

Jacks and Jills

1956

Kubota

Half Human

1955

Takeshi Iijima

The Masterless 47 – Part II

1961

Ironfinger

1965

Andrew Hoshino

Someday I'll Know

1959

Daisuke Kaneko

A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 2

1957

Tatsuo Ito

Price of Beauty

1957

Koichi Yamawaki

The Lovelorn Geisha

1960

My name is Reiko Shiratori! The Movie

1995

Kichitaro Shiratori

A World Without Cherry Blossoms

2022

Keizo

The Dawn of Kaiju Eiga

2019

Self - Actor

All is Well 2

1955

Lovers of Ginza

1961

The Masterless 47

1960

Kohei Hayano

Sazae-san, the Wayward Wife

1959

A Sparkle of Life

2013

Bridge over Troubled Water

2018

CEO Ogata

The Big Boss

1959

Mineo Komatsu

All is Well

1955

Saitaro Okazaki

Different Sons

1961

Kensuke Akagi

Godzilla, the Monster of the Pacific Ocean

1957

Ogata (as Akiro Takarata)

Long Way to Okinawa

1962

Hibari, Chiemi, Izumi: We Are Three Best Friends

1964

How the Bell of Liberty Rings

1954

Masuda Sotaro

Nipponia Nippon – Fukushima Rhapsody

2019

The Dangerous Kiss

1960

Sure Death 6

1996

Samurai Saga

1959

Jutaro [Jurota] Karibe

The White Rose of Hong Kong

1965

Susumu Utsugi

Diary of an Elegant Hot Spring

1958

Shirō Arisaka (Kyōko’s husband)

Morishige, where are you going?

1956

Akira Wakayama

Shimizu Port Salaryman Part II

1962

Nikko Story

2023

Prince Shōtoku

2001

Mr. Giants

1964

Taking a Success Course

1961

Let's Meet in Our Dreams

1962

A Night in Hong Kong

1961

Hiroshi Tanaka

Love on Rainbow Island

1956

Sainkichi 'Johannes' Matsutani

The Daphne

1966

Kudo

Me and Me

1962

Akihiko Kinugasa

Japanese Gangster History Ambition Corps 2

1999

Golden Eyes

1968

Andrew Hoshino

The man who became a billionaire.

1994

Mikio Naruse 100th Birth Anniversary

2005

Voiceover

Hail to the King: 60 Years of Destruction

2015

Himself

A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 1

1957

Japanese Gangster History Ambition Corps

1999

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

2008

Himself

The Longest Night

1965

田中清辉

Devils-in-Law

1968

Making of Godzilla vs. Mothra

2010

Himself

Godzilla Battle Royale

2014

Sec. General Fuji

Imaginary Paradise

1968

Clara White Paper - ShohjotaiPHOON!

1985

Fantastipo

2005

The Paradise Island Story

1957

TV Credits

Clouds Over the Hill

2009

(5 episodes)

Carnation

2011

(151 episodes)

Keisei Saimin no Otoko

2015

Ikeda Shigeaki (5 episodes)

Watashi no Aozora

2000

Joji Murai (156 episodes)

Yasuragi no Toki: Michi

2019

(1 episodes)

My name is Reiko Shiratori!

1993

Shiratori Kichitaro [Reiko's father] (5 episodes)

Homework

1992

(11 episodes)

Prince Shotoku

2001

Mononobe no Moriya (2 episodes)

Nukata no Ōkimi

1980

(2 episodes)

Movie Production Credits

A World Without Cherry Blossoms

Executive Producer

2022

TV Production Credits

No TV production credits available.