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Akira Takarada

Akira Takarada

ActingBorn April 29, 1934Harbin, Heilongjiang, China 166 movies

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

Akira Takarada filmography

Godzilla poster
6.4
Godzilla
2014 · Immigration Officer
Godzilla poster
7.6
Godzilla
1954 · Hideto Ogata
Godzilla: Final Wars poster
7.1
Godzilla: Final Wars
2004 · UN Secretary General Naotarô Daigo
Godzilla vs. Mothra poster
6.9
Godzilla vs. Mothra
1992 · Environmental Planning Board Chief Jyoji Minamino
Godzilla, King of the Monsters! poster
6.5
Godzilla, King of the Monsters!
1956 · Ogata
Mothra vs. Godzilla poster
7.0
Mothra vs. Godzilla
1964 · Ichiro "Ichi" Sakai
Ebirah, Horror of the Deep poster
6.3
Ebirah, Horror of the Deep
1966 · Yoshimura
Invasion of Astro-Monster poster
6.8
Invasion of Astro-Monster
1965 · Astronaut Kazuo Fuji
King Kong Escapes poster
6.1
King Kong Escapes
1967 · Lt. Commander Jiro Nomura
Sure Death 6 poster
Sure Death 6
1996
Chûshingura poster
7.1
Chûshingura
1962 · Gunpei Takada
The Longest Night poster
9.0
The Longest Night
1965 · 田中清辉
Godzilla poster
6.8
Godzilla
1977 · Ogata
Woman in Witness Protection poster
6.4
Woman in Witness Protection
1997 · Police Commissioner
Me and Me poster
8.0
Me and Me
1962 · Akihiko Kinugasa
The End of Summer poster
7.5
The End of Summer
1961 · Teramoto Tadashi
A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 1 poster
A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 1
1957
Minbo, or The Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion poster
7.0
Minbo, or The Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion
1992 · Kobayashi
Nipponia Nippon – Fukushima Rhapsody poster
Nipponia Nippon – Fukushima Rhapsody
2019
Devils-in-Law poster
8.0
Devils-in-Law
1968
Glory to the Filmmaker! poster
6.3
Glory to the Filmmaker!
2007 · Gentleman in a White Mercedes
Kingdom Hearts Re:coded poster
6.5
Kingdom Hearts Re:coded
2014 · Jafar (voice)
Tales of a Golden Geisha poster
6.2
Tales of a Golden Geisha
1990 · Inukai
Godzilla, the Monster of the Pacific Ocean poster
8.6
Godzilla, the Monster of the Pacific Ocean
1957 · Ogata (as Akiro Takarata)
Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman poster
3.5
Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman
1957 · The Boy (Her Brother)
The Cabin Attendant poster
The Cabin Attendant
2014
The Three Treasures poster
5.5
The Three Treasures
1959 · Prince Wakatarashi
Latitude Zero poster
5.9
Latitude Zero
1969 · Dr. Ken Tashiro
The Last War poster
6.8
The Last War
1961 · Takano
Fantastipo poster
8.0
Fantastipo
2005
Tales of the Unusual poster
6.8
Tales of the Unusual
2000
The Storm of the Pacific poster
6.0
The Storm of the Pacific
1960
Daughters, Wives and a Mother poster
7.3
Daughters, Wives and a Mother
1960 · Reiji Sakanishi
Bringing Godzilla Down to Size: The Art of Japanese Special Effects poster
8.5
Bringing Godzilla Down to Size: The Art of Japanese Special Effects
2008 · Himself
A Wanderer's Notebook poster
7.2
A Wanderer's Notebook
1962 · Fukuya
Samurai Saga poster
6.9
Samurai Saga
1959 · Jutaro [Jurota] Karibe
The Great Buddha Arrival poster
6.0
The Great Buddha Arrival
2018 · Narrator
A Woman's Life poster
7.1
A Woman's Life
1963 · Koichi Shimizu
The Big Boss poster
6.5
The Big Boss
1959 · Mineo Komatsu
Dance with Me poster
7.0
Dance with Me
2019 · Machin Ueda
The Wiser Age poster
7.2
The Wiser Age
1962 · Rokkakuya Kou
The Spirit of Godzilla poster
9.0
The Spirit of Godzilla
2004 · ナレーション
Beast Man Snow Man poster
4.9
Beast Man Snow Man
1955 · Takeshi Iijima
Blood and Diamonds poster
8.0
Blood and Diamonds
1964
A Whistle in My Heart poster
6.7
A Whistle in My Heart
1959
Star of Hong Kong poster
8.0
Star of Hong Kong
1962 · Hasegawa Toru
The Dawn of Kaiju Eiga poster
8.7
The Dawn of Kaiju Eiga
2019 · Self - Actor
Different Sons poster
7.0
Different Sons
1961 · Kensuke Akagi
A Night in Hong Kong poster
10.0
A Night in Hong Kong
1961 · Hiroshi Tanaka
The Dangerous Kiss poster
10.0
The Dangerous Kiss
1960
Holiday in Tokyo poster
9.0
Holiday in Tokyo
1958 · George Tanaka
The Masterless 47 poster
10.0
The Masterless 47
1960 · Kohei Hayano
The Capital of Love poster
The Capital of Love
1958 · Kunio Murata
Triumphant Song of Youth poster
Triumphant Song of Youth
1956 · Akio Shimamura
Mr. Giant's Victory Flag poster
8.0
Mr. Giant's Victory Flag
1964
Schooldays poster
7.0
Schooldays
1957 · Takada Shinichi
Big Wind from Tokyo poster
7.0
Big Wind from Tokyo
1966 · Ishinaka Sekijirō
Eacape of Fear poster
Eacape of Fear
1956 · Toshio Ogata
Golden Eyes poster
6.9
Golden Eyes
1968 · Andrew Hoshino
The Masterless 47 – Part II poster
9.0
The Masterless 47 – Part II
1961
Clara White Paper - ShohjotaiPHOON! poster
Clara White Paper - ShohjotaiPHOON!
1985
Beyond the Hills poster
Beyond the Hills
1960 · Kentaro - Ueshima
Honolulu, Tokyo, Hong Kong poster
7.0
Honolulu, Tokyo, Hong Kong
1963 · Yuichi Okamoto
Diary of an Elegant Hot Spring poster
Diary of an Elegant Hot Spring
1958 · Shirō Arisaka (Kyōko’s husband)
Legend of Plumeria poster
Legend of Plumeria
1983
Shimizu Port Salaryman Part II poster
9.0
Shimizu Port Salaryman Part II
1962
Someday I'll Know poster
9.0
Someday I'll Know
1959 · Daisuke Kaneko
Patio poster
10.0
Patio
1992
Love You Till I Die poster
Love You Till I Die
1981
Tom Cat Holmes and the Twilight Hotel poster
Tom Cat Holmes and the Twilight Hotel
1998
Shinobu's Tomorrow poster
Shinobu's Tomorrow
1984
Woman of Design poster
6.7
Woman of Design
1962 · Kosuke Sakai
Three Youngmen and a Dream Girl poster
Three Youngmen and a Dream Girl
1956 · Kamura
Ironfinger poster
6.8
Ironfinger
1965 · Andrew Hoshino
Flower's Yearning poster
7.0
Flower's Yearning
1958 · Tsuda Shin'ichi
Sazae-san, the Wayward Wife poster
Sazae-san, the Wayward Wife
1959 · Ryota Kujira
Travels of Lord Mito poster
7.0
Travels of Lord Mito
1969 · Sukesaburô Sasaki
How the Bell of Liberty Rings poster
How the Bell of Liberty Rings
1954 · Masuda Sotaro
Prince Shōtoku poster
Prince Shōtoku
2001 · Prince Anahobe
Engagement Ring poster
Engagement Ring
1956 · Yōichi Kurata
Start Here poster
7.0
Start Here
1965 · Kiyoshi Nakanishi (Junko’s Husband)
All is Well poster
10.0
All is Well
1955 · Saitaro Okazaki
The Daphne poster
10.0
The Daphne
1966 · Kudo
Diary of a Successful Salaryman Part 2 poster
8.0
Diary of a Successful Salaryman Part 2
1957 · Maeda Keiichirō
Yaji and Kita on the Road poster
Yaji and Kita on the Road
1958 · Akinosuke Takarai
Long Way to Okinawa poster
9.0
Long Way to Okinawa
1962
The Paradise Island Story poster
The Paradise Island Story
1957
All is Well 2 poster
10.0
All is Well 2
1955
Showdown on Pier No.3 poster
Showdown on Pier No.3
1960 · Takagi
Hibari, Chiemi, Izumi: We Are Three Best Friends poster
8.0
Hibari, Chiemi, Izumi: We Are Three Best Friends
1964
A World Without Cherry Blossoms poster
4.0
A World Without Cherry Blossoms
2022 · Keizo
Bridge over Troubled Water poster
Bridge over Troubled Water
2018 · CEO Ogata
Let's Go! Young Guy poster
7.5
Let's Go! Young Guy
1967 · Kou Kure
The Lovelorn Geisha poster
6.9
The Lovelorn Geisha
1960
Price of Beauty poster
10.0
Price of Beauty
1957 · Koichi Yamawaki
New Tengu Kurama: Samurai in the Pouring Rain poster
10.0
New Tengu Kurama: Samurai in the Pouring Rain
1955 · Heizaemon Ujiie
Shibuya Midnight War Dark Street poster
Shibuya Midnight War Dark Street
2001
Morishige, where are you going? poster
Morishige, where are you going?
1956 · Akira Wakayama
A Strong Wind Blows poster
A Strong Wind Blows
1956 · Shūji Ōma
More Than 10,000 Women But... poster
More Than 10,000 Women But...
1966 · Junichi Hasegawa
Lovers of Ginza poster
7.0
Lovers of Ginza
1961
Nikko Story poster
Nikko Story
2023
Let's Meet in Our Dreams poster
8.0
Let's Meet in Our Dreams
1962
Walleyed Nippon poster
8.0
Walleyed Nippon
1963 · Shin Moriyama
3 Raccoon Dogs poster
5.0
3 Raccoon Dogs
1966 · Michio Sasaki
Young Love Conquers All poster
7.0
Young Love Conquers All
1955
A Melody for My Father poster
A Melody for My Father
2005
A Far Promise poster
A Far Promise
2014
History of Japan’s Yakuza — Ambition Corps poster
History of Japan’s Yakuza — Ambition Corps
1999
Road to the Don 12 poster
Road to the Don 12
2000
Runaway Bride poster
Runaway Bride
1956
The College Ruggers poster
9.0
The College Ruggers
1959 · Eiichi Miyake
The Man of the Political Economy poster
The Man of the Political Economy
2015
History of Japan’s Yakuza — Ambition Corps 2 poster
History of Japan’s Yakuza — Ambition Corps 2
1999
Diary of a Successful Salaryman Part 3 poster
10.0
Diary of a Successful Salaryman Part 3
1958 · Keiichiro Maeda
Mikio Naruse 100th Birth Anniversary poster
Mikio Naruse 100th Birth Anniversary
2005 · Voiceover
The 6th Suspect poster
The 6th Suspect
1960 · Shinsuke Arima
Taking a Success Course poster
Taking a Success Course
1961
The Blue Mountains poster
The Blue Mountains
1957 · Mr. Numata
Imaginary Paradise poster
Imaginary Paradise
1968
Love on Rainbow Island poster
8.0
Love on Rainbow Island
1956 · Sainkichi 'Johannes' Matsutani
The Audition poster
The Audition
1984 · Emcee
3 Dolls in College poster
10.0
3 Dolls in College
1959 · Shin'ichi Takada
Reign of Terror poster
Reign of Terror
1957 · Jun’nosuke Kijima
Jacks and Jills poster
7.0
Jacks and Jills
1956 · Kubota
The Singing Tireless Town poster
The Singing Tireless Town
1957 · Yoshio Matsuoka (Assistant Director)
Bride in a Bathing Suit poster
Bride in a Bathing Suit
1954 · Masao Sakurai
Daybreak Chorus poster
Daybreak Chorus
1963 · Kensuke Ukita
The Green Voyage poster
The Green Voyage
1957 · Keiji Takenaka (college student)
Fukumimi poster
10.0
Fukumimi
2003
Young Lovers poster
Young Lovers
1959 · Shuichi Nozaki
The White Rose of Hong Kong poster
7.0
The White Rose of Hong Kong
1965 · Susumu Utsugi
The Poem of the Blue Star poster
The Poem of the Blue Star
1960
Devices Stronger Than Women poster
Devices Stronger Than Women
1963 · Shin Takayama (Nanahikari Electric publicity staff)
Black Corridor poster
Black Corridor
2004
Anything For Success poster
7.0
Anything For Success
1962
Frame of Snow poster
10.0
Frame of Snow
1955 · Kikukawa Shinzō
A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 2 poster
9.0
A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 2
1957 · Tatsuo Ito
The College Hero poster
8.0
The College Hero
1958 · Katsumi Kageyama
Bridal Candidates poster
Bridal Candidates
1955 · Tsubasa Ipponsugi
On Wings of Love poster
10.0
On Wings of Love
1957 · Hajime Kyosu
My name is Reiko Shiratori! The Movie poster
2.0
My name is Reiko Shiratori! The Movie
1995 · Kichitaro Shiratori
The Man Who Never Gives Up 3: Goodbye poster
The Man Who Never Gives Up 3: Goodbye
2007
Breakthrough Course of Women in Trouble poster
Breakthrough Course of Women in Trouble
1962
Modern Salaryman: Bushido Romance poster
Modern Salaryman: Bushido Romance
1960 · Mizukami Gorō
Hail to the King: 60 Years of Destruction poster
7.0
Hail to the King: 60 Years of Destruction
2015 · Himself
I Am a Sardine poster
I Am a Sardine
2004
Bright Young Maidens poster
10.0
Bright Young Maidens
1958
Tomboy Daughter Diary poster
Tomboy Daughter Diary
1955 · Tsubasa Ipponsugi
The man who became a billionaire. poster
The man who became a billionaire.
1994
Romance and Rhythm poster
7.0
Romance and Rhythm
1958 · Tajima
Diary of a Successful Salaryman poster
9.0
Diary of a Successful Salaryman
1957 · Maeda Keiichirō
A Town with a Mountain and River poster
7.0
A Town with a Mountain and River
1957 · Keisuke Yagi
Fighting Cha Cha Girl poster
8.0
Fighting Cha Cha Girl
1956 · Hideyuki Tsutsumi
Wharf with the Weeping Girl poster
Wharf with the Weeping Girl
1956 · Ryūji
Godzilla Battle Royale poster
9.1
Godzilla Battle Royale
2014 · Sec. General Fuji
Blue Buds poster
Blue Buds
1956 · Groom
Birth of Romance poster
Birth of Romance
1957 · Ichirô Yabe
War and Peace: Akira Takarada's Testimony poster
War and Peace: Akira Takarada's Testimony
2021
Singing in the Sun poster
8.0
Singing in the Sun
1960 · Moriyama Tadashi
The Rise and Fall of a Jazz Girl poster
9.0
The Rise and Fall of a Jazz Girl
1958 · himself
Making of Godzilla vs. Mothra poster
9.3
Making of Godzilla vs. Mothra
2010 · Himself
A Miracle of Hakone poster
A Miracle of Hakone
2008
The Wife is a University Student poster
The Wife is a University Student
1956 · Tadashi Baba (Rugby Team Captain)
The Blue Mountains Part 2 poster
The Blue Mountains Part 2
1957 · Teacher Numata
A Sparkle of Life poster
9.0
A Sparkle of Life
2013