Akira Takarada

Name: Akira Takarada

Date of Birth: April 29, 1934

Place of Birth: Chongjin, North Korea

Mr. Takarada passed away on March 14, 2022 in Tokio, Japan. He was 87 years old.

 

Mostly known for:

  • Godzilla (1954) as Hideto Ogata
  • Jû Jin Yuki Otoko (1955) as Takeshi Jijima
  • Godzilla: King of Monsters! (1956) as Ogata
  • Godzilla (1957) as Ogata
  • Half Human (1958) as The Boy
  • The Big Boss (1959) as Mineo Komatsu
  • Samurai Saga (1959) as Jutaro (Juruta) Karibe
  • The Three Treasures (1959) as Prince Wakatarashi
  • The Lovelorn Geisha (1960) as Takiguchi
  • The End of Summer (1961) as Teramoto Tadashi
  • A Wanderer's Notebook (1962) as Fukuya
  • Chusingura (1962) as Gunbei Takada
  • Mothra vs Godzilla (1964) as Ichiro Sakai
  • Invasion of Astro-Monster (1965) as K. Fuji
  • King Kong Escapes (1967) as Lt. Commander Jiro Nomura
  • Godzilla: The Euro-Trash Version (1977) as Ogata
  • Tales of a Golden Geisha (1990) Inukai
  • Dance With Me (2019) as Martin Ueda

Where?

Weekend of Horrors Oberhausen Fall Edition 2014, Oberhausen, Germany

 

What?

Unfortunately we weren't able to attend the panel of Mister Takarada, so all we have is this one picture at the signing table and unfortunately the quality isn't that good either.