Akira Takarada, a Japanese actor and voiceover artist best known for appearing in the original 1954 “Godzilla,” died Monday at age 87.
“We are saddened to hear of the passing of Akira Takarada,” they wrote in aToho didn’t disclose a cause of death, however, Takarada had been suffering debilitating lower back pain and had been in and out of the hospital in the past few years,
Born on April 29, 1934, Takarada is most famous for playing sailor Hideto Ogata in the original 1954 film “Godzilla.” His character liaised with the Japanese Coast Guard after the first ship that Godzilla destroyed issued a distress signal and witnessed the monster’s death from the Oxygen Destroyer at the end of the film.
Akira Takarada, Toyoaki Suzuki, Kokuten Kodo , Momoko Kochi, Takashi Shimura and Akihiko Hirata in “Godzilla” .Courtesy Everett Collection, including “Mothra vs Godzilla” , “Godzilla vs Mothra” . The actor’s last appearance in a Godzilla flick was in “Godzilla: Final Wars” , although he filmed scenes for the 2014 US reboot “Godzilla,” which unfortunately didn’t make the final cut. However, he is still featured in the movie’s credits.
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