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Akihiko Hirata has 13 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1950s through the 1990s. 2 rank in the Top 10%, led by Godzilla.
Gamera, the Giant Monster
1965
Action · Horror
Godzilla
1954 · Movie · Actor
Top 2%Max · Included
Godzilla vs. Destoroyah
1995 · Movie · Actor
Top 4%Tubi · Free w/ ads
Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
1964 · Movie · Actor
Top 19%Max · Included
Mothra
1961 · Movie · Actor
Top 19%Tubi · Free w/ ads
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
1954 · Movie · Actor
Top 31%Max · Included
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
1955 · Movie · Actor
Top 32%Max · Included
Japan is thrown into a panic after several ships are sunk near Odo Island. An expedition to the island led by Dr. Kyohei Yamane soon discover something far more devastating than imagined in the form of a 50 meter tall monster whom the natives call Gojira. Now the monster begins a rampage that threatens to destroy not only Japan, but the rest of the world as well.
Dir. Ishirō Honda · With Akira Takarada, Momoko Kôchi, Akihiko Hirata
A burning Godzilla, on the verge of meltdown, emerges to lay siege to Hong Kong. At the same time horrifying new organisms are discovered in Japan. These crustacean-like beings are seemingly born of the Oxygen Destroyer, the weapon that killed the original Godzilla.
Dir. Takao Okawara · With Takuro Tatsumi, Yoko Ishino, Yasufumi Hayashi
An Okinawan prophecy that foretells the destruction of the Earth is seeming fulfilled when Godzilla emerges to return to his destructive roots. But not all is what it seems after Godzilla breaks his ally Anguirus's jaw. Matters are further complicated when a second Godzilla emerges, revealing the doppelgänger as a mechanical weapon.
Dir. Jun Fukuda · With Masaaki Daimon, Kazuya Aoyama, Reiko Tajima
After a meteorite unleashes a three-headed beast upon Tokyo, Mothra tries to unite with Godzilla and Rodan to battle the extraterrestrial threat.
Dir. Ishirō Honda · With Yōsuke Natsuki, Yuriko Hoshi, Hiroshi Koizumi
Shipwreck survivors found on the presumably uninhabited Infant Island leads to a scientific expedition that discovers a surviving native population along with the Shobijin, tiny twin fairy priestesses of the island's mythical deity called Mothra. After the fairies are kidnapped by an exploitative businessman named Clark Nelson, Mothra sets out to rescue them.
Dir. Ishirō Honda · With Frankie Sakai, Hiroshi Koizumi, Kyōko Kagawa
The advertising director of Pacific Pharmaceuticals, frustrated with the low ratings of their sponsored TV program, seeks a more sensationalist approach. He orders his staff to Faro Island to capture King Kong for exploitation. As Godzilla re-emerges, a media frenzy generates with Pacific looking to capitalize off of the ultimate battle.
Dir. Ishirō Honda · With Tadao Takashima, Kenji Sahara, Yū Fujiki
Mining engineer Shigeru investigates the disappearance and death of his fellow coworkers when prehistoric nymphs are discovered emerging from the mines. After an attack on the local village, Shigeru heads deeper into the mines only to make a more horrifying discovery in the form a prehistoric flying creature. Soon a second monster appears as the two converge in Fukuoka.
Dir. Ishirō Honda · With Kenji Sahara, Yumi Shirakawa, Akihiko Hirata
A submarine expedition to salvage the remains of Mechagodzilla is thwarted by a massive dinosaur named Titanosaurus. An Interpol investigation leads biologist Ichinose to uncover the work of Dr. Mafune and his mysterious daughter Katsura. Aligned with the Black Hole Aliens, Katsura's life becomes entwined with the resurrected machine.
Dir. Ishirō Honda · With Katsuhiko Sasaki, Tomoko Ai, Akihiko Hirata
Struggling to elevate himself from his low caste in 17th century Japan, Miyamoto trains to become a mighty samurai warrior.
Dir. Hiroshi Inagaki · With Toshirō Mifune, Rentaro Mikuni, Mariko Okada
After years on the road establishing his reputation as Japan's greatest fencer, Takezo returns to Kyoto. Otsu waits for him, yet he has come not for her but to challenge the leader of the region's finest school of fencing. To prove his valor and skill, he walks deliberately into ambushes set up by the school's followers.
Dir. Hiroshi Inagaki · With Toshirō Mifune, Koji Tsuruta, Kaoru Yachigusa
During an assignment, foreign correspondent Steve Martin spends a layover in Tokyo and is caught amid the rampage of an unstoppable prehistoric monster the Japanese call 'Godzilla'. The only hope for both Japan and the world lies on a secret weapon, which may prove more destructive than the monster itself.
Dir. Terry O. Morse, Ishirō Honda · With Raymond Burr, Takashi Shimura, Momoko Kôchi
Searching for his brother, Ryota stows away on a boat belonging to a criminal alongside two other teenagers. The group shipwrecks on Letchi island and discover the Infant Island natives have been enslaved by a terrorist organization controlling a crustacean monster. Finding a sleeping Godzilla, they decide to awaken him to defeat the terrorists and liberate the natives.
Dir. Jun Fukuda · With Akira Takarada, Kumi Mizuno, Akihiko Hirata
Reporter Goro Maki stumbles upon scientists conducting weather experiments on Sollgel Island in the South Seas. He discovers the island is inhabited by giant mantis and a woman named Saeko who's been cast away since the death of her father. The pair soon find a helpless infant monster that Godzilla must adopt and learn to raise as one of his own.
Dir. Jun Fukuda · With Tadao Takashima, Bibari Maeda, Akira Kubo
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