Japanese actor Akira Takarada, best known for his role in Toho’s “Godzilla” movie series, has died at the age of 87.
Takarada received top billing in the original 1954 “Godzilla” film, in which he starred as Hideto Ogata, a sailor for the South Seas Salvage company and one-third of the movie’s central love triangle. His character had to liaison with the Japanese Coast Guard after an Sos call came in from the first ship that Godzilla sank, and he would be there at the end to help deliver the Oxygen Destroyer.Toho itself shared the news of Takarada’s passing via its official “Godzilla” account on Twitter, where it wrote,…The post Akira Takarada, Star of the Original 1954 Godzilla Movie, Has Died at 87 appeared first on /Film.
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