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  • Takarada Akira, Early ‘Godzilla’ Film Star, Dies at 87

    Takarada Akira, Early ‘Godzilla’ Film Star, Dies at 87

    Takarada Akira, best known as a star in the early “Godzilla” films and Toho’s other kaiju (monster) and sci-fi movies from the 1950s and 1960s, died on Monday. He was 87. The cause of death has not been announced.Born in 1934 in Japan-occupied Korea, Takarada came with his family to Japan in 1948 as a…