Akira Takarada was born on April 29, 1934. Best known for his roles in GODZILLA (1954), MOTHRA VS. GODZILLA (1964), INVASION OF ASTRO-MONSTER (1965), EBIRAH HORROR OF THE DEEP (1966), THE THREE TREASURES (1959), HALF HUMAN (1955), KING KONG ESCAPES (1967), LATITUDE ZERO (1969), GODZILLA VS. MOTHRA (1992), GODZILLA: FINAL WARS (2004), THE LAST WAR (1961) and THE GREAT BUDDHA ARRIVAL (2018).