Akira Takarada, Hideto Ogata From Godzilla '54, Has Passed Away!
 

He was 86. News available on the Godzilla Twitter page.

https://twitter.com/Godzilla_Toho

https://comicbook.com/anime/news/god...rada-obituary/

Yeah, got this news this morning, and it really hurts how most of the original crew for Godzilla are gone.

Thank you for your amazing performances, Akira Takarada.

An absolute legend. I'm a fairly new Godzilla fan, but I watched all the Showa films in the past few years. The original is easily my favorite, thanks in no small part to the amazing performances of the actors. May he rest peacefully, he will certainly not be forgotten.

RIP Takarada-san.

It's truly sad news for me. He was a great legend.