Akira Takarada Will Appear In New GODZILLA Film

Japanese actor Akira Takarada, who starred in the original Godzilla film in 1954, is shown on the set of the American reboot with director Gareth Edwards, seemingly confirming that he'll making some sort of appearance in the movie.

By PaulRom - Mar 27, 2013 10:03 AM EST

Filed Under: Sci-Fi

Via the film's official Facebook page, Legendary Pictures has released the following set photo from their anticipated Godzilla reboot. The image features director Gareth Edwards alongside none other than Japanese actor Akira Takarada, who starred as Hideto Ogata in the original 1954 Godzilla film and appeared other installments in the long running franchise (including Mothra Vs. Godzilla and the last movie, 2004's Godzilla: Final Wars). There is currently no word on how big a role Takarada has in the currently-shooting reboot, but you can check out the image below.

Godzilla stars Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Ken Watanabe, Elizabeth Olsen, Juliette Binoche, David Strathairn and Bryan Cranston. The film is set to hit theaters May 16th, 2014.

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17 Comments

BackwardGalaxy - 3/27/2013, 10:25 AM

Gareth Edwards look like a mix between Tobey Maguire and a kindergartner.

SaxoWolf - 3/27/2013, 10:26 AM

whatever..

IIIAdamantiumIII - 3/27/2013, 10:28 AM

AKIRRRRRRAAAAAA

kaijunexus - 3/27/2013, 10:34 AM

Gareth Edwards and Legendary Pictures are doing it right.

BigMikeReviews - 3/27/2013, 10:35 AM

Epic, it shows the people involved are concerned with representating Godzilla properly by paying an homage to the original

soberchimera - 3/27/2013, 10:48 AM

At least they're putting Japanese actors in it.

ConnerKent - 3/27/2013, 10:51 AM

I'm so excited for this.

lntrn8 - 3/27/2013, 10:55 AM

THEN

devil - 3/27/2013, 11:13 AM

will this be a hit are miss

JazzBebopHero - 3/27/2013, 11:14 AM

Excellent news! This is the kind of respect that Hollywood should always be having when they reboot classic movies & icons, especially such a classic monster film icon as Godzilla.

I'm starting to have more faith in this film now that they actually have Japanese actors in it like Ken Watanabe and Akira Takarada

mowood28 - 3/27/2013, 11:29 AM

I love that. I just hope they don't screw up Godzilla's look.

thebearjew - 3/27/2013, 12:47 PM

cool!

Optimus83 - 3/27/2013, 7:54 PM

Cool Godzilla cameo. ...

TheSuperguy - 3/27/2013, 8:29 PM

Nice to see them going back to the roots, this cameo is just one example of that.

Akira Takarada Will Appear In New GODZILLA Film

Japanese actor Akira Takarada, who starred in the original Godzilla film in 1954, is shown on the set of the American reboot with director Gareth Edwards, seemingly confirming that he'll making some sort of appearance in the movie.

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