Akira Emoto
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1948-11-03 (76 years old)
Place of Birth
Chūō, Tokyo, Japan
Akira Emoto
Biography
Old good "Emo-chan" of modern Japanese cinema. Emo's father was a close friend of legendary episode player Taji Tonoyama in elementary school days. His mother's grandfather ran a shamisen store in Ginza, Tokyo. Both parents like movies and theaters. After graduating from Machinery Department of Tokyo Industrial High School, Emoto got a job at a trading company. However, he became an actor and became a student of the acting classes of the theater company "Marui", which is headed by Nobuo Kaneko, and met Yusaku Matsuda who was in the same class. In 1999, he won the Japanese Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in Dr. Akagi. He also won the award for best supporting actor at the 7th Hochi Film Award for Dotonbori River and Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san.
Acting
(2025)
(2025)
The Boy and the Dog
as Yaichi Katano
(2025)
(2024)
Migawari Mission
as Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu
(2024)
Maru
as Teacher
(2023)
Hard Days
as Yutaka Senba
(2023)
Egoist
as Yoshio Saito
(2023)
Umami
as Salaryman
(2023)
September 1923
as Teiji Igusa
(2023)
Do Unto Others
as Shosaku Shiba
(2023)
(2023)
Touken Ranbu 2
as Fujiwara no Michinaga
(2023)
Yudo: The Way of the Bath
as regular customer
(2023)
Shylock's Children
as Hajime Sawazaki
(2023)
Ripples
as Taro Kadokura
(2023)
(2022)
Wandering
as Agata
(2022)
A Man
as Norio Komiura
(2022)
Noise
as Shoji
(2022)
(2022)
海の見える理髪店
as 老店主
(2022)
The Setting Sun
as Dr. Miyake
(2021)
Baragaki: Unbroken Samurai
as Shop Owner
(2021)
The Great Yokai War: Guardians
as old man
(2021)
The Great Yokai War: Guardians
as Old Man
(2021)
The End of the Tiny World
as Kawabata
(2021)
(2021)
空蝉の森
as Police Inspector kariya shinichi
(2021)
(2020)
Living in the Sky
as Concierge Kondo
(2020)
(2020)
Underdog: Part One
as Sakuro
(2020)
Wonderful Paradise
as Homeless
(2020)
Underdog: Part Two
as Sakuro
(2020)
Stardust Over The Town
as Kumabe Rokuzo
(2020)
I Never Shot Anyone
as Takashi Renjo
(2019)
It Feels So Good
as Kenji's Father (voice)
(2019)
They Say Nothing Stays the Same
as Toichi
(2019)
Castle of Sand
as Chiyokichi
(2019)
The Promised Land
as Goro Fujiki
(2019)
Iwane: Sword of Serenity
as Urakusai
(2019)
(2019)
(2019)
BON-UTA, A Song from Home
as (voice)
(2019)
(2018)
Shoplifters
as Yoritsugu Kawado
(2018)
Recall
as Seiji Nomura
(2018)
Color Me True
as Tadashi Honda
(2018)
Evil and The Mask
as Detective Aida
(2018)
Oz Land
as Boss
(2017)
Lu Over the Wall
as Ashimoto's Grandfather (voice)
(2017)
The Dog Bridegroom
as Kenkichi Okumura
(2017)
(2017)
Mukoku
as Seppo Mitsumura
(2017)
Neko Ninja
as Kariyazaki
(2017)
Random Lives
as Hanamura
(2016)
Shin Godzilla
as Ryuta Azuma : Chief Cabinet Secretary
(2016)
Survival Family
as Sasaki Shigeomi
(2016)
A Living Promise
as Zenzo Takeda
(2016)
Black Widow Business
as Jun Sakurada
(2016)
The Mohican Comes Home
as Osamu Tamura
(2016)
Sniper
as Tatsuyuki Miyata
(2016)
Shippu Rondo
as Masaomi Togo
(2016)
A Grain of Wheat
as Honda
(2015)
Journey to the Shore
as Hoshitani
(2015)
The Big Bee
as Murofushi
(2015)
Vampire in Love
as Sojiro
(2015)
(2015)
GARO -Gold Storm- Sho
as Priest Soutatsu
(2015)
The Pearls of the Stone Man
as Kumaji Ueda
(2014)
Time Trip App
as Ryuzo Yanagita
(2014)
A House on a Hill
as Yoshitarō Terashima
(2014)
Sleeping Forest
as Daisuke Ota
(2014)
0.5 mm
as Takeshi Sasaki
(2014)
Wood Job!
as Toshiro Yamane
(2014)
(2014)
Cold
as Jin Ichinose
(2014)
Oh! Father
as Hayashi Tomita
(2013)
The War and a Woman
as client of woman
(2013)
Unforgiven
as Kingo Baba
(2013)
Yellow Elephant
as Arechi
(2013)
(2013)
(2013)
(2012)
Ace Attorney
as Saibancho (Judge)
(2012)
Casting Blossoms to the Sky
as Seijiro Nose
(2012)
The Life of Budori Gusuko
as Narrator / Dr. Kūbō (voice)
(2012)
Humanoid Monster, Bem
as Kao no nai otoko
(2012)
A Sower of Seeds
as Shuzo Morikawa
(2012)
(2011)
Karate-Robo Zaborgar
as Dr. Akunomiya
(2011)
In His Chart
as Doctor
(2011)
(2011)
(2011)
Life Back Then
as Masashi Inoue
(2011)
(2011)
Shikei Kijun
as Kyusaku Tsushima
(2010)
Sakurada Gate Incident
as Magojiro Kaneko
(2010)
Villain
as Yoshio Ishibashi
(2010)
Golden Slumber
as Hodogaya Yasushi
(2010)
After the Flowers
as Soan Nagai
(2010)
(2010)
The Lightning Tree
as Kakunoshi Enokido
(2010)
Postcard
as Yukichi Morikawa, the Father-in-Law
(2010)
Heaven's Story
as Souichi
(2010)
A Lone Scalpel
as Matsuo Okawa
(2010)
Haru's Journey
as Michio Nakai
(2010)
(2010)
(2010)
Cast Me If You Can
as Homeless guy
(2009)
Yona Yona Penguin
as Jii (voice)
(2009)
April Bride
as Teishi Nagashima
(2009)
John Rabe
as Matsui Iwane
(2009)
Rain Fall
as Tatsu Ishikura
(2009)
Asahiyama Zoo Story: Penguins in the Sky
as Itsuro Usui
(2009)
Boku to Mama No Kiiroi Jitensha
as Shotaro
(2008)
Happy Flight
as Saito
(2008)
The Chasing World
as Doctor
(2008)
All Around Us
as kunimasa Yasuda
(2008)
Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit
as Counselor
(2008)
(2008)
The Taste of Fish
as Shojiro Sanada
(2008)
(2008)
Teacher and Three Children
as Yoshio Ichikawa
(2008)
The Most Beautiful Night In The World
as Journalist
(2007)
Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad
as Doctor from Sasazuka Clinic
(2007)
Prodigy
as Hisashi Kikuna
(2007)
The Go Master
as Kensaku Segoe
(2007)
Starfish Hotel
as Mr. Trickster
(2007)
Life Can Be So Wonderful
as Haeo
(2007)
The Shadow Spirit
as mimasaka koushirou
(2007)
(2006)
Memories of Matsuko
as Tsunehiro Kawajiri
(2006)
(2006)
(2006)
(2006)
(2005)
(2005)
Love Is Five Seven Five
as Grandfather
(2005)
Tetsujin 28: The Movie
as Yunosuke Otsuka
(2005)
(2005)
The Suspect: Muroi Shinji
as Seigo Tsuda
(2005)
Scrap Heaven
as Detective Yabuta
(2004)
Zebraman
as Kitahara the Crab Man
(2004)
The Lakeside Murder Case
as Tomoharu Fujima
(2004)
The Motive
as Yoshifumi Katakura
(2004)
River of First Love
as Hidejiro Tasaki
(2004)
(2004)
The Hunter and the Hunted
as Neko
(2004)
Takada Wataru Teki
as Self
(2004)
Moon and Cherry
as Sakamoto
(2004)
Drugstore Girl
as Koji Nabeshima
(2003)
Zatoichi
as Pub Owner
(2003)
Worst by Chance
as Shigeharu Kaneshiro
(2003)
(2003)
Samurai Resurrection
as Nobutsuna Matsudaira
(2003)
Doppelganger
as Murakami
(2003)
Farewell, Kuro
as Shuzo Hanazono
(2003)
Hana
as Hiroshi Torigoe
(2003)
Teacher's suitcase
as Sensei/Matsumoto Harutsuna
(2002)
KT
as Hiroshi Uchiyama
(2002)
11’09”01—September 11
as Sakichi Furuhashi (segment "Japan")
(2002)
(2001)
Waterboys
as Mama
(2001)
Turn
as Matsubara
(2001)
Kaza-hana
as Hot Spring Inn Owner
(2000)
Another Heaven
as Doctor Akagi
(2000)
The Whispered City
as Artist
(2000)
The City of Lost Souls
as Kuwata
(2000)
Nagisa
as Priest
(1999)
Kaizokuban Bootleg Film
as Tatsuo
(1999)
Round About Midnight
as Totsuka
(1999)
Will to Live
as Doctor
(1999)
(1998)
Dr. Akagi
as Dr. Fuu Akagi
(1998)
(1997)
The Eel
as Tamotsu Takasaki
(1997)
(1997)
The Key
as Soichiro Anzai
(1997)
(1996)
Shall We Dance?
as Detective Miwa
(1996)
(1996)
Free and Easy 8
as Yukawa
(1995)
Maborosi
as Yoshihiro
(1994)
Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla
as Major Akira Yuki
(1994)
The Friends
as Nagatomo
(1993)
Private Lessons II
as Oba
(1993)
When Cinema Reflects the Times: Hou Hsiao-Hsien and Edward Yang
as Narrator (voice)
(1993)
(1992)
Sumo Do, Sumo Don't
as Professor Tokichi Anayama
(1992)
(1992)
(1991)
A Naive History of the Bakumatsu Era
as Kogoro Katsura
(1991)
(1991)
The Last Frankenstein
as Prof. Sarusawa
(1991)
(1990)
(1990)
(1990)
(1990)
(1989)
Beijing Watermelon
as Mr. Teramoto
(1989)
Battle Heater
as Riichi Hama
(1989)
Mottomo Abunai Deka
as Maeo
(1989)
Fancy Dance
as Masoho's boss
(1989)
Harimao
as Army Major
(1989)
Tora-san Goes to Vienna
as Hyoma Sakaguchi
(1988)
Angel Guts: Red Vertigo
as Yakuza
(1988)
(1988)
Revolver
as Keisuke Mineya
(1988)
The Yen Family
as Shinichi Amemiya
(1987)
(1987)
(1987)
(1987)
A Tale of Young Elopement
as Matsuda
(1985)
The Second Is a Christian
as Kumashiro
(1985)
Congratulatory Speech
as Yasuhei Higashida
(1985)
Capone Cries a Lot
as Ushiemon
(1985)
I Want To Live Once More: Shinjuku Bus Fire Incident
as Hirofumi Maruyama
(1984)
Location
as Konno
(1984)
Make-Up
as Kikuo Tsutano
(1983)
Double Bed
as Tôru Yamazaki
(1983)
Legend of the Cat Monster
as Ryohei Shimura / Joji Tamura
(1983)
(1982)
Lovers Lost
as Ishizuka
(1982)
Suspicion
as Shigekazu Akitani
(1982)
(1982)
Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san
as Kondo
(1981)
Sailor Suit and Machine Gun
as Detective Kuroki
(1980)
(1979)
Masked Crusader, Mr. Jirenman
as Kantarô Iwata
(1979)
(1979)
Fujio Akatsuka's Gag Porno: In the Mood Once Again
as Daigorô Hatayama
Crew
(1993)
Sky Cannot Be This Blue
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