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 Final Piece
as Motoji Kanesaki
(2025)
Rental Family
as Kikuo Hasegawa
(2025)
The Boy and the Dog
as Yaichi Katano
(2025)
(2025)
(2025)
(2024)
Migawari Mission
as Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu
(2024)
Maru
as Teacher
(2024)
The God of Curling
as Susumu Komiyama
(2023)
September 1923
as Teiji Igusa
(2023)
(2023)
Hard Days
as Yutaka Senba
(2023)
Touken Ranbu 2
as Fujiwara no Michinaga
(2023)
Yudo: The Way of the Bath
as regular customer
(2023)
Egoist
as Yoshio Saito
(2023)
Shylock's Children
as Hajime Sawazaki
(2023)
Ripples
as Taro Kadokura
(2023)
(2023)
Do Unto Others
as Shosaku Shiba
(2023)
Umami
as Salaryman
(2022)
The Setting Sun
as Dr. Miyake
(2022)
Wandering
as Agata
(2022)
A Man
as Norio Komiura
(2022)
(2022)
Noise
as Shoji
(2022)
海の見える理髪店
as 老店主
(2021)
The Great Yokai War: Guardians
as old man
(2021)
The Great Yokai War: Guardians
as Old Man
(2021)
Baragaki: Unbroken Samurai
as Shop Owner
(2021)
空蝉の森
as Police Inspector kariya shinichi
(2021)
(2021)
The End of the Tiny World
as Kawabata
(2021)
(2020)
(2020)
Stardust Over The Town
as Kumabe Rokuzo
(2020)
Living in the Sky
as Concierge Kondo
(2020)
I Never Shot Anyone
as Takashi Renjo
(2020)
Underdog: Part Two
as Sakuro
(2020)
Wonderful Paradise
as Homeless
(2020)
Underdog: Part One
as Sakuro
(2019)
It Feels So Good
as Kenji's Father (voice)
(2019)
They Say Nothing Stays the Same
as Toichi
(2019)
(2019)
The Promised Land
as Goro Fujiki
(2019)
(2019)
Iwane: Sword of Serenity
as Urakusai
(2019)
(2019)
Castle of Sand
as Chiyokichi
(2019)
BON-UTA, A Song from Home
as (voice)
(2018)
Shoplifters
as Yoritsugu Kawado
(2018)
Color Me True
as Tadashi Honda
(2018)
Oz Land
as Boss
(2018)
Recall
as Seiji Nomura
(2018)
Evil and The Mask
as Detective Aida
(2017)
Neko Ninja
as Kariyazaki
(2017)
Lu Over the Wall
as Ashimoto's Grandfather (voice)
(2017)
The Dog Bridegroom
as Kenkichi Okumura
(2017)
(2017)
Random Lives
as Hanamura
(2017)
Mukoku
as Seppo Mitsumura
(2016)
Shin Godzilla
as Ryuta Azuma : Chief Cabinet Secretary
(2016)
Survival Family
as Sasaki Shigeomi
(2016)
Sniper
as Tatsuyuki Miyata
(2016)
Black Widow Business
as Jun Sakurada
(2016)
Shippu Rondo
as Masaomi Togo
(2016)
The Mohican Comes Home
as Osamu Tamura
(2016)
A Living Promise
as Zenzo Takeda
(2016)
A Grain of Wheat
as Honda
(2015)
Vampire in Love
as Sojiro
(2015)
The Big Bee
as Murofushi
(2015)
(2015)
The Pearls of the Stone Man
as Kumaji Ueda
(2015)
Journey to the Shore
as Hoshitani
(2015)
GARO -Gold Storm- Sho
as Priest Soutatsu
(2014)
(2014)
Sleeping Forest
as Daisuke Ota
(2014)
Time Trip App
as Ryuzo Yanagita
(2014)
A House on a Hill
as Yoshitarō Terashima
(2014)
0.5 mm
as Takeshi Sasaki
(2014)
Cold
as Jin Ichinose
(2014)
Oh! Father
as Hayashi Tomita
(2014)
Wood Job!
as Toshiro Yamane
(2013)
The War and a Woman
as client of woman
(2013)
(2013)
Unforgiven
as Kingo Baba
(2013)
(2013)
Yellow Elephant
as Arechi
(2013)
(2013)
The Partner
as Ōkuma Shigenobu
(2012)
A Sower of Seeds
as Shuzo Morikawa
(2012)
Humanoid Monster, Bem
as Kao no nai otoko
(2012)
(2012)
Casting Blossoms to the Sky
as Seijiro Nose
(2012)
Ace Attorney
as Saibancho (Judge)
(2012)
The Life of Budori Gusuko
as Narrator / Dr. Kūbō (voice)
(2011)
Karate-Robo Zaborgar
as Dr. Akunomiya
(2011)
Life Back Then
as Masashi Inoue
(2011)
(2011)
Shikei Kijun
as Kyusaku Tsushima
(2011)
In His Chart
as Doctor
(2011)
(2011)
(2010)
Villain
as Yoshio Ishibashi
(2010)
Elevator to the Gallows
as Soichi Yanagimachi
(2010)
The Lightning Tree
as Kakunoshi Enokido
(2010)
Golden Slumber
as Hodogaya Yasushi
(2010)
(2010)
After the Flowers
as Soan Nagai
(2010)
A Lone Scalpel
as Matsuo Okawa
(2010)
Postcard
as Yukichi Morikawa, the Father-in-Law
(2010)
Sakurada Gate Incident
as Magojiro Kaneko
(2010)
Heaven's Story
as Souichi
(2010)
Cast Me If You Can
as Homeless guy
(2010)
Haru's Journey
as Michio Nakai
(2010)
(2009)
Rain Fall
as Tatsu Ishikura
(2009)
Yona Yona Penguin
as Jii (voice)
(2009)
April Bride
as Teishi Nagashima
(2009)
Boku to Mama No Kiiroi Jitensha
as Shotaro
(2009)
Asahiyama Zoo Story: Penguins in the Sky
as Itsuro Usui
(2009)
John Rabe
as Matsui Iwane
(2008)
Happy Flight
as Saito
(2008)
The Most Beautiful Night In The World
as Journalist
(2008)
(2008)
The Chasing World
as Doctor
(2008)
Teacher and Three Children
as Yoshio Ichikawa
(2008)
Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit
as Counselor
(2008)
All Around Us
as kunimasa Yasuda
(2008)
The Taste of Fish
as Shojiro Sanada
(2008)
(2007)
(2007)
Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad
as Doctor from Sasazuka Clinic
(2007)
Life Can Be So Wonderful
as Haeo
(2007)
Starfish Hotel
as Mr. Trickster
(2007)
Prodigy
as Hisashi Kikuna
(2007)
The Go Master
as Kensaku Segoe
(2007)
The Shadow Spirit
as mimasaka koushirou
(2006)
Japan Sinks
as Professor Fukuhara
(2006)
Memories of Matsuko
as Tsunehiro Kawajiri
(2006)
(2006)
(2006)
(2005)
(2005)
The Suspect: Muroi Shinji
as Seigo Tsuda
(2005)
Love Is Five Seven Five
as Grandfather
(2005)
Scrap Heaven
as Detective Yabuta
(2005)
Tetsujin 28: The Movie
as Yunosuke Otsuka
(2005)
(2004)
Takada Wataru Teki
as Self
(2004)
The Lakeside Murder Case
as Tomoharu Fujima
(2004)
Zebraman
as Kitahara the Crab Man
(2004)
River of First Love
as Hidejiro Tasaki
(2004)
Moon and Cherry
as Sakamoto
(2004)
The Motive
as Yoshifumi Katakura
(2004)
(2004)
Drugstore Girl
as Koji Nabeshima
(2004)
The Hunter and the Hunted
as Neko
(2003)
Zatoichi
as Pub Owner
(2003)
Farewell, Kuro
as Shuzo Hanazono
(2003)
Worst by Chance
as Shigeharu Kaneshiro
(2003)
(2003)
Samurai Resurrection
as Nobutsuna Matsudaira
(2003)
Doppelganger
as Murakami
(2003)
Hana
as Hiroshi Torigoe
(2003)
Teacher's suitcase
as Sensei/Matsumoto Harutsuna
(2002)
(2002)
KT
as Hiroshi Uchiyama
(2002)
11 Minutes, 9 Seconds, 1 Image
as Sakichi Furuhashi (segment "Japan")
(2001)
Turn
as Matsubara
(2001)
Waterboys
as Mama
(2001)
Kaza-hana
as Hot Spring Inn Owner
(2000)
Another Heaven
as Doctor Akagi
(2000)
The City of Lost Souls
as Kuwata
(2000)
Nagisa
as Priest
(2000)
The Whispered City
as Artist
(1999)
(1999)
Kaizokuban Bootleg Film
as Tatsuo
(1999)
Round About Midnight
as Totsuka
(1999)
Will to Live
as Doctor
(1998)
Dr. Akagi
as Dr. Fuu Akagi
(1998)
(1997)
The Key
as Soichiro Anzai
(1997)
(1997)
The Eel
as Tamotsu Takasaki
(1997)
(1996)
Shall We Dance?
as Detective Miwa
(1996)
Free and Easy 8
as Yukawa
(1996)
(1995)
Maborosi
as Yoshihiro
(1994)
The Friends
as Nagatomo
(1994)
Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla
as Major Akira Yuki
(1993)
(1993)
Private Lessons II
as Oba
(1993)
When Cinema Reflects the Times: Hou Hsiao-Hsien and Edward Yang
as Narrator (voice)
(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)
Fancy Dance
as Masoho's boss
(1989)
Tora-san Goes to Vienna
as Hyoma Sakaguchi
(1989)
Mottomo Abunai Deka
as Maeo
(1989)
Battle Heater
as Riichi Hama
(1989)
Harimao
as Army Major
(1989)
Beijing Watermelon
as Mr. Teramoto
(1988)
Angel Guts: Red Vertigo
as Yakuza
(1988)
(1988)
Revolver
as Keisuke Mineya
(1988)
The Yen Family
as Shinichi Amemiya
(1987)
(1987)
(1987)
A Tale of Young Elopement
as Matsuda
(1987)
(1985)
Congratulatory Speech
as Yasuhei Higashida
(1985)
The Second Is a Christian
as Kumashiro
(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)
(1983)
Legend of the Cat Monster
as Ryohei Shimura / Joji Tamura
(1982)
Lovers Lost
as Ishizuka
(1982)
Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san
as Kondo
(1982)
Suspicion
as Shigekazu Akitani
(1982)
(1981)
Sailor Suit and Machine Gun
as Detective Kuroki
(1980)
(1979)
Fujio Akatsuka's Gag Porno: In the Mood Once Again
as Daigorô Hatayama
(1979)
(1979)
Masked Crusader, Mr. Jirenman
as Kantarô Iwata
Crew
(1993)
Sky Cannot Be This Blue
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