Akira Emoto
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.
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- Born:
- Nov 3, 1948 In Chūō, Tokyo, Japan
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 245
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Rental Family
- Latest Project:
- Movie Muromachi Burai 2025-01-17
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Rental Family | 2025 | |
| Movie | Muromachi Burai | 2025-01-17 | |
| Movie | Migawari Mission | Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu | 2024-02-09 |
| Series | JK to Roppozensho | 桜木倫太郎 | 2024-04-19 |
| Series | Shinjuku Field Hospital | Keisuke Takamine | 2024-07-03 |
| Movie | Egoist | Yoshio Saito | 2023-02-10 |
| Movie | Umami | Salaryman | 2023-02-09 |
| Movie | Yudo: The Way of the Bath | regular customer | 2023-02-23 |
| Movie | Do Unto Others | Shosaku Shiba | 2023-03-24 |
| Movie | The Innocent Game | 2023-11-10 | |
| Movie | Hard Days | Yutaka Senba | 2023-05-19 |
| Movie | September 1923 | Teiji Igusa | 2023-09-01 |
| Movie | Touken Ranbu 2 | 2023-03-31 | |
| Movie | 海の見える理髪店 | 老店主 | 2022-05-09 |
| Series | Teen Regime | Washida Tsuguaki | 2022-05-07 |
| Series | Ten Count to the Future | Kenzo Ashiya | 2022-04-14 |
| Movie | Wandering | Agata | 2022-05-13 |
| Movie | No Place to Go | 2022-10-08 | |
| Series | Lost Man Found | Himself | 2022-06-26 |
| Movie | The Setting Sun | Dr. Miyake | 2022-11-04 |
| Series | Japanese Style | Hifuji Umekoshi | 2022-10-22 |
| Series | The New Chronicle of Lord Nobunaga: Classmates are Warriors | Yotaro Befunokami | 2022-07-24 |
| Movie | A Man | Norio Komiura | 2022-11-18 |
| Movie | The End of the Tiny World | Kawabata | 2021-01-29 |
| Series | Re: The End of the Tiny World - Half a Year Later | Kawabata | 2021-01-29 |
| Movie | 祈り ―幻に長崎を想う刻― | 2021-08-20 | |
| Movie | The Great Yokai War: Guardians | old man | 2021-07-01 |
| Movie | Baragaki: Unbroken Samurai | Shop Owner | 2021-10-15 |
| Series | Bullets, Bones and Blocked Noses | Hadashi no Tyosuke(裸足のチョウスケ) | 2021-09-17 |
| Movie | Stardust Over The Town | Kumabe Rokuzo | 2020-03-06 |
| Movie | I Never Shot Anyone | Takashi Renjo | 2020-07-03 |
| Movie | Living in the Sky | Concierge Kondo | 2020-10-23 |
| Movie | Wonderful Paradise | Homeless | 2020-11-20 |
| Movie | Nosari: Impermanent Eternity | 2020-07-11 | |
| Movie | Underdog: Part One | Sakuro | 2020-11-27 |
| Movie | Godot of the Emotos | 2019-04-20 | |
| Movie | Castle of Sand | Chiyokichi | 2019-03-28 |
| Series | Villain: Perpetrator Chase Investigation | 铃本茂树 | 2019-05-12 |
| Movie | Iwane: Sword of Serenity | Urakusai | 2019-05-17 |
| Movie | The Promised Land | Goro Fujiki | 2019-10-18 |
| Movie | Show Me the Way to the Station | 2019-10-18 | |
| Movie | They Say Nothing Stays the Same | Toichi | 2019-09-13 |
| Movie | It Feels So Good | Kenji's Father (voice) | 2019-08-23 |
| Movie | Evil and The Mask | Detective Aida | 2018-01-13 |
| Movie | Shoplifters | Yoritsugu Kawado | 2018-06-02 |
| Movie | Color Me True | Tadashi Honda | 2018-02-10 |
| Movie | Recall | Seiji Nomura | 2018-06-15 |
| Movie | Oz Land | Boss | 2018-10-26 |
| Series | Good Doctor | Akira Shiga | 2018-07-12 |
| Movie | Random Lives | Hanamura | 2017-01-28 |
| Series | A Life | Danjo Toranosuke | 2017-01-15 |
| Movie | The Dog Bridegroom | Kenkichi Okumura | 2017-05-13 |
| Series | Frankenstein's Love | Tsurumaru | 2017-04-23 |
| Movie | Lu Over the Wall | Ashimoto's Grandfather (voice) | 2017-05-19 |
| Movie | Mukoku | Seppo Mitsumura | 2017-06-03 |
| Movie | Kodokunogurume ōmisoka supesharu ~ tabe-osame! Setouchi shutchō-hen ~ | 2017-12-31 | |
| Movie | Neko Ninja | Kariyazaki | 2017-05-20 |
| Movie | The Mohican Comes Home | Osamu Tamura | 2016-04-09 |
| Series | Love That Makes You Cry | Masahiko Hayashida | 2016-01-18 |
| Movie | A Living Promise | Zenzo Takeda | 2016-01-09 |
| Movie | A Grain of Wheat | Honda | 2016-08-26 |
| Movie | Shin Godzilla | Ryuta Azuma : Chief Cabinet Secretary | 2016-07-29 |
| Movie | Shippu Rondo | Masaomi Togo | 2016-11-26 |
| Movie | Survival Family | Sasaki Shigeomi | 2016-12-12 |
| Movie | Sniper | Tatsuyuki Miyata | 2016-10-02 |
| Movie | Rage | Landlord | 2016-09-17 |
| Movie | Black Widow Business | Jun Sakurada | 2016-08-27 |
| Movie | Living Rights | 2015-03-07 | |
| Series | 新 法廷荒らし 猪狩文助〜終の棲家〜 | 2015-01-01 | |
| Movie | GARO -Gold Storm- Sho | Priest Soutatsu | 2015-03-28 |
| Movie | Vampire in Love | Sojiro | 2015-04-17 |
| Movie | Journey to the Shore | Mr. Hoshitani | 2015-09-30 |
| Movie | The Big Bee | Murofushi | 2015-09-12 |
| Movie | The Pearls of the Stone Man | Kumaji Ueda | 2015-06-20 |
| Movie | A Woman from Ashio | 2014-01-18 | |
| Movie | Sleeping Forest | Daisuke Ota | 2014-01-02 |
| Series | The Long Goodbye | Heizo Harada | 2014-04-19 |
| Movie | Wood Job! | Toshiro Yamane | 2014-05-10 |
| Movie | 0.5 mm | Takeshi Sasaki | 2014-11-08 |
| Movie | Cold | Jin Ichinose | 2014-09-27 |
| Movie | A House on a Hill | Yoshitarō Terashima | 2014-12-06 |
| Movie | Time Trip App | Ryuzo Yanagita | 2014-07-26 |
| Movie | Oh! Father | Hayashi Tomita | 2014-05-24 |
| Movie | Yellow Elephant | Arechi | 2013-02-02 |
| Series | Black Kite | Kaiun | 2013-01-13 |
| Movie | Banana, Gloves and Whale Shark | 2013-01-01 | |
| Movie | The War and a Woman | client of woman | 2013-04-27 |
| Series | Hanzawa Naoki | Keiji Minobe | 2013-07-07 |
| Series | オリンピックの身代金 | 2013-11-30 | |
| Movie | Present for You | 2013-10-04 | |
| Movie | Fly, Dakota, Fly! | 2013-10-05 | |
| Movie | Unforgiven | Kingo Baba | 2013-09-13 |
| Movie | A Sower of Seeds | Shuzo Morikawa | 2012-03-03 |
| Movie | Ace Attorney | Saibancho (Judge) | 2012-02-11 |
| Movie | Casting Blossoms to the Sky | Seijiro Nose | 2012-05-12 |
| Series | Platinum Town | 2012-08-19 | |
| Movie | One Day in January | 2012-11-17 | |
| Movie | The Life of Budori Gusuko | Narrator / Dr. Kūbō (voice) | 2012-07-07 |
| Movie | Humanoid Monster, Bem | Kao no nai otoko | 2012-12-15 |
| Movie | In His Chart | Doctor | 2011-08-27 |
| Movie | A Honeymoon in Hell: Mr. & Mrs. Oki's Fabulous Trip | wet guy | 2011-05-14 |
| Movie | Shikei Kijun | Kyusaku Tsushima | 2011-09-25 |
| Movie | Ninja Kids!!! | 2011-07-23 | |
| Series | HUNTER - Women After Reward Money | Shogo Ooiwa | 2011-10-11 |
| Movie | Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet | Yoneuchi | 2011-12-23 |
| Movie | Life Back Then | Masashi Inoue | 2011-11-19 |
| Series | Humanoid Monster Bem | Nameless Man | 2011-10-22 |
| Movie | Karate-Robo Zaborgar | Dr. Akunomiya | 2011-10-15 |
| Movie | A Lone Scalpel | Matsuo Okawa | 2010-06-05 |
| Movie | A Crowd of Three | 2010-06-12 | |
| Movie | Haru's Journey | Michio Nakai | 2010-05-22 |
| Movie | Golden Slumber | Hodogaya Yasushi | 2010-01-30 |
| Movie | Hutch the Honeybee | 2010-07-28 | |
| Movie | After the Flowers | Soan Nagai | 2010-03-13 |
| Series | Absolute Zero | Sosuke Kagami | 2010-04-13 |
| Series | Mori no Asagao | Keizukuri Hukahori | 2010-10-18 |
| Movie | Cast Me If You Can | Homeless guy | 2010-10-23 |
| Movie | Postcard | Yukichi Morikawa, the Father-in-Law | 2010-10-27 |
| Movie | Villain | Yoshio Ishibashi | 2010-09-11 |
| Movie | The Lightning Tree | Kakunoshi Enokido | 2010-10-22 |
| Movie | Sakurada Gate Incident | Magojiro Kaneko | 2010-10-16 |
| Movie | Heaven's Story | Souichi | 2010-10-02 |
| Movie | Elevator to the Gallows | 2010-10-09 | |
| Movie | Asahiyama Zoo Story: Penguins in the Sky | Itsuro Usui | 2009-02-07 |
| Movie | John Rabe | Matsui Iwane | 2009-04-02 |
| Movie | Yona Yona Penguin | Jii (voice) | 2009-12-23 |
| Movie | Boku to Mama No Kiiroi Jitensha | Shotaro | 2009-08-22 |
| Movie | Rain Fall | Tatsu Ishikura | 2009-04-24 |
| Movie | April Bride | Teishi Nagashima | 2009-05-09 |
| Movie | The Taste of Fish | Shojiro Sanada | 2008-06-07 |
| Movie | The Most Beautiful Night In The World | Journalist | 2008-05-24 |
| Movie | The Chasing World | Doctor | 2008-02-22 |
| Movie | All Around Us | kunimasa Yasuda | 2008-06-07 |
| Movie | The Cycling Genius Is Coming! | 2008-09-06 | |
| Movie | Happy Flight | Saito | 2008-11-15 |
| Movie | ICHI | 2008-10-25 | |
| Series | Ties of Shooting Stars | Togami Masayuki | 2008-10-17 |
| Movie | Teacher and Three Children | Yoshio Ichikawa | 2008-09-27 |
| Movie | Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit | Counselor | 2008-09-26 |
| Movie | Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad | Doctor from Sasazuka Clinic | 2007-04-14 |
| Movie | Starfish Hotel | Mr. Trickster | 2007-02-03 |
| Movie | The Go Master | Kensaku Segoe | 2007-05-24 |
| Movie | Prodigy | Hisashi Kikuna | 2007-09-20 |
| Movie | Three for the Road | 2007-07-11 | |
| Movie | The Shadow Spirit | mimasaka koushirou | 2007-12-21 |
| Movie | Life Can Be So Wonderful | Haeo | 2007-09-15 |
| Movie | Memories of Matsuko | Tsunehiro Kawajiri | 2006-05-27 |
| Series | Love and Glory | Hideyoshi Toyotomi | 2006-01-08 |
| Movie | It's Only Talk | 2006-06-10 | |
| Movie | The Happiness | 2006-11-23 | |
| Movie | Japan Sinks | 2006-07-15 | |
| Movie | The Summer of Stickleback | 2006-10-14 | |
| Movie | Love Is Five Seven Five | Grandfather | 2005-03-26 |
| Movie | The Great Yokai War | 2005-08-06 | |
| Movie | Tetsujin 28: The Movie | Yunosuke Otsuka | 2005-03-19 |
| Movie | The Suspect: Muroi Shinji | Seigo Tsuda | 2005-08-27 |
| Series | Haru and Natsu | Kotaro Nakayama | 2005-10-02 |
| Movie | Scrap Heaven | Detective Yabuta | 2005-10-08 |
| Movie | The Lakeside Murder Case | Tomoharu Fujima | 2004-01-22 |
| Movie | The Hunter and the Hunted | Neko | 2004-01-17 |
| Series | 竜馬がゆく | 2004-01-02 | |
| Movie | Winning Pass | 2004-01-24 | |
| Movie | Zebraman | 2004-01-30 | |
| Movie | Moon and Cherry | Sakamoto | 2004-12-25 |
| Movie | The Motive | Yoshifumi Katakura | 2004-12-18 |
| Movie | River of First Love | Hidejiro Tasaki | 2004-11-13 |
| Movie | Drugstore Girl | Koji Nabeshima | 2004-02-07 |
| Movie | Owl | 2003-02-07 | |
| Movie | Farewell, Kuro | Shuzo Hanazono | 2003-07-01 |
| Movie | Teacher's suitcase | Sensei/Matsumoto Harutsuna | 2003-03-11 |
| Movie | Doppelganger | Murakami | 2003-09-27 |
| Series | Water Boys | Mama (of a bar) | 2003-07-01 |
| Movie | Worst by Chance | Shigeharu Kaneshiro | 2003-09-13 |
| Movie | Zatoichi | Pub Owner | 2003-09-06 |
| Movie | KT | Hiroshi Uchiyama | 2002-05-03 |
| Series | AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo | 鑓鞍 兵衛 | 2002-10-09 |
| Movie | 11’09”01—September 11 | Sakichi Furuhashi (segment "Japan") | 2002-09-04 |
| Movie | Barber's Sorrow | 2002-11-09 | |
| Movie | Waterboys | Mama | 2001-09-15 |
| Movie | Turn | Matsubara | 2001-10-13 |
| Series | Prince Shotoku | Anahobe no miko | 2001-11-10 |
| Movie | Another Heaven | Doctor Akagi | 2000-04-29 |
| Movie | The City of Lost Souls | Kuwata | 2000-09-15 |
| Movie | Nagisa | 2000-06-10 | |
| Movie | The Whispered City | Artist | 2000-07-07 |
| Movie | Kaza-hana | Hot Spring Inn Owner | 2000-09-14 |
| Series | Genroku Ryoran | Genshiro | 1999-01-10 |
| Movie | Will to Live | Doctor | 1999-01-15 |
| Movie | Kaizokuban Bootleg Film | Tatsuo | 1999-12-01 |
| Movie | The Nagaharu Yodogawa Story: A Cineaste's Life in Kobe | Matashichi | 1999-11-07 |
| Series | Out - Tsumatachi no Hanzai | 1999-10-12 | |
| Movie | Round About Midnight | Totsuka | 1999-11-06 |
| Movie | Dr. Akagi | Dr. Fuu Akagi | 1998-05-17 |
| Movie | Legend of the Cat Monster | Ryohei Shimura / Joji Tamura | 1998-08-16 |
| Movie | Love Letter | 1998-05-23 | |
| Series | Yanchakure | 水嶋钦一 | 1998-10-05 |
| Movie | The Eel | Tamotsu Takasaki | 1997-05-12 |
| Movie | The Key | Soichiro Anzai | 1997-10-18 |
| Movie | Abduction | 1997-06-07 | |
| Movie | Body and Soul | 1997-10-18 | |
| Movie | Shall We Dance? | Detective Miwa | 1996-01-27 |
| Movie | Free and Easy 8 | Yukawa | 1996-08-10 |
| Movie | The Rainbow Seeker | 1996-12-28 | |
| Movie | Maborosi | Yoshihiro | 1995-10-01 |
| Movie | Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla | Major Akira Yuki | 1994-12-10 |
| Movie | The Friends | Nagatomo | 1994-04-09 |
| Movie | Private Lessons II | Oba | 1993-03-06 |
| Series | Family Court Judge | Shibuya Naomasa | 1993-01-07 |
| Movie | Sumo Do, Sumo Don't | Professor Tokichi Anayama | 1992-01-15 |
| Series | Taiheiki | Moronao Kô-no | 1991-01-06 |
| Movie | Goodbye Mama | 1991-04-20 | |
| Movie | The Last Frankenstein | Prof. Sarusawa | 1991-04-20 |
| Movie | A Naive History of the Bakumatsu Era | Kogoro Katsura | 1991-07-06 |
| Movie | Dance till Tomorrow | 1991-06-22 | |
| Movie | Universal Laws | 1990-01-27 | |
| Movie | Roar of the Crowd | 1990-06-09 | |
| Movie | Maria's Stomach | 1990-07-21 | |
| Movie | Mottomo Abunai Deka | Maeo | 1989-04-22 |
| Movie | Harimao | Army Major | 1989-06-03 |
| Movie | Fancy Dance | Masoho's boss | 1989-12-23 |
| Movie | Tora-san Goes to Vienna | Hyoma Sakaguchi | 1989-08-05 |
| Movie | Beijing Watermelon | Mr. Teramoto | 1989-11-18 |
| Movie | Battle Heater | Riichi Hama | 1989-11-03 |
| Movie | The Yen Family | Shinichi Amemiya | 1988-05-14 |
| Movie | Angel Guts: Red Vertigo | Yakuza | 1988-05-07 |
| Movie | The Silk Road | 1988-06-25 | |
| Movie | Revolver | Keisuke Mineya | 1988-10-22 |
| Movie | The Heartbreak Yakuza | 1987-01-01 | |
| Movie | Bedtime Eyes | 1987-04-25 | |
| Movie | The Great Department Store Robbery | 1987-12-26 | |
| Movie | A Tale of Young Elopement | Matsuda | 1987-02-07 |
| Movie | Capone Cries a Lot | Ushiemon | 1985-02-16 |
| Movie | Congratulatory Speech | Yasuhei Higashida | 1985-12-28 |
| Movie | The Second Is a Christian | Kumashiro | 1985-09-14 |
| Movie | Make-Up | Kikuo Tsutano | 1984-05-02 |
| Movie | Location | Konno | 1984-09-22 |
| Movie | Double Bed | Tôru Yamazaki | 1983-08-05 |
| Movie | Lovers Lost | Ishizuka | 1982-06-12 |
| Movie | Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san | Kondo | 1982-08-07 |
| Movie | The Man from Shimizu | 1982-12-28 | |
| Movie | Suspicion | Shigekazu Akitani | 1982-09-11 |
| Movie | Sailor Suit and Machine Gun | Detective Kuroki | 1981-12-19 |
| Movie | Disciples of Hippocrates | 1980-11-21 | |
| Movie | Masked Crusader, Mr. Jirenman | Kantarô Iwata | 1979-10-06 |
| Movie | Shimoochiai Yakitori Movie | 1979-06-23 |