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:
- 244
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Rental Family
- Latest Project:
- Movie Muromachi Burai 2025-01-17
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Muromachi Burai | 2025-01-17 | |
| Movie | Rental Family | 2025 | |
| 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 | Shin Godzilla | Ryuta Azuma : Chief Cabinet Secretary | 2016-07-29 |
| Movie | Survival Family | Sasaki Shigeomi | 2016-12-12 |
| Movie | A Grain of Wheat | Honda | 2016-08-26 |
| Movie | Shippu Rondo | Masaomi Togo | 2016-11-26 |
| 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 | The Big Bee | Murofushi | 2015-09-12 |
| Movie | Journey to the Shore | Mr. Hoshitani | 2015-09-30 |
| Movie | The Pearls of the Stone Man | Kumaji Ueda | 2015-06-20 |
| Series | The Long Goodbye | Heizo Harada | 2014-04-19 |
| Movie | A Woman from Ashio | 2014-01-18 | |
| Movie | Sleeping Forest | Daisuke Ota | 2014-01-02 |
| Movie | Wood Job! | Toshiro Yamane | 2014-05-10 |
| Movie | A House on a Hill | Yoshitarō Terashima | 2014-12-06 |
| Movie | Oh! Father | Hayashi Tomita | 2014-05-24 |
| Movie | Cold | Jin Ichinose | 2014-09-27 |
| Movie | 0.5 mm | Takeshi Sasaki | 2014-11-08 |
| Movie | Time Trip App | Ryuzo Yanagita | 2014-07-26 |
| Movie | Yellow Elephant | Arechi | 2013-02-02 |
| Movie | Banana, Gloves and Whale Shark | 2013-01-01 | |
| Series | Black Kite | Kaiun | 2013-01-13 |
| Movie | The War and a Woman | client of woman | 2013-04-27 |
| Series | オリンピックの身代金 | 2013-11-30 | |
| Series | Hanzawa Naoki | Keiji Minobe | 2013-07-07 |
| Movie | Fly, Dakota, Fly! | 2013-10-05 | |
| Movie | Present for You | 2013-10-04 | |
| 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 |
| 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 | One Day in January | 2012-11-17 | |
| Series | Platinum Town | 2012-08-19 | |
| Movie | In His Chart | Doctor | 2011-08-27 |
| Movie | Ninja Kids!!! | 2011-07-23 | |
| Movie | A Honeymoon in Hell: Mr. & Mrs. Oki's Fabulous Trip | wet guy | 2011-05-14 |
| Movie | Shikei Kijun | Kyusaku Tsushima | 2011-09-25 |
| Series | Humanoid Monster Bem | Nameless Man | 2011-10-22 |
| Series | HUNTER - Women After Reward Money | Shogo Ooiwa | 2011-10-11 |
| Movie | Life Back Then | Masashi Inoue | 2011-11-19 |
| Movie | Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet | Yoneuchi | 2011-12-23 |
| 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 | Hutch the Honeybee | 2010-07-28 | |
| Movie | After the Flowers | Soan Nagai | 2010-03-13 |
| Series | Absolute Zero | Sosuke Kagami | 2010-04-13 |
| Movie | Golden Slumber | Hodogaya Yasushi | 2010-01-30 |
| 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 |
| Series | Mori no Asagao | Keizukuri Hukahori | 2010-10-18 |
| Movie | Heaven's Story | Souichi | 2010-10-02 |
| Movie | Elevator to the Gallows | 2010-10-09 | |
| Movie | Sakurada Gate Incident | Magojiro Kaneko | 2010-10-16 |
| Movie | Asahiyama Zoo Story: Penguins in the Sky | Itsuro Usui | 2009-02-07 |
| Movie | John Rabe | Matsui Iwane | 2009-04-02 |
| Movie | Boku to Mama No Kiiroi Jitensha | Shotaro | 2009-08-22 |
| Movie | Rain Fall | Tatsu Ishikura | 2009-04-24 |
| Movie | Yona Yona Penguin | Jii (voice) | 2009-12-23 |
| 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 | Teacher and Three Children | Yoshio Ichikawa | 2008-09-27 |
| Movie | The Cycling Genius Is Coming! | 2008-09-06 | |
| Movie | ICHI | 2008-10-25 | |
| Series | Ties of Shooting Stars | Togami Masayuki | 2008-10-17 |
| Movie | Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit | Counselor | 2008-09-26 |
| Movie | Happy Flight | Saito | 2008-11-15 |
| 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 | Life Can Be So Wonderful | Haeo | 2007-09-15 |
| Movie | Three for the Road | 2007-07-11 | |
| Movie | The Shadow Spirit | mimasaka koushirou | 2007-12-21 |
| Movie | Prodigy | Hisashi Kikuna | 2007-09-20 |
| Series | Love and Glory | Hideyoshi Toyotomi | 2006-01-08 |
| Movie | Memories of Matsuko | Tsunehiro Kawajiri | 2006-05-27 |
| Movie | It's Only Talk | 2006-06-10 | |
| Movie | The Happiness | 2006-11-23 | |
| Movie | The Summer of Stickleback | 2006-10-14 | |
| Movie | Japan Sinks | 2006-07-15 | |
| Movie | Tetsujin 28: The Movie | Yunosuke Otsuka | 2005-03-19 |
| Movie | Love Is Five Seven Five | Grandfather | 2005-03-26 |
| Movie | The Great Yokai War | 2005-08-06 | |
| Movie | Scrap Heaven | Detective Yabuta | 2005-10-08 |
| Series | Haru and Natsu | Kotaro Nakayama | 2005-10-02 |
| Movie | The Suspect: Muroi Shinji | Seigo Tsuda | 2005-08-27 |
| Movie | The Lakeside Murder Case | Tomoharu Fujima | 2004-01-22 |
| Movie | The Hunter and the Hunted | Neko | 2004-01-17 |
| Movie | Winning Pass | 2004-01-24 | |
| Series | 竜馬がゆく | 2004-01-02 | |
| Movie | Zebraman | 2004-01-30 | |
| Movie | The Motive | Yoshifumi Katakura | 2004-12-18 |
| Movie | Moon and Cherry | Sakamoto | 2004-12-25 |
| Movie | Drugstore Girl | Koji Nabeshima | 2004-02-07 |
| Movie | River of First Love | Hidejiro Tasaki | 2004-11-13 |
| Movie | Farewell, Kuro | Shuzo Hanazono | 2003-07-01 |
| Movie | Owl | 2003-02-07 | |
| 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 |
| Movie | 11'09''01 - September 11 | Sakichi Furuhashi (segment "Japan") | 2002-09-04 |
| Movie | Barber's Sorrow | 2002-11-09 | |
| Series | AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo | 鑓鞍 兵衛 | 2002-10-09 |
| Movie | Waterboys | Mama | 2001-09-15 |
| Movie | Turn | Matsubara | 2001-10-13 |
| Movie | Another Heaven | Doctor Akagi | 2000-04-29 |
| Movie | Nagisa | 2000-06-10 | |
| Movie | The City of Lost Souls | Kuwata | 2000-09-15 |
| Movie | Kaza-hana | Hot Spring Inn Owner | 2000-09-14 |
| Movie | The Whispered City | Artist | 2000-07-07 |
| Series | Genroku Ryoran | Genshiro | 1999-01-10 |
| Movie | Will to Live | Doctor | 1999-01-15 |
| Series | Out - Tsumatachi no Hanzai | 1999-10-12 | |
| Movie | Kaizokuban Bootleg Film | Tatsuo | 1999-12-01 |
| Movie | The Nagaharu Yodogawa Story: A Cineaste's Life in Kobe | Matashichi | 1999-11-07 |
| 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 | Abduction | 1997-06-07 | |
| Movie | The Key | Soichiro Anzai | 1997-10-18 |
| Movie | Body and Soul | 1997-10-18 | |
| Movie | Shall We Dance? | Detective Miwa | 1996-01-27 |
| Movie | The Rainbow Seeker | 1996-12-28 | |
| Movie | Free and Easy 8 | Yukawa | 1996-08-10 |
| Movie | Maborosi | Yoshihiro | 1995-10-01 |
| Movie | Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla | Major Akira Yuki | 1994-12-10 |
| Movie | The Friends | Nagatomo | 1994-04-09 |
| Series | Family Court Judge | Shibuya Naomasa | 1993-01-07 |
| Movie | Private Lessons II | Oba | 1993-03-06 |
| 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 | A Naive History of the Bakumatsu Era | Kogoro Katsura | 1991-07-06 |
| Movie | The Last Frankenstein | Prof. Sarusawa | 1991-04-20 |
| 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 | Fancy Dance | Masoho's boss | 1989-12-23 |
| Movie | Harimao | Army Major | 1989-06-03 |
| 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 | Angel Guts: Red Vertigo | Yakuza | 1988-05-07 |
| Movie | The Silk Road | 1988-06-25 | |
| Movie | The Yen Family | Shinichi Amemiya | 1988-05-14 |
| Movie | Revolver | Keisuke Mineya | 1988-10-22 |
| Movie | The Heartbreak Yakuza | 1987-01-01 | |
| Movie | A Tale of Young Elopement | Matsuda | 1987-02-07 |
| Movie | Bedtime Eyes | 1987-04-25 | |
| Movie | The Great Department Store Robbery | 1987-12-26 | |
| 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 | Location | Konno | 1984-09-22 |
| Movie | Make-Up | Kikuo Tsutano | 1984-05-02 |
| 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 |