Akira Emoto
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- November 3, 1948 (age 78)
- Birthplace
- Chuo, Tokyo, Japan
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.
Known For
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Filmography
あなたが欲しい－I WANT YOU－
TV · 1 ep
Kyoto Hippocrates
Movie
The Imaginary Dog and the Lying Cat
Movie
Yamazaki Riverside - Over an Actor's Shoulder -
Movie · as Self
あなたの息子ひき出します！
Movie
Convenience Store Kyodai
TV · as Umeda Shohei · 10 eps
Innocent Witness
TV · as Hiroki Oyagi · 1 ep
Rental Family
Movie · as Kikuo Hasegawa
Samurai Fury
Movie
The Boy and the Dog
Movie · as Yaichi Katano
The Way of The Prison Guard
Movie
The Final Piece
Movie · as Motoji Kanesaki
One Last Throw
Movie · as Kawato Kozo
Scandal Eve
TV · as Shigeru Kodama · 2 eps
Don't Lose Your Head!
Movie · as Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu
Maru
Movie · as Teacher
The God of Curling
Movie · as Susumu Komiyama
Rotting
Movie
JK to Roppozensho
TV · as 桜木倫太郎 · 8 eps
Shinjuku Field Hospital
TV · as Keisuke Takamine · 11 eps
Umami
Movie · as Salaryman
Hard Days
Movie · as Yutaka Senba
Goal of the Sky
Movie
September 1923
Movie · as Teiji Igusa
Touken Ranbu: The Movie -Dawn-
Movie · as Fujiwara no Michinaga
The Innocent Game
Movie
Shylock's Children
Movie · as Hajime Sawazaki
Yudo
Movie · as regular customer
Egoist
Movie · as Yoshio Saito
Ripples
Movie · as Taro Kadokura
Do Unto Others
Movie · as Shosaku Shiba
満天のゴール
TV · as トクじい · 2 eps
Get Ready!
TV · as Hiroshi Bojo · 1 ep
Noise
Movie · as Shoji
The Setting Sun
Movie · as Dr. Miyake
The Wandering Moon
Movie · as Agata
Barber Shop with a View of the Sea
Movie · as 老店主
No Place to Go
Movie · as Bomber
A Man
Movie · as Norio Komiura
Ten Count to the Future
TV · as Kenzo Ashiya · 9 eps
Teen Regime
TV · as Washida Tsuguaki · 5 eps
混声の森
TV · 2 eps
The New Chronicle of Lord Nobunaga: Classmates are Warriors
TV · as Yotaro Befunokami · 10 eps
Goodbye My Dear
TV · as Hiroshi Yamawaki · 1 ep
Japanese Style
TV · as Hifuji Umekoshi · 9 eps
Lost Man Found
TV · as Himself · 10 eps
Girls, Guns and Gangsters: Shinji Somai & Sailor Suit & Machine Gun
Movie
祈り ―幻に長崎を想う刻―
Movie
Baragaki: Unbroken Samurai
Movie · as Shop Owner
The Great Yokai War: Guardians
Movie · as old man, Old Man
The Master Plan
Movie · as Kawabata
Utsusemi no mori
Movie · as Police Inspector Kariya Shinichi
Re: The End of the Tiny World - Half a Year Later
TV · as Kawabata · 3 eps
Bullets, Bones and Blocked Noses
TV · as Hadashi no Tyosuke(裸足のチョウスケ) · 6 eps
てにあまる
TV · 1 ep
Nosari: Impermanent Eternity
Movie
Living in the Sky
Movie · as Concierge Kondo
Underdog: Part One
Movie · as Sakuro
Stardust over the Town
Movie · as Kumabe Rokuzo
I Never Shot Anyone
Movie · as Takashi Renjo
Wonderful Paradise
Movie · as Homeless
Underdog: Part Two
Movie · as Sakuro
BON-UTA, A Song from Home
Movie · as (voice)
Iwane: Sword of Serenity
Movie · as Urakusai
Castle of Sand
Movie · as Chiyokichi
They Say Nothing Stays the Same
Movie · as Toichi
The Promised Land
Movie · as Goro Fujiki
Show Me the Way to the Station
Movie
Godot of the Emotos
Movie
It Feels So Good
Movie · as Kenji's Father (voice)
Finding Light at the Darkness Festival
Movie
Banjo no Himawari
TV · 4 eps
In Hand
TV · 1 ep
Villain: Perpetrator Chase Investigation
TV · as 铃本茂树 · 6 eps
Color Me True
Movie · as Tadashi Honda
Evil and The Mask
Movie · as Detective Aida
Shoplifters
Movie · as Yoritsugu Kawado
Recall
Movie · as Seiji Nomura
Oz Land
Movie · as Boss
Segodon
TV · as Ryu Samin · 2 eps
Good Doctor
TV · as Akira Shiga · 10 eps
Lu Over the Wall
Movie · as Ashimoto's Grandfather (voice)
Mukoku
Movie · as Seppo Mitsumura
Random Lives
Movie · as Hanamura
Neko Ninja
Movie · as Kariyazaki
Survival Family
Movie · as Sasaki Shigeomi
Solitary Gourmet New Year's Eve Special ~Final Meal! Setouchi Business Trip~
Movie
The Dog Bridegroom
Movie · as Kenkichi Okumura
Home Sweet Tokyo
TV · as [Ramen Shop Owner] · 1 ep
A Life: A Love
TV · as Danjo Toranosuke · 10 eps
Frankenstein's Love
TV · as Tsurumaru · 10 eps
Silver and Gold
TV · as Hitoshi Kuramae · 4 eps
The Mohican Comes Home
Movie · as Osamu Tamura
Shin Godzilla
Movie · as Ryuta Azuma
Black Widow Business
Movie · as Jun Sakurada
Shippu Rondo
Movie · as Masaomi Togo
A Living Promise
Movie · as Zenzo Takeda
A Grain of Wheat
Movie · as Honda
Sniper
Movie · as Tatsuyuki Miyata
Love That Makes You Cry
TV · as Masahiko Hayashida · 10 eps
Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit
TV · as Sfar · 9 eps
Arashi no Namida
TV · 44 eps
Living Rights
Movie
Present for You
Movie
Journey to the Shore
Movie · as Hoshitani
Vampire in Love
Movie · as Sojiro
GARO: Gold Storm Flight
Movie · as Priest Soutatsu
The Big Bee
Movie · as Murofushi
The Pearls of the Stone Man
Movie · as Kumaji Ueda
新 法廷荒らし 猪狩文助〜終の棲家〜
TV · 1 ep
The Secret Lives of Kyoto Folk
TV · 1 ep
Wood Job!
Movie · as Toshiro Yamane
0.5 mm
Movie · as Takeshi Sasaki
Oh! Father
Movie · as Hayashi Tomita
Cold
Movie · as Jin Ichinose
Time Trip App
Movie · as Ryuzo Yanagita
A House on a Hill
Movie · as Yoshitarō Terashima
Sleeping Forest
Movie · as Daisuke Ota
The Long Goodbye
TV · as Heizo Harada · 5 eps
A Woman from Ashio
TV · 2 eps
Banana, Gloves and Whale Shark
Movie · as Lawyer
Unforgiven
Movie · as Kingo Baba
Yellow Elephant
Movie · as Arechi
The War and a Woman
Movie · as client of woman
Fly, Dakota, Fly!
Movie
The Partner
Movie · as Ōkuma Shigenobu
Ask This of Rikyu
Movie
Olympic Ransom
TV · 2 eps
Kumokiri Nizaemon
TV · 3 eps
Black Kite
TV · as Kaiun · 10 eps
Hanzawa Naoki
TV · as Keiji Minobe · 10 eps
The Life of Budori Gusuko
Movie · as Narrator / Dr. Kūbō (voice)
One Day in January
Movie
Ace Attorney
Movie · as Saibancho (Judge)
Humanoid Monster, Bem
Movie · as Kao no nai otoko
A Sower of Seeds
Movie · as Shuzo Morikawa
Casting Blossoms to the Sky
Movie · as Seijiro Nose
Folktales from Japan
TV · 346 eps
Platinum Town
TV · 5 eps
疑惑
TV · 1 ep
In His Chart
Movie · as Doctor
Karate-Robo Zaborgar
Movie · as Dr. Akunomiya
Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet
Movie · as Yoneuchi
Life Back Then
Movie · as Masashi Inoue
Ninja Kids!!!
Movie
A Honeymoon in Hell: Mr. & Mrs. Oki's Fabulous Trip
Movie · as wet guy
Shikei Kijun
Movie · as Kyusaku Tsushima
HUNTER - Women After Reward Money
TV · as Shogo Ooiwa · 10 eps
Humanoid Monster Bem
TV · as Nameless Man · 10 eps
A Crowd of Three
Movie
Villain
Movie · as Yoshio Ishibashi
Sakurada Gate Incident
Movie · as Magojiro Kaneko
Golden Slumber
Movie · as Hodogaya Yasushi
Haru's Journey
Movie · as Michio Nakai
Cast Me If You Can
Movie · as Homeless guy
The Lightning Tree
Movie · as Kakunoshi Enokido
Postcard
Movie · as Yukichi Morikawa, the Father-in-Law
After the Flowers
Movie · as Soan Nagai
A Lone Scalpel
Movie · as Matsuo Okawa
Heaven's Story
Movie · as Souichi
Ekeb of Dekye
Movie · as Soichi Yanagimachi
Hutch the Honeybee
Movie
Absolute Zero
TV · as Sosuke Kagami · 11 eps
Mori no Asagao
TV · as Keizukuri Hukahori · 10 eps
Naze Kimi wa Zetsubo to Tatakaeta noka
TV · 2 eps
Rain Fall
Movie · as Tatsu Ishikura
April Bride
Movie · as Teishi Nagashima
John Rabe
Movie · as Matsui Iwane
Asahiyama Zoo Story: Penguins in the Sky
Movie · as Itsuro Usui
Yona Yona Penguin
Movie · as Jii (voice)
Boku to Mama No Kiiroi Jitensha
Movie · as Shotaro
Clouds Over the Hill
TV · as 乃木知幸介 · 9 eps
ICHI
Movie
The Chasing World
Movie · as Doctor
Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit
Movie · as Counselor
The Taste of Fish
Movie · as Shojiro Sanada
The Most Beautiful Night In The World
Movie · as Journalist
All Around Us
Movie · as kunimasa Yasuda
The Cycling Genius Is Coming!
Movie
Teacher and Three Children
Movie · as Yoshio Ichikawa
Happy Flight
Movie · as Saito
Your Friend
Movie
Ties of Shooting Stars
TV · as Togami Masayuki · 10 eps
Starfish Hotel
Movie · as Mr. Trickster
The Shadow Spirit
Movie · as mimasaka koushirou
The Go Master
Movie · as Kensaku Segoe
Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad
Movie · as Doctor from Sasazuka Clinic
Life Can Be So Wonderful
Movie · as Haeo
Three for the Road
Movie
Prodigy
Movie · as Hisashi Kikuna
愛の流刑地
TV · as 北冈耕造 · 2 eps
The Happiness
Movie
Memories of Matsuko
Movie · as Tsunehiro Kawajiri
It's Only Talk
Movie
Japan Sinks
Movie · as Professor Fukuhara
The Summer of Stickleback
Movie
Tokumei! Keiji Dongame
TV · 15 eps
Love and Glory
TV · as Hideyoshi Toyotomi · 49 eps
The Great Yokai War
Movie
The Suspect: Muroi Shinji
Movie · as Seigo Tsuda
For the coming day
Movie
The Lakeside Murder Case
Movie · as Tomoharu Fujima
Scrap Heaven
Movie · as Detective Yabuta
Love Is Five Seven Five
Movie · as Grandfather
Tetsujin 28: The Movie
Movie · as Yunosuke Otsuka
Haru and Natsu
TV · as Kotaro Nakayama · 5 eps
The Motive
Movie · as Yoshifumi Katakura
River of First Love
Movie · as Hidejiro Tasaki
Moon & Cherry
Movie · as Sakamoto
Drugstore Girl
Movie · as Koji Nabeshima
The Hunter and the Hunted
Movie · as Neko
Winning Pass
Movie
Zebraman
Movie · as Kitahara the Crab Man
Takada Wataru Teki
Movie · as Self
Chicken Is Barefoot
Movie
竜馬がゆく
TV · 4 eps
Zatoichi
Movie · as Pub Owner
Worst by Chance
Movie · as Shigeharu Kaneshiro
Owl
Movie
Farewell, Kuro
Movie · as Shuzo Hanazono
Doppelgänger
Movie · as Murakami
Hana
Movie · as Hiroshi Torigoe
Teacher's suitcase
Movie · as Sensei/Matsumoto Harutsuna
Samurai Resurrection
Movie · as Nobutsuna Matsudaira
Water Boys
TV · as Mama (of a bar) · 11 eps
Love & War of a Samurai
TV · 7 eps
KT
Movie · as Hiroshi Uchiyama
Barber's Sorrow
Movie · as Sakaguchi
September 11
Movie · as Sakichi Furuhashi (segment "Japan")
The Private Detective Mike
TV · 1 ep
AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo
TV · as Hyoue Yarikura · 9 eps
Mibu Gishiden: Shinsengumi de Ichiban Tsuyokatta Otoko
TV · 4 eps
Turn
Movie · as Matsubara
Kaza-hana
Movie · as Hot Spring Inn Owner
Waterboys
Movie · as Mama
Gassan
Movie
Prince Shotoku
TV · as Anahobe no miko · 2 eps
The City of Lost Souls
Movie · as Kuwata
The Whispered City
Movie · as Toyohashi, sculptor
Nagisa
Movie · as Priest Shinto
Another Heaven
Movie · as Doctor Akagi
As the River Flows
Movie
Kaizokuban Bootleg Film
Movie · as Tatsuo
Will to Live
Movie · as Doctor
Round About Midnight
Movie · as Totsuka
The Nagaharu Yodogawa Story: A Cineaste's Life in Kobe
Movie · as Matashichi
Genroku Ryoran
TV · as Genshiro · 49 eps
Out - Tsumatachi no Hanzai
TV · 11 eps
Dr. Akagi
Movie · as Dr. Fuu Akagi
Love Letter
Movie
Yanchakure
TV · as 水嶋钦一 · 150 eps
The Eel
Movie · as Tamotsu Takasaki
Abduction
Movie · as Chief Superintendent Tachibana
Body and Soul
Movie · as Sekiya/Reiko's lover-Aya's ex
The Key
Movie · as Soichiro Anzai
The Rainbow Seeker
Movie
Free and Easy 8
Movie · as Yukawa
Shall We Dance?
Movie · as Detective Miwa
Maborosi
Movie · as Yoshihiro
Eighth Shogun Yoshimune
TV · as Tokugawa Munenao · 48 eps
The Wind Detective - From Tokyo!
TV · as Zenzo Tajima · 20 eps
Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla
Movie · as Major Akira Yuki
The Friends
Movie · as Nagatomo
Private Lessons II
Movie · as Oba
I Can Hear the Duck Singing
Movie
When Cinema Reflects the Times: Hou Hsiao-Hsien and Edward Yang
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Family Court Judge
TV · as Shibuya Naomasa · 12 eps
Sumo Do, Sumo Don't
Movie · as Professor Tokichi Anayama
Manhattan Kiss
Movie
Yamai wa kikara: Byôin e ikô 2
Movie
The Last Frankenstein
Movie · as Prof. Sarusawa
Dance till Tomorrow
Movie
Goodbye Mama
Movie
A Naive History of the Bakumatsu Era
Movie · as Kogoro Katsura
Taiheiki
TV · as Moronao Kô-no · 49 eps
Betrayal Tomorrow
Movie
Roar of the Crowd
Movie
Maria's Stomach
Movie
Universal Laws
Movie
ホットドッグ
TV · as 大田原輝 · 1 ep
Beijing Watermelon
Movie · as Mr. Teramoto
Fancy Dance
Movie · as Masoho's boss
Battle Heater
Movie · as Riichi Hama
Tora-san Goes to Vienna
Movie · as 坂口兵马
Harimao
Movie · as Army Major
The Most Dangerous Detective
Movie · as Maeo
The Silk Road
Movie
Angel Guts: Red Vertigo
Movie · as Yakuza
The Yen Family
Movie · as Shinichi Amemiya
Revolver
Movie · as Keisuke Mineya
あじさい色のレディ
Movie
あそびにおいでョ!
TV · 1 ep
The Great Department Store Robbery
Movie
The Heartbreak Yakuza
Movie
Bedtime Eyes
Movie
A Tale of Young Elopement
Movie · as Matsuda
Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies
Movie
I Want To Live Once More: Shinjuku Bus Fire Incident
Movie · as Hirofumi Maruyama
Capone Cries a Lot
Movie · as Ushiemon
The Second Is a Christian
Movie · as Kumashiro
Congratulatory Speech
Movie · as Yasuhei Higashida
Location
Movie · as Konno
Make-Up
Movie · as Kikuo Tsutano
水曜ドラマスペシャル
TV · 1 ep
Double Bed
Movie · as Tôru Yamazaki
Legend of the Cat Monster
Movie · as Ryohei Shimura / Joji Tamura
Amagi Pass
Movie
Lovers Lost
Movie · as Ishizuka
The Man from Shimizu
Movie
Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san
Movie · as 近藤
Suspicion
Movie · as Shigekazu Akitani
Sailor Suit and Machine Gun
Movie · as Detective Kuroki
Disciples of Hippocrates
Movie
Fujio Akatsuka's Gag Porno: In the Mood Once Again
Movie · as Daigorô Hatayama
Masked Crusader, Mr. Jirenman
Movie · as Kantarô Iwata
Shimo-ochiai Yakitori Movie
Movie