Person
Akira Emoto
Acting · Born 1948-11-03 · 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
AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo
Hyoue Yarikura
Ten Count to the Future
Kenzo Ashiya
Folktales from Japan
2012
Absolute Zero
Sosuke Kagami
Kumokiri Nizaemon
2013
Hanzawa Naoki
Keiji Minobe
Yanchakure
水嶋钦一
Shin Godzilla
Ryuta Azuma : Chief Cabinet Secretary
The Secret Lives of Kyoto Folk
2015
Love and Glory
Hideyoshi Toyotomi
Filmography
- 2026Kyoto Hippocrates
- 2026Convenience Store KyodaiUmeda Shohei
- 2026無垢なる証人Hiroki Oyagi
- 2026The Imaginary Dog and the Lying Cat
- 2025One Last ThrowKawato Kozo
- 2025Rental FamilyKikuo Hasegawa
- 2025Scandal Eve
- 2025The Final PieceMotoji Kanesaki
- 2025The Way of The Prison Guard
- 2025The Boy and the DogYaichi Katano
- 2025Samurai Fury
- 2024The God of CurlingSusumu Komiyama
- 2024MaruTeacher
- 2024Shinjuku Field HospitalKeisuke Takamine
- 2024Rotting
- 2024JK to Roppozensho桜木倫太郎
- 2024Don't Lose Your Head!Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu
- 2023The Innocent Game
- 2023満天のゴールトクじい
- 2023September 1923Teiji Igusa
- 2023Goal of the Sky
- 2023RipplesTaro Kadokura
- 2023Hard DaysYutaka Senba
- 2023Touken Ranbu: The Movie -Dawn-Fujiwara no Michinaga
- 2023Do Unto OthersShosaku Shiba
- 2023Yudo: The Way of the Bathregular customer
- 2023Shylock's ChildrenHajime Sawazaki
- 2023EgoistYoshio Saito
- 2023UmamiSalaryman
- 2023Get Ready!Hiroshi Bojo
- 2022A ManNorio Komiura
- 2022The Setting SunDr. Miyake
- 2022Japanese StyleHifuji Umekoshi
- 2022No Place to GoBomber
- 2022Goodbye My DearHiroshi Yamawaki
- 2022The New Chronicle of Lord Nobunaga: Classmates are WarriorsYotaro Befunokami
- 2022混声の森
- 2022Lost Man FoundHimself
- 2022The Wandering MoonAgata
- 2022Barber Shop with a View of the Sea老店主
- 2022Teen RegimeWashida Tsuguaki
- 2022Ten Count to the FutureKenzo Ashiya
- 2022NoiseShoji
- 2021Girls, Guns and Gangsters: Shinji Somai & Sailor Suit & Machine Gun
- 2021Baragaki: Unbroken SamuraiShop Owner
- 2021Bullets, Bones and Blocked NosesHadashi no Tyosuke(裸足のチョウスケ)
- 2021祈り ―幻に長崎を想う刻―
- 2021The Great Yokai War: Guardiansold man
- 2021Utsusemi no moriPolice Inspector Kariya Shinichi
- 2021The Master PlanKawabata
- 2021Re: The End of the Tiny World - Half a Year LaterKawabata
- 2021てにあまる
- 2020Underdog: Part OneSakuro
- 2020Underdog: Part TwoSakuro
- 2020Wonderful ParadiseHomeless
- 2020Living in the SkyConcierge Kondo
- 2020Nosari: Impermanent Eternity
- 2020I Never Shot AnyoneTakashi Renjo
- 2020Stardust over the TownKumabe Rokuzo
- 2019Finding Light at the Darkness Festival
- 2019The Promised LandGoro Fujiki
- 2019Show Me the Way to the Station
- 2019They Say Nothing Stays the SameToichi
- 2019Banjo no Himawari
- 2019It Feels So GoodKenji's Father (voice)
- 2019Iwane: Sword of SerenityUrakusai
- 2019Villain: Perpetrator Chase Investigation铃本茂树
- 2019Godot of the Emotos
- 2019In Hand
- 2019Castle of SandChiyokichi
- 2019BON-UTA, A Song from Home(voice)
- 2018Oz LandBoss
- 2018Good DoctorAkira Shiga
- 2018RecallSeiji Nomura
- 2018ShopliftersYoritsugu Kawado
- 2018Color Me TrueTadashi Honda
- 2018Evil and The MaskDetective Aida
- 2018SegodonRyu Samin
- 2017Solitary Gourmet New Year's Eve Special ~Final Meal! Setouchi Business Trip~
- 2017Home Sweet Tokyo[Ramen Shop Owner]
- 2017MukokuSeppo Mitsumura
- 2017Neko NinjaKariyazaki
- 2017Lu Over the WallAshimoto's Grandfather (voice)
- 2017The Dog BridegroomKenkichi Okumura
- 2017Frankenstein's LoveTsurumaru
- 2017Survival FamilySasaki Shigeomi
- 2017Random LivesHanamura
- 2017A LifeDanjo Toranosuke
- 2017Silver and GoldHitoshi Kuramae
- 2016Shippu RondoMasaomi Togo
- 2016SniperTatsuyuki Miyata
- 2016Black Widow BusinessJun Sakurada
- 2016A Grain of WheatHonda
- 2016Shin GodzillaRyuta Azuma : Chief Cabinet Secretary
- 2016The Mohican Comes HomeOsamu Tamura
- 2016Moribito: Guardian of the SpiritSfar
- 2016Arashi no Namida
- 2016Love That Makes You CryMasahiko Hayashida
- 2016A Living PromiseZenzo Takeda
- 2015Journey to the ShoreHoshitani
- 2015The Big BeeMurofushi
- 2015The Pearls of the Stone ManKumaji Ueda
- 2015Vampire in LoveSojiro
- 2015GARO: Gold Storm FlightPriest Soutatsu
- 2015Living Rights
- 2015Present for You
- 2015The Secret Lives of Kyoto Folk
- 2015新 法廷荒らし 猪狩文助〜終の棲家〜
- 2014A House on a HillYoshitarō Terashima
- 20140.5 mmTakeshi Sasaki
- 2014ColdJin Ichinose
- 2014Time Trip AppRyuzo Yanagita
- 2014Oh! FatherHayashi Tomita
- 2014Wood Job!Toshiro Yamane
- 2014The Long GoodbyeHeizo Harada
- 2014A Woman from Ashio
- 2014Sleeping ForestDaisuke Ota
- 2013Olympic Ransom
- 2013Fly, Dakota, Fly!
- 2013The PartnerŌkuma Shigenobu
- 2013UnforgivenKingo Baba
- 2013Ask This of Rikyu
- 2013Hanzawa NaokiKeiji Minobe
- 2013The War and a Womanclient of woman
- 2013Kumokiri Nizaemon
- 2013Yellow ElephantArechi
- 2013Black KiteKaiun
- 2013Banana, Gloves and Whale SharkLawyer
- 2012Humanoid Monster, BemKao no nai otoko
- 2012One Day in January
- 2012疑惑
- 2012Platinum Town
- 2012The Life of Budori GusukoNarrator / Dr. Kūbō (voice)
- 2012Casting Blossoms to the SkySeijiro Nose
- 2012Folktales from Japan
- 2012A Sower of SeedsShuzo Morikawa
- 2012Ace AttorneySaibancho (Judge)
- 2011Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined FleetYoneuchi
- 2011Life Back ThenMasashi Inoue
- 2011Humanoid Monster BemNameless Man
- 2011Karate-Robo ZaborgarDr. Akunomiya
- 2011HUNTER - Women After Reward MoneyShogo Ooiwa
- 2011Shikei KijunKyusaku Tsushima
- 2011In His ChartDoctor
- 2011Ninja Kids!!!
- 2011A Honeymoon in Hell: Mr. & Mrs. Oki's Fabulous Tripwet guy
- 2010PostcardYukichi Morikawa, the Father-in-Law
- 2010Cast Me If You CanHomeless guy
- 2010The Lightning TreeKakunoshi Enokido
- 2010Mori no AsagaoKeizukuri Hukahori
- 2010Sakurada Gate IncidentMagojiro Kaneko
- 2010Ekeb of DekyeSoichi Yanagimachi
- 2010Heaven's StorySouichi
- 2010Naze Kimi wa Zetsubo to Tatakaeta noka
- 2010VillainYoshio Ishibashi
- 2010Hutch the Honeybee
- 2010A Crowd of Three
- 2010A Lone ScalpelMatsuo Okawa
- 2010Haru's JourneyMichio Nakai
- 2010Absolute ZeroSosuke Kagami
- 2010After the FlowersSoan Nagai
- 2010Golden SlumberHodogaya Yasushi
- 2009Yona Yona PenguinJii (voice)
- 2009Clouds Over the Hill乃木知幸介
- 2009Boku to Mama No Kiiroi JitenshaShotaro
- 2009April BrideTeishi Nagashima
- 2009Rain FallTatsu Ishikura
- 2009John RabeMatsui Iwane
- 2009Asahiyama Zoo Story: Penguins in the SkyItsuro Usui
- 2008Happy FlightSaito
- 2008ICHI
- 2008Ties of Shooting StarsTogami Masayuki
- 2008Teacher and Three ChildrenYoshio Ichikawa
- 2008Ikigami: The Ultimate LimitCounselor
- 2008The Cycling Genius Is Coming!
- 2008Your Friend
- 2008The Taste of FishShojiro Sanada
- 2008All Around Uskunimasa Yasuda
- 2008The Most Beautiful Night In The WorldJournalist
- 2008The Chasing WorldDoctor
- 2007The Shadow Spiritmimasaka koushirou
- 2007ProdigyHisashi Kikuna
- 2007Life Can Be So WonderfulHaeo
- 2007Three for the Road
- 2007The Go MasterKensaku Segoe
- 2007Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes DadDoctor from Sasazuka Clinic
- 2007愛の流刑地北冈耕造
- 2007Starfish HotelMr. Trickster
- 2006The Happiness
- 2006The Summer of Stickleback
- 2006Japan SinksProfessor Fukuhara
- 2006It's Only Talk
- 2006Memories of MatsukoTsunehiro Kawajiri
- 2006Tokumei! Keiji Dongame
- 2006Love and GloryHideyoshi Toyotomi
- 2005Scrap HeavenDetective Yabuta
- 2005Haru and NatsuKotaro Nakayama
- 2005The Suspect: Muroi ShinjiSeigo Tsuda
- 2005The Great Yokai War
- 2005For the coming day
- 2005Love Is Five Seven FiveGrandfather
- 2005Tetsujin 28: The MovieYunosuke Otsuka
- 2005The Lakeside Murder CaseTomoharu Fujima
- 2004Moon & CherrySakamoto
- 2004The MotiveYoshifumi Katakura
- 2004River of First LoveHidejiro Tasaki
- 2004Chicken Is Barefoot
- 2004Takada Wataru TekiSelf
- 2004Drugstore GirlKoji Nabeshima
- 2004ZebramanKitahara the Crab Man
- 2004Winning Pass
- 2004The Hunter and the HuntedNeko
- 2004竜馬がゆく
- 2003HanaHiroshi Torigoe
- 2003DoppelgängerMurakami
- 2003Worst by ChanceShigeharu Kaneshiro
- 2003ZatoichiPub Owner
- 2003Love & War of a Samurai
- 2003Farewell, KuroShuzo Hanazono
- 2003Water BoysMama (of a bar)
- 2003Samurai ResurrectionNobutsuna Matsudaira
- 2003Teacher's suitcaseSensei/Matsumoto Harutsuna
- 2003Owl
- 2002Mibu Gishiden: Shinsengumi de Ichiban Tsuyokatta Otoko
- 2002Barber's Sorrow
- 2002AIBOU: Tokyo Detective DuoHyoue Yarikura
- 2002September 11Sakichi Furuhashi (segment "Japan")
- 2002The Private Detective Mike
- 2002KTHiroshi Uchiyama
- 2001Prince ShotokuAnahobe no miko
- 2001TurnMatsubara
- 2001WaterboysMama
- 2001Kaza-hanaHot Spring Inn Owner
- 2000The City of Lost SoulsKuwata
- 2000The Whispered CityToyohashi, sculptor
- 2000NagisaPriest Shinto
- 2000Another HeavenDoctor Akagi
- 2000As the River Flows
- 1999Kaizokuban Bootleg FilmTatsuo
- 1999The Nagaharu Yodogawa Story: A Cineaste's Life in KobeMatashichi
- 1999Round About MidnightTotsuka
- 1999Out - Tsumatachi no Hanzai
- 1999Will to LiveDoctor
- 1999Genroku RyoranGenshiro
- 1998Yanchakure水嶋钦一
- 1998Love Letter
- 1998Dr. AkagiDr. Fuu Akagi
- 1997Body and SoulSekiya/Reiko's lover-Aya's ex
- 1997The KeySoichiro Anzai
- 1997AbductionChief Superintendent Tachibana
- 1997The EelTamotsu Takasaki
- 1996The Rainbow Seeker
- 1996Free and Easy 8Yukawa
- 1996Shall We Dance?Detective Miwa
- 1995MaborosiYoshihiro
- 1995Eighth Shogun YoshimuneTokugawa Munenao
- 1994Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzillaMajor Akira Yuki
- 1994The FriendsNagatomo
- 1993I Can Hear the Duck Singing
- 1993When Cinema Reflects the Times: Hou Hsiao-Hsien and Edward YangNarrator (voice)
- 1993Private Lessons IIOba
- 1993Sky Cannot Be This BlueDirector
- 1993Family Court JudgeShibuya Naomasa
- 1992Yamai wa kikara: Byôin e ikô 2
- 1992Manhattan Kiss
- 1992Sumo Do, Sumo Don'tProfessor Tokichi Anayama
- 1991A Naive History of the Bakumatsu EraKogoro Katsura
- 1991Dance till Tomorrow
- 1991The Last FrankensteinProf. Sarusawa
- 1991Goodbye Mama
- 1991TaiheikiMoronao Kô-no
- 1990Betrayal Tomorrow
- 1990Maria's Stomach
- 1990Roar of the Crowd
- 1990ホットドッグ大田原輝
- 1990Universal Laws
- 1989Fancy DanceMasoho's boss
- 1989Beijing WatermelonMr. Teramoto
- 1989Battle HeaterRiichi Hama
- 1989Tora-san Goes to ViennaHyoma Sakaguchi
- 1989HarimaoArmy Major
- 1989Mottomo Abunai DekaMaeo
- 1988あじさい色のレディ
- 1988RevolverKeisuke Mineya
- 1988あそびにおいでョ!
- 1988The Silk Road
- 1988The Yen FamilyShinichi Amemiya
- 1988Angel Guts: Red VertigoYakuza
- 1987The Great Department Store Robbery
- 1987The Heartbreak Yakuza
- 1987Bedtime Eyes
- 1987A Tale of Young ElopementMatsuda
- 1986Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies
- 1985Congratulatory SpeechYasuhei Higashida
- 1985The Second Is a ChristianKumashiro
- 1985I Want To Live Once More: Shinjuku Bus Fire IncidentHirofumi Maruyama
- 1985Capone Cries a LotUshiemon
- 1984水曜ドラマスペシャル
- 1984LocationKonno
- 1984Make-UpKikuo Tsutano
- 1983Legend of the Cat MonsterRyohei Shimura / Joji Tamura
- 1983Double BedTôru Yamazaki
- 1983Amagi Pass
- 1982The Man from Shimizu
- 1982SuspicionShigekazu Akitani
- 1982Hearts and Flowers for Tora-sanKondo
- 1982Lovers LostIshizuka
- 1981Sailor Suit and Machine GunDetective Kuroki
- 1980Disciples of Hippocrates
- 1979Masked Crusader, Mr. JirenmanKantarô Iwata
- 1979Shimo-ochiai Yakitori Movie
- 1979Fujio Akatsuka's Gag Porno: In the Mood Once AgainDaigorô Hatayama
Follow their work on Vescene
Rate films and shows on two axes — quality and fun — and share taste with friends.