Akira Emoto
Nov 03, 1948 (76 years old) in Chūō, Tokyo, Japan
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
Yanchakure
水嶋钦一
AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo
Hyoue Yarikura
Absolute Zero
Sosuke Kagami
Shin Godzilla
Ryuta Azuma : Chief Cabinet Secretary
Shoplifters
Yoritsugu Kawado
Lu Over the Wall
Ashimoto's Grandfather (voice)
Love and Glory
Hideyoshi Toyotomi
Hanzawa Naoki
Keiji Minobe
Credits
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Rental Family Future★ NR -
The Boy and the Dog 2025★ 7.7 -
Muromachi Burai 2025★ 9.3 -
Maru 2024Teacher★ NR -
Keisuke Takamine★ 8 -
JK to Roppozensho 2024桜木倫太郎★ NR -
Migawari Mission 2024Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu★ 6.5 -
The Innocent Game 2023★ 5.3 -
満天のゴール 2023トクじい★ NR -
September 1923 2023Teiji Igusa★ 6.5 -
Goal of the Sky 2023★ NR -
Ripples 2023Taro Kadokura★ 6.4 -
Hard Days 2023Yutaka Senba★ 6.6 -
Touken Ranbu 2 2023Fujiwara no Michinaga★ 5 -
Do Unto Others 2023Shosaku Shiba★ 7.8 -
regular customer★ 6.8 -
Shylock's Children 2023Hajime Sawazaki★ 7.6 -
Egoist 2023Yoshio Saito★ 7.6 -
Umami 2023Salaryman★ 5.6 -
Get Ready! 2023Hiroshi Bojo★ 8 -
A Man 2022Norio Komiura★ 7.1 -
The Setting Sun 2022Dr. Miyake★ 6 -
Japanese Style 2022Hifuji Umekoshi★ 6 -
No Place to Go 2022★ 6 -
Goodbye My Dear 2022Hiroshi Yamawaki★ 7 -
Yotaro Befunokami★ 6 -
混声の森 2022★ NR -
Lost Man Found 2022Himself★ 7.9 -
Wandering 2022Agata★ 6.5 -
海の見える理髪店 2022老店主★ NR -
Teen Regime 2022Washida Tsuguaki★ 7.5 -
Kenzo Ashiya★ 7.6 -
The Honest Realtor 2022Tetsuo Kishi★ 6 -
Noise 2022Shoji★ 5.8 -
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Shop Owner★ 6.6 -
Hadashi no Tyosuke(裸足のチョウスケ)★ NR -
祈り ―幻に長崎を想う刻― 2021★ NR -
old man★ 6.3 -
空蝉の森 2021Police Inspector kariya shinichi★ NR -
Kawabata★ 7.8 -
Kawabata★ 9 -
てにあまる 2021★ NR -
Underdog: Part One 2020Sakuro★ 6.9 -
Wonderful Paradise 2020Homeless★ 6.7 -
Living in the Sky 2020Concierge Kondo★ 7.3 -
★ 2.5 -
I Never Shot Anyone 2020Takashi Renjo★ 7 -
Kumabe Rokuzo★ 6 -
★ NR -
The Promised Land 2019Goro Fujiki★ 6.4 -
★ 6.7 -
Toichi★ 6.8 -
Banjo no Himawari 2019★ 8 -
It Feels So Good 2019Kenji's Father (voice)★ 6.5 -
Urakusai★ 7.7 -
铃本茂树★ 8 -
Godot of the Emotos 2019★ NR -
In Hand 2019★ 8 -
Castle of Sand 2019Chiyokichi★ 8.7 -
(voice)★ 7.2 -
Oz Land 2018Boss★ 7.2 -
Good Doctor 2018Akira Shiga★ 8.1 -
Recall 2018Seiji Nomura★ 6.8 -
Shoplifters 2018Yoritsugu Kawado★ 7.9 -
Color Me True 2018Tadashi Honda★ 7.6 -
Evil and The Mask 2018Detective Aida★ 7.2 -
Segodon 2018Ryu Samin★ 8.3 -
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Home Sweet Tokyo 2017[Ramen Shop Owner]★ NR -
Mukoku 2017Seppo Mitsumura★ 6.2 -
Neko Ninja 2017Kariyazaki★ 3 -
Lu Over the Wall 2017Ashimoto's Grandfather (voice)★ 7.1 -
The Dog Bridegroom 2017Kenkichi Okumura★ NR -
Frankenstein's Love 2017Tsurumaru★ 7 -
Random Lives 2017Hanamura★ NR -
A Life 2017Danjo Toranosuke★ 7 -
Silver and Gold 2017Hitoshi Kuramae★ 6.7 -
Survival Family 2016Sasaki Shigeomi★ 7.3 -
Shippu Rondo 2016Masaomi Togo★ 6.7 -
Sniper 2016Tatsuyuki Miyata★ NR -
Black Widow Business 2016Jun Sakurada★ 8.5 -
A Grain of Wheat 2016Honda★ NR -
Shin Godzilla 2016Ryuta Azuma : Chief Cabinet Secretary★ 7.2 -
Osamu Tamura★ 6.1 -
Sfar★ 7.6 -
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Masahiko Hayashida★ 8.1 -
A Living Promise 2016Zenzo Takeda★ NR -
Journey to the Shore 2015Mr. Hoshitani★ 6.5 -
The Big Bee 2015Murofushi★ 5.9 -
Kumaji Ueda★ 8.3 -
Vampire in Love 2015Sojiro★ 7 -
Priest Soutatsu★ 7.4 -
Living Rights 2015★ NR -
新 法廷荒らし 猪狩文助〜終の棲家〜 2015★ NR
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A House on a Hill 2014Yoshitarō Terashima★ NR -
0.5 mm 2014Takeshi Sasaki★ 7.3 -
Cold 2014Jin Ichinose★ NR -
Time Trip App 2014Ryuzo Yanagita★ 6 -
Oh! Father 2014Hayashi Tomita★ 5.5 -
Wood Job! 2014Toshiro Yamane★ 7.4 -
The Long Goodbye 2014Heizo Harada★ 6.6 -
A Woman from Ashio 2014★ 9
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Sleeping Forest 2014Daisuke Ota★ 7 -
Olympic Ransom 2013★ NR -
Fly, Dakota, Fly! 2013★ NR -
Present for You 2013★ NR -
Unforgiven 2013Kingo Baba★ 7 -
Hanzawa Naoki 2013Keiji Minobe★ 8.2 -
The War and a Woman 2013client of woman★ 4.2 -
Kumokiri Nizaemon 2013★ 8.5 -
Yellow Elephant 2013Arechi★ 6 -
Black Kite 2013Kaiun★ 8.4 -
★ NR -
Kao no nai otoko★ 6.2 -
One Day in January 2012★ NR -
Platinum Town 2012★ NR -
Narrator / Dr. Kūbō (voice)★ 6.7 -
Seijiro Nose★ 6.6 -
Folktales from Japan 2012★ 8.5 -
A Sower of Seeds 2012Shuzo Morikawa★ NR -
Ace Attorney 2012Saibancho (Judge)★ 6.1 -
Yoneuchi★ 6.5 -
Life Back Then 2011Masashi Inoue★ 4.8 -
Humanoid Monster Bem 2011Nameless Man★ 7 -
Karate-Robo Zaborgar 2011Dr. Akunomiya★ 5.9 -
Shogo Ooiwa★ 8 -
Shikei Kijun 2011Kyusaku Tsushima★ NR -
In His Chart 2011Doctor★ 4.6 -
Ninja Kids!!! 2011★ 5.8 -
wet guy★ 8.5 -
Postcard 2010Yukichi Morikawa, the Father-in-Law★ 5.4 -
Cast Me If You Can 2010Homeless guy★ 7.5 -
The Lightning Tree 2010Kakunoshi Enokido★ 6.4 -
Mori no Asagao 2010Keizukuri Hukahori★ 10 -
Magojiro Kaneko★ 7.7 -
★ 6.5 -
Heaven's Story 2010Souichi★ 5.8 -
★ NR -
Villain 2010Yoshio Ishibashi★ 6.5 -
Hutch the Honeybee 2010★ 6.5 -
A Crowd of Three 2010★ 4.9 -
A Lone Scalpel 2010Matsuo Okawa★ 6.4 -
Haru's Journey 2010Michio Nakai★ 6.5 -
Absolute Zero 2010Sosuke Kagami★ 8 -
After the Flowers 2010Soan Nagai★ 7.3 -
Golden Slumber 2010Hodogaya Yasushi★ 7.1 -
Yona Yona Penguin 2009Jii (voice)★ 5.3 -
Clouds Over the Hill 2009乃木知幸介★ 8.1 -
Shotaro★ NR -
April Bride 2009Teishi Nagashima★ 6.8 -
Rain Fall 2009Tatsu Ishikura★ 4.7 -
John Rabe 2009Matsui Iwane★ 7.1 -
Itsuro Usui★ 8 -
Happy Flight 2008Saito★ 6.3 -
ICHI 2008★ 6.8 -
Togami Masayuki★ 7.4 -
Yoshio Ichikawa★ 6 -
Counselor★ 6.5 -
★ NR -
The Taste of Fish 2008Shojiro Sanada★ 7 -
All Around Us 2008kunimasa Yasuda★ 7.4 -
Journalist★ 6.1 -
The Chasing World 2008Doctor★ 5.8 -
The Shadow Spirit 2007mimasaka koushirou★ 5.3 -
Prodigy 2007Hisashi Kikuna★ 7.1 -
Haeo★ 7 -
Three for the Road 2007★ 4 -
The Go Master 2007Kensaku Segoe★ 6.3 -
Doctor from Sasazuka Clinic★ 6.9 -
Starfish Hotel 2007Mr. Trickster★ 6.8 -
The Happiness 2006★ NR -
★ NR
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Japan Sinks 2006★ 5.5 -
It's Only Talk 2006★ 6.5 -
Memories of Matsuko 2006Tsunehiro Kawajiri★ 7.7 -
★ NR -
Love and Glory 2006Hideyoshi Toyotomi★ 7 -
Scrap Heaven 2005Detective Yabuta★ 7.2 -
Haru and Natsu 2005Kotaro Nakayama★ 7.8 -
Seigo Tsuda★ 6.3 -
The Great Yokai War 2005★ 6.3 -
For the coming day 2005★ NR
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Grandfather★ 7.5 -
Yunosuke Otsuka★ 6 -
Moon and Cherry 2004Sakamoto★ 6 -
The Motive 2004Yoshifumi Katakura★ 6.4 -
River of First Love 2004Hidejiro Tasaki★ 6.7 -
Takada Wataru Teki 2004Self★ NR -
Drugstore Girl 2004Koji Nabeshima★ 5.2 -
Zebraman 2004Kitahara the Crab Man★ 6.3 -
Winning Pass 2004★ NR -
Tomoharu Fujima★ 6.4 -
Neko★ NR -
竜馬がゆく 2004★ NR -
Hana 2003Hiroshi Torigoe★ NR -
Doppelganger 2003Murakami★ 7 -
Worst by Chance 2003Shigeharu Kaneshiro★ NR -
Zatoichi 2003Pub Owner★ 7.2 -
★ NR -
Farewell, Kuro 2003Shuzo Hanazono★ 6.8 -
Water Boys 2003Mama (of a bar)★ 7.2 -
Samurai Resurrection 2003Nobutsuna Matsudaira★ 5 -
Teacher's suitcase 2003Sensei/Matsumoto Harutsuna★ 7 -
Owl 2003★ 7 -
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Barber's Sorrow 2002★ NR -
Hyoue Yarikura★ 7.9 -
Sakichi Furuhashi (segment "Japan")★ 6.4 -
★ 8.4 -
KT 2002Hiroshi Uchiyama★ 5.5 -
Prince Shotoku 2001Anahobe no miko★ 6 -
Turn 2001Matsubara★ 6.8 -
Waterboys 2001Mama★ 6.6 -
Kaza-hana 2001Hot Spring Inn Owner★ 5.8 -
Kuwata★ 6.2 -
The Whispered City 2000Artist★ 9 -
Nagisa 2000Priest★ 7.2 -
Another Heaven 2000Doctor Akagi★ 6.1 -
Tatsuo★ 5.9 -
Matashichi★ NR -
Round About Midnight 1999Totsuka★ 6.8 -
★ 8 -
Will to Live 1999Doctor★ 6.3 -
Genroku Ryoran 1999Genshiro★ 7.7 -
Yanchakure 1998水嶋钦一★ NR -
Love Letter 1998★ NR -
Dr. Akagi 1998Dr. Fuu Akagi★ 6.6 -
Body and Soul 1997★ 1 -
The Key 1997Soichiro Anzai★ 4.7 -
Abduction 1997★ NR -
The Eel 1997Tamotsu Takasaki★ 7 -
The Rainbow Seeker 1996★ NR -
Free and Easy 8 1996Yukawa★ 7.5 -
Shall We Dance? 1996Detective Miwa★ 7.3 -
Maborosi 1995Yoshihiro★ 7.4 -
Tokugawa Munenao★ NR -
Major Akira Yuki★ 6.8 -
The Friends 1994Nagatomo★ 7.2 -
★ NR -
(voice)★ 6.7 -
Private Lessons II 1993Oba★ 2.5 -
Family Court Judge 1993Shibuya Naomasa★ NR
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★ 2 -
Manhattan Kiss 1992★ NR -
Sumo Do, Sumo Don't 1992Professor Tokichi Anayama★ 6.6 -
Kogoro Katsura★ 7 -
Dance till Tomorrow 1991★ NR -
Prof. Sarusawa★ 6 -
Goodbye Mama 1991★ NR -
Taiheiki 1991Moronao Kô-no★ NR -
Betrayal tomorrow 1990★ NR -
Maria's Stomach 1990★ NR -
Roar of the Crowd 1990★ NR -
Universal Laws 1990★ NR -
Fancy Dance 1989Masoho's boss★ 6.8 -
Beijing Watermelon 1989Mr. Teramoto★ 6.3 -
Battle Heater 1989Riichi Hama★ 7.2 -
Hyoma Sakaguchi★ 8 -
Harimao 1989Army Major★ 8 -
Mottomo Abunai Deka 1989Maeo★ 8 -
Revolver 1988Keisuke Mineya★ 6.7 -
The Silk Road 1988★ 6.5 -
The Yen Family 1988Shinichi Amemiya★ 5.9 -
Yakuza★ 6 -
★ NR -
★ 5.4 -
Bedtime Eyes 1987★ 3.3 -
Matsuda★ NR -
Yasuhei Higashida★ NR -
Kumashiro★ 5 -
Hirofumi Maruyama★ 1 -
Capone Cries a Lot 1985Ushiemon★ 5.7 -
水曜ドラマスペシャル 1984★ NR -
Location 1984Konno★ 8 -
Make-Up 1984Kikuo Tsutano★ NR -
Ryohei Shimura / Joji Tamura★ NR -
Double Bed 1983Tôru Yamazaki★ 5.5 -
Amagi Pass 1983★ 6.7 -
The Man from Shimizu 1982★ NR -
Suspicion 1982Shigekazu Akitani★ 6.7 -
Kondo★ 8 -
Lovers Lost 1982Ishizuka★ 7.1 -
Detective Kuroki★ 6.9 -
★ 6.4 -
Kantarô Iwata★ NR -
★ NR -
Daigorô Hatayama★ 6.9