Akira Emoto
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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
Credits
Rental Family (2025)
as Kikuo Hasegawa
Shoplifters (2018)
as Yoritsugu Kawado
Shin Godzilla (2016)
as Ryuta Azuma : Chief Cabinet Secretary
I Want To Live Once More: Shinjuku Bus Fire Incident (1985)
as Hirofumi Maruyama
It Feels So Good (2019)
as Kenji's Father (voice)
Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla (1994)
as Major Akira Yuki
Random Lives (2017)
as Hanamura
Chicken Is Barefoot (2004)
Actor
Drugstore Girl (2004)
as Koji Nabeshima
Zatoichi (2003)
as Pub Owner
Samurai Fury (2025)
Actor
Nagisa (2000)
as Priest Shinto
Boku to Mama No Kiiroi Jitensha (2009)
as Shotaro
Yamai wa kikara: Byôin e ikô 2 (1992)
Actor
ICHI (2008)
Actor
Owl (2003)
Actor
Bedtime Eyes (1987)
Actor
Kaizokuban Bootleg Film (1999)
as Tatsuo
Shall We Dance? (1996)
as Detective Miwa
A Grain of Wheat (2016)
as Honda
Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet (2011)
as Yoneuchi
Maborosi (1995)
as Yoshihiro
The Eel (1997)
as Tamotsu Takasaki
Memories of Matsuko (2006)
as Tsunehiro Kawajiri
Lu Over the Wall (2017)
as Ashimoto's Grandfather (voice)
Angel Guts: Red Vertigo (1988)
as Yakuza
Worst by Chance (2003)
as Shigeharu Kaneshiro
Umami (2023)
as Salaryman
Survival Family (2017)
as Sasaki Shigeomi
Yona Yona Penguin (2009)
as Jii (voice)
Karate-Robo Zaborgar (2011)
as Dr. Akunomiya
Ace Attorney (2012)
as Saibancho (Judge)
The Friends (1994)
as Nagatomo
Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit (2008)
as Counselor
Wood Job! (2014)
as Toshiro Yamane
The Key (1997)
as Soichiro Anzai
Waterboys (2001)
as Mama
September 11 (2002)
as Sakichi Furuhashi (segment "Japan")
Japan Sinks (2006)
as Professor Fukuhara
The Lakeside Murder Case (2005)
as Tomoharu Fujima
Sailor Suit and Machine Gun (1981)
as Detective Kuroki
Villain (2010)
as Yoshio Ishibashi
Hutch the Honeybee (2010)
Actor
Golden Slumber (2010)
as Hodogaya Yasushi
April Bride (2009)
as Teishi Nagashima
Double Bed (1983)
as Tôru Yamazaki
0.5 mm (2014)
as Takeshi Sasaki
Unforgiven (2013)
as Kingo Baba
Lovers Lost (1982)
as Ishizuka
Sumo Do, Sumo Don't (1992)
as Professor Tokichi Anayama
Amagi Pass (1983)
Actor
September 1923 (2023)
as Teiji Igusa
Banana, Gloves and Whale Shark (2013)
as Lawyer
As the River Flows (2000)
Actor
Doppelgänger (2003)
as Murakami
Private Lessons II (1993)
as Oba
Hard Days (2023)
as Yutaka Senba
Ninja Kids!!! (2011)
Actor
The Life of Budori Gusuko (2012)
as Narrator / Dr. Kūbō (voice)
Rain Fall (2009)
as Tatsu Ishikura
The War and a Woman (2013)
as client of woman
Another Heaven (2000)
as Doctor Akagi
The Great Yokai War (2005)
Actor
The Chasing World (2008)
as Doctor
Tetsujin 28: The Movie (2005)
as Yunosuke Otsuka
The Motive (2004)
as Yoshifumi Katakura
John Rabe (2009)
as Matsui Iwane
Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad (2007)
as Doctor from Sasazuka Clinic
The Boy and the Dog (2025)
as Yaichi Katano
Sakurada Gate Incident (2010)
as Magojiro Kaneko
Moon & Cherry (2004)
as Sakamoto
Zebraman (2004)
as Kitahara the Crab Man
Shippu Rondo (2016)
as Masaomi Togo
Happy Flight (2008)
as Saito
Prodigy (2007)
as Hisashi Kikuna
Ask This of Rikyu (2013)
Actor
The Lightning Tree (2010)
as Kakunoshi Enokido
After the Flowers (2010)
as Soan Nagai
Casting Blossoms to the Sky (2012)
as Seijiro Nose
Your Friend (2008)
Actor
The Silk Road (1988)
Actor
Black Widow Business (2016)
as Jun Sakurada
Haru's Journey (2010)
as Michio Nakai
Kaza-hana (2001)
as Hot Spring Inn Owner
Baragaki: Unbroken Samurai (2021)
as Shop Owner
Capone Cries a Lot (1985)
as Ushiemon
Color Me True (2018)
as Tadashi Honda
Samurai Resurrection (2003)
as Nobutsuna Matsudaira
Beijing Watermelon (1989)
as Mr. Teramoto
A Man (2022)
as Norio Komiura
The Imaginary Dog and the Lying Cat (2026)
Actor
あじさい色のレディ (1988)
Actor
The Suspect: Muroi Shinji (2005)
as Seigo Tsuda
Postcard (2010)
as Yukichi Morikawa, the Father-in-Law
Mukoku (2017)
as Seppo Mitsumura
Scrap Heaven (2005)
as Detective Yabuta
Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies (1986)
Actor
Egoist (2023)
as Yoshio Saito
Recall (2018)
as Seiji Nomura
The Hunter and the Hunted (2004)
as Neko
The Master Plan (2021)
as Kawabata
A Crowd of Three (2010)
Actor
Dr. Akagi (1998)
as Dr. Fuu Akagi
Yellow Elephant (2013)
as Arechi
Suspicion (1982)
as Shigekazu Akitani
Fancy Dance (1989)
as Masoho's boss
Asahiyama Zoo Story: Penguins in the Sky (2009)
as Itsuro Usui
Life Back Then (2011)
as Masashi Inoue
The Final Piece (2025)
as Motoji Kanesaki
All Around Us (2008)
as kunimasa Yasuda
KT (2002)
as Hiroshi Uchiyama
The Yen Family (1988)
as Shinichi Amemiya
The City of Lost Souls (2000)
as Kuwata
Do Unto Others (2023)
as Shosaku Shiba
The Second Is a Christian (1985)
as Kumashiro
A Naive History of the Bakumatsu Era (1991)
as Kogoro Katsura
Manhattan Kiss (1992)
Actor
Farewell, Kuro (2003)
as Shuzo Hanazono
They Say Nothing Stays the Same (2019)
as Toichi
Heaven's Story (2010)
as Souichi
The Pearls of the Stone Man (2015)
as Kumaji Ueda
The Dog Bridegroom (2017)
as Kenkichi Okumura
In His Chart (2011)
as Doctor
The Partner (2013)
as Ōkuma Shigenobu
Oz Land (2018)
as Boss
Tora-san Goes to Vienna (1989)
as Hyoma Sakaguchi
Maru (2024)
as Teacher
Ekeb of Dekye (2010)
as Soichi Yanagimachi
BON-UTA, A Song from Home (2019)
as (voice)
Fly, Dakota, Fly! (2013)
Actor
A Lone Scalpel (2010)
as Matsuo Okawa
Body and Soul (1997)
as Sekiya/Reiko's lover-Aya's ex
The Whispered City (2000)
as Toyohashi, sculptor
Battle Heater (1989)
as Riichi Hama
Journey to the Shore (2015)
as Hoshitani
Vampire in Love (2015)
as Sojiro
The Great Yokai War: Guardians (2021)
as old man
Show Me the Way to the Station (2019)
Actor
Starfish Hotel (2007)
as Mr. Trickster
Neko Ninja (2017)
as Kariyazaki
Rotting (2024)
Actor
The Go Master (2007)
as Kensaku Segoe
Will to Live (1999)
as Doctor
Cast Me If You Can (2010)
as Homeless guy
Humanoid Monster, Bem (2012)
as Kao no nai otoko
Ripples (2023)
as Taro Kadokura
The Most Beautiful Night In The World (2008)
as Journalist
Time Trip App (2014)
as Ryuzo Yanagita
The Wandering Moon (2022)
as Agata
The Shadow Spirit (2007)
as mimasaka koushirou
Mottomo Abunai Deka (1989)
as Maeo
Love Is Five Seven Five (2005)
as Grandfather
It's Only Talk (2006)
Actor
The Heartbreak Yakuza (1987)
Actor
Touken Ranbu: The Movie -Dawn- (2023)
as Fujiwara no Michinaga
Love Letter (1998)
Actor
Sleeping Forest (2014)
as Daisuke Ota
The Promised Land (2019)
as Goro Fujiki
Harimao (1989)
as Army Major
Goodbye Mama (1991)
Actor
Evil and The Mask (2018)
as Detective Aida
Underdog: Part One (2020)
as Sakuro
Oh! Father (2014)
as Hayashi Tomita
Iwane: Sword of Serenity (2019)
as Urakusai
A Living Promise (2016)
as Zenzo Takeda
Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san (1982)
as Kondo
Abduction (1997)
as Chief Superintendent Tachibana
Disciples of Hippocrates (1980)
Actor
One Last Throw (2025)
as Kawato Kozo
Noise (2022)
as Shoji
Make-Up (1984)
as Kikuo Tsutano
Location (1984)
as Konno
GARO: Gold Storm Flight (2015)
as Priest Soutatsu
Living in the Sky (2020)
as Concierge Kondo
Congratulatory Speech (1985)
as Yasuhei Higashida
The Cycling Genius Is Coming! (2008)
Actor
A Tale of Young Elopement (1987)
as Matsuda
The Taste of Fish (2008)
as Shojiro Sanada
Girls, Guns and Gangsters: Shinji Somai & Sailor Suit & Machine Gun (2021)
Actor
Revolver (1988)
as Keisuke Mineya
I Never Shot Anyone (2020)
as Takashi Renjo
Turn (2001)
as Matsubara
A Sower of Seeds (2012)
as Shuzo Morikawa
Yudo: The Way of the Bath (2023)
as regular customer
Shikei Kijun (2011)
as Kyusaku Tsushima
The Mohican Comes Home (2016)
as Osamu Tamura
Don't Lose Your Head! (2024)
as Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu
River of First Love (2004)
as Hidejiro Tasaki
祈り ―幻に長崎を想う刻― (2021)
Actor
The Big Bee (2015)
as Murofushi
The God of Curling (2024)
as Susumu Komiyama
Teacher's suitcase (2003)
as Sensei/Matsumoto Harutsuna
Kyoto Hippocrates (2026)
Actor
One Day in January (2012)
Actor
A Honeymoon in Hell: Mr. & Mrs. Oki's Fabulous Trip (2011)
as wet guy
Teacher and Three Children (2008)
as Yoshio Ichikawa
Underdog: Part Two (2020)
as Sakuro
The Summer of Stickleback (2006)
Actor
The Rainbow Seeker (1996)
Actor
Free and Easy 8 (1996)
as Yukawa
Solitary Gourmet New Year's Eve Special ~Final Meal! Setouchi Business Trip~ (2017)
Actor
A House on a Hill (2014)
as Yoshitarō Terashima
The Happiness (2006)
Actor
Castle of Sand (2019)
as Chiyokichi
Shylock's Children (2023)
as Hajime Sawazaki
Barber Shop with a View of the Sea (2022)
as 老店主
Stardust over the Town (2020)
as Kumabe Rokuzo
Shimo-ochiai Yakitori Movie (1979)
Actor
Roar of the Crowd (1990)
Actor
Three for the Road (2007)
Actor
Utsusemi no mori (2021)
as Police Inspector Kariya Shinichi
Present for You (2015)
Actor
The Way of The Prison Guard (2025)
Actor
No Place to Go (2022)
as Bomber
Nosari: Impermanent Eternity (2020)
Actor
Round About Midnight (1999)
as Totsuka
Barber's Sorrow (2002)
Actor
Life Can Be So Wonderful (2007)
as Haeo
Fujio Akatsuka's Gag Porno: In the Mood Once Again (1979)
as Daigorô Hatayama
Hana (2003)
as Hiroshi Torigoe
Finding Light at the Darkness Festival (2019)
Actor
Dance till Tomorrow (1991)
Actor
Masked Crusader, Mr. Jirenman (1979)
as Kantarô Iwata
For the coming day (2005)
Actor
The Nagaharu Yodogawa Story: A Cineaste's Life in Kobe (1999)
as Matashichi
The Man from Shimizu (1982)
Actor
Winning Pass (2004)
Actor
Universal Laws (1990)
Actor
The Great Department Store Robbery (1987)
Actor
Maria's Stomach (1990)
Actor
The Innocent Game (2023)
Actor
When Cinema Reflects the Times: Hou Hsiao-Hsien and Edward Yang (1993)
as Narrator (voice)
Wonderful Paradise (2020)
as Homeless
Betrayal Tomorrow (1990)
Actor
Sniper (2016)
as Tatsuyuki Miyata
Takada Wataru Teki (2004)
as Self
The Last Frankenstein (1991)
as Prof. Sarusawa
I Can Hear the Duck Singing (1993)
Actor
Goal of the Sky (2023)
Actor
The Setting Sun (2022)
as Dr. Miyake
Cold (2014)
as Jin Ichinose
Legend of the Cat Monster (1983)
as Ryohei Shimura / Joji Tamura
Godot of the Emotos (2019)
Actor
Living Rights (2015)
Actor