Akira Emoto

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Birthdate

1948-11-03 (Age: 78)

Place of Birth

Chuo, Tokyo, Japan

Akira Emoto

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.

Filmography (244)

⭐ 0 Role: Unknown

Kyoto Hippocrates

⭐ 0 Role: Unknown

The Imaginary Dog and the Lying Cat

⭐ 7.0 Role: Kawato Kozo

One Last Throw

⭐ 7.7 Role: Kikuo Hasegawa

Rental Family

⭐ 9.4 Role: Motoji Kanesaki

The Final Piece

⭐ 8.0 Role: Unknown

The Way of The Prison Guard

⭐ 7.1 Role: Yaichi Katano

The Boy and the Dog

⭐ 8.0 Role: Unknown

Samurai Fury

⭐ 0 Role: Susumu Komiyama

The God of Curling

⭐ 6.0 Role: Teacher

Maru

⭐ 0 Role: Unknown

Rotting

⭐ 6.5 Role: Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu

Don't Lose Your Head!

⭐ 5.3 Role: Unknown

The Innocent Game

⭐ 6.5 Role: Teiji Igusa

September 1923

⭐ 0 Role: Unknown

Goal of the Sky

⭐ 6.4 Role: Taro Kadokura

Ripples

⭐ 6.6 Role: Yutaka Senba

Hard Days

⭐ 5.0 Role: Fujiwara no Michinaga

Touken Ranbu 2

⭐ 7.6 Role: Shosaku Shiba

Do Unto Others

⭐ 7.1 Role: regular customer

Yudo: The Way of the Bath

⭐ 7.4 Role: Hajime Sawazaki

Shylock's Children

⭐ 7.1 Role: Yoshio Saito

Egoist

⭐ 5.7 Role: Salaryman

Umami

⭐ 7.1 Role: Norio Komiura

A Man

⭐ 6.0 Role: Dr. Miyake

The Setting Sun

⭐ 6.0 Role: Bomber

No Place to Go

⭐ 6.5 Role: Agata

Wandering

⭐ 0 Role: 老店主

Barber Shop with a View of the Sea

⭐ 5.9 Role: Shoji

Noise

⭐ 0 Role: Unknown

Girls, Guns and Gangsters: Shinji Somai & Sailor Suit & Machine Gun

⭐ 6.7 Role: Shop Owner

Baragaki: Unbroken Samurai

⭐ 0 Role: Unknown

祈り ―幻に長崎を想う刻―

⭐ 6.2 Role: old man

The Great Yokai War: Guardians

⭐ 6.2 Role: Old Man

The Great Yokai War: Guardians

⭐ 0 Role: Police Inspector Kariya Shinichi

Utsusemi no mori

⭐ 7.8 Role: Kawabata

The Master Plan

⭐ 7.2 Role: Sakuro

Underdog: Part One

⭐ 7.0 Role: Sakuro

Underdog: Part Two

⭐ 6.7 Role: Homeless

Wonderful Paradise

⭐ 7.7 Role: Concierge Kondo

Living in the Sky

⭐ 2.5 Role: Unknown

Nosari: Impermanent Eternity

⭐ 7.0 Role: Takashi Renjo

I Never Shot Anyone

⭐ 6.0 Role: Kumabe Rokuzo

Stardust over the Town

⭐ 0 Role: Unknown

Finding Light at the Darkness Festival

⭐ 6.0 Role: Goro Fujiki

The Promised Land

⭐ 6.5 Role: Unknown

Show Me the Way to the Station

⭐ 6.8 Role: Toichi

They Say Nothing Stays the Same

⭐ 6.7 Role: Kenji's Father (voice)

It Feels So Good

⭐ 7.8 Role: Urakusai

Iwane: Sword of Serenity

⭐ 0 Role: Unknown

Godot of the Emotos

⭐ 8.7 Role: Chiyokichi

Castle of Sand

⭐ 7.2 Role: (voice)

BON-UTA, A Song from Home

⭐ 7.4 Role: Boss

Oz Land

⭐ 6.8 Role: Seiji Nomura

Recall

⭐ 7.8 Role: Yoritsugu Kawado

Shoplifters

⭐ 7.4 Role: Tadashi Honda

Color Me True

⭐ 7.2 Role: Detective Aida

Evil and The Mask

⭐ 10.0 Role: Unknown

Solitary Gourmet New Year's Eve Special ~Final Meal! Setouchi Business Trip~

⭐ 6.8 Role: Seppo Mitsumura

Mukoku

⭐ 4.5 Role: Kariyazaki

Neko Ninja

⭐ 7.0 Role: Ashimoto's Grandfather (voice)

Lu Over the Wall

⭐ 0 Role: Kenkichi Okumura

The Dog Bridegroom

⭐ 7.3 Role: Sasaki Shigeomi

Survival Family

⭐ 0 Role: Hanamura

Random Lives

⭐ 6.2 Role: Masaomi Togo

Shippu Rondo

⭐ 0 Role: Tatsuyuki Miyata

Sniper

⭐ 8.5 Role: Jun Sakurada

Black Widow Business

⭐ 0 Role: Honda

A Grain of Wheat

⭐ 7.2 Role: Ryuta Azuma : Chief Cabinet Secretary

Shin Godzilla

⭐ 5.9 Role: Osamu Tamura

The Mohican Comes Home

⭐ 0 Role: Zenzo Takeda

A Living Promise

⭐ 6.5 Role: Hoshitani

Journey to the Shore

⭐ 5.7 Role: Murofushi

The Big Bee

⭐ 8.3 Role: Kumaji Ueda

The Pearls of the Stone Man

⭐ 6.9 Role: Sojiro

Vampire in Love

⭐ 7.4 Role: Priest Soutatsu

GARO -Gold Storm- Sho

⭐ 0 Role: Unknown

Living Rights

⭐ 0 Role: Unknown

Present for You

⭐ 0 Role: Yoshitarō Terashima

A House on a Hill

⭐ 7.4 Role: Takeshi Sasaki

0.5 mm

⭐ 0 Role: Jin Ichinose

Cold

⭐ 6.0 Role: Ryuzo Yanagita

Time Trip App

⭐ 5.5 Role: Hayashi Tomita

Oh! Father

⭐ 7.4 Role: Toshiro Yamane

Wood Job!

⭐ 7.2 Role: Daisuke Ota

Sleeping Forest

⭐ 0 Role: Unknown

Fly, Dakota, Fly!

⭐ 0 Role: Ōkuma Shigenobu

The Partner

⭐ 7.0 Role: Kingo Baba

Unforgiven

⭐ 7.2 Role: Unknown

Ask This of Rikyu

⭐ 4.2 Role: client of woman

The War and a Woman

⭐ 6.0 Role: Arechi

Yellow Elephant

⭐ 0 Role: Lawyer

Banana, Gloves and Whale Shark

⭐ 6.2 Role: Kao no nai otoko

Humanoid Monster, Bem

⭐ 8.0 Role: Unknown

One Day in January

⭐ 6.5 Role: Narrator / Dr. Kūbō (voice)

The Life of Budori Gusuko

⭐ 6.9 Role: Seijiro Nose

Casting Blossoms to the Sky

⭐ 0 Role: Shuzo Morikawa

A Sower of Seeds

⭐ 6.1 Role: Saibancho (Judge)

Ace Attorney

⭐ 6.5 Role: Yoneuchi

Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet

⭐ 4.4 Role: Masashi Inoue

Life Back Then

⭐ 5.9 Role: Dr. Akunomiya

Karate-Robo Zaborgar

⭐ 0 Role: Kyusaku Tsushima

Shikei Kijun

⭐ 4.9 Role: Doctor

In His Chart

⭐ 5.9 Role: Unknown

Ninja Kids!!!

⭐ 8.5 Role: wet guy

A Honeymoon in Hell: Mr. & Mrs. Oki's Fabulous Trip

⭐ 5.8 Role: Yukichi Morikawa, the Father-in-Law

Postcard

⭐ 7.5 Role: Homeless guy

Cast Me If You Can

⭐ 7.0 Role: Kakunoshi Enokido

The Lightning Tree

⭐ 7.4 Role: Magojiro Kaneko

Sakurada Gate Incident

⭐ 6.6 Role: Soichi Yanagimachi

Ekeb of Dekye

⭐ 6.6 Role: Souichi

Heaven's Story

⭐ 6.8 Role: Yoshio Ishibashi

Villain

⭐ 5.0 Role: Unknown

Hutch the Honeybee

⭐ 4.9 Role: Unknown

A Crowd of Three

⭐ 6.5 Role: Matsuo Okawa

A Lone Scalpel

⭐ 6.5 Role: Michio Nakai

Haru's Journey

⭐ 7.3 Role: Soan Nagai

After the Flowers

⭐ 7.1 Role: Hodogaya Yasushi

Golden Slumber

⭐ 5.3 Role: Jii (voice)

Yona Yona Penguin

⭐ 0 Role: Shotaro

Boku to Mama No Kiiroi Jitensha

⭐ 6.8 Role: Teishi Nagashima

April Bride

⭐ 4.7 Role: Tatsu Ishikura

Rain Fall

⭐ 7.1 Role: Matsui Iwane

John Rabe

⭐ 8.8 Role: Itsuro Usui

Asahiyama Zoo Story: Penguins in the Sky

⭐ 6.4 Role: Saito

Happy Flight

⭐ 6.7 Role: Unknown

ICHI

⭐ 6.0 Role: Yoshio Ichikawa

Teacher and Three Children

⭐ 6.6 Role: Counselor

Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit

⭐ 0 Role: Unknown

The Cycling Genius Is Coming!

⭐ 5.1 Role: Unknown

Your Friend

⭐ 7.0 Role: Shojiro Sanada

The Taste of Fish

⭐ 7.4 Role: kunimasa Yasuda

All Around Us

⭐ 5.6 Role: Journalist

The Most Beautiful Night In The World

⭐ 5.7 Role: Doctor

The Chasing World

⭐ 5.3 Role: mimasaka koushirou

The Shadow Spirit

⭐ 7.1 Role: Hisashi Kikuna

Prodigy

⭐ 7.0 Role: Haeo

Life Can Be So Wonderful

⭐ 3.0 Role: Unknown

Three for the Road

⭐ 6.5 Role: Kensaku Segoe

The Go Master

⭐ 6.9 Role: Doctor from Sasazuka Clinic

Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad

⭐ 6.2 Role: Mr. Trickster

Starfish Hotel

⭐ 0 Role: Unknown

The Happiness

⭐ 0 Role: Unknown

The Summer of Stickleback

⭐ 5.7 Role: Professor Fukuhara

Japan Sinks

⭐ 6.3 Role: Unknown

It's Only Talk

⭐ 7.8 Role: Tsunehiro Kawajiri

Memories of Matsuko

⭐ 7.6 Role: Detective Yabuta

Scrap Heaven

⭐ 6.4 Role: Seigo Tsuda

The Suspect: Muroi Shinji

⭐ 6.3 Role: Unknown

The Great Yokai War

⭐ 0 Role: Unknown

For the coming day

⭐ 7.5 Role: Grandfather

Love Is Five Seven Five

⭐ 6.3 Role: Yunosuke Otsuka

Tetsujin 28: The Movie

⭐ 6.5 Role: Tomoharu Fujima

The Lakeside Murder Case

⭐ 6.1 Role: Sakamoto

Moon & Cherry

⭐ 6.9 Role: Yoshifumi Katakura

The Motive

⭐ 6.8 Role: Hidejiro Tasaki

River of First Love

⭐ 7.2 Role: Unknown

Chicken Is Barefoot

⭐ 0 Role: Self

Takada Wataru Teki

⭐ 5.2 Role: Koji Nabeshima

Drugstore Girl

⭐ 6.3 Role: Kitahara the Crab Man

Zebraman

⭐ 0 Role: Unknown

Winning Pass

⭐ 10.0 Role: Neko

The Hunter and the Hunted

⭐ 0 Role: Hiroshi Torigoe

Hana

⭐ 7.0 Role: Murakami

Doppelgänger

⭐ 9.0 Role: Shigeharu Kaneshiro

Worst by Chance

⭐ 7.2 Role: Pub Owner

Zatoichi

⭐ 7.2 Role: Shuzo Hanazono

Farewell, Kuro

⭐ 4.9 Role: Nobutsuna Matsudaira

Samurai Resurrection

⭐ 7.0 Role: Sensei/Matsumoto Harutsuna

Teacher's suitcase

⭐ 6.4 Role: Unknown

Owl

⭐ 8.0 Role: Unknown

Barber's Sorrow

⭐ 6.4 Role: Sakichi Furuhashi (segment "Japan")

September 11

⭐ 6.7 Role: Hiroshi Uchiyama

KT

⭐ 6.8 Role: Matsubara

Turn

⭐ 6.6 Role: Mama

Waterboys

⭐ 5.6 Role: Hot Spring Inn Owner

Kaza-hana

⭐ 6.2 Role: Kuwata

The City of Lost Souls

⭐ 9.0 Role: Toyohashi, sculptor

The Whispered City

⭐ 7.2 Role: Priest Shinto

Nagisa

⭐ 6.0 Role: Doctor Akagi

Another Heaven

⭐ 9.0 Role: Unknown

As the River Flows

⭐ 6.1 Role: Tatsuo

Kaizokuban Bootleg Film

⭐ 9.0 Role: Matashichi

The Nagaharu Yodogawa Story: A Cineaste's Life in Kobe

⭐ 7.0 Role: Totsuka

Round About Midnight

⭐ 6.4 Role: Doctor

Will to Live

⭐ 8.0 Role: Unknown

Love Letter

⭐ 6.4 Role: Dr. Fuu Akagi

Dr. Akagi

⭐ 3.0 Role: Unknown

Body and Soul

⭐ 5.0 Role: Soichiro Anzai

The Key

⭐ 8.5 Role: Chief Superintendent Tachibana

Abduction

⭐ 6.9 Role: Tamotsu Takasaki

The Eel

⭐ 7.0 Role: Unknown

The Rainbow Seeker

⭐ 7.3 Role: Yukawa

Free and Easy 8

⭐ 7.5 Role: Detective Miwa

Shall We Dance?

⭐ 7.5 Role: Yoshihiro

Maborosi

⭐ 6.8 Role: Major Akira Yuki

Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla

⭐ 7.2 Role: Nagatomo

The Friends

⭐ 9.0 Role: Unknown

I Can Hear the Duck Singing

⭐ 6.7 Role: Narrator (voice)

When Cinema Reflects the Times: Hou Hsiao-Hsien and Edward Yang

⭐ 3.5 Role: Oba

Private Lessons II

⭐ 6.0 Role: Unknown

Yamai wa kikara: Byôin e ikô 2

⭐ 0 Role: Unknown

Manhattan Kiss

⭐ 6.8 Role: Professor Tokichi Anayama

Sumo Do, Sumo Don't

⭐ 7.5 Role: Kogoro Katsura

A Naive History of the Bakumatsu Era

⭐ 10.0 Role: Unknown

Dance till Tomorrow

⭐ 5.8 Role: Prof. Sarusawa

The Last Frankenstein

⭐ 9.0 Role: Unknown

Goodbye Mama

⭐ 0 Role: Unknown

Betrayal Tomorrow

⭐ 10.0 Role: Unknown

Maria's Stomach

⭐ 10.0 Role: Unknown

Roar of the Crowd

⭐ 9.0 Role: Unknown

Universal Laws

⭐ 6.9 Role: Masoho's boss

Fancy Dance

⭐ 6.6 Role: Mr. Teramoto

Beijing Watermelon

⭐ 7.5 Role: Riichi Hama

Battle Heater

⭐ 8.7 Role: Hyoma Sakaguchi

Tora-san Goes to Vienna

⭐ 8.0 Role: Army Major

Harimao

⭐ 8.5 Role: Maeo

Mottomo Abunai Deka

⭐ 7.2 Role: Keisuke Mineya

Revolver

⭐ 6.5 Role: Unknown

The Silk Road

⭐ 6.2 Role: Shinichi Amemiya

The Yen Family

⭐ 6.2 Role: Yakuza

Angel Guts: Red Vertigo

⭐ 9.0 Role: Unknown

The Great Department Store Robbery

⭐ 5.0 Role: Unknown

The Heartbreak Yakuza

⭐ 4.7 Role: Unknown

Bedtime Eyes

⭐ 9.0 Role: Matsuda

A Tale of Young Elopement

⭐ 6.6 Role: Unknown

Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies

⭐ 7.0 Role: Yasuhei Higashida

Congratulatory Speech

⭐ 6.0 Role: Kumashiro

The Second Is a Christian

⭐ 3.7 Role: Hirofumi Maruyama

I Want To Live Once More: Shinjuku Bus Fire Incident

⭐ 6.0 Role: Ushiemon

Capone Cries a Lot

⭐ 8.5 Role: Konno

Location

⭐ 10.0 Role: Kikuo Tsutano

Make-Up

⭐ 5.0 Role: Ryohei Shimura / Joji Tamura

Legend of the Cat Monster

⭐ 5.1 Role: Tôru Yamazaki

Double Bed

⭐ 6.4 Role: Unknown

Amagi Pass

⭐ 0 Role: Unknown

The Man from Shimizu

⭐ 7.0 Role: Shigekazu Akitani

Suspicion

⭐ 8.0 Role: Kondo

Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san

⭐ 6.4 Role: Ishizuka

Lovers Lost

⭐ 7.1 Role: Detective Kuroki

Sailor Suit and Machine Gun

⭐ 6.8 Role: Unknown

Disciples of Hippocrates

⭐ 8.0 Role: Kantarô Iwata

Masked Crusader, Mr. Jirenman

⭐ 0 Role: Unknown

Shimo-ochiai Yakitori Movie

⭐ 6.1 Role: Daigorô Hatayama

Fujio Akatsuka's Gag Porno: In the Mood Once Again