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