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