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