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Akira Emoto
Actor, DirectorBorn November 3, 1948 (76 years)
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
Filmography
| 2025 | |
| 2024 | Shinjuku Field Hospital (TV Series) · as Keisuke Takamine |
| 2024 | JK to Roppozensho (TV Series) · as 桜木倫太郎 |
| 2024 | Migawari Mission · as Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu |
| 2024 | Sayonara, Maestro! (TV Series) · as Yukihiko Natsume |
| 2023 | |
| 2023 | September 1923 · as Teiji Igusa |
| 2023 | Do Unto Others · as Shosaku Shiba |
| 2023 | Ripples · as Taro Kadokura |
| 2023 | Hard Days · as Yutaka Senba |
| 2023 | |
| 2023 | Shylock's Children · as Hajime Sawazaki |
| 2023 | Get Ready! (TV Series) · as Hiroshi Bojo |
| 2022 | Yudo: The Way of the Bath · as Regular Customer |
| 2022 | Umami · as Salaryman |
| 2022 | A Man · as Norio Komiura |
| 2022 | The Setting Sun · as Dr. Miyake |
| 2022 | Sumo Do, Sumo Don't (TV Series) · as Tokichi Anayama |
| 2022 | Egoist · as Yoshio Saito |
| 2022 | Japanese Style (TV Series) · as Hifuji Umekoshi |
| 2022 | |
| 2022 | Goodbye, My Dear (TV Series) · as Hiroshi Yamawaki |
| 2022 | The New Chronicle of Lord Nobunaga: Classmates are Warriors (TV Series) · as Yotaro Befunokami |
| 2022 | The Wandering Moon · as Agata |
| 2022 | Teen Regime (TV Series) · as Washida Tsuguaki |
| 2022 | 10 Counts To The Future (TV Series) · as Kenzo Ashiya |
| 2022 | Noise · as Shoji |
| 2021 | |
| 2021 | Baragaki: Unbroken Samurai · as Shop Owner |
| 2021 | Bullets, Bones and Blocked Noses (TV Series) · as Hadashi No Tyosuke(裸足のチョウスケ) |
| 2021 | The Great Yokai War: Guardians · as Old Man |
| 2021 | A Solo Lady's Recommendations (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 2021 | Na mo Naki Sekai no End Roll · as Kawabata |
| 2020 | Independence of Japan · as Jôji Matsumoto |
| 2020 | Andâdoggu: Zenpen · as Sakuro |
| 2020 | Wonderful Paradise · as Homeless |
| 2020 | The Legacy of Dr. Death: Black File · as Wataru Teramachi |
| 2020 | Living in Your Sky · as Concierge Kondo |
| 2020 | I Never Shot Anyone · as Takashi Renjo |
| 2020 | Hoshikuzu no machi · as Kumabe Rokuzo |
| 2019 | The Promised Land · as Goro Fujiki |
| 2019 | |
| 2019 | They Say Nothing Stays the Same · as Toichi |
| 2019 | It Feels So Good · as Kenji's Father (voice) |
| 2019 | Asagao: Forensic Doctor (TV Series) · as Hiroyuki Shimada |
| 2019 | Iwane: Sword of Serenity · as Urakusai |
| 2019 | Akutou Kagaisha Tsuiseki Chousa (TV Series) · as 铃本茂树 |
| 2019 | |
| 2019 | In Hand (TV Series) |
| 2018 | Oz Land · as Boss |
| 2018 | Good Doctor (JP) (TV Series) · as Akira Shiga |
| 2018 | Recall · as Seiji Nomura |
| 2018 | Shoplifters · as Yoritsugu Kawado |
| 2018 | Tonight, at the Movies · as Tadashi Honda |
| 2018 | Evil and the Mask · as Detective Aida |
| 2018 | Mr. Saigō (TV Series) · as Ryu Samin |
| 2017 | |
| 2017 | Mukoku · as Seppo Mitsumura |
| 2017 | Neko Ninja · as Kariyazaki |
| 2017 | Lu Over the Wall · as Ashimoto's Grandfather (voice) |
| 2017 | Frankenstein's Love (TV Series) · as Tsurumaru |
| 2017 | A LIFE (TV Series) · as Danjo Toranosuke |
| 2016 | Survival Family · as Sasaki Shigeomi |
| 2016 | Shippû rondo · as Masaomi Togo |
| 2016 | Sniper · as Tatsuyuki Miyata |
| 2016 | Rage · as Cast |
| 2016 | Nariyuki na tamashii · as Hanamura |
| 2016 | Black Widow Business · as Jun Sakurada |
| 2016 | Shin Godzilla · as Ryuta Azuma : Chief Cabinet Secretary |
| 2016 | The Mohican Comes Home · as Osamu Tamura |
| 2016 | Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit (2016) (TV Series) · as Sfar |
| 2016 | Love That Makes You Cry (TV Series) · as Masahiko Hayashida |
| 2016 | A Living Promise · as Zenzo Takeda |
| 2015 | Tsuribaka Nisshi (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 2015 | Journey to the Shore · as Mr. Hoshitani |
| 2015 | Blowing in the Winds of Vietnam · as Cast |
| 2015 | The Big Bee · as Murofushi |
| 2015 | The Pearls of the Stone Man · as Kumaji Ueda |
| 2015 | Vampire in Love · as Sojiro |
| 2015 | GARO -Gold Storm- Sho · as Priest Soutatsu |
| 2015 | |
| 2015 | The Eternal Zero (TV Series) · as Kaizan Kageura |
| 2015 | GARO: Gold Storm Flight · as Priest Soutatsu |
| 2014 | 0.5 mm · as Takeshi Sasaki |
| 2014 | Fûja · as Jin Ichinose |
| 2014 | Time Trip App · as Ryuzo Yanagita |
| 2014 | Wood Job! · as Toshiro Yamane |
| 2014 | The Long Goodbye (TV Series) · as Heizo Harada |
| 2014 | The Chart of Love · as Seitaro Nukita |
| 2014 | The Easygoing Police (TV Series) · as Echizen Norimasa |
| 2014 | Sleeping Forest · as Daisuke Ota |
| 2013 | Oh! Father · as Hayashi Tomita |
| 2013 | Ask This of Rikyu · as Chojiro |
| 2013 | |
| 2013 | Dandarin Rules (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 2013 | Unforgiven · as Kingo Baba |
| 2013 | Twenty-Four Eyes · as Cast |
| 2013 | Naoki Hanzawa (TV Series) · as Keiji Minobe |
| 2013 | The War and a Woman · as Client Of Woman |
| 2013 | Yellow Elephant · as Arechi |
| 2013 | Tonbi (TV Series) · as Kaiun |
| 2012 | Humanoid Monster, Bem the Movie · as Kao No Nai Otoko |
| 2012 | Platinum Town (TV Series) |
| 2012 | The Life of Budori Gusuko · as Narrator / Dr. Kūbō (voice) |
| 2012 | Casting Blossoms to the Sky · as Seijiro Nose |
| 2012 | Folktales from Japan (TV Series) |
| 2012 | A Sower of Seeds · as Shuzo Morikawa |
| 2012 | Ace Attorney · as Saibancho (judge) |
| 2011 | |
| 2011 | Life Back Then · as Masashi Inoue |
| 2011 | Yokai Ningen Bem (2011) (TV Series) · as Nameless Man |
| 2011 | Karate-Robo Zaborgar · as Dr. Akunomiya |
| 2011 | HUNTER - Women After Reward Money (TV Series) · as Shogo Ooiwa |
| 2011 | Shikei kijun · as Kyusaku Tsushima |
| 2011 | In His Chart · as Doctor |
| 2011 | |
| 2011 | Soredemo, Ikite Yuku (TV Series) · as Tatsuhiko Fukami |
| 2011 | A Honeymoon in Hell: Mr. & Mrs. Oki's Fabulous Trip · as Wet Guy |
| 2011 | CSI: Crime Scene Talks (TV Series) · as Ren Sonoda |
| 2010 | Postcard · as Yukichi Morikawa, The Father-In-Law |
| 2010 | Cast Me If You Can · as Homeless Guy |
| 2010 | The Lightning Tree · as Kakunoshi Enokido |
| 2010 | Sakurada Gate Incident · as Magojiro Kaneko |
| 2010 | |
| 2010 | Heaven's Story · as Souichi |
| 2010 | Villain · as Yoshio Ishibashi |
| 2010 | |
| 2010 | A Lone Scalpel · as Matsuo Okawa |
| 2010 | Haru's Journey · as Michio Nakai |
| 2010 | Absolute Zero: Special Investigation Unit (TV Series) · as Sosuke Kagami |
| 2010 | After the Flowers · as Soan Nagai |
| 2010 | Golden Slumber · as Hodogaya Yasushi |
| 2009 | Yona Yona Penguin · as Jii (voice) |
| 2009 | Clouds Over the Hill (TV Series) · as Maresuke Nogi |
| 2009 | April Bride · as Teishi Nagashima |
| 2009 | Rain Fall · as Tatsu Ishikura |
| 2009 | John Rabe · as Matsui Iwane |
| 2009 | |
| 2008 | Penguins in the sky - Asahiyama zoo · as Itsuro Usui |
| 2008 | Happy Flight · as Saito |
| 2008 | |
| 2008 | Ties of Shooting Stars (TV Series) · as Togami Masayuki |
| 2008 | Ikigami · as Counselor |
| 2008 | Teacher and Three Children · as Yoshio Ichikawa |
| 2008 | The Last Game: Waseda vs. Keiko · as Suishu Tobita |
| 2008 | All Around Us · as Kunimasa Yasuda |
| 2008 | The Taste of Fish · as Shojiro Sanada |
| 2008 | The Most Beautiful Night in the World · as Journalist |
| 2008 | The Chasing World · as Doctor |
| 2007 | The Shadow Spirit · as Mimasaka Koushirou |
| 2007 | |
| 2007 | Prodigy · as Hisashi Kikuna |
| 2007 | Life Can Be So Wonderful · as Haeo |
| 2007 | Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad · as Doctor From Sasazuka Clinic |
| 2006 | Starfish Hotel · as Mr. Trickster |
| 2006 | The Go Master · as Kensaku Segoe |
| 2006 | |
| 2006 | Memories of Matsuko · as Tsunehiro Kawajiri |
| 2006 | Love and Glory (TV Series) · as Hideyoshi Toyotomi |
| 2005 | |
| 2005 | Sukurappu hebun · as Detective Yabuta |
| 2005 | Haru and Natsu: Undelivered Letter (TV Series) · as Kotaro Nakayama |
| 2005 | The Samurai I Loved · as Ishigai, Gatekeeper At Fuku's House |
| 2005 | The Suspect: Muroi Shinji · as Seigo Tsuda |
| 2005 | |
| 2005 | Koi wa go-shichi-go! · as Grandfather |
| 2005 | Tetsujin 28 · as Yunosuke Otsuka |
| 2004 | Moon & Cherry · as Sakamoto |
| 2004 | The Reason · as Yoshifumi Katakura |
| 2004 | River of First Love · as Hidejiro Tasaki |
| 2004 | |
| 2004 | Lakeside Murder Case · as Tomoharu Fujima |
| 2003 | Drugstore Girl · as Koji Nabeshima |
| 2003 | Hana · as Hiroshi Torigoe |
| 2003 | Doppelganger · as Murakami |
| 2003 | Worst by Chance · as Shigeharu Kaneshiro |
| 2003 | The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi · as Pub Owner |
| 2003 | Farewell, Kuro · as Shuzo Hanazono |
| 2003 | Water Boys (TV Series) · as Mama (of A Bar) |
| 2003 | Samurai Resurrection · as Nobutsuna Matsudaira |
| 2003 | Teacher's suitcase · as Sensei/matsumoto Harutsuna |
| 2003 | |
| 2002 | |
| 2002 | Koinu Dan no monogatari · as Cast |
| 2002 | September 11 · as Sakichi Furuhashi (segment "japan") |
| 2002 | The Private Detective Mike Hama (TV Series) |
| 2002 | KT · as Hiroshi Uchiyama |
| 2001 | Turn · as Matsubara |
| 2001 | Onmyoji: The Yin Yang Master · as Fujiwara No Motokata |
| 2001 | Waterboys · as Mama |
| 2000 | The City of Lost Souls · as Kuwata |
| 2000 | Umbrella Flower · as Hot Spring Inn Owner |
| 2000 | The Whispered City · as Artist |
| 2000 | |
| 2000 | AIBOU (TV Series) · as Hyoue Yarikura |
| 2000 | Another Heaven · as Doctor Akagi |
| 1999 | Kaizokuban Bootleg Film · as Tatsuo |
| 1999 | Round About Midnight · as Totsuka |
| 1999 | Will to Live · as Doctor |
| 1998 | Dr. Akagi · as Dr. Fuu Akagi |
| 1998 | |
| 1997 | The Key · as Soichiro Anzai |
| 1997 | |
| 1997 | |
| 1997 | The Eel · as Tamotsu Takasaki |
| 1996 | |
| 1996 | Free and Easy 8 · as Yukawa |
| 1996 | Shall We Dance? · as Detective Miwa |
| 1995 | Maborosi · as Yoshihiro |
| 1995 | Yoshimune (1995) (TV Series) · as Tokugawa Munenao |
| 1994 | Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla · as Major Akira Yuki |
| 1994 | The Friends · as Nagatomo |
| 1993 | Private Lessons II · as Oba |
| 1992 | Sumo Do, Sumo Don't · as Professor Tokichi Anayama |
| 1991 | Bakumatsu jyunjyoden · as Kogoro Katsura |
| 1991 | Rasuto Furankenshutain · as Prof. Sarusawa |
| 1990 | Tales of the Unusual (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1989 | Fancy Dance · as Masoho's Boss |
| 1989 | Beijing Watermelon · as Mr. Teramoto |
| 1989 | Battle Heater · as Riichi Hama |
| 1989 | Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro kokoro no tabiji · as Hyoma Sakaguchi |
| 1989 | Onihei Hankachō (1989) (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1989 | Bakayarô! 2: Shiawase ni naritai · as Yasushi Yorigai (episode 3) |
| 1989 | Mottomo abunai deka · as Maeo |
| 1988 | Revolver · as Keisuke Mineya |
| 1988 | |
| 1988 | The Yen Family · as Shinichi Amemiya |
| 1988 | Angel Guts 5: Red Vertigo · as Yakuza |
| 1987 | |
| 1987 | Seishun kakeochi-hen · as Matsuda |
| 1986 | Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies · as Director Saeki |
| 1985 | The Second Is a Christian · as Kumashiro |
| 1985 | Ikite mitai mô ichido: Shinjuku basu hôka jiken · as Hirofumi Maruyama |
| 1985 | Capone Cries a Lot · as Ushiemon |
| 1983 | Double Bed · as Tôru Yamazaki |
| 1983 | Amagi Pass · as Cast |
| 1982 | |
| 1982 | Suspicion · as Shigekazu Akitani |
| 1982 | Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san · as Kondo |
| 1982 | Lovers Lost · as Ishizuka |
| 1981 | Sailor Suit and Machine Gun · as Detective Kuroki |
| 1980 | |
| 1979 | Detective Story (TV Series) · as Businessman |
| 1979 | |
| 1973 | Submersion of Japan · as Cast |