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Akira Emoto
Born · November 3, 1948 (76 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Chūō, Tokyo, Japan
Bio
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.
Muromachi Burai
9.6
2025
Migawari Mission
Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu
6.5
2024
The Innocent Game
4.0
2023
September 1923
Teiji Igusa
6.5
2023
Goal of the Sky
0.0
2023
Ripples
Taro Kadokura
6.3
2023
Hard Days
Yutaka Senba
6.6
2023
Touken Ranbu 2
5.0
2023
Do Unto Others
Shosaku Shiba
7.8
2023
Yudo: The Way of the Bath
regular customer
6.9
2023
Shylock's Children
Hajime Sawazaki
7.2
2023
Egoist
Yoshio Saito
7.6
2023
Umami
Salaryman
5.6
2023
The Setting Sun
Dr. Miyake
6.0
2022
No Place to Go
6.0
2022
Wandering
Agata
6.5
2022
海の見える理髪店
老店主
0.0
2022
Noise
Shoji
5.8
2022
Girls, Guns and Gangsters: Shinji Somai & Sailor Suit & Machine Gun
0.0
2021
祈り ―幻に長崎を想う刻―
0.0
2021
BON-UTA, A Song from Home
(voice)
7.2
2019
Black Widow Business
Jun Sakurada
8.5
2016
Shin Godzilla
Ryuta Azuma : Chief Cabinet Secretary
7.2
2016
Journey to the Shore
Mr. Hoshitani
6.5
2015
Vampire in Love
Sojiro
7.0
2015
Living Rights
0.0
2015
0.5 mm
Takeshi Sasaki
7.3
2014
Oh! Father
Hayashi Tomita
5.5
2014
Wood Job!
Toshiro Yamane
7.3
2014
A Woman from Ashio
9.0
2014
Unforgiven
Kingo Baba
7.0
2013
The War and a Woman
client of woman
4.2
2013
Yellow Elephant
Arechi
6.0
2013
Banana, Gloves and Whale Shark
0.0
2013
One Day in January
0.0
2012
The Life of Budori Gusuko
Narrator / Dr. Kūbō (voice)
6.7
2012
Ace Attorney
Saibancho (Judge)
6.1
2012
Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet
Yoneuchi
6.5
2011
Life Back Then
Masashi Inoue
4.8
2011
Karate-Robo Zaborgar
Dr. Akunomiya
6.0
2011
In His Chart
Doctor
4.6
2011
Cast Me If You Can
Homeless guy
7.5
2010
The Lightning Tree
Kakunoshi Enokido
6.4
2010
Sakurada Gate Incident
Magojiro Kaneko
7.7
2010
Villain
Yoshio Ishibashi
6.5
2010
A Crowd of Three
4.9
2010
Haru's Journey
Michio Nakai
6.5
2010
Golden Slumber
Hodogaya Yasushi
7.2
2010
April Bride
Teishi Nagashima
6.8
2009
Rain Fall
Tatsu Ishikura
4.7
2009
John Rabe
Matsui Iwane
7.1
2009
ICHI
6.8
2008
Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit
Counselor
6.5
2008
The Taste of Fish
Shojiro Sanada
7.0
2008
The Most Beautiful Night In The World
Journalist
6.1
2008
The Chasing World
Doctor
5.8
2008
The Shadow Spirit
mimasaka koushirou
5.3
2007
Starfish Hotel
Mr. Trickster
6.8
2007
The Suspect: Muroi Shinji
Seigo Tsuda
6.3
2005
The Great Yokai War
6.3
2005
For the coming day
0.0
2005
The Motive
Yoshifumi Katakura
6.4
2004
Worst by Chance
Shigeharu Kaneshiro
0.0
2003
Zatoichi
Pub Owner
7.2
2003
Owl
7.0
2003
KT
Hiroshi Uchiyama
5.5
2002
Turn
Matsubara
6.8
2001
The City of Lost Souls
Kuwata
6.2
2000
Kaizokuban Bootleg Film
Tatsuo
5.9
1999
Will to Live
Doctor
6.3
1999
Dr. Akagi
Dr. Fuu Akagi
6.6
1998
The Eel
Tamotsu Takasaki
7.0
1997
Maborosi
Yoshihiro
7.4
1995
Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla
Major Akira Yuki
6.8
1994
The Friends
Nagatomo
7.2
1994
Private Lessons II
Oba
2.5
1993
Manhattan Kiss
0.0
1992
Sumo Do, Sumo Don't
Professor Tokichi Anayama
6.6
1992
Betrayal tomorrow
0.0
1990
The Silk Road
6.5
1988
The Great Department Store Robbery
0.0
1987
I Want To Live Once More: Shinjuku Bus Fire Incident
Hirofumi Maruyama
1.0
1985
Lovers Lost
Ishizuka
7.1
1982
Fujio Akatsuka's Gag Porno: In the Mood Once Again
Daigorô Hatayama
6.9
1979
Rental Family
0.0
The Boy and the Dog
0.0
2025
Maru
0.0
2024
Shinjuku Field Hospital
Keisuke Takamine · (11 episodes)
8.0
2024
JK to Roppozensho
桜木倫太郎 · (8 episodes)
0.0
2024
満天のゴール
トクじい · (2 episodes)
0.0
2023
Get Ready!
Hiroshi Bojo · (1 episode)
8.0
2023
A Man
Norio Komiura
7.1
2022
Japanese Style
Hifuji Umekoshi · (9 episodes)
6.0
2022
Goodbye My Dear
Hiroshi Yamawaki · (1 episode)
7.0
2022
The New Chronicle of Lord Nobunaga: Classmates are Warriors
Yotaro Befunokami · (10 episodes)
6.0
2022
混声の森
(2 episodes)
0.0
2022
Lost Man Found
Himself · (10 episodes)
7.9
2022
Teen Regime
Washida Tsuguaki · (5 episodes)
7.5
2022
Ten Count to the Future
Kenzo Ashiya · (9 episodes)
7.6
2022
The Honest Realtor
Tetsuo Kishi · (1 episode)
6.0
2022
Baragaki: Unbroken Samurai
Shop Owner
6.6
2021
Bullets, Bones and Blocked Noses
Hadashi no Tyosuke(裸足のチョウスケ) · (6 episodes)
0.0
2021
The Great Yokai War: Guardians
old man
6.3
2021
The Great Yokai War: Guardians
Old Man
6.3
2021
空蝉の森
Police Inspector kariya shinichi
0.0
2021
The End of the Tiny World
Kawabata
7.8
2021
Re: The End of the Tiny World - Half a Year Later
Kawabata · (3 episodes)
9.0
2021
てにあまる
(1 episode)
0.0
2021
Underdog: Part One
Sakuro
6.9
2020
Wonderful Paradise
Homeless
6.7
2020
Living in the Sky
Concierge Kondo
7.3
2020
Nosari: Impermanent Eternity
2.5
2020
I Never Shot Anyone
Takashi Renjo
7.0
2020
Stardust Over The Town
Kumabe Rokuzo
6.0
2020
The Promised Land
Goro Fujiki
6.2
2019
Show Me the Way to the Station
6.7
2019
They Say Nothing Stays the Same
Toichi
6.8
2019
Banjo no Himawari
(4 episodes)
8.0
2019
It Feels So Good
Kenji's Father (voice)
6.5
2019
Iwane: Sword of Serenity
Urakusai
7.7
2019
Villain: Perpetrator Chase Investigation
铃本茂树 · (6 episodes)
8.0
2019
Godot of the Emotos
0.0
2019
In Hand
(1 episode)
8.0
2019
Castle of Sand
Chiyokichi
8.7
2019
Oz Land
Boss
7.2
2018
Good Doctor
Akira Shiga · (10 episodes)
8.0
2018
Recall
Seiji Nomura
6.8
2018
Shoplifters
Yoritsugu Kawado
7.9
2018
Color Me True
Tadashi Honda
7.6
2018
Evil and The Mask
Detective Aida
7.2
2018
Segodon
Ryu Samin · (2 episodes)
8.3
2018
Kodokunogurume ōmisoka supesharu ~ tabe-osame! Setouchi shutchō-hen ~
10.0
2017
Home Sweet Tokyo
[Ramen Shop Owner] · (1 episode)
0.0
2017
Mukoku
Seppo Mitsumura
6.2
2017
Neko Ninja
Kariyazaki
3.0
2017
Lu Over the Wall
Ashimoto's Grandfather (voice)
7.1
2017
The Dog Bridegroom
Kenkichi Okumura
0.0
2017
Frankenstein's Love
Tsurumaru · (10 episodes)
7.0
2017
Random Lives
Hanamura
0.0
2017
A Life
Danjo Toranosuke · (10 episodes)
7.0
2017
Silver and Gold
Hitoshi Kuramae · (4 episodes)
6.7
2017
Survival Family
Sasaki Shigeomi
7.3
2016
Shippu Rondo
Masaomi Togo
6.7
2016
Sniper
Tatsuyuki Miyata
0.0
2016
A Grain of Wheat
Honda
0.0
2016
The Mohican Comes Home
Osamu Tamura
6.1
2016
Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit
Sfar · (9 episodes)
7.6
2016
Arashi no Namida - Watakushitachi ni Asu wa Aru
(2 episodes)
0.0
2016
Love That Makes You Cry
Masahiko Hayashida · (10 episodes)
8.0
2016
A Living Promise
Zenzo Takeda
0.0
2016
The Big Bee
Murofushi
5.9
2015
The Pearls of the Stone Man
Kumaji Ueda
8.3
2015
GARO -Gold Storm- Sho
Priest Soutatsu
7.4
2015
新 法廷荒らし 猪狩文助〜終の棲家〜
(1 episode)
0.0
2015
A House on a Hill
Yoshitarō Terashima
0.0
2014
Cold
Jin Ichinose
0.0
2014
Time Trip App
Ryuzo Yanagita
6.0
2014
The Long Goodbye
Heizo Harada · (5 episodes)
6.6
2014
Sleeping Forest
Daisuke Ota
6.7
2014
Olympic Ransom
(2 episodes)
0.0
2013
Fly, Dakota, Fly!
0.0
2013
Present for You
0.0
2013
Hanzawa Naoki
Keiji Minobe · (10 episodes)
8.2
2013
Kumokiri Nizaemon
(3 episodes)
8.5
2013
Black Kite
Kaiun · (10 episodes)
8.2
2013
Humanoid Monster, Bem
Kao no nai otoko
6.2
2012
Platinum Town
(5 episodes)
0.0
2012
Casting Blossoms to the Sky
Seijiro Nose
6.6
2012
Folktales from Japan
(346 episodes)
8.5
2012
A Sower of Seeds
Shuzo Morikawa
0.0
2012
Humanoid Monster Bem
Nameless Man · (10 episodes)
7.0
2011
HUNTER - Women After Reward Money
Shogo Ooiwa · (10 episodes)
8.0
2011
Shikei Kijun
Kyusaku Tsushima
0.0
2011
Ninja Kids!!!
5.8
2011
A Honeymoon in Hell: Mr. & Mrs. Oki's Fabulous Trip
wet guy
8.5
2011
Postcard
Yukichi Morikawa, the Father-in-Law
5.4
2010
Mori no Asagao
Keizukuri Hukahori · (10 episodes)
10.0
2010
Elevator to the Gallows
6.5
2010
Heaven's Story
Souichi
5.8
2010
Naze Kimi wa Zetsubo to Tatakaeta noka
(2 episodes)
0.0
2010
Hutch the Honeybee
6.5
2010
A Lone Scalpel
Matsuo Okawa
6.4
2010
Absolute Zero
Sosuke Kagami · (11 episodes)
8.0
2010
After the Flowers
Soan Nagai
7.3
2010
Yona Yona Penguin
Jii (voice)
5.3
2009
Boku to Mama No Kiiroi Jitensha
Shotaro
0.0
2009
Asahiyama Zoo Story: Penguins in the Sky
Itsuro Usui
8.0
2009
Happy Flight
Saito
6.3
2008
Ties of Shooting Stars
Togami Masayuki · (10 episodes)
7.4
2008
Teacher and Three Children
Yoshio Ichikawa
6.0
2008
The Cycling Genius Is Coming!
0.0
2008
All Around Us
kunimasa Yasuda
7.4
2008
Prodigy
Hisashi Kikuna
7.1
2007
Life Can Be So Wonderful
Haeo
7.0
2007
Three for the Road
4.0
2007
The Go Master
Kensaku Segoe
6.3
2007
Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad
Doctor from Sasazuka Clinic
6.9
2007
The Happiness
0.0
2006
The Summer of Stickleback
0.0
2006
Japan Sinks
5.5
2006
It's Only Talk
6.5
2006
Memories of Matsuko
Tsunehiro Kawajiri
7.7
2006
Tokumei! Keiji Dongame
(15 episodes)
0.0
2006
Love and Glory
Hideyoshi Toyotomi · (49 episodes)
7.0
2006
Scrap Heaven
Detective Yabuta
7.2
2005
Haru and Natsu
Kotaro Nakayama · (5 episodes)
7.8
2005
Love Is Five Seven Five
Grandfather
7.5
2005
Tetsujin 28: The Movie
Yunosuke Otsuka
6.0
2005
Moon and Cherry
Sakamoto
6.0
2004
River of First Love
Hidejiro Tasaki
6.7
2004
Drugstore Girl
Koji Nabeshima
5.2
2004
Zebraman
Kitahara the Crab Man
6.3
2004
Winning Pass
0.0
2004
The Lakeside Murder Case
Tomoharu Fujima
6.4
2004
The Hunter and the Hunted
Neko
0.0
2004
竜馬がゆく
(4 episodes)
0.0
2004
Hana
Hiroshi Torigoe
0.0
2003
Doppelganger
Murakami
7.0
2003
Farewell, Kuro
Shuzo Hanazono
6.8
2003
Water Boys
Mama (of a bar) · (11 episodes)
7.2
2003
Samurai Resurrection
Nobutsuna Matsudaira
5.0
2003
Teacher's suitcase
Sensei/Matsumoto Harutsuna
7.0
2003
Mibu Gishiden: Shinsengumi de Ichiban Tsuyokatta Otoko
(4 episodes)
0.0
2002
Barber's Sorrow
0.0
2002
AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo
Hyoue Yarikura · (9 episodes)
7.9
2002
11’09”01—September 11
Sakichi Furuhashi (segment "Japan")
6.4
2002
The Private Detective Mike
(1 episode)
8.4
2002
Prince Shotoku
Anahobe no miko · (2 episodes)
6.0
2001
Waterboys
Mama
6.6
2001
Kaza-hana
Hot Spring Inn Owner
5.7
2001
The Whispered City
Artist
0.0
2000
Nagisa
Priest
7.2
2000
Another Heaven
Doctor Akagi
6.1
2000
The Nagaharu Yodogawa Story: A Cineaste's Life in Kobe
Matashichi
0.0
1999
Round About Midnight
Totsuka
6.8
1999
Out - Tsumatachi no Hanzai
(11 episodes)
8.0
1999
Genroku Ryoran
Genshiro · (49 episodes)
7.7
1999
Yanchakure
水嶋钦一 · (150 episodes)
0.0
1998
Love Letter
0.0
1998
Body and Soul
1.0
1997
The Key
Soichiro Anzai
4.4
1997
Abduction
0.0
1997
The Rainbow Seeker
0.0
1996
Free and Easy 8
Yukawa
7.5
1996
Shall We Dance?
Detective Miwa
7.3
1996
Eighth Shogun Yoshimune
Tokugawa Munenao · (48 episodes)
0.0
1995
I Can Hear the Duck Singing
0.0
1993
When Cinema Reflects the Times: Hou Hsiao-Hsien and Edward Yang
(voice)
6.7
1993
Family Court Judge
Shibuya Naomasa · (12 episodes)
0.0
1993
Yamai wa kikara: Byôin e ikô 2
2.0
1992
A Naive History of the Bakumatsu Era
Kogoro Katsura
7.0
1991
Dance till Tomorrow
0.0
1991
The Last Frankenstein
Prof. Sarusawa
6.0
1991
Goodbye Mama
0.0
1991
Taiheiki
Moronao Kô-no · (49 episodes)
0.0
1991
Maria's Stomach
0.0
1990
Roar of the Crowd
0.0
1990
Universal Laws
0.0
1990
Fancy Dance
Masoho's boss
6.8
1989
Beijing Watermelon
Mr. Teramoto
6.3
1989
Battle Heater
Riichi Hama
7.2
1989
Tora-san Goes to Vienna
Hyoma Sakaguchi
8.0
1989
Harimao
Army Major
8.0
1989
Mottomo Abunai Deka
Maeo
8.0
1989
Revolver
Keisuke Mineya
6.7
1988
The Yen Family
Shinichi Amemiya
5.9
1988
Angel Guts: Red Vertigo
Yakuza
6.0
1988
The Heartbreak Yakuza
5.4
1987
Bedtime Eyes
3.3
1987
A Tale of Young Elopement
Matsuda
0.0
1987
Congratulatory Speech
Yasuhei Higashida
0.0
1985
The Second Is a Christian
Kumashiro
5.0
1985
Capone Cries a Lot
Ushiemon
5.7
1985
水曜ドラマスペシャル
(1 episode)
0.0
1984
Location
Konno
0.0
1984
Make-Up
Kikuo Tsutano
0.0
1984
Legend of the Cat Monster
Ryohei Shimura / Joji Tamura
0.0
1983
Double Bed
Tôru Yamazaki
5.5
1983
Amagi Pass
6.7
1983
The Man from Shimizu
0.0
1982
Suspicion
Shigekazu Akitani
6.7
1982
Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san
Kondo
8.0
1982
Sailor Suit and Machine Gun
Detective Kuroki
6.9
1981
Disciples of Hippocrates
6.4
1980
Masked Crusader, Mr. Jirenman
Kantarô Iwata
0.0
1979
Shimo-ochiai Yakitori Movie
0.0
1979