Akira Emoto

Actor

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.

Born: November 3, 1948 (Age 75) in Chūō, Tokyo, Japan

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Akira Emoto Movies & TV Credits

Title	Rating	Job	Role(s)	Year
Zatoichi Movie Available on 25 streaming services.	7.7	Actor	Pub Owner	2003
Kaizokuban Bootleg Film Movie	5.2	Actor	Tatsuo	1999
Worst by Chance Movie	6.4	Actor	Shigeharu Kaneshiro	2003
Golden Slumber Movie	7.2	Actor	Hodogaya Yasushi	2010
Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla Movie Available on 22 streaming services.	6	Actor	Major Akira Yuki	1994
Dr. Akagi Movie Available on 1 streaming services.	7	Actor	Dr. Fuu Akagi	1998
Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit Movie	7.1	Actor	Counselor	2008
April Bride Movie	6	Actor	Teishi Nagashima	2009
Ace Attorney Movie Available on 21 streaming services.	6.4	Actor	Saibancho (Judge)	2012
Karate-Robo Zaborgar Movie	6.1	Actor	Dr. Akunomiya	2011
Haru's Journey Movie	6.9	Actor	Michio Nakai	2010
Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet Movie	6.9	Actor	Yoneuchi	2011
Lovers Lost Movie	6.2	Actor	Ishizuka	1982
Cast Me If You Can Movie		Actor	Homeless guy	2010
KT Movie	6.4	Actor	Hiroshi Uchiyama	2002
Will to Live Movie	6.8	Actor	Doctor	1999
0.5 mm Movie	7.1	Actor	Takeshi Sasaki	2014
John Rabe Movie Available on 2 streaming services.	7.3	Actor	Matsui Iwane	2009
Life Back Then Movie	5.9	Actor	Masashi Inoue	2011
After the Flowers Movie	6.7	Actor	Soan Nagai	2010
It's Only Talk Movie	6.9	Actor		2005
All Around Us Movie Available on 7 streaming services.	7.3	Actor	kunimasa Yasuda	2008
A Lone Scalpel Movie	7	Actor	Matsuo Okawa	2010
Heaven's Story Movie Available on 10 streaming services.	7.1	Actor	Souichi	2010
Fancy Dance Movie	6.6	Actor	Masoho's boss	1989
Journey to the Shore Movie	6.5	Actor	Mr. Hoshitani	2015
Angel Guts: Red Vertigo Movie	5.2	Actor	Yakuza	1988
Drugstore Girl Movie	5.8	Actor	Koji Nabeshima	2004
The Lakeside Murder Case Movie	6	Actor	Tomoharu Fujima	2004
Doppelganger Movie Available on 1 streaming services.	6.5	Actor	Murakami	2003
Battle Heater Movie	6.1	Actor	Riichi Hama	1989
Black Widow Business Movie	6.3	Actor	Jun Sakurada	2016
Shin Godzilla Movie Available on 10 streaming services.	7	Actor	Ryuta Azuma : Chief Cabinet Secretary	2016
The Yen Family Movie	6.4	Actor	Shinichi Amemiya	1988
Kaza-hana Movie	6.6	Actor	Hot Spring Inn Owner	2000
A Living Promise Movie	5.6	Actor	Zenzo Takeda	2016
Another Heaven Movie	5.9	Actor	Doctor Akagi	2000
Memories of Matsuko Movie	8	Actor	Tsunehiro Kawajiri	2006
The Eel Movie	7.1	Actor	Tamotsu Takasaki	1997
Maborosi Movie Available on 1 streaming services.	7.7	Actor	Yoshihiro	1995
Waterboys Movie	7.3	Actor	Mama	2001
The City of Lost Souls Movie	6.2	Actor	Kuwata	2000
Unforgiven Movie Available on 16 streaming services.	7.1	Actor	Kingo Baba	2013
Wood Job! Movie	7.4	Actor	Toshiro Yamane	2014
Japan Sinks Movie	5.7	Actor		2006
Rain Fall Movie Available on 29 streaming services.	4.5	Actor	Tatsu Ishikura	2009
Villain Movie	6.8	Actor	Yoshio Ishibashi	2010
Shoplifters Movie Available on 27 streaming services.	7.8	Actor	Yoritsugu Kawado	2018
Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad Movie	7.2	Actor	Doctor from Sasazuka Clinic	2007
Lu Over the Wall Movie Available on 19 streaming services.	6.9	Actor	Ashimoto's Grandfather (voice)	2017
Sumo Do, Sumo Don't Movie	7	Actor	Professor Tokichi Anayama	1992
The Go Master Movie	5.9	Actor	Kensaku Segoe	2007
Scrap Heaven Movie	6.6	Actor	Detective Yabuta	2005
Sailor Suit and Machine Gun Movie Available on 15 streaming services.	6.5	Actor	Detective Kuroki	1981
The Chasing World Movie	5	Actor	Doctor	2008
Postcard Movie	6.9	Actor	Yukichi Morikawa, the Father-in-Law	2010
Yellow Elephant Movie	5.8	Actor	Arechi	2013
The Mohican Comes Home Movie	6.4	Actor	Osamu Tamura	2016
Turn Movie	6.8	Actor	Matsubara	2001
Starfish Hotel Movie	5.8	Actor	Mr. Trickster	2007
Color Me True Movie	7.2	Actor	Tadashi Honda	2018
The Suspect: Muroi Shinji Movie	4.3	Actor	Seigo Tsuda	2005
The Lightning Tree Movie	5.5	Actor	Kakunoshi Enokido	2010
Moon and Cherry Movie	6.1	Actor	Sakamoto	2004
Owl Movie	6.4	Actor		2003
The Big Bee Movie	5.5	Actor	Murofushi	2015
The Shadow Spirit Movie	5.1	Actor	mimasaka koushirou	2007
Farewell, Kuro Movie	6.9	Actor	Shuzo Hanazono	2003
River of First Love Movie	5.9	Actor	Hidejiro Tasaki	2004
Vampire in Love Movie	5.1	Actor	Sojiro	2015
The Most Beautiful Night In The World Movie	7.3	Actor	Journalist	2008
The Motive Movie	6.4	Actor	Yoshifumi Katakura	2004
Private Lessons II Movie	3.5	Actor	Oba	1993
Suspicion Movie	6.9	Actor	Shigekazu Akitani	1982
Round About Midnight Movie	7.2	Actor	Totsuka	1999
The Friends Movie	6.9	Actor	Nagatomo	1994
Mukoku Movie	5.4	Actor	Seppo Mitsumura	2017
Shippu Rondo Movie	5.3	Actor	Masaomi Togo	2016
Neko Ninja Movie	6.7	Actor	Kariyazaki	2017
Recall Movie Available on 14 streaming services.	6.2	Actor	Seiji Nomura	2018
Random Lives Movie		Actor	Hanamura	2017
Love Is Five Seven Five Movie	4.6	Actor	Grandfather	2005
A Honeymoon in Hell: Mr. & Mrs. Oki's Fabulous Trip Movie	6.2	Actor	wet guy	2011
Time Trip App Movie	5	Actor	Ryuzo Yanagita	2014
Abduction Movie	6.8	Actor		1997
The Second Is a Christian Movie	5.9	Actor	Kumashiro	1985
Capone Cries a Lot Movie	6.2	Actor	Ushiemon	1985
Cold Movie	5.8	Actor	Jin Ichinose	2014
The War and a Woman Movie	6.5	Actor	client of woman	2013
Location Movie	6.9	Actor	Konno	1984
The Last Frankenstein Movie	6	Actor	Prof. Sarusawa	1991
Humanoid Monster, Bem Movie	5.2	Actor	Kao no nai otoko	2012
The Heartbreak Yakuza Movie	6.3	Actor		1987
The Pearls of the Stone Man Movie	5.4	Actor	Kumaji Ueda	2015
Zawa-zawa Shimokita-sawa Movie	6.2	Actor	Artist	2000
Life Can Be So Wonderful Movie	6.5	Actor	Haeo	2007
The Cycling Genius Is Coming! Movie	5.5	Actor		2008
Hutch the Honeybee Movie	7	Actor		2010
Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san Movie	6.7	Actor	Kondo	1982
The Rainbow Seeker Movie	6.7	Actor		1996
Asahiyama Zoo Story: Penguins in the Sky Movie	6.5	Actor	Itsuro Usui	2009
Free and Easy 8 Movie	6.3	Actor	Yukawa	1996
The Hunter and the Hunted Movie	7.8	Actor	Neko	2004
The Happiness Movie		Actor		2006
Nagisa Movie	7.1	Actor		2000
Maria's Stomach Movie	5.4	Actor		1990
Tora-san Goes to Vienna Movie	6.4	Actor	Hyoma Sakaguchi	1989
Teacher and Three Children Movie	5.6	Actor	Yoshio Ichikawa	2008
Revolver Movie	6.7	Actor	Keisuke Mineya	1988
Barber's Sorrow Movie	5.7	Actor		2002
Sakurada Gate Incident Movie	6.2	Actor	Magojiro Kaneko	2010
The Taste of Fish Movie	6.9	Actor	Shojiro Sanada	2008
Oh! Father Movie	5.8	Actor	Hayashi Tomita	2014
Present for You Movie	6.7	Actor		2013
Beijing Watermelon Movie	6.9	Actor	Mr. Teramoto	1989
The Summer of Stickleback Movie	5.7	Actor		2006
Dance till Tomorrow Movie		Actor		1991
Fly, Dakota, Fly! Movie	7.3	Actor		2013
Double Bed Movie	6	Actor	Tôru Yamazaki(山崎徹)	1983
Mottomo Abunai Deka Movie	4.3	Actor	Maeo	1989
Bedtime Eyes Movie	6.1	Actor		1987
11'09''01 September 11 Movie Available on 2 streaming services.	6.7	Actor	Sakichi Furuhashi (segment "Japan")	2002
Goodbye Mama Movie	4.9	Actor		1991
Iwane: Sword of Serenity Movie Available on 20 streaming services.	6.2	Actor	Urakusai	2019
Yona Yona Penguin Movie	5	Actor	Jii (voice)	2009
Masked Crusader, Mr. Jirenman Movie	5.8	Actor	Kantarô Iwata	1979
A Sower of Seeds Movie	7.5	Actor	Shuzo Morikawa	2012
Oz Land Movie	5.8	Actor	Boss	2018
The Promised Land Movie	5.8	Actor	Goro Fujiki	2019
They Say Nothing Stays the Same Movie Available on 22 streaming services.	6.8	Actor	Toichi	2019
Evil and The Mask Movie		Actor	Detective Aida	2018
Body and Soul Movie	5.7	Actor		1997
Three for the Road Movie	6.4	Actor		2007
Casting Blossoms to the Sky Movie Available on 8 streaming services.	7	Actor	Seijiro Nose	2012
Universal Laws Movie	6.3	Actor		1990
The Key Movie	6	Actor	Soichiro Anzai	1997
Disciples of Hippocrates Movie	6.7	Actor		1980
Shimoochiai Yakitori Movie Movie		Actor		1979
Shall We Dance? Movie	7.5	Actor	Detective Miwa	1996
Winning Pass Movie		Actor		2004
Make-Up Movie	5.5	Actor	Kikuo Tsutano	1984
Congratulatory Speech Movie	7	Actor	Yasuhei Higashida	1985
Living In Your Sky Movie		Actor	Concierge Kondo	2020
Baragaki: Unbroken Samurai Movie	6.1	Actor	Shop Owner	2021
Happy Flight Movie	6.3	Actor	Saito	2008
Zebraman Movie Available on 18 streaming services.	6.6	Actor		2004
The Great Yokai War –Guardians– Movie	5.5	Actor	old man	2021
It Feels So Good Movie	6.6	Actor	Kenji's father (voice)	2019
The Dog Bridegroom Movie		Actor	Kenkichi Okumura	2017
Nosari: Impermanent Eternity Movie		Actor		2020
Tetsujin 28: The Movie Movie	5.1	Actor	Yunosuke Otsuka	2005
Underdog: Part One Movie		Actor	Sakuro	2020
Show Me the Way to the Station Movie	7	Actor		2019
I Never Shot Anyone Movie	6.2	Actor	Takashi Renjo	2020
Wonderful Paradise Movie		Actor	Homeless	2020
Prodigy Movie Available on 1 streaming services.	6.1	Actor	Hisashi Kikuna	2007
Umami Movie	5.6	Actor	Salaryman	2023
A Crowd of Three Movie	5.8	Actor		2010
The Great Yokai War Movie Available on 22 streaming services.	6.6	Actor		2005
The Life of Budori Gusuko Movie	5.6	Actor	Narrator / Dr. Kūbō (voice)	2012
Living Rights Movie		Actor		2015
Noise Movie Available on 1 streaming services.	6	Actor	Shoji	2022
The End of the Tiny World Movie	6.5	Actor	Kawabata	2021
The Silk Road Movie	6.6	Actor		1988
I Want To Live Once More: Shinjuku Bus Fire Incident Movie	6.8	Actor	Hirofumi Maruyama	1985
GARO -Gold Storm- Sho Movie		Actor	Priest Soutatsu	2015
Wandering Movie	6.7	Actor	Agata	2022
A Man Movie	6.5	Actor	Norio Komiura	2022
Mr Akatsuka's Porno: Let's Try It One More Time with Feeling Movie		Actor	Daigorô Hatayama	1979
Shylock's Children Movie	6.5	Actor	Hajime Sawazaki	2023
Yamai wa kikara: Byôin e ikô 2 Movie	5.5	Actor		1992
Ahiru no uta ga kikoete kuru yo. Movie		Actor		1993
Roar of the Crowd Movie		Actor		1990
Egoist Movie	7	Actor	Yoshio Saito	2023
The Great Department Store Robbery Movie	7.5	Actor		1987
No Place to Go Movie	6.3	Actor		2022
In His Chart Movie	5.7	Actor	Doctor	2011
Ninja Kids!!! Movie	5.6	Actor		2011
Survival Family Movie	7.3	Actor	Sasaki Shigeomi	2016
Hard Days Movie Available on 1 streaming services.	5.9	Actor	Yutaka Senba	2023
ICHI Movie Available on 2 streaming services.	6.6	Actor		2008
Banana, Gloves and Whale Shark Movie		Actor		2013
満天のゴール Movie		Actor		2023
Ripples Movie		Actor	Taro Kadokura	2023
Manhattan Kiss Movie		Actor		1992
September 1923 Movie		Actor	Teiji Igusa	2023
Touken Ranbu 2 Movie	6.1	Actor		2023
盆唄 Movie		Actor	(voice)
祈り ―幻に長崎を想う刻― Movie		Actor
Houtei Yugi Movie		Actor		2023
A Life: Itoshiki Hito Limited Series	6.4	Actor	Danjo Toranosuke 10 Episodes	2017-2017
HUNTER ~Sono Onnatachi, Shoukin Kasegi~ TV Show		Actor	Shogo Ooiwa 10 Episodes	2011
Kômyô ga tsuji TV Show	6.9	Actor	Hideyoshi Toyotomi 49 Episodes	2006
Yôkai ningen Bem TV Show	6.6	Actor	Nameless Man 10 Episodes	2011
Platinum Town TV Show	5.7	Actor	5 Episodes	2012
Zettai reido: Mikaiketsu jiken tokumei sôsa TV Show		Actor	Sosuke Kagami 11 Episodes	2010
Genroku ryôran TV Show		Actor	Genshiro 49 Episodes	1999
Taiheiki TV Show		Actor	Moronao Kô-no 49 Episodes	1991
Tokumei! Keiji Dongame TV Show		Actor	1 Episode	2006
Banjo No Himawari TV Show	8.3	Actor	4 Episodes	2019
Hachidai shôgun Yôshimune TV Show		Actor	Tokugawa Munenao 48 Episodes	1995
Folktales from Japan TV Show	7.4	Actor	115 Episodes	2012
Lost Man Found TV Show	7.9	Actor	Himself 10 Episodes	2022
Oliver na Inu, (Gosh!!) Konoyarou TV Show	7.4	Actor	Hadashi no Tyosuke(裸足のチョウスケ) 6 Episodes	2021-2021
Shiritsu tantei Hama Maiku TV Show	4.6	Actor	1 Episode	2002
AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo TV Show	7.1	Actor	Hyoue Yarikura 9 Episodes	2002-2023
Mori no asagao TV Show		Actor	Keizukuri Hukahori 10 Episodes	2010
Teen Regime TV Show		Actor	Washida Tsuguaki 5 Episodes	2022-2022
Ties of Shooting Stars TV Show	7.2	Actor	Togami Masayuki 10 Episodes	2008-2008
Segodon TV Show	5.8	Actor	Ryu Samin 2 Episodes	2018
Home Sweet Tokyo TV Show		Actor	[Ramen Shop Owner] 1 Episode	2017-2020
Get Ready! TV Show	6.5	Actor	Hiroshi Bojo 1 Episode	2023-2023
オリンピックの身代金 TV Show		Actor	2 Episodes	2013
満天のゴール TV Show		Actor	トクじい 2 Episodes	2023
水曜ドラマスペシャル TV Show		Actor	1 Episode	1984
Yanchakure TV Show		Actor	水嶋钦一 150 Episodes	1998-1999
The Honest Realtor TV Show Available on 1 streaming services.	7.1	Actor	Tetsuo Kishi 1 Episode	2022-2022
新法廷荒らし猪狩文助〜終の棲家〜 TV Show		Actor	1 Episode
A Grain of Wheat Short Film		Actor	Honda	2016
Do Unto Others Short Film	6.2	Actor	Shosaku Shiba	2023
Sleeping Forest Movie	6.3	Actor	Daisuke Ota	2014
Shikei kijun Movie		Actor	Kyusaku Tsushima	2011
Sakamichi no ie Movie	7.3	Actor	Yoshitarō Terashima	2014
Sniper Movie		Actor	Tatsuyuki Miyata	2016
Suna no utsuwa Movie	7.5	Actor	Chiyokichi	2019
Reibyo densetsu Movie	6.4	Actor	Ryohei Shimura / Joji Tamura	1983
Yodogawa Nagaharu monogatari - Kôbe-hen: Sainara Movie		Actor	Matashichi	1999
Prince Shotoku Movie	8.7	Actor	Anahobe no miko 2 Episodes	2001
Love That Makes You Cry Limited Series	7.2	Actor	Masahiko Hayashida 10 Episodes	2016
Frankenstein in Love Limited Series	6.6	Actor	Tsurumaru 11 Episodes	2017-2017
Good Doctor TV Show	7.1	Actor	Akira Shiga 10 Episodes	2018-2018
Tonbi Limited Series	7.3	Actor	Kaiun 10 Episodes	2013
Haru to Natsu Limited Series	8.5	Actor	Kotaro Nakayama 5 Episodes	2005
Akutoo Kagaisha Tsuiseki Chousa Limited Series		Actor	铃本茂树 6 Episodes	2019-2019
Hanzawa Naoki Limited Series	8.3	Actor	Keiji Minobe 10 Episodes	2013
Re: Na mo Naki Sekai no End Roll ~Half a Year Later~ Limited Series	5.8	Actor	Kawabata 3 Episodes	2021-2021
The Woman from Ashio Limited Series		Actor		2014
In Hand Limited Series	6.6	Actor	1 Episode	2019-2019
Silver and Gold Limited Series	6.9	Actor	Hitoshi Kuramae 4 Episodes	2017-2017
Kumokiri Nizaemon TV Show		Actor	3 Episodes	2013
The Long Goodbye Limited Series	7.3	Actor	Heizo Harada 5 Episodes	2014
Moribito TV Show	6.8	Actor	Sfar 9 Episodes	2016-2018
Japanese Style Limited Series	7.8	Actor	Hifuji Umekoshi 9 Episodes	2022-2022
Sky Cannot Be This Blue Movie	6.7	Directing	Director	1993
Title	Rating	Job	Role(s)	Year

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