Akira Emoto
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
Nov 3, 1948 (77 years old)
Place of Birth
Chuo, Tokyo, Japan
Biography
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
| 2026 | Kyoto Hippocrates | |
| 2026 | The Imaginary Dog and the Lying Cat | |
| 2026 | Convenience Store KyodaiShohei Umeda | |
| 2025 | Rental FamilyKikuo Hasegawa | |
| 2025 | Samurai Fury | |
| 2025 | The Boy and the DogYaichi Katano | |
| 2025 | The Way of The Prison Guard | |
| 2025 | The Final PieceMotoji Kanesaki | |
| 2025 | One Last ThrowKawato Kozo | |
| 2025 | Scandal Eve | |
| 2024 | Don't Lose Your Head!Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu | |
| 2024 | MaruTeacher | |
| 2024 | The God of CurlingSusumu Komiyama | |
| 2024 | Rotting | |
| 2024 | JK to Roppozensho桜木倫太郎 | |
| 2024 | Shinjuku Field HospitalKeisuke Takamine | |
| 2023 | UmamiSalaryman | |
| 2023 | Hard DaysYutaka Senba | |
| 2023 | Goal of the Sky | |
| 2023 | September 1923Teiji Igusa | |
| 2023 | Touken Ranbu 2Fujiwara no Michinaga | |
| 2023 | The Innocent Game | |
| 2023 | Shylock's ChildrenHajime Sawazaki | |
| 2023 | Yudo: The Way of the Bathregular customer | |
| 2023 | EgoistYoshio Saito | |
| 2023 | RipplesTaro Kadokura | |
| 2023 | Do Unto OthersShosaku Shiba | |
| 2023 | 満天のゴールトクじい | |
| 2023 | Get Ready!Hiroshi Bojo | |
| 2022 | NoiseShoji | |
| 2022 | The Setting SunDr. Miyake | |
| 2022 | WanderingAgata | |
| 2022 | Barber Shop with a View of the Sea老店主 | |
| 2022 | No Place to GoBomber | |
| 2022 | A ManNorio Komiura | |
| 2022 | Ten Count to the FutureKenzo Ashiya | |
| 2022 | Teen RegimeWashida Tsuguaki | |
| 2022 | 混声の森 | |
| 2022 | The New Chronicle of Lord Nobunaga: Classmates are WarriorsYotaro Befunokami | |
| 2022 | Goodbye My DearHiroshi Yamawaki | |
| 2022 | Japanese StyleHifuji Umekoshi | |
| 2022 | Lost Man FoundHimself | |
| 2021 | Girls, Guns and Gangsters: Shinji Somai & Sailor Suit & Machine Gun | |
| 2021 | 祈り ―幻に長崎を想う刻― | |
| 2021 | Baragaki: Unbroken SamuraiShop Owner | |
| 2021 | The Great Yokai War: Guardiansold man | |
| 2021 | The End of the Tiny WorldKawabata | |
| 2021 | Utsusemi no moriPolice Inspector Kariya Shinichi | |
| 2021 | The Great Yokai War: GuardiansOld Man | |
| 2021 | Re: The End of the Tiny World - Half a Year LaterKawabata | |
| 2021 | Bullets, Bones and Blocked NosesHadashi no Tyosuke(裸足のチョウスケ) | |
| 2021 | てにあまる | |
| 2020 | Nosari: Impermanent Eternity | |
| 2020 | Living in the SkyConcierge Kondo | |
| 2020 | Underdog: Part OneSakuro | |
| 2020 | Stardust over the TownKumabe Rokuzo | |
| 2020 | I Never Shot AnyoneTakashi Renjo | |
| 2020 | Wonderful ParadiseHomeless | |
| 2020 | Underdog: Part TwoSakuro | |
| 2019 | BON-UTA, A Song from Home(voice) | |
| 2019 | Iwane: Sword of SerenityUrakusai | |
| 2019 | Castle of SandChiyokichi | |
| 2019 | They Say Nothing Stays the SameToichi | |
| 2019 | The Promised LandGoro Fujiki | |
| 2019 | Show Me the Way to the Station | |
| 2019 | Godot of the Emotos | |
| 2019 | It Feels So GoodKenji's Father (voice) | |
| 2019 | Finding Light at the Darkness Festival | |
| 2019 | Banjo no Himawari | |
| 2019 | In Hand | |
| 2019 | Villain: Perpetrator Chase Investigation铃本茂树 | |
| 2018 | Color Me TrueTadashi Honda | |
| 2018 | Evil and The MaskDetective Aida | |
| 2018 | ShopliftersYoritsugu Kawado | |
| 2018 | RecallSeiji Nomura | |
| 2018 | Oz LandBoss | |
| 2018 | SegodonRyu Samin | |
| 2018 | Good DoctorAkira Shiga | |
| 2017 | Lu Over the WallAshimoto's Grandfather (voice) | |
| 2017 | MukokuSeppo Mitsumura | |
| 2017 | Random LivesHanamura | |
| 2017 | Neko NinjaKariyazaki | |
| 2017 | Survival FamilySasaki Shigeomi | |
| 2017 | Solitary Gourmet New Year's Eve Special ~Final Meal! Setouchi Business Trip~ | |
| 2017 | The Dog BridegroomKenkichi Okumura | |
| 2017 | Home Sweet Tokyo[Ramen Shop Owner] | |
| 2017 | A LifeDanjo Toranosuke | |
| 2017 | Frankenstein's LoveTsurumaru | |
| 2017 | Silver and GoldHitoshi Kuramae | |
| 2016 | The Mohican Comes HomeOsamu Tamura | |
| 2016 | Shin GodzillaRyuta Azuma : Chief Cabinet Secretary | |
| 2016 | Black Widow BusinessJun Sakurada | |
| 2016 | Shippu RondoMasaomi Togo | |
| 2016 | A Living PromiseZenzo Takeda | |
| 2016 | A Grain of WheatHonda | |
| 2016 | SniperTatsuyuki Miyata | |
| 2016 | Love That Makes You CryMasahiko Hayashida | |
| 2016 | Moribito: Guardian of the SpiritSfar | |
| 2016 | Arashi no Namida | |
| 2015 | Living Rights | |
| 2015 | Present for You | |
| 2015 | Journey to the ShoreHoshitani | |
| 2015 | Vampire in LoveSojiro | |
| 2015 | GARO -Gold Storm- ShoPriest Soutatsu | |
| 2015 | The Big BeeMurofushi | |
| 2015 | The Pearls of the Stone ManKumaji Ueda | |
| 2015 | 新 法廷荒らし 猪狩文助〜終の棲家〜 | |
| 2015 | The Secret Lives of Kyoto Folk | |
| 2014 | Wood Job!Toshiro Yamane | |
| 2014 | 0.5 mmTakeshi Sasaki | |
| 2014 | Oh! FatherHayashi Tomita | |
| 2014 | ColdJin Ichinose | |
| 2014 | Time Trip AppRyuzo Yanagita | |
| 2014 | A House on a HillYoshitarō Terashima | |
| 2014 | Sleeping ForestDaisuke Ota | |
| 2014 | The Long GoodbyeHeizo Harada | |
| 2014 | A Woman from Ashio | |
| 2013 | Banana, Gloves and Whale SharkLawyer | |
| 2013 | UnforgivenKingo Baba | |
| 2013 | Yellow ElephantArechi | |
| 2013 | The War and a Womanclient of woman | |
| 2013 | Fly, Dakota, Fly! | |
| 2013 | The PartnerŌkuma Shigenobu | |
| 2013 | Ask This of Rikyu | |
| 2013 | Olympic Ransom | |
| 2013 | Kumokiri Nizaemon | |
| 2013 | Black KiteKaiun | |
| 2013 | Hanzawa NaokiKeiji Minobe | |
| 2012 | The Life of Budori GusukoNarrator / Dr. Kūbō (voice) | |
| 2012 | One Day in January | |
| 2012 | Ace AttorneySaibancho (Judge) | |
| 2012 | Humanoid Monster, BemKao no nai otoko | |
| 2012 | A Sower of SeedsShuzo Morikawa | |
| 2012 | Casting Blossoms to the SkySeijiro Nose | |
| 2012 | Folktales from Japan | |
| 2012 | Platinum Town | |
| 2012 | 疑惑 | |
| 2011 | In His ChartDoctor | |
| 2011 | Karate-Robo ZaborgarDr. Akunomiya | |
| 2011 | Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined FleetYoneuchi | |
| 2011 | Life Back ThenMasashi Inoue | |
| 2011 | Ninja Kids!!! | |
| 2011 | A Honeymoon in Hell: Mr. & Mrs. Oki's Fabulous Tripwet guy | |
| 2011 | Shikei KijunKyusaku Tsushima | |
| 2011 | HUNTER - Women After Reward MoneyShogo Ooiwa | |
| 2011 | Humanoid Monster BemNameless Man | |
| 2010 | A Crowd of Three | |
| 2010 | VillainYoshio Ishibashi | |
| 2010 | Sakurada Gate IncidentMagojiro Kaneko | |
| 2010 | Golden SlumberHodogaya Yasushi | |
| 2010 | Haru's JourneyMichio Nakai | |
| 2010 | Cast Me If You CanHomeless guy | |
| 2010 | The Lightning TreeKakunoshi Enokido | |
| 2010 | PostcardYukichi Morikawa, the Father-in-Law | |
| 2010 | After the FlowersSoan Nagai | |
| 2010 | A Lone ScalpelMatsuo Okawa | |
| 2010 | Heaven's StorySouichi | |
| 2010 | Ekeb of DekyeSoichi Yanagimachi | |
| 2010 | Hutch the Honeybee | |
| 2010 | Absolute ZeroSosuke Kagami | |
| 2010 | Mori no AsagaoKeizukuri Hukahori | |
| 2010 | Naze Kimi wa Zetsubo to Tatakaeta noka | |
| 2009 | Rain FallTatsu Ishikura | |
| 2009 | April BrideTeishi Nagashima | |
| 2009 | John RabeMatsui Iwane | |
| 2009 | Asahiyama Zoo Story: Penguins in the SkyItsuro Usui | |
| 2009 | Yona Yona PenguinJii (voice) | |
| 2009 | Boku to Mama No Kiiroi JitenshaShotaro | |
| 2009 | Clouds Over the Hill乃木知幸介 | |
| 2008 | ICHI | |
| 2008 | The Chasing WorldDoctor | |
| 2008 | Ikigami: The Ultimate LimitCounselor | |
| 2008 | The Taste of FishShojiro Sanada | |
| 2008 | The Most Beautiful Night In The WorldJournalist | |
| 2008 | All Around Uskunimasa Yasuda | |
| 2008 | The Cycling Genius Is Coming! | |
| 2008 | Teacher and Three ChildrenYoshio Ichikawa | |
| 2008 | Happy FlightSaito | |
| 2008 | Ties of Shooting StarsTogami Masayuki | |
| 2007 | Starfish HotelMr. Trickster | |
| 2007 | The Shadow Spiritmimasaka koushirou | |
| 2007 | The Go MasterKensaku Segoe | |
| 2007 | Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes DadDoctor from Sasazuka Clinic | |
| 2007 | Life Can Be So WonderfulHaeo | |
| 2007 | Three for the Road | |
| 2007 | ProdigyHisashi Kikuna | |
| 2007 | 愛の流刑地北冈耕造 | |
| 2006 | The Happiness | |
| 2006 | Memories of MatsukoTsunehiro Kawajiri | |
| 2006 | It's Only Talk | |
| 2006 | Japan SinksProfessor Fukuhara | |
| 2006 | The Summer of Stickleback | |
| 2006 | Tokumei! Keiji Dongame | |
| 2006 | Love and GloryHideyoshi Toyotomi | |
| 2005 | The Great Yokai War | |
| 2005 | The Suspect: Muroi ShinjiSeigo Tsuda | |
| 2005 | For the coming day | |
| 2005 | The Lakeside Murder CaseTomoharu Fujima | |
| 2005 | Scrap HeavenDetective Yabuta | |
| 2005 | Love Is Five Seven FiveGrandfather | |
| 2005 | Tetsujin 28: The MovieYunosuke Otsuka | |
| 2005 | Haru and NatsuKotaro Nakayama | |
| 2004 | The MotiveYoshifumi Katakura | |
| 2004 | River of First LoveHidejiro Tasaki | |
| 2004 | Moon & CherrySakamoto | |
| 2004 | Drugstore GirlKoji Nabeshima | |
| 2004 | The Hunter and the HuntedNeko | |
| 2004 | Winning Pass | |
| 2004 | ZebramanKitahara the Crab Man | |
| 2004 | Takada Wataru TekiSelf | |
| 2004 | Chicken Is Barefoot | |
| 2004 | 竜馬がゆく | |
| 2003 | ZatoichiPub Owner | |
| 2003 | Worst by ChanceShigeharu Kaneshiro | |
| 2003 | Owl | |
| 2003 | Farewell, KuroShuzo Hanazono | |
| 2003 | DoppelgängerMurakami | |
| 2003 | HanaHiroshi Torigoe | |
| 2003 | Teacher's suitcaseSensei/Matsumoto Harutsuna | |
| 2003 | Samurai ResurrectionNobutsuna Matsudaira | |
| 2003 | Water BoysMama (of a bar) | |
| 2003 | Love & War of a Samurai | |
| 2002 | KTHiroshi Uchiyama | |
| 2002 | Barber's Sorrow | |
| 2002 | September 11Sakichi Furuhashi (segment "Japan") | |
| 2002 | The Private Detective Mike | |
| 2002 | AIBOU: Tokyo Detective DuoHyoue Yarikura | |
| 2002 | Mibu Gishiden: Shinsengumi de Ichiban Tsuyokatta Otoko | |
| 2001 | TurnMatsubara | |
| 2001 | Kaza-hanaHot Spring Inn Owner | |
| 2001 | WaterboysMama | |
| 2001 | Prince ShotokuAnahobe no miko | |
| 2000 | The City of Lost SoulsKuwata | |
| 2000 | The Whispered CityToyohashi, sculptor | |
| 2000 | NagisaPriest Shinto | |
| 2000 | Another HeavenDoctor Akagi | |
| 1999 | Kaizokuban Bootleg FilmTatsuo | |
| 1999 | Will to LiveDoctor | |
| 1999 | Round About MidnightTotsuka | |
| 1999 | The Nagaharu Yodogawa Story: A Cineaste's Life in KobeMatashichi | |
| 1999 | Genroku RyoranGenshiro | |
| 1999 | Out - Tsumatachi no Hanzai | |
| 1998 | Dr. AkagiDr. Fuu Akagi | |
| 1998 | Love Letter | |
| 1998 | Yanchakure水嶋钦一 | |
| 1997 | The EelTamotsu Takasaki | |
| 1997 | AbductionChief Superintendent Tachibana | |
| 1997 | Body and Soul | |
| 1997 | The KeySoichiro Anzai | |
| 1996 | The Rainbow Seeker | |
| 1996 | Free and Easy 8Yukawa | |
| 1996 | Shall We Dance?Detective Miwa | |
| 1995 | MaborosiYoshihiro | |
| 1995 | Eighth Shogun YoshimuneTokugawa Munenao | |
| 1994 | Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzillaMajor Akira Yuki | |
| 1994 | The FriendsNagatomo | |
| 1993 | Private Lessons IIOba | |
| 1993 | I Can Hear the Duck Singing | |
| 1993 | When Cinema Reflects the Times: Hou Hsiao-Hsien and Edward YangNarrator (voice) | |
| 1993 | Family Court JudgeShibuya Naomasa | |
| 1992 | Sumo Do, Sumo Don'tProfessor Tokichi Anayama | |
| 1992 | Manhattan Kiss | |
| 1992 | Yamai wa kikara: Byôin e ikô 2 | |
| 1991 | The Last FrankensteinProf. Sarusawa | |
| 1991 | Dance till Tomorrow | |
| 1991 | Goodbye Mama | |
| 1991 | A Naive History of the Bakumatsu EraKogoro Katsura | |
| 1991 | TaiheikiMoronao Kô-no | |
| 1990 | Betrayal Tomorrow | |
| 1990 | Roar of the Crowd | |
| 1990 | Maria's Stomach | |
| 1990 | Universal Laws | |
| 1990 | ホットドッグ大田原輝 | |
| 1989 | Beijing WatermelonMr. Teramoto | |
| 1989 | Fancy DanceMasoho's boss | |
| 1989 | Battle HeaterRiichi Hama | |
| 1989 | Tora-san Goes to ViennaHyoma Sakaguchi | |
| 1989 | HarimaoArmy Major | |
| 1989 | Mottomo Abunai DekaMaeo | |
| 1988 | The Silk Road | |
| 1988 | Angel Guts: Red VertigoYakuza | |
| 1988 | The Yen FamilyShinichi Amemiya | |
| 1988 | RevolverKeisuke Mineya | |
| 1988 | あそびにおいでョ! | |
| 1987 | The Great Department Store Robbery | |
| 1987 | The Heartbreak Yakuza | |
| 1987 | Bedtime Eyes | |
| 1987 | A Tale of Young ElopementMatsuda | |
| 1986 | Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies | |
| 1985 | I Want To Live Once More: Shinjuku Bus Fire IncidentHirofumi Maruyama | |
| 1985 | Capone Cries a LotUshiemon | |
| 1985 | The Second Is a ChristianKumashiro | |
| 1985 | Congratulatory SpeechYasuhei Higashida | |
| 1984 | LocationKonno | |
| 1984 | Make-UpKikuo Tsutano | |
| 1984 | 水曜ドラマスペシャル | |
| 1983 | Double BedTôru Yamazaki | |
| 1983 | Legend of the Cat MonsterRyohei Shimura / Joji Tamura | |
| 1983 | Amagi Pass | |
| 1982 | Lovers LostIshizuka | |
| 1982 | The Man from Shimizu | |
| 1982 | Hearts and Flowers for Tora-sanKondo | |
| 1982 | SuspicionShigekazu Akitani | |
| 1981 | Sailor Suit and Machine GunDetective Kuroki | |
| 1980 | Disciples of Hippocrates | |
| 1979 | Fujio Akatsuka's Gag Porno: In the Mood Once AgainDaigorô Hatayama | |
| 1979 | Masked Crusader, Mr. JirenmanKantarô Iwata | |
| 1979 | Shimo-ochiai Yakitori Movie |
| 1993 | Sky Cannot Be This BlueDirector |