Akira Emoto
Acting
Born 1948-11-03 · Chuo, Tokyo, Japan
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
Zatoichi
2003 · Movie
Rental Family
2025 · Movie
Shin Godzilla
2016 · Movie
It Feels So Good
2019 · Movie
Shoplifters
2018 · Movie
Worst by Chance
2003 · Movie
Samurai Fury
2025 · Movie
The Final Piece
2025 · Movie
Memories of Matsuko
2006 · Movie
Make-Up
1984 · Movie
Lu Over the Wall
2017 · Movie
Baragaki: Unbroken Samurai
2021 · Movie
The Eel
1997 · Movie
The Whispered City
2000 · Movie
The Hunter and the Hunted
2004 · Movie
Solitary Gourmet New Year's Eve Special ~Final Meal! Setouchi Business Trip~
2017 · Movie
Dance till Tomorrow
1991 · Movie
Survival Family
2017 · Movie
Maborosi
1995 · Movie
Sailor Suit and Machine Gun
1981 · Movie
Roar of the Crowd
1990 · Movie
Goodbye Mama
1991 · Movie
Maria's Stomach
1990 · Movie
A Man
2022 · Movie
The Nagaharu Yodogawa Story: A Cineaste's Life in Kobe
1999 · Movie
Castle of Sand
2019 · Movie
Golden Slumber
2010 · Movie
Shall We Dance?
1996 · Movie
Location
1984 · Movie
The Motive
2004 · Movie
Asahiyama Zoo Story: Penguins in the Sky
2009 · Movie
The Great Department Store Robbery
1987 · Movie
Tora-san Goes to Vienna
1989 · Movie
Unforgiven
2013 · Movie
Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad
2007 · Movie
Black Widow Business
2016 · Movie
Waterboys
2001 · Movie
Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla
1994 · Movie
A Tale of Young Elopement
1987 · Movie
Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san
1982 · Movie
A Honeymoon in Hell: Mr. & Mrs. Oki's Fabulous Trip
2011 · Movie
Tetsujin 28: The Movie
2005 · Movie
John Rabe
2009 · Movie
The Great Yokai War
2005 · Movie
As the River Flows
2000 · Movie
Iwane: Sword of Serenity
2019 · Movie
They Say Nothing Stays the Same
2019 · Movie
Abduction
1997 · Movie
Japan Sinks
2006 · Movie
The Pearls of the Stone Man
2015 · Movie
Love Letter
1998 · Movie
Villain
2010 · Movie
Universal Laws
1990 · Movie
Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet
2011 · Movie
Mottomo Abunai Deka
1989 · Movie
The Master Plan
2021 · Movie
The Silk Road
1988 · Movie
I Can Hear the Duck Singing
1993 · Movie
Scrap Heaven
2005 · Movie
The Great Yokai War: Guardians
2021 · Movie