Akira Emoto
Known for acting · Born 3 November 1948 · 77 · Chuo, Tokyo, Japan
311 credits
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
Folktales from Japan
2012
Yanchakure
1998
Rental Family
2025
The Eel
1997
Love and Glory
2006
Genroku Ryoran
1999
Unforgiven
2013
Taiheiki
1991
Eighth Shogun Yoshimune
1995
Arashi no Namida
2016
Maborosi
1995
Shall We Dance?
1996
Acting (310)
2026Convenience Store KyodaiUmeda Shohei · 10 episodesSeries
2026Kyoto HippocratesFilm
2026The Imaginary Dog and the Lying CatFilm
2026無垢なる証人Hiroki OyagiSeries
2025Rental FamilyKikuo HasegawaFilm
2025Samurai FuryFilm
2025The Boy and the DogYaichi KatanoFilm
2025The Final PieceMotoji KanesakiFilm
2025One Last ThrowKawato KozoFilm
2025The Way of The Prison GuardFilm
2025Scandal Eve · 2 episodes, Shigeru Kodama · 6 episodesSeries
2024Don't Lose Your Head!Yanagisawa YoshiyasuFilm
2024Shinjuku Field HospitalKeisuke Takamine · 11 episodesSeries
2024MaruTeacherFilm
2024JK to Roppozensho桜木倫太郎 · 8 episodesSeries
2024The God of CurlingSusumu KomiyamaFilm
2023Hard DaysYutaka SenbaFilm
2023UmamiSalarymanFilm
2023RipplesTaro KadokuraFilm
2023EgoistYoshio SaitoFilm
2023Yudoregular customerFilm
2023Do Unto OthersShosaku ShibaFilm
2023September 1923Teiji IgusaFilm
2023Shylock's ChildrenHajime SawazakiFilm
2023Get Ready!Hiroshi BojoSeries
2023Touken Ranbu: The Movie -Dawn-Fujiwara no MichinagaFilm
2023The Innocent GameFilm
2023Goal of the SkyFilm
2023満天のゴールトクじい · 2 episodesSeries
2022A ManNorio KomiuraFilm
2022The Wandering MoonAgataFilm
2022NoiseShojiFilm
2022Ten Count to the FutureKenzo Ashiya · 9 episodesSeries
2022Lost Man FoundHimself · 10 episodesSeries
2022No Place to GoBomberFilm
2022Teen RegimeWashida Tsuguaki · 5 episodesSeries
2022The New Chronicle of Lord Nobunaga: Classmates are WarriorsYotaro Befunokami · 10 episodesSeries
2022The Setting SunDr. MiyakeFilm
2022Goodbye My DearHiroshi YamawakiSeries
2022Japanese StyleHifuji Umekoshi · 9 episodesSeries
2022Barber Shop with a View of the Sea老店主Film
2022混声の森 · 2 episodesSeries
2021Baragaki: Unbroken SamuraiShop OwnerFilm
2021The Great Yokai War: Guardiansold man, Old ManFilm
2021The Master PlanKawabataFilm
2021Re: The End of the Tiny World - Half a Year LaterKawabata · 3 episodesSeries
2021Bullets, Bones and Blocked NosesHadashi no Tyosuke(裸足のチョウスケ) · 6 episodesSeries
2021Girls, Guns and Gangsters: Shinji Somai & Sailor Suit & Machine GunFilm
2021祈り ―幻に長崎を想う刻―Film
2021Utsusemi no moriPolice Inspector Kariya ShinichiFilm
2021てにあまるSeries
2020Living in the SkyConcierge KondoFilm
2020Underdog: Part OneSakuroFilm
2020Stardust over the TownKumabe RokuzoFilm
2020Underdog: Part TwoSakuroFilm
2020Wonderful ParadiseHomelessFilm
2020Nosari: Impermanent EternityFilm
2020I Never Shot AnyoneTakashi RenjoFilm
2019It Feels So GoodKenji's Father (voice)Film
2019The Promised LandGoro FujikiFilm
2019Iwane: Sword of SerenityUrakusaiFilm
2019Villain: Perpetrator Chase Investigation铃本茂树 · 6 episodesSeries
2019They Say Nothing Stays the SameToichiFilm
2019BON-UTA, A Song from Home(voice)Film
2019Show Me the Way to the StationFilm
2019In HandSeries
2019Castle of SandChiyokichiFilm
2019Banjo no Himawari · 4 episodesSeries
2019Godot of the EmotosFilm
2019Finding Light at the Darkness FestivalFilm
2018ShopliftersYoritsugu KawadoFilm
2018Color Me TrueTadashi HondaFilm
2018Good DoctorAkira Shiga · 10 episodesSeries
2018Oz LandBossFilm
2018RecallSeiji NomuraFilm
2018SegodonRyu Samin · 2 episodesSeries
2018Evil and The MaskDetective AidaFilm
2017Lu Over the WallAshimoto's Grandfather (voice)Film
2017Survival FamilySasaki ShigeomiFilm
2017A Life: A LoveDanjo Toranosuke · 10 episodesSeries
2017MukokuSeppo MitsumuraFilm
2017Frankenstein's LoveTsurumaru · 10 episodesSeries
2017Neko NinjaKariyazakiFilm
2017Silver and GoldHitoshi Kuramae · 4 episodesSeries
2017Solitary Gourmet New Year's Eve Special ~Final Meal! Setouchi Business Trip~Film
2017Random LivesHanamuraFilm
2017The Dog BridegroomKenkichi OkumuraFilm
2017Home Sweet Tokyo[Ramen Shop Owner]Series
2016Shin GodzillaRyuta Azuma : Chief Cabinet SecretaryFilm
2016The Mohican Comes HomeOsamu TamuraFilm
2016Moribito: Guardian of the SpiritSfar · 9 episodesSeries
2016Love That Makes You CryMasahiko Hayashida · 10 episodesSeries
2016Shippu RondoMasaomi TogoFilm
2016Black Widow BusinessJun SakuradaFilm
2016A Living PromiseZenzo TakedaFilm
2016A Grain of WheatHondaFilm
2016SniperTatsuyuki MiyataFilm
2016Arashi no Namida · 44 episodesSeries
2015Journey to the ShoreHoshitaniFilm
2015Vampire in LoveSojiroFilm
2015The Big BeeMurofushiFilm
2015The Pearls of the Stone ManKumaji UedaFilm
2015GARO: Gold Storm FlightPriest SoutatsuFilm
2015The Secret Lives of Kyoto FolkSeries
2015Living RightsFilm
2015Present for YouFilm
2015新 法廷荒らし 猪狩文助〜終の棲家〜Series
2014Wood Job!Toshiro YamaneFilm
20140.5 mmTakeshi SasakiFilm
2014Sleeping ForestDaisuke OtaFilm
2014Time Trip AppRyuzo YanagitaFilm
2014The Long GoodbyeHeizo Harada · 5 episodesSeries
2014Oh! FatherHayashi TomitaFilm
2014ColdJin IchinoseFilm
2014A House on a HillYoshitarō TerashimaFilm
2014A Woman from Ashio · 2 episodesSeries
2013Hanzawa NaokiKeiji Minobe · 10 episodesSeries
2013UnforgivenKingo BabaFilm
2013Ask This of RikyuFilm
2013Yellow ElephantArechiFilm
2013Kumokiri Nizaemon · 3 episodesSeries
2013Black KiteKaiun · 10 episodesSeries
2013The War and a Womanclient of womanFilm
2013Banana, Gloves and Whale SharkLawyerFilm
2013Fly, Dakota, Fly!Film
2013The PartnerŌkuma ShigenobuFilm
2013Olympic Ransom · 2 episodesSeries
2012Ace AttorneySaibancho (Judge)Film
2012The Life of Budori GusukoNarrator / Dr. Kūbō (voice)Film
2012Casting Blossoms to the SkySeijiro NoseFilm
2012Humanoid Monster, BemKao no nai otokoFilm
2012Folktales from Japan · 346 episodesSeries
2012Platinum Town · 5 episodesSeries
2012One Day in JanuaryFilm
2012A Sower of SeedsShuzo MorikawaFilm
2012疑惑Series
2011Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined FleetYoneuchiFilm
2011Karate-Robo ZaborgarDr. AkunomiyaFilm
2011Ninja Kids!!!Film
2011In His ChartDoctorFilm
2011Life Back ThenMasashi InoueFilm
2011A Honeymoon in Hell: Mr. & Mrs. Oki's Fabulous Tripwet guyFilm
2011HUNTER - Women After Reward MoneyShogo Ooiwa · 10 episodesSeries
2011Humanoid Monster BemNameless Man · 10 episodesSeries
2011Shikei KijunKyusaku TsushimaFilm
2010Golden SlumberHodogaya YasushiFilm
2010VillainYoshio IshibashiFilm
2010Sakurada Gate IncidentMagojiro KanekoFilm
2010Haru's JourneyMichio NakaiFilm
2010After the FlowersSoan NagaiFilm
2010Ekeb of DekyeSoichi YanagimachiFilm
2010PostcardYukichi Morikawa, the Father-in-LawFilm
2010Absolute ZeroSosuke Kagami · 11 episodesSeries
2010A Lone ScalpelMatsuo OkawaFilm
2010The Lightning TreeKakunoshi EnokidoFilm
2010Heaven's StorySouichiFilm
2010A Crowd of ThreeFilm
2010Hutch the HoneybeeFilm
2010Cast Me If You CanHomeless guyFilm
2010Mori no AsagaoKeizukuri Hukahori · 10 episodesSeries
2010Naze Kimi wa Zetsubo to Tatakaeta noka · 2 episodesSeries
2009John RabeMatsui IwaneFilm
2009Rain FallTatsu IshikuraFilm
2009Clouds Over the Hill乃木知幸介 · 9 episodesSeries
2009Yona Yona PenguinJii (voice)Film
2009Asahiyama Zoo Story: Penguins in the SkyItsuro UsuiFilm
2009April BrideTeishi NagashimaFilm
2009Boku to Mama No Kiiroi JitenshaShotaroFilm
2008ICHIFilm
2008Happy FlightSaitoFilm
2008Ikigami: The Ultimate LimitCounselorFilm
2008The Chasing WorldDoctorFilm
2008Ties of Shooting StarsTogami Masayuki · 10 episodesSeries
2008All Around Uskunimasa YasudaFilm
2008The Most Beautiful Night In The WorldJournalistFilm
2008Your FriendFilm
2008The Taste of FishShojiro SanadaFilm
2008Teacher and Three ChildrenYoshio IchikawaFilm
2008The Cycling Genius Is Coming!Film
2007Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes DadDoctor from Sasazuka ClinicFilm
2007The Go MasterKensaku SegoeFilm
2007ProdigyHisashi KikunaFilm
2007Starfish HotelMr. TricksterFilm
2007The Shadow Spiritmimasaka koushirouFilm
2007Three for the RoadFilm
2007Life Can Be So WonderfulHaeoFilm
2007愛の流刑地北冈耕造 · 2 episodesSeries
2006Memories of MatsukoTsunehiro KawajiriFilm
2006Japan SinksProfessor FukuharaFilm
2006It's Only TalkFilm
2006Love and GloryHideyoshi Toyotomi · 49 episodesSeries
2006Tokumei! Keiji Dongame · 15 episodesSeries
2006The HappinessFilm
2006The Summer of SticklebackFilm
2005The Great Yokai WarFilm
2005The Suspect: Muroi ShinjiSeigo TsudaFilm
2005The Lakeside Murder CaseTomoharu FujimaFilm
2005Scrap HeavenDetective YabutaFilm
2005Tetsujin 28: The MovieYunosuke OtsukaFilm
2005Haru and NatsuKotaro Nakayama · 5 episodesSeries
2005Love Is Five Seven FiveGrandfatherFilm
2005For the coming dayFilm
2004ZebramanKitahara the Crab ManFilm
2004Moon & CherrySakamotoFilm
2004Drugstore GirlKoji NabeshimaFilm
2004The MotiveYoshifumi KatakuraFilm
2004River of First LoveHidejiro TasakiFilm
2004Chicken Is BarefootFilm
2004The Hunter and the HuntedNekoFilm
2004Winning PassFilm
2004Takada Wataru TekiSelfFilm
2004竜馬がゆく · 4 episodesSeries
2003ZatoichiPub OwnerFilm
2003DoppelgängerMurakamiFilm
2003Samurai ResurrectionNobutsuna MatsudairaFilm
2003OwlFilm
2003Farewell, KuroShuzo HanazonoFilm
2003Water BoysMama (of a bar) · 11 episodesSeries
2003Worst by ChanceShigeharu KaneshiroFilm
2003Teacher's suitcaseSensei/Matsumoto HarutsunaFilm
2003Love & War of a Samurai · 7 episodesSeries
2003HanaHiroshi TorigoeFilm
2002September 11Sakichi Furuhashi (segment "Japan")Film
2002AIBOU: Tokyo Detective DuoHyoue Yarikura · 9 episodesSeries
2002The Private Detective MikeSeries
2002KTHiroshi UchiyamaFilm
2002Barber's SorrowSakaguchiFilm
2002Mibu Gishiden: Shinsengumi de Ichiban Tsuyokatta Otoko · 4 episodesSeries
2001WaterboysMamaFilm
2001Kaza-hanaHot Spring Inn OwnerFilm
2001TurnMatsubaraFilm
2001Prince ShotokuAnahobe no miko · 2 episodesSeries
2000The City of Lost SoulsKuwataFilm
2000Another HeavenDoctor AkagiFilm
2000NagisaPriest ShintoFilm
2000The Whispered CityToyohashi, sculptorFilm
2000As the River FlowsFilm
1999Round About MidnightTotsukaFilm
1999Kaizokuban Bootleg FilmTatsuoFilm
1999Will to LiveDoctorFilm
1999Genroku RyoranGenshiro · 49 episodesSeries
1999The Nagaharu Yodogawa Story: A Cineaste's Life in KobeMatashichiFilm
1999Out - Tsumatachi no Hanzai · 11 episodesSeries
1998Dr. AkagiDr. Fuu AkagiFilm
1998Love LetterFilm
1998Yanchakure水嶋钦一 · 150 episodesSeries
1997The EelTamotsu TakasakiFilm
1997The KeySoichiro AnzaiFilm
1997Body and SoulSekiya/Reiko's lover-Aya's exFilm
1997AbductionChief Superintendent TachibanaFilm
1996Shall We Dance?Detective MiwaFilm
1996Free and Easy 8YukawaFilm
1996The Rainbow SeekerFilm
1995MaborosiYoshihiroFilm
1995Eighth Shogun YoshimuneTokugawa Munenao · 48 episodesSeries
1994Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzillaMajor Akira YukiFilm
1994The FriendsNagatomoFilm
1993Private Lessons IIObaFilm
1993When Cinema Reflects the Times: Hou Hsiao-Hsien and Edward YangNarrator (voice)Film
1993I Can Hear the Duck SingingFilm
1993Family Court JudgeShibuya Naomasa · 12 episodesSeries
1992Sumo Do, Sumo Don'tProfessor Tokichi AnayamaFilm
1992Yamai wa kikara: Byôin e ikô 2Film
1992Manhattan KissFilm
1991The Last FrankensteinProf. SarusawaFilm
1991A Naive History of the Bakumatsu EraKogoro KatsuraFilm
1991Dance till TomorrowFilm
1991Goodbye MamaFilm
1991TaiheikiMoronao Kô-no · 49 episodesSeries
1990Roar of the CrowdFilm
1990Maria's StomachFilm
1990Universal LawsFilm
1990Betrayal TomorrowFilm
1990ホットドッグ大田原輝Series
1989Fancy DanceMasoho's bossFilm
1989Beijing WatermelonMr. TeramotoFilm
1989Battle HeaterRiichi HamaFilm
1989Mottomo Abunai DekaMaeoFilm
1989Tora-san Goes to Vienna坂口兵马Film
1989HarimaoArmy MajorFilm
1988Angel Guts: Red VertigoYakuzaFilm
1988The Silk RoadFilm
1988The Yen FamilyShinichi AmemiyaFilm
1988RevolverKeisuke MineyaFilm
1988あじさい色のレディFilm
1988あそびにおいでョ!Series
1987The Heartbreak YakuzaFilm
1987Bedtime EyesFilm
1987The Great Department Store RobberyFilm
1987A Tale of Young ElopementMatsudaFilm
1986Final Take: The Golden Age of MoviesFilm
1985Capone Cries a LotUshiemonFilm
1985I Want To Live Once More: Shinjuku Bus Fire IncidentHirofumi MaruyamaFilm
1985The Second Is a ChristianKumashiroFilm
1985Congratulatory SpeechYasuhei HigashidaFilm
1984LocationKonnoFilm
1984Make-UpKikuo TsutanoFilm
1984水曜ドラマスペシャルSeries
1983Amagi PassFilm
1983Double BedTôru YamazakiFilm
1983Legend of the Cat MonsterRyohei Shimura / Joji TamuraFilm
1982Lovers LostIshizukaFilm
1982SuspicionShigekazu AkitaniFilm
1982Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san近藤Film
1982The Man from ShimizuFilm
1981Sailor Suit and Machine GunDetective KurokiFilm
1980Disciples of HippocratesFilm
1979Fujio Akatsuka's Gag Porno: In the Mood Once AgainDaigorô HatayamaFilm
1979Masked Crusader, Mr. JirenmanKantarô IwataFilm
1979Shimo-ochiai Yakitori MovieFilm
Directing (1)
1993Sky Cannot Be This BlueDirectorFilm