Akira Emoto profile
Actor profile

Akira Emoto

3rd November 1948 Chuo, Tokyo, Japan Acting

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.

242 Movies 64 TV Shows 313 Credits
Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Maru poster
Maru 18th October 2024 as Teacher
Ripples poster
Ripples 26th May 2023 as Taro Kadokura
Yudo poster
Yudo 23rd February 2023 as regular customer
Egoist poster
Egoist 10th February 2023 as Yoshio Saito
Umami poster
Umami 9th February 2023 as Salaryman
A Man poster
A Man 18th November 2022 as Norio Komiura
Noise poster
Noise 27th January 2022 as Shoji
Recall poster
Recall 15th June 2018 as Seiji Nomura
Mukoku poster
Mukoku 3rd June 2017 as Seppo Mitsumura
Sniper poster
Sniper 2nd October 2016 as Tatsuyuki Miyata
Shin Godzilla poster
Shin Godzilla 29th July 2016 as Ryuta Azuma : Chief Cabinet Secretary
0.5 mm poster
0.5 mm 8th November 2014 as Takeshi Sasaki
Cold poster
Cold 27th September 2014 as Jin Ichinose
Postcard poster
Postcard 27th October 2010 as Yukichi Morikawa, the Father-in-Law
Villain poster
Villain 11th September 2010 as Yoshio Ishibashi
Prodigy poster
Prodigy 20th September 2007 as Hisashi Kikuna
Zebraman poster
Zebraman 30th January 2004 as Kitahara the Crab Man
Hana poster
Hana 1st November 2003 as Hiroshi Torigoe
Owl poster
Owl 7th February 2003
September 11 poster
September 11 4th September 2002 as Sakichi Furuhashi (segment "Japan")
KT poster
KT 3rd May 2002 as Hiroshi Uchiyama
Turn poster
Turn 13th October 2001 as Matsubara
Kaza-hana poster
Kaza-hana 27th January 2001 as Hot Spring Inn Owner
Nagisa poster
Nagisa 10th June 2000 as Priest Shinto
The Key poster
The Key 18th October 1997 as Soichiro Anzai
Abduction poster
Abduction 7th June 1997 as Chief Superintendent Tachibana
The Eel poster
The Eel 12th May 1997 as Tamotsu Takasaki
Revolver poster
Revolver 22nd October 1988 as Keisuke Mineya
Suspicion poster
Suspicion 11th September 1982 as Shigekazu Akitani
A Life poster
A Life 15th January 2017 as Danjo Toranosuke
Taiheiki poster
Taiheiki 6th January 1991 as Moronao Kô-no