Akira Emoto
Acting
Born: November 3, 1948 (age 77) · Chuo, Tokyo, Japan
Highest Rated
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
Shoplifters
2018
Shin Godzilla
2016
Zatoichi
2003
Rental Family
2025
Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla
1994
Maborosi
1995
Memories of Matsuko
2006
Shall We Dance?
1996
Lu Over the Wall
2017
Survival Family
2017
ICHI
2008
The Eel
1997
Photos (2)
Movies (240)
Shoplifters
Yoritsugu Kawado
Rental Family
Kikuo Hasegawa
Shin Godzilla
Ryuta Azuma : Chief Cabinet Secretary
It Feels So Good
Kenji's Father (voice)
Zatoichi
Pub Owner
Bedtime Eyes
1987
Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla
Major Akira Yuki
The Final Piece
Motoji Kanesaki
Samurai Fury
2025
Memories of Matsuko
Tsunehiro Kawajiri
Rain Fall
Tatsu Ishikura
ICHI
2008
Lu Over the Wall
Ashimoto's Grandfather (voice)
Umami
Salaryman
Angel Guts: Red Vertigo
Yakuza
The Eel
Tamotsu Takasaki
Wood Job!
Toshiro Yamane
Nagisa
Priest Shinto
Unforgiven
Kingo Baba
The Great Yokai War: Guardians
old man
The Great Yokai War: Guardians
Old Man
A Man
Norio Komiura
Survival Family
Sasaki Shigeomi
Shall We Dance?
Detective Miwa
Worst by Chance
Shigeharu Kaneshiro
The Wandering Moon
Agata
John Rabe
Matsui Iwane
Amagi Pass
1983
Maborosi
Yoshihiro
Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet
Yoneuchi
Hard Days
Yutaka Senba
Dr. Akagi
Dr. Fuu Akagi
Sailor Suit and Machine Gun
Detective Kuroki
The Friends
Nagatomo
The War and a Woman
client of woman
0.5 mm
Takeshi Sasaki
The City of Lost Souls
Kuwata
Ace Attorney
Saibancho (Judge)
Japan Sinks
Professor Fukuhara
Happy Flight
Saito
September 11
Sakichi Furuhashi (segment "Japan")
Egoist
Yoshio Saito
The Key
Soichiro Anzai
Color Me True
Tadashi Honda
Double Bed
Tôru Yamazaki
KT
Hiroshi Uchiyama
Ask This of Rikyu
2013
Waterboys
Mama
Mukoku
Seppo Mitsumura
Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad
Doctor from Sasazuka Clinic
Villain
Yoshio Ishibashi
All Around Us
kunimasa Yasuda
The Most Beautiful Night In The World
Journalist
Sleeping Forest
Daisuke Ota
Private Lessons II
Oba
GARO: Gold Storm Flight
Priest Soutatsu
Journey to the Shore
Hoshitani
Owl
2003
Boku to Mama No Kiiroi Jitensha
Shotaro
Hutch the Honeybee
2010
Yona Yona Penguin
Jii (voice)
Fancy Dance
Masoho's boss
The Great Yokai War
2005
Lovers Lost
Ishizuka
Ekeb of Dekye
Soichi Yanagimachi
Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies
1986
Haru's Journey
Michio Nakai
The Silk Road
1988
Capone Cries a Lot
Ushiemon
River of First Love
Hidejiro Tasaki
Yudo
regular customer
The Setting Sun
Dr. Miyake
Golden Slumber
Hodogaya Yasushi
Baragaki: Unbroken Samurai
Shop Owner
Do Unto Others
Shosaku Shiba
Show Me the Way to the Station
2019
The Yen Family
Shinichi Amemiya
The Big Bee
Murofushi
Tetsujin 28: The Movie
Yunosuke Otsuka
Chicken Is Barefoot
2004
Maru
Teacher
Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit
Counselor
One Last Throw
Kawato Kozo
No Place to Go
Bomber
The Heartbreak Yakuza
1987
Doppelgänger
Murakami
September 1923
Teiji Igusa
They Say Nothing Stays the Same
Toichi
The Boy and the Dog
Yaichi Katano
Ninja Kids!!!
2011
Body and Soul
Sekiya/Reiko's lover-Aya's ex
Round About Midnight
Totsuka
It's Only Talk
2006
Ripples
Taro Kadokura
Noise
Shoji
The Promised Land
Goro Fujiki
Suspicion
Shigekazu Akitani
Shylock's Children
Hajime Sawazaki
Iwane: Sword of Serenity
Urakusai
Fujio Akatsuka's Gag Porno: In the Mood Once Again
Daigorô Hatayama
Sumo Do, Sumo Don't
Professor Tokichi Anayama
The Master Plan
Kawabata
The Life of Budori Gusuko
Narrator / Dr. Kūbō (voice)
Beijing Watermelon
Mr. Teramoto
Kaza-hana
Hot Spring Inn Owner
Black Widow Business
Jun Sakurada
Asahiyama Zoo Story: Penguins in the Sky
Itsuro Usui
Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san
Kondo
Drugstore Girl
Koji Nabeshima
Present for You
2015
Evil and The Mask
Detective Aida
The Whispered City
Toyohashi, sculptor
Postcard
Yukichi Morikawa, the Father-in-Law
Maria's Stomach
1990
Abduction
Chief Superintendent Tachibana
Barber's Sorrow
Sakaguchi
The Second Is a Christian
Kumashiro
Recall
Seiji Nomura
Casting Blossoms to the Sky
Seijiro Nose
The Lightning Tree
Kakunoshi Enokido
The Dog Bridegroom
Kenkichi Okumura
Zebraman
Kitahara the Crab Man
Samurai Resurrection
Nobutsuna Matsudaira
I Never Shot Anyone
Takashi Renjo
Humanoid Monster, Bem
Kao no nai otoko
Fly, Dakota, Fly!
2013
The Innocent Game
2023
The Lakeside Murder Case
Tomoharu Fujima
Karate-Robo Zaborgar
Dr. Akunomiya
Heaven's Story
Souichi
Living in the Sky
Concierge Kondo
Yellow Elephant
Arechi
Random Lives
Hanamura
A Tale of Young Elopement
Matsuda
Prodigy
Hisashi Kikuna
Harimao
Army Major
Moon & Cherry
Sakamoto
Sniper
Tatsuyuki Miyata
The Taste of Fish
Shojiro Sanada
Free and Easy 8
Yukawa
The Suspect: Muroi Shinji
Seigo Tsuda
The Mohican Comes Home
Osamu Tamura
Underdog: Part One
Sakuro
Will to Live
Doctor
A House on a Hill
Yoshitarō Terashima
Yamai wa kikara: Byôin e ikô 2
1992
Time Trip App
Ryuzo Yanagita
I Want To Live Once More: Shinjuku Bus Fire Incident
Hirofumi Maruyama
A Naive History of the Bakumatsu Era
Kogoro Katsura
April Bride
Teishi Nagashima
The Motive
Yoshifumi Katakura
Manhattan Kiss
1992
Tora-san Goes to Vienna
Hyoma Sakaguchi
Neko Ninja
Kariyazaki
Shikei Kijun
Kyusaku Tsushima
Dance till Tomorrow
1991
The Chasing World
Doctor
After the Flowers
Soan Nagai
Sakurada Gate Incident
Magojiro Kaneko
The Hunter and the Hunted
Neko
Touken Ranbu: The Movie -Dawn-
Fujiwara no Michinaga
A Living Promise
Zenzo Takeda
Shippu Rondo
Masaomi Togo
Castle of Sand
Chiyokichi
Teacher's suitcase
Sensei/Matsumoto Harutsuna
Battle Heater
Riichi Hama
Kyoto Hippocrates
2026
Vampire in Love
Sojiro
A Honeymoon in Hell: Mr. & Mrs. Oki's Fabulous Trip
wet guy
The Imaginary Dog and the Lying Cat
2026
Location
Konno
Your Friend
2008
The Pearls of the Stone Man
Kumaji Ueda
A Lone Scalpel
Matsuo Okawa
Kaizokuban Bootleg Film
Tatsuo
Another Heaven
Doctor Akagi
Disciples of Hippocrates
1980
A Sower of Seeds
Shuzo Morikawa
Solitary Gourmet New Year's Eve Special ~Final Meal! Setouchi Business Trip~
2017
A Grain of Wheat
Honda
A Crowd of Three
2010
Make-Up
Kikuo Tsutano
Scrap Heaven
Detective Yabuta
The Rainbow Seeker
1996
As the River Flows
2000
Roar of the Crowd
1990
Mottomo Abunai Deka
Maeo
Don't Lose Your Head!
Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu
Legend of the Cat Monster
Ryohei Shimura / Joji Tamura
Goal of the Sky
2023
The Go Master
Kensaku Segoe
Oz Land
Boss
Godot of the Emotos
2019
Stardust over the Town
Kumabe Rokuzo
Love Is Five Seven Five
Grandfather
Winning Pass
2004
Farewell, Kuro
Shuzo Hanazono
Masked Crusader, Mr. Jirenman
Kantarô Iwata
Nosari: Impermanent Eternity
2020
Love Letter
1998
Three for the Road
2007
Cold
Jin Ichinose
Turn
Matsubara
Wonderful Paradise
Homeless
Cast Me If You Can
Homeless guy
Utsusemi no mori
Police Inspector Kariya Shinichi
Underdog: Part Two
Sakuro
Life Can Be So Wonderful
Haeo
The Nagaharu Yodogawa Story: A Cineaste's Life in Kobe
Matashichi
Shimo-ochiai Yakitori Movie
1979
Goodbye Mama
1991
祈り ―幻に長崎を想う刻―
2021
Life Back Then
Masashi Inoue
The Way of The Prison Guard
2025
One Day in January
2012
Oh! Father
Hayashi Tomita
I Can Hear the Duck Singing
1993
Revolver
Keisuke Mineya
In His Chart
Doctor
The Shadow Spirit
mimasaka koushirou
Teacher and Three Children
Yoshio Ichikawa
BON-UTA, A Song from Home
(voice)
Starfish Hotel
Mr. Trickster
When Cinema Reflects the Times: Hou Hsiao-Hsien and Edward Yang
Narrator (voice)
Banana, Gloves and Whale Shark
Lawyer
Universal Laws
1990
The Cycling Genius Is Coming!
2008
Barber Shop with a View of the Sea
老店主
The Last Frankenstein
Prof. Sarusawa
The Partner
Ōkuma Shigenobu
The Happiness
2006
The Man from Shimizu
1982
Hana
Hiroshi Torigoe
The God of Curling
Susumu Komiyama
The Great Department Store Robbery
1987
Finding Light at the Darkness Festival
2019
Living Rights
2015
Congratulatory Speech
Yasuhei Higashida
Girls, Guns and Gangsters: Shinji Somai & Sailor Suit & Machine Gun
2021
Betrayal Tomorrow
1990
TV Shows (63)
AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo
Hyoue Yarikura · 9 eps
Ten Count to the Future
Kenzo Ashiya · 9 eps
Absolute Zero
Sosuke Kagami · 11 eps
Hanzawa Naoki
Keiji Minobe · 10 eps
Kumokiri Nizaemon
3 eps
Clouds Over the Hill
乃木知幸介 · 9 eps
Segodon
Ryu Samin · 2 eps
A Life: A Love
Danjo Toranosuke · 10 eps
Folktales from Japan
346 eps
The Secret Lives of Kyoto Folk
1 eps
Yanchakure
水嶋钦一 · 150 eps
Scandal Eve
2 eps
Scandal Eve
Shigeru Kodama · 6 eps
Home Sweet Tokyo
[Ramen Shop Owner] · 1 eps
Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit
Sfar · 9 eps
Get Ready!
Hiroshi Bojo · 1 eps
Water Boys
Mama (of a bar) · 11 eps
Shinjuku Field Hospital
Keisuke Takamine · 11 eps
Bullets, Bones and Blocked Noses
Hadashi no Tyosuke(裸足のチョウスケ) · 6 eps
HUNTER - Women After Reward Money
Shogo Ooiwa · 10 eps
Love and Glory
Hideyoshi Toyotomi · 49 eps
Genroku Ryoran
Genshiro · 49 eps
Love That Makes You Cry
Masahiko Hayashida · 10 eps
愛の流刑地
北冈耕造 · 2 eps
A Woman from Ashio
2 eps
Good Doctor
Akira Shiga · 10 eps
Silver and Gold
Hitoshi Kuramae · 4 eps
The Private Detective Mike
1 eps
In Hand
1 eps
Convenience Store Kyodai
Umeda Shohei · 10 eps
Ties of Shooting Stars
Togami Masayuki · 10 eps
Taiheiki
Moronao Kô-no · 49 eps
Platinum Town
5 eps
Black Kite
Kaiun · 10 eps
Frankenstein's Love
Tsurumaru · 10 eps
Re: The End of the Tiny World - Half a Year Later
Kawabata · 3 eps
JK to Roppozensho
桜木倫太郎 · 8 eps
Villain: Perpetrator Chase Investigation
铃本茂树 · 6 eps
The New Chronicle of Lord Nobunaga: Classmates are Warriors
Yotaro Befunokami · 10 eps
Arashi no Namida
44 eps
Mori no Asagao
Keizukuri Hukahori · 10 eps
Eighth Shogun Yoshimune
Tokugawa Munenao · 48 eps
Tokumei! Keiji Dongame
15 eps
Teen Regime
Washida Tsuguaki · 5 eps
Humanoid Monster Bem
Nameless Man · 10 eps
Japanese Style
Hifuji Umekoshi · 9 eps
竜馬がゆく
4 eps
The Long Goodbye
Heizo Harada · 5 eps
Haru and Natsu
Kotaro Nakayama · 5 eps
Mibu Gishiden: Shinsengumi de Ichiban Tsuyokatta Otoko
4 eps
Goodbye My Dear
Hiroshi Yamawaki · 1 eps
Naze Kimi wa Zetsubo to Tatakaeta noka
2 eps
水曜ドラマスペシャル
1 eps
混声の森
2 eps
Olympic Ransom
2 eps
Out - Tsumatachi no Hanzai
11 eps
無垢なる証人
Hiroki Oyagi · 1 eps
ホットドッグ
大田原輝 · 1 eps
Banjo no Himawari
4 eps
Love & War of a Samurai
7 eps
Prince Shotoku
Anahobe no miko · 2 eps
満天のゴール
トクじい · 2 eps
てにあまる
1 eps
