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 (241)
Rental Family
Kikuo Hasegawa
Shoplifters
Yoritsugu Kawado
Shin Godzilla
Ryuta Azuma : Chief Cabinet Secretary
Zatoichi
Pub Owner
Lu Over the Wall
Ashimoto's Grandfather (voice)
The Eel
Tamotsu Takasaki
ICHI
2008
Memories of Matsuko
Tsunehiro Kawajiri
Umami
Salaryman
Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla
Major Akira Yuki
The Great Yokai War
2005
Maborosi
Yoshihiro
Doppelgänger
Murakami
It Feels So Good
Kenji's Father (voice)
Samurai Fury
2025
Baragaki: Unbroken Samurai
Shop Owner
Fujio Akatsuka's Gag Porno: In the Mood Once Again
Daigorô Hatayama
Color Me True
Tadashi Honda
Amagi Pass
1983
The Final Piece
Motoji Kanesaki
Dr. Akagi
Dr. Fuu Akagi
Lovers Lost
Ishizuka
Waterboys
Mama
The Big Bee
Murofushi
Shall We Dance?
Detective Miwa
Bedtime Eyes
1987
Fancy Dance
Masoho's boss
September 11
Sakichi Furuhashi (segment "Japan")
Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad
Doctor from Sasazuka Clinic
Beijing Watermelon
Mr. Teramoto
Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies
1986
Villain
Yoshio Ishibashi
Fly, Dakota, Fly!
2013
Sailor Suit and Machine Gun
Detective Kuroki
Unforgiven
Kingo Baba
Golden Slumber
Hodogaya Yasushi
The Friends
Nagatomo
Show Me the Way to the Station
2019
Hard Days
Yutaka Senba
The Key
Soichiro Anzai
Nagisa
Priest Shinto
Karate-Robo Zaborgar
Dr. Akunomiya
Rain Fall
Tatsu Ishikura
Angel Guts: Red Vertigo
Yakuza
John Rabe
Matsui Iwane
0.5 mm
Takeshi Sasaki
Survival Family
Sasaki Shigeomi
The Yen Family
Shinichi Amemiya
The Boy and the Dog
Yaichi Katano
Wood Job!
Toshiro Yamane
A Man
Norio Komiura
Worst by Chance
Shigeharu Kaneshiro
The Wandering Moon
Agata
Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet
Yoneuchi
Heaven's Story
Souichi
Yona Yona Penguin
Jii (voice)
Journey to the Shore
Hoshitani
Yellow Elephant
Arechi
Double Bed
Tôru Yamazaki
The Whispered City
Toyohashi, sculptor
Recall
Seiji Nomura
Abduction
Chief Superintendent Tachibana
The Motive
Yoshifumi Katakura
Time Trip App
Ryuzo Yanagita
Private Lessons II
Oba
Ace Attorney
Saibancho (Judge)
Happy Flight
Saito
The Nagaharu Yodogawa Story: A Cineaste's Life in Kobe
Matashichi
Japan Sinks
Professor Fukuhara
The Great Yokai War: Guardians
old man
The Great Yokai War: Guardians
Old Man
Yudo
regular customer
The City of Lost Souls
Kuwata
Zebraman
Kitahara the Crab Man
Legend of the Cat Monster
Ryohei Shimura / Joji Tamura
Suspicion
Shigekazu Akitani
Haru's Journey
Michio Nakai
KT
Hiroshi Uchiyama
Ripples
Taro Kadokura
The Suspect: Muroi Shinji
Seigo Tsuda
The Promised Land
Goro Fujiki
The Silk Road
1988
A Crowd of Three
2010
Love Letter
1998
The Lakeside Murder Case
Tomoharu Fujima
Hutch the Honeybee
2010
Casting Blossoms to the Sky
Seijiro Nose
The Lightning Tree
Kakunoshi Enokido
Ninja Kids!!!
2011
Don't Lose Your Head!
Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu
Round About Midnight
Totsuka
The War and a Woman
client of woman
A Living Promise
Zenzo Takeda
Egoist
Yoshio Saito
Underdog: Part One
Sakuro
Owl
2003
Tetsujin 28: The Movie
Yunosuke Otsuka
Do Unto Others
Shosaku Shiba
Oz Land
Boss
The Master Plan
Kawabata
Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit
Counselor
Mukoku
Seppo Mitsumura
Asahiyama Zoo Story: Penguins in the Sky
Itsuro Usui
Sumo Do, Sumo Don't
Professor Tokichi Anayama
Iwane: Sword of Serenity
Urakusai
They Say Nothing Stays the Same
Toichi
All Around Us
kunimasa Yasuda
The Life of Budori Gusuko
Narrator / Dr. Kūbō (voice)
A Lone Scalpel
Matsuo Okawa
Battle Heater
Riichi Hama
Solitary Gourmet New Year's Eve Special ~Final Meal! Setouchi Business Trip~
2017
Scrap Heaven
Detective Yabuta
The Rainbow Seeker
1996
Black Widow Business
Jun Sakurada
Disciples of Hippocrates
1980
Another Heaven
Doctor Akagi
September 1923
Teiji Igusa
No Place to Go
Bomber
Boku to Mama No Kiiroi Jitensha
Shotaro
Noise
Shoji
Sniper
Tatsuyuki Miyata
Living in the Sky
Concierge Kondo
Kaizokuban Bootleg Film
Tatsuo
The Second Is a Christian
Kumashiro
The Shadow Spirit
mimasaka koushirou
April Bride
Teishi Nagashima
Shippu Rondo
Masaomi Togo
Ekeb of Dekye
Soichi Yanagimachi
Samurai Resurrection
Nobutsuna Matsudaira
Kaza-hana
Hot Spring Inn Owner
The Heartbreak Yakuza
1987
Utsusemi no mori
Police Inspector Kariya Shinichi
The Chasing World
Doctor
The Go Master
Kensaku Segoe
Ask This of Rikyu
2013
I Never Shot Anyone
Takashi Renjo
Sleeping Forest
Daisuke Ota
Life Back Then
Masashi Inoue
Underdog: Part Two
Sakuro
Sakurada Gate Incident
Magojiro Kaneko
Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san
近藤
Your Friend
2008
Turn
Matsubara
Vampire in Love
Sojiro
A Naive History of the Bakumatsu Era
Kogoro Katsura
Postcard
Yukichi Morikawa, the Father-in-Law
Mottomo Abunai Deka
Maeo
Love Is Five Seven Five
Grandfather
Shylock's Children
Hajime Sawazaki
Congratulatory Speech
Yasuhei Higashida
Life Can Be So Wonderful
Haeo
It's Only Talk
2006
Prodigy
Hisashi Kikuna
Body and Soul
Sekiya/Reiko's lover-Aya's ex
Capone Cries a Lot
Ushiemon
The Taste of Fish
Shojiro Sanada
Dance till Tomorrow
1991
Location
Konno
River of First Love
Hidejiro Tasaki
Farewell, Kuro
Shuzo Hanazono
The Mohican Comes Home
Osamu Tamura
GARO: Gold Storm Flight
Priest Soutatsu
Maru
Teacher
The Innocent Game
2023
Roar of the Crowd
1990
Betrayal Tomorrow
1990
A Honeymoon in Hell: Mr. & Mrs. Oki's Fabulous Trip
wet guy
Chicken Is Barefoot
2004
One Day in January
2012
After the Flowers
Soan Nagai
Will to Live
Doctor
BON-UTA, A Song from Home
(voice)
Teacher's suitcase
Sensei/Matsumoto Harutsuna
Teacher and Three Children
Yoshio Ichikawa
Neko Ninja
Kariyazaki
Stardust over the Town
Kumabe Rokuzo
Tora-san Goes to Vienna
坂口兵马
As the River Flows
2000
Winning Pass
2004
Wonderful Paradise
Homeless
A House on a Hill
Yoshitarō Terashima
The Partner
Ōkuma Shigenobu
Humanoid Monster, Bem
Kao no nai otoko
Yamai wa kikara: Byôin e ikô 2
1992
Evil and The Mask
Detective Aida
Hana
Hiroshi Torigoe
Present for You
2015
Harimao
Army Major
Barber's Sorrow
Sakaguchi
Kyoto Hippocrates
2026
The Setting Sun
Dr. Miyake
Cold
Jin Ichinose
The Great Department Store Robbery
1987
Castle of Sand
Chiyokichi
A Sower of Seeds
Shuzo Morikawa
The Last Frankenstein
Prof. Sarusawa
Finding Light at the Darkness Festival
2019
Nosari: Impermanent Eternity
2020
The Dog Bridegroom
Kenkichi Okumura
The Way of The Prison Guard
2025
The Cycling Genius Is Coming!
2008
When Cinema Reflects the Times: Hou Hsiao-Hsien and Edward Yang
Narrator (voice)
Living Rights
2015
Touken Ranbu: The Movie -Dawn-
Fujiwara no Michinaga
Cast Me If You Can
Homeless guy
In His Chart
Doctor
Manhattan Kiss
1992
Girls, Guns and Gangsters: Shinji Somai & Sailor Suit & Machine Gun
2021
Revolver
Keisuke Mineya
Shikei Kijun
Kyusaku Tsushima
Goal of the Sky
2023
The Man from Shimizu
1982
I Can Hear the Duck Singing
1993
The Hunter and the Hunted
Neko
A Tale of Young Elopement
Matsuda
One Last Throw
Kawato Kozo
祈り ―幻に長崎を想う刻―
2021
Barber Shop with a View of the Sea
老店主
The Most Beautiful Night In The World
Journalist
Drugstore Girl
Koji Nabeshima
Free and Easy 8
Yukawa
The Pearls of the Stone Man
Kumaji Ueda
Three for the Road
2007
Make-Up
Kikuo Tsutano
Shimo-ochiai Yakitori Movie
1979
Maria's Stomach
1990
Universal Laws
1990
Goodbye Mama
1991
The Imaginary Dog and the Lying Cat
2026
Moon & Cherry
Sakamoto
A Grain of Wheat
Honda
Starfish Hotel
Mr. Trickster
The God of Curling
Susumu Komiyama
I Want To Live Once More: Shinjuku Bus Fire Incident
Hirofumi Maruyama
Banana, Gloves and Whale Shark
Lawyer
Oh! Father
Hayashi Tomita
Random Lives
Hanamura
The Happiness
2006
Masked Crusader, Mr. Jirenman
Kantarô Iwata
Godot of the Emotos
2019
Rotting
2024
TV Shows (63)
AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo
Hyoue Yarikura · 9 eps
Absolute Zero
Sosuke Kagami · 11 eps
Kumokiri Nizaemon
3 eps
Segodon
Ryu Samin · 2 eps
Hanzawa Naoki
Keiji Minobe · 10 eps
Folktales from Japan
346 eps
Yanchakure
水嶋钦一 · 150 eps
The Private Detective Mike
1 eps
Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit
Sfar · 9 eps
Clouds Over the Hill
乃木知幸介 · 9 eps
The Secret Lives of Kyoto Folk
1 eps
Love and Glory
Hideyoshi Toyotomi · 49 eps
Good Doctor
Akira Shiga · 10 eps
Genroku Ryoran
Genshiro · 49 eps
Home Sweet Tokyo
[Ramen Shop Owner] · 1 eps
Water Boys
Mama (of a bar) · 11 eps
Get Ready!
Hiroshi Bojo · 1 eps
Silver and Gold
Hitoshi Kuramae · 4 eps
HUNTER - Women After Reward Money
Shogo Ooiwa · 10 eps
Taiheiki
Moronao Kô-no · 49 eps
Black Kite
Kaiun · 10 eps
Ten Count to the Future
Kenzo Ashiya · 9 eps
In Hand
1 eps
Shinjuku Field Hospital
Keisuke Takamine · 11 eps
愛の流刑地
北冈耕造 · 2 eps
竜馬がゆく
4 eps
Ties of Shooting Stars
Togami Masayuki · 10 eps
A Life: A Love
Danjo Toranosuke · 10 eps
Villain: Perpetrator Chase Investigation
铃本茂树 · 6 eps
Arashi no Namida
44 eps
Humanoid Monster Bem
Nameless Man · 10 eps
Love That Makes You Cry
Masahiko Hayashida · 10 eps
Scandal Eve
2 eps
Scandal Eve
Shigeru Kodama · 6 eps
Frankenstein's Love
Tsurumaru · 10 eps
JK to Roppozensho
桜木倫太郎 · 8 eps
Olympic Ransom
2 eps
The New Chronicle of Lord Nobunaga: Classmates are Warriors
Yotaro Befunokami · 10 eps
Eighth Shogun Yoshimune
Tokugawa Munenao · 48 eps
水曜ドラマスペシャル
1 eps
The Long Goodbye
Heizo Harada · 5 eps
Platinum Town
5 eps
Bullets, Bones and Blocked Noses
Hadashi no Tyosuke(裸足のチョウスケ) · 6 eps
Convenience Store Kyodai
Umeda Shohei · 10 eps
Haru and Natsu
Kotaro Nakayama · 5 eps
Goodbye My Dear
Hiroshi Yamawaki · 1 eps
Tokumei! Keiji Dongame
15 eps
Mibu Gishiden: Shinsengumi de Ichiban Tsuyokatta Otoko
4 eps
Teen Regime
Washida Tsuguaki · 5 eps
Mori no Asagao
Keizukuri Hukahori · 10 eps
Re: The End of the Tiny World - Half a Year Later
Kawabata · 3 eps
Japanese Style
Hifuji Umekoshi · 9 eps
Naze Kimi wa Zetsubo to Tatakaeta noka
2 eps
混声の森
2 eps
Out - Tsumatachi no Hanzai
11 eps
Banjo no Himawari
4 eps
Prince Shotoku
Anahobe no miko · 2 eps
Innocent Witness
Hiroki Oyagi · 1 eps
A Woman from Ashio
2 eps
Love & War of a Samurai
7 eps
ホットドッグ
大田原輝 · 1 eps
満天のゴール
トクじい · 2 eps
てにあまる
1 eps
