
Akira Emoto
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
Credits
- 2025 · The Boy and the Dog as
- 2025 · Muromachi Burai as
- 2024 · Maru as Teacher
- 2024 · Shinjuku Field Hospital as Keisuke Takamine
- 2024 · JK to Roppozensho as 桜木倫太郎
- 2024 · Migawari Mission as Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu
- 2023 · The Innocent Game as
- 2023 · Shylock's Children as Hajime Sawazaki
- 2021 · てにあまる as
- 2020 · Wonderful Paradise as Homeless
- 2020 · Nosari: Impermanent Eternity as
- 2020 · Stardust Over The Town as Kumabe Rokuzo
- 2017 · The Dog Bridegroom as Kenkichi Okumura
- 2016 · The Mohican Comes Home as Osamu Tamura
- 2015 · Living Rights as
- 2014 · A House on a Hill as Yoshitarō Terashima
- 2014 · Cold as Jin Ichinose
- 2013 · Present for You as
- 2013 · Unforgiven as Kingo Baba
- 2013 · Banana, Gloves and Whale Shark as
- 2012 · A Sower of Seeds as Shuzo Morikawa
- 2010 · Naze Kimi wa Zetsubo to Tatakaeta noka as
- 2010 · After the Flowers as Soan Nagai
- 2007 · Life Can Be So Wonderful as Haeo
- 2007 · Starfish Hotel as Mr. Trickster
- 2006 · The Happiness as
- 2006 · It's Only Talk as
- 2006 · Tokumei! Keiji Dongame as
- 2004 · Drugstore Girl as Koji Nabeshima
- 2003 · Hana as Hiroshi Torigoe
- 2000 · The Whispered City as Artist
- 1998 · Love Letter as
- 1997 · Body and Soul as
- 1997 · Abduction as
- 1992 · Yamai wa kikara: Byôin e ikô 2 as
- 1991 · Goodbye Mama as
- 1990 · Roar of the Crowd as
- 1987 · A Tale of Young Elopement as Matsuda
- 1984 · Make-Up as Kikuo Tsutano
- 1982 · The Man from Shimizu as
- 1980 · Disciples of Hippocrates as
- 1979 · Shimo-ochiai Yakitori Movie as
- Future · Rental Family as
- 2023 · 満天のゴール as トクじい
- 2023 · September 1923 as Teiji Igusa
- 2023 · Goal of the Sky as
- 2023 · Ripples as Taro Kadokura
- 2023 · Hard Days as Yutaka Senba
- 2023 · Touken Ranbu 2 as Fujiwara no Michinaga
- 2023 · Do Unto Others as Shosaku Shiba
- 2023 · Yudo: The Way of the Bath as regular customer
- 2023 · Egoist as Yoshio Saito
- 2023 · Umami as Salaryman
- 2023 · Get Ready! as Hiroshi Bojo
- 2022 · A Man as Norio Komiura
- 2022 · The Setting Sun as Dr. Miyake
- 2022 · Japanese Style as Hifuji Umekoshi
- 2022 · No Place to Go as
- 2022 · Goodbye My Dear as Hiroshi Yamawaki
- 2022 · The New Chronicle of Lord Nobunaga: Classmates are Warriors as Yotaro Befunokami
- 2022 · 混声の森 as
- 2022 · Lost Man Found as Himself
- 2022 · Wandering as Agata
- 2022 · 海の見える理髪店 as 老店主
- 2022 · Teen Regime as Washida Tsuguaki
- 2022 · Ten Count to the Future as Kenzo Ashiya
- 2022 · The Honest Realtor as Tetsuo Kishi
- 2022 · Noise as Shoji
- 2021 · Girls, Guns and Gangsters: Shinji Somai & Sailor Suit & Machine Gun as
- 2021 · Baragaki: Unbroken Samurai as Shop Owner
- 2021 · Bullets, Bones and Blocked Noses as Hadashi no Tyosuke(裸足のチョウスケ)
- 2021 · 祈り ―幻に長崎を想う刻― as
- 2021 · The Great Yokai War: Guardians as old man
- 2021 · The Great Yokai War: Guardians as Old Man
- 2021 · 空蝉の森 as Police Inspector kariya shinichi
- 2021 · The End of the Tiny World as Kawabata
- 2021 · Re: The End of the Tiny World - Half a Year Later as Kawabata
- 2020 · Underdog: Part One as Sakuro
- 2020 · Living in the Sky as Concierge Kondo
- 2020 · I Never Shot Anyone as Takashi Renjo
- 2019 · The Promised Land as Goro Fujiki
- 2019 · Show Me the Way to the Station as
- 2019 · They Say Nothing Stays the Same as Toichi
- 2019 · Banjo no Himawari as
- 2019 · It Feels So Good as Kenji's Father (voice)
- 2019 · Iwane: Sword of Serenity as Urakusai
- 2019 · Villain: Perpetrator Chase Investigation as 铃本茂树
- 2019 · Godot of the Emotos as
- 2019 · In Hand as
- 2019 · Castle of Sand as Chiyokichi
- 2019 · BON-UTA, A Song from Home as (voice)
- 2018 · Oz Land as Boss
- 2018 · Good Doctor as Akira Shiga
- 2018 · Recall as Seiji Nomura
- 2018 · Shoplifters as Yoritsugu Kawado
- 2018 · Color Me True as Tadashi Honda
- 2018 · Evil and The Mask as Detective Aida
- 2018 · Segodon as Ryu Samin
- 2017 · Kodokunogurume ōmisoka supesharu ~ tabe-osame! Setouchi shutchō-hen ~ as
- 2017 · Home Sweet Tokyo as [Ramen Shop Owner]
- 2017 · Mukoku as Seppo Mitsumura
- 2017 · Neko Ninja as Kariyazaki
- 2017 · Lu Over the Wall as Ashimoto's Grandfather (voice)
- 2017 · Frankenstein's Love as Tsurumaru
- 2017 · Random Lives as Hanamura
- 2017 · A Life as Danjo Toranosuke
- 2017 · Silver and Gold as Hitoshi Kuramae
- 2016 · Survival Family as Sasaki Shigeomi
- 2016 · Shippu Rondo as Masaomi Togo
- 2016 · Sniper as Tatsuyuki Miyata
- 2016 · Black Widow Business as Jun Sakurada
- 2016 · A Grain of Wheat as Honda
- 2016 · Shin Godzilla as Ryuta Azuma : Chief Cabinet Secretary
- 2016 · Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit as Sfar
- 2016 · Arashi no Namida - Watakushitachi ni Asu wa Aru as
- 2016 · Love That Makes You Cry as Masahiko Hayashida
- 2016 · A Living Promise as Zenzo Takeda
- 2015 · Journey to the Shore as Mr. Hoshitani
- 2015 · The Big Bee as Murofushi
- 2015 · The Pearls of the Stone Man as Kumaji Ueda
- 2015 · Vampire in Love as Sojiro
- 2015 · GARO -Gold Storm- Sho as Priest Soutatsu
- 2015 · 新 法廷荒らし 猪狩文助〜終の棲家〜 as
- 2014 · 0.5 mm as Takeshi Sasaki
- 2014 · Time Trip App as Ryuzo Yanagita
- 2014 · Oh! Father as Hayashi Tomita
- 2014 · Wood Job! as Toshiro Yamane
- 2014 · The Long Goodbye as Heizo Harada
- 2014 · A Woman from Ashio as
- 2014 · Sleeping Forest as Daisuke Ota
- 2013 · Olympic Ransom as
- 2013 · Fly, Dakota, Fly! as
- 2013 · Hanzawa Naoki as Keiji Minobe
- 2013 · The War and a Woman as client of woman
- 2013 · Kumokiri Nizaemon as
- 2013 · Yellow Elephant as Arechi
- 2013 · Black Kite as Kaiun
- 2012 · Humanoid Monster, Bem as Kao no nai otoko
- 2012 · One Day in January as
- 2012 · Platinum Town as
- 2012 · The Life of Budori Gusuko as Narrator / Dr. Kūbō (voice)
- 2012 · Casting Blossoms to the Sky as Seijiro Nose
- 2012 · Folktales from Japan as
- 2012 · Ace Attorney as Saibancho (Judge)
- 2011 · Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet as Yoneuchi
- 2011 · Life Back Then as Masashi Inoue
- 2011 · Humanoid Monster Bem as Nameless Man
- 2011 · Karate-Robo Zaborgar as Dr. Akunomiya
- 2011 · HUNTER - Women After Reward Money as Shogo Ooiwa
- 2011 · Shikei Kijun as Kyusaku Tsushima
- 2011 · In His Chart as Doctor
- 2011 · Ninja Kids!!! as
- 2011 · A Honeymoon in Hell: Mr. & Mrs. Oki's Fabulous Trip as wet guy
- 2010 · Postcard as Yukichi Morikawa, the Father-in-Law
- 2010 · Cast Me If You Can as Homeless guy
- 2010 · The Lightning Tree as Kakunoshi Enokido
- 2010 · Mori no Asagao as Keizukuri Hukahori
- 2010 · Sakurada Gate Incident as Magojiro Kaneko
- 2010 · Elevator to the Gallows as
- 2010 · Heaven's Story as Souichi
- 2010 · Villain as Yoshio Ishibashi
- 2010 · Hutch the Honeybee as
- 2010 · A Crowd of Three as
- 2010 · A Lone Scalpel as Matsuo Okawa
- 2010 · Haru's Journey as Michio Nakai
- 2010 · Absolute Zero as Sosuke Kagami
- 2010 · Golden Slumber as Hodogaya Yasushi
- 2009 · Yona Yona Penguin as Jii (voice)
- 2009 · Clouds Over the Hill as 乃木知幸介
- 2009 · Boku to Mama No Kiiroi Jitensha as Shotaro
- 2009 · April Bride as Teishi Nagashima
- 2009 · Rain Fall as Tatsu Ishikura
- 2009 · John Rabe as Matsui Iwane
- 2009 · Asahiyama Zoo Story: Penguins in the Sky as Itsuro Usui
- 2008 · Happy Flight as Saito
- 2008 · ICHI as
- 2008 · Ties of Shooting Stars as Togami Masayuki
- 2008 · Teacher and Three Children as Yoshio Ichikawa
- 2008 · Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit as Counselor
- 2008 · The Cycling Genius Is Coming! as
- 2008 · All Around Us as kunimasa Yasuda
- 2008 · The Taste of Fish as Shojiro Sanada
- 2008 · The Most Beautiful Night In The World as Journalist
- 2008 · The Chasing World as Doctor
- 2007 · The Shadow Spirit as mimasaka koushirou
- 2007 · Prodigy as Hisashi Kikuna
- 2007 · Three for the Road as
- 2007 · The Go Master as Kensaku Segoe
- 2007 · Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad as Doctor from Sasazuka Clinic
- 2006 · The Summer of Stickleback as
- 2006 · Japan Sinks as
- 2006 · Memories of Matsuko as Tsunehiro Kawajiri
- 2006 · Love and Glory as Hideyoshi Toyotomi
- 2005 · Scrap Heaven as Detective Yabuta
- 2005 · Haru and Natsu as Kotaro Nakayama
- 2005 · The Suspect: Muroi Shinji as Seigo Tsuda
- 2005 · The Great Yokai War as
- 2005 · For the coming day as
- 2005 · Love Is Five Seven Five as Grandfather
- 2005 · Tetsujin 28: The Movie as Yunosuke Otsuka
- 2004 · Moon and Cherry as Sakamoto
- 2004 · The Motive as Yoshifumi Katakura
- 2004 · River of First Love as Hidejiro Tasaki
- 2004 · Takada Wataru Teki as Self
- 2004 · Zebraman as Kitahara the Crab Man
- 2004 · Winning Pass as
- 2004 · The Lakeside Murder Case as Tomoharu Fujima
- 2004 · The Hunter and the Hunted as Neko
- 2004 · 竜馬がゆく as
- 2003 · Doppelganger as Murakami
- 2003 · Worst by Chance as Shigeharu Kaneshiro
- 2003 · Zatoichi as Pub Owner
- 2003 · Love & War of a Samurai as
- 2003 · Water Boys as Mama (of a bar)
- 2003 · Farewell, Kuro as Shuzo Hanazono
- 2003 · Samurai Resurrection as Nobutsuna Matsudaira
- 2003 · Teacher's suitcase as Sensei/Matsumoto Harutsuna
- 2003 · Owl as
- 2002 · Mibu Gishiden: Shinsengumi de Ichiban Tsuyokatta Otoko as
- 2002 · Barber's Sorrow as
- 2002 · AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo as Hyoue Yarikura
- 2002 · 11’09”01—September 11 as Sakichi Furuhashi (segment "Japan")
- 2002 · The Private Detective Mike as
- 2002 · KT as Hiroshi Uchiyama
- 2001 · Prince Shotoku as Anahobe no miko
- 2001 · Turn as Matsubara
- 2001 · Waterboys as Mama
- 2001 · Kaza-hana as Hot Spring Inn Owner
- 2000 · The City of Lost Souls as Kuwata
- 2000 · Nagisa as Priest
- 2000 · Another Heaven as Doctor Akagi
- 1999 · Kaizokuban Bootleg Film as Tatsuo
- 1999 · The Nagaharu Yodogawa Story: A Cineaste's Life in Kobe as Matashichi
- 1999 · Round About Midnight as Totsuka
- 1999 · Out - Tsumatachi no Hanzai as
- 1999 · Will to Live as Doctor
- 1999 · Genroku Ryoran as Genshiro
- 1998 · Yanchakure as 水嶋钦一
- 1998 · Dr. Akagi as Dr. Fuu Akagi
- 1997 · The Key as Soichiro Anzai
- 1997 · The Eel as Tamotsu Takasaki
- 1996 · The Rainbow Seeker as
- 1996 · Free and Easy 8 as Yukawa
- 1996 · Shall We Dance? as Detective Miwa
- 1995 · Maborosi as Yoshihiro
- 1995 · Eighth Shogun Yoshimune as Tokugawa Munenao
- 1994 · Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla as Major Akira Yuki
- 1994 · The Friends as Nagatomo
- 1993 · I Can Hear the Duck Singing as
- 1993 · When Cinema Reflects the Times: Hou Hsiao-Hsien and Edward Yang as (voice)
- 1993 · Private Lessons II as Oba
- 1993 · Family Court Judge as Shibuya Naomasa
- 1992 · Manhattan Kiss as
- 1992 · Sumo Do, Sumo Don't as Professor Tokichi Anayama
- 1991 · A Naive History of the Bakumatsu Era as Kogoro Katsura
- 1991 · Dance till Tomorrow as
- 1991 · The Last Frankenstein as Prof. Sarusawa
- 1991 · Taiheiki as Moronao Kô-no
- 1990 · Betrayal tomorrow as
- 1990 · Maria's Stomach as
- 1990 · Universal Laws as
- 1989 · Fancy Dance as Masoho's boss
- 1989 · Beijing Watermelon as Mr. Teramoto
- 1989 · Battle Heater as Riichi Hama
- 1989 · Tora-san Goes to Vienna as Hyoma Sakaguchi
- 1989 · Harimao as Army Major
- 1989 · Mottomo Abunai Deka as Maeo
- 1988 · Revolver as Keisuke Mineya
- 1988 · The Silk Road as
- 1988 · The Yen Family as Shinichi Amemiya
- 1988 · Angel Guts: Red Vertigo as Yakuza
- 1987 · The Great Department Store Robbery as
- 1987 · The Heartbreak Yakuza as
- 1987 · Bedtime Eyes as
- 1985 · Congratulatory Speech as Yasuhei Higashida
- 1985 · The Second Is a Christian as Kumashiro
- 1985 · I Want To Live Once More: Shinjuku Bus Fire Incident as Hirofumi Maruyama
- 1985 · Capone Cries a Lot as Ushiemon
- 1984 · 水曜ドラマスペシャル as
- 1984 · Location as Konno
- 1983 · Legend of the Cat Monster as Ryohei Shimura / Joji Tamura
- 1983 · Double Bed as Tôru Yamazaki
- 1983 · Amagi Pass as
- 1982 · Suspicion as Shigekazu Akitani
- 1982 · Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san as Kondo
- 1982 · Lovers Lost as Ishizuka
- 1981 · Sailor Suit and Machine Gun as Detective Kuroki
- 1979 · Masked Crusader, Mr. Jirenman as Kantarô Iwata
- 1979 · Fujio Akatsuka's Gag Porno: In the Mood Once Again as Daigorô Hatayama