Akira Emoto

Akira Emoto

b. 1948 (age 78) Chūō, Tokyo, Japan

Actor Director

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

Dr. Akagi

Lovers Lost

The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi

The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi

Rental Family

Filmography

Convenience Store Kyodai

Samurai Fury

The Boy and the Dog

The Boy and the Dog

The Final Piece

The Final Piece

Shinjuku Yasen Byoin

Shinjuku Yasen Byoin

Keisuke Takamine

Maru

Migawari Mission

Migawari Mission

Yoshiyasu Yanagisawa

Umami

Ripples

September 1923

Shylock's Children

Shylock's Children

Hajime Sawazaki

Houtei Yugi

Touken Ranbu 2

Michinaga Fujiwara

The Wandering Moon

The Wandering Moon

Egoist

Yudo: The Way of the Bath

Yudo: The Way of the Bath

Noise

Shokichi Yokota

Mirai e no 10 Count

Washida Tsuguaki

Hifumi Umekoshi

New Nobunaga Chronicle: High School is a Battlefield

Youtaro Befunokami

The Setting Sun

Na mo Naki Sekai no End Roll

Na mo Naki Sekai no End Roll

Re: Na mo Naki Sekai no End Roll ~Half a Year Later~

Re: Na mo Naki Sekai no End Roll ~Half a Year Later~

Utsusemi no mori

The Legacy of Dr. Death: Black File

The Legacy of Dr. Death: Black File

Wataru Teramachi

Living in Your Sky

Living in Your Sky

Concierge Kondo

I Never Shot Anyone

I Never Shot Anyone

Independence of Japan

Independence of Japan

Jôji Matsumoto

Hoshikuzu no machi

Hoshikuzu no machi

It Feels So Good

It Feels So Good

They Say Nothing Stays the Same

They Say Nothing Stays the Same

The Promised Land

The Promised Land

Suna no utsuwa

Bon-uta, a Song from Home

Bon-uta, a Song from Home

Banjo No Himawari

Banjo No Himawari

Good Doctor

Oz Land

Evil and the Mask

Evil and the Mask

Survival Family

Survival Family

Shigeomi Sasaki

Mukoku

Seppo Mitsumura

Frankenstein in Love

Frankenstein in Love

Toshifumi Tsurumaru

Neko Ninja

Silver and Gold

Silver and Gold

Hitoshi Kuramae

Home Sweet Tokyo

Home Sweet Tokyo

Nariyuki na tamashii

Nariyuki na tamashii

Shin Godzilla

The Mohican Comes Home

The Mohican Comes Home

A Living Promise

A Living Promise

Shippû rondo

3 Beautiful Lies

Sniper

Tatsuyuki Miyata

Arashi no namida: Watashitachi ni ashita wa aru

Vampire in Love

Vampire in Love

The Big Bee

The Pearls of the Stone Man

The Pearls of the Stone Man

GARO: Gold Storm Flight

Priest Soutatsu

Blowing in the Winds of Vietnam

Blowing in the Winds of Vietnam

Living Rights

Wood Job!

0.5 mm

Takeshi Sasaki, Makoto's Father

Sleeping Forest

Sleeping Forest

Time Trip App

The Chart of Love

The Chart of Love

The Long Goodbye

The Long Goodbye

Senryokugai Sôsakan

Senryokugai Sôsakan

Echizen Norimasa

Sakamichi no ie

The Woman from Ashio

Unforgiven

Yellow Elephant

Yellow Elephant

Ask This of Rikyu

Ask This of Rikyu

Oh! Father

The War and a Woman

The War and a Woman

The Partner

Shigenobu ohkuma

Fly, Dakota, Fly!

Present for You

Soichiro Muneoka

Twenty-Four Eyes

Olympic no minoshirokin

Onihei Gaiden: Promised in the Shadows

There's Nothing to Be Afraid Of

There's Nothing to Be Afraid Of

Yosono Uta ~ Watashi no Uta

Ace Attorney

Casting Blossoms to the Sky

Casting Blossoms to the Sky

The Life of Budori Gusuko

The Life of Budori Gusuko

Humanoid Monster, Bem the Movie

Humanoid Monster, Bem the Movie

Folktales from Japan

Folktales from Japan

Unmei no hito

A Sower of Seeds

A Sower of Seeds

Platinum Town

Danshi Tatekawa

Fukutaro Shirakawa

3.11 Sono hi Ishinomaki de nani ga okitanoka - 6 mai no kabe shimbun

Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet

Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet

Still, Life Goes On

Still, Life Goes On

Tatsuhiko fukami

Karate-Robo Zaborgar

Karate-Robo Zaborgar

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