Akira Emoto
Acting
- Born:
- 1948-11-03
- Place of birth:
- Chuo, Tokyo, Japan
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
Filmography
Yamazaki Riverside - Over an Actor's Shoulder -
Kyoto Hippocrates
Convenience Store Kyodai
Innocent Witness
The Imaginary Dog and the Lying Cat
One Last Throw
Rental Family
Scandal Eve
The Final Piece
The Way of The Prison Guard
The Boy and the Dog
Samurai Fury
The God of Curling
Maru
Shinjuku Field Hospital
Rotting
JK to Roppozensho
Don't Lose Your Head!
The Innocent Game
満天のゴール
September 1923
Goal of the Sky
Ripples
Hard Days
Touken Ranbu: The Movie -Dawn-
Do Unto Others
Yudo
Shylock's Children
Egoist
Umami
Get Ready!
A Man
The Setting Sun
Japanese Style
No Place to Go
Goodbye My Dear
The New Chronicle of Lord Nobunaga: Classmates are Warriors
混声の森
Lost Man Found
The Wandering Moon
Barber Shop with a View of the Sea
Teen Regime
Ten Count to the Future
Noise
Girls, Guns and Gangsters: Shinji Somai & Sailor Suit & Machine Gun
Baragaki: Unbroken Samurai
Bullets, Bones and Blocked Noses
祈り ―幻に長崎を想う刻―
The Great Yokai War: Guardians
Utsusemi no mori
The Master Plan
Re: The End of the Tiny World - Half a Year Later
てにあまる
Underdog: Part One
Underdog: Part Two
Wonderful Paradise
Living in the Sky
Nosari: Impermanent Eternity
I Never Shot Anyone
Stardust over the Town
Finding Light at the Darkness Festival
The Promised Land
Show Me the Way to the Station
They Say Nothing Stays the Same
Banjo no Himawari
It Feels So Good
Iwane: Sword of Serenity
Villain: Perpetrator Chase Investigation
Godot of the Emotos
In Hand
Castle of Sand
BON-UTA, A Song from Home
Oz Land
Good Doctor
Recall
Shoplifters
Color Me True
Evil and The Mask
Segodon
Solitary Gourmet New Year's Eve Special ~Final Meal! Setouchi Business Trip~
Home Sweet Tokyo
Mukoku
Neko Ninja
Lu Over the Wall
The Dog Bridegroom
Frankenstein's Love
Survival Family
Random Lives
A Life: A Love
Silver and Gold
Shippu Rondo
Sniper
Black Widow Business
A Grain of Wheat
Shin Godzilla
The Mohican Comes Home
Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit
Arashi no Namida
Love That Makes You Cry
A Living Promise
Journey to the Shore
The Big Bee
The Pearls of the Stone Man
Vampire in Love
GARO: Gold Storm Flight
Living Rights
Present for You
The Secret Lives of Kyoto Folk
新 法廷荒らし 猪狩文助〜終の棲家〜
A House on a Hill
0.5 mm
Cold
Time Trip App
Oh! Father
Wood Job!
The Long Goodbye
A Woman from Ashio
Sleeping Forest
Olympic Ransom
Fly, Dakota, Fly!
The Partner
Unforgiven
Ask This of Rikyu
Hanzawa Naoki
The War and a Woman
Kumokiri Nizaemon
Yellow Elephant
Black Kite
Banana, Gloves and Whale Shark
Humanoid Monster, Bem
One Day in January
疑惑
Platinum Town
The Life of Budori Gusuko
Casting Blossoms to the Sky
Folktales from Japan
A Sower of Seeds
Ace Attorney
Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet
Life Back Then
Humanoid Monster Bem
Karate-Robo Zaborgar
HUNTER - Women After Reward Money
Shikei Kijun
In His Chart
Ninja Kids!!!
A Honeymoon in Hell: Mr. & Mrs. Oki's Fabulous Trip
Postcard
Cast Me If You Can
The Lightning Tree
Mori no Asagao
Sakurada Gate Incident
Ekeb of Dekye
Heaven's Story
Naze Kimi wa Zetsubo to Tatakaeta noka
Villain
Hutch the Honeybee
A Crowd of Three
A Lone Scalpel
Haru's Journey
Absolute Zero
After the Flowers
Golden Slumber
Yona Yona Penguin
Clouds Over the Hill
Boku to Mama No Kiiroi Jitensha
April Bride
Rain Fall
John Rabe
Asahiyama Zoo Story: Penguins in the Sky
Happy Flight
ICHI
Ties of Shooting Stars
Teacher and Three Children
Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit
The Cycling Genius Is Coming!
Your Friend
The Taste of Fish
All Around Us
The Most Beautiful Night In The World
The Chasing World
The Shadow Spirit
Prodigy
Life Can Be So Wonderful
Three for the Road
The Go Master
Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad
愛の流刑地
Starfish Hotel
The Happiness
The Summer of Stickleback
Japan Sinks
It's Only Talk
Memories of Matsuko
Tokumei! Keiji Dongame
Love and Glory
Scrap Heaven
Haru and Natsu
The Suspect: Muroi Shinji
The Great Yokai War
For the coming day
Love Is Five Seven Five
Tetsujin 28: The Movie
The Lakeside Murder Case
Moon & Cherry
The Motive
River of First Love
Chicken Is Barefoot
Takada Wataru Teki
Drugstore Girl
Zebraman
Winning Pass
The Hunter and the Hunted
竜馬がゆく
Hana
Doppelgänger
Worst by Chance
Zatoichi
Love & War of a Samurai
Farewell, Kuro
Water Boys
Samurai Resurrection
Teacher's suitcase
Owl
Mibu Gishiden: Shinsengumi de Ichiban Tsuyokatta Otoko
Barber's Sorrow
AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo
September 11
The Private Detective Mike
KT
Prince Shotoku
Turn
Waterboys
Kaza-hana
The City of Lost Souls
The Whispered City
Nagisa
Another Heaven
As the River Flows
Kaizokuban Bootleg Film
The Nagaharu Yodogawa Story: A Cineaste's Life in Kobe
Round About Midnight
Out - Tsumatachi no Hanzai
Will to Live
Genroku Ryoran
Yanchakure
Love Letter
Dr. Akagi
Body and Soul
The Key
Abduction
The Eel
The Rainbow Seeker
Free and Easy 8
Shall We Dance?
Maborosi
Eighth Shogun Yoshimune
Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla
The Friends
I Can Hear the Duck Singing
When Cinema Reflects the Times: Hou Hsiao-Hsien and Edward Yang
Private Lessons II
Family Court Judge
Yamai wa kikara: Byôin e ikô 2
Manhattan Kiss
Sumo Do, Sumo Don't
A Naive History of the Bakumatsu Era
Dance till Tomorrow
The Last Frankenstein
Goodbye Mama
Taiheiki
Betrayal Tomorrow
Maria's Stomach
Roar of the Crowd
ホットドッグ
Universal Laws
Fancy Dance
Beijing Watermelon
Battle Heater
Tora-san Goes to Vienna
Harimao
Mottomo Abunai Deka
あじさい色のレディ
Revolver
あそびにおいでョ!
The Silk Road
The Yen Family
Angel Guts: Red Vertigo
The Great Department Store Robbery
The Heartbreak Yakuza
Bedtime Eyes
A Tale of Young Elopement
Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies
Congratulatory Speech
The Second Is a Christian
I Want To Live Once More: Shinjuku Bus Fire Incident
Capone Cries a Lot
水曜ドラマスペシャル
Location
Make-Up
Legend of the Cat Monster
Double Bed
Amagi Pass
The Man from Shimizu
Suspicion
Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san
Lovers Lost
Sailor Suit and Machine Gun
Disciples of Hippocrates
Masked Crusader, Mr. Jirenman
Shimo-ochiai Yakitori Movie
Fujio Akatsuka's Gag Porno: In the Mood Once Again