Akira Emoto
Acting
🎂 1948-11-03
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.
Cast credits(296)
2025
Hyoue Yarikura
2002
Ryuta Azuma : Chief Cabinet Secretary
2016
Kenji's Father (voice)
2019
Sosuke Kagami
2010
Nagatomo
1994
Ryu Samin
2018
Keisuke Takamine
2024
(voice)
2019
1979
Soan Nagai
2010
2013
Keiji Minobe
2013
1987
2010
2023
Detective Yabuta
2005
Kantarô Iwata
1979
Masaomi Togo
2016
Kakunoshi Enokido
2010
Saito
2008
Daigorô Hatayama
1979
Agata
2022
2017
Tatsuyuki Miyata
2016
Sojiro
2015
Yutaka Senba
2023
2025
Tôru Yamazaki
1983
Yoshio Ichikawa
2008
Yoritsugu Kawado
2018
Kenkichi Okumura
2017
Kumaji Ueda
2015
2006
Shuzo Hanazono
2003
Nobutsuna Matsudaira
2003
Shigeharu Kaneshiro
2003
Daisuke Ota
2014
Fujiwara no Michinaga
2023
1990
Sfar
2016
Seigo Tsuda
2005
Yakuza
1988
2015
1992
Chiyokichi
2019
2020
Doctor
2011
2013
Magojiro Kaneko
2010
Ashimoto's Grandfather (voice)
2017
2002
Dr. Fuu Akagi
1998
Hot Spring Inn Owner
2001
Hyoma Sakaguchi
1989
Shigekazu Akitani
1982
Toichi
2019
Boss
2018
2007
Moronao Kô-no
1991
水嶋钦一
1998
2019
old man
2021
Old Man
2021
Yoshio Saito
2023
Sakamoto
2004
2004
Neko
2004
Osamu Tamura
2016
Homeless
2020
Mama (of a bar)
2003
1991
2023
Doctor
1999
Matashichi
1999
1997
Mr. Trickster
2007
Kondo
1982
Dr. Akunomiya
2011
Seiji Nomura
2018
2025
Tatsuo
1999
乃木知幸介
2009
Honda
2016
1990
Norio Komiura
2022
Sasaki Shigeomi
2016
Sakuro
2020
Kumashiro
1985
Teishi Nagashima
2009
1987
Dr. Miyake
2022
Tsunehiro Kawajiri
2006
Maeo
1989
Yasuhei Higashida
1985
Kawabata
2021
2002
Tamotsu Takasaki
1997
2022
Teiji Igusa
2023
Army Major
1989
Prof. Sarusawa
1991
Hajime Sawazaki
2023
Hodogaya Yasushi
2010
1980
2005
Murofushi
2015
client of woman
2013
Sakuro
2020
Hisashi Kikuna
2007
2012
Yukichi Morikawa, the Father-in-Law
2010
Seijiro Nose
2012
Tadashi Honda
2018
Genshiro
1999
Yoshifumi Katakura
2004
Professor Tokichi Anayama
1992
Shotaro
2009
Doctor from Sasazuka Clinic
2007
Susumu Komiyama
2024
Teacher
2024
Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu
2024
Yotaro Befunokami
2022
1990
1988
Shuzo Morikawa
2012
Shosaku Shiba
2023
老店主
2022
Matsuo Okawa
2010
Shinichi Amemiya
1988
Masahiko Hayashida
2016
1990
2012
Yoshio Ishibashi
2010
Matsui Iwane
2009
Soichiro Anzai
1997
Itsuro Usui
2009
Tomoharu Fujima
2004
Counselor
2008
Kao no nai otoko
2012
Narrator / Dr. Kūbō (voice)
2012
Journalist
2008
Kyusaku Tsushima
2011
Self
2004
Yaichi Katano
2025
2013
Mama
2001
Yoshihiro
1995
铃本茂树
2019
Togami Masayuki
2008
Takeshi Sasaki
2014
Kitahara the Crab Man
2004
2006
Yoshitarō Terashima
2014
1993
Hanamura
2017
Himself
2022
2019
1982
Hayashi Tomita
2014
Keisuke Mineya
1988
Heizo Harada
2014
Ushiemon
1985
Matsubara
2001
Concierge Kondo
2020
mimasaka koushirou
2007
Haeo
2007
Kariyazaki
2017
2003
Shoji
2022
桜木倫太郎
2024
wet guy
2011
Danjo Toranosuke
2017
Akira Shiga
2018
2010
Priest
2000
2021
Zenzo Takeda
2016
Shop Owner
2021
Narrator (voice)
1993
Detective Kuroki
1981
1998
Murakami
2003
Doctor
2008
2011
Jun Sakurada
2016
Pub Owner
2003
Masoho's boss
1989
Hiroshi Torigoe
2003
Grandfather
2005
Salaryman
2023
Kenzo Ashiya
2022
Mr. Teramoto
1989
2010
Hoshitani
2015
Homeless guy
2010
1997
2006
Riichi Hama
1989
Hidejiro Tasaki
2004
Oba
1993
Saibancho (Judge)
2012
Ryohei Shimura / Joji Tamura
1983
2013
2008
Detective Aida
2018
Ryuzo Yanagita
2014
Totsuka
1999
Jii (voice)
2009
2006
Kumabe Rokuzo
2020
Tokugawa Munenao
1995
Nameless Man
2011
Yoneuchi
2011
Shojiro Sanada
2008
Arechi
2013
2014
Kensaku Segoe
2007
2019
Hideyoshi Toyotomi
2006
Hirofumi Maruyama
1985
regular customer
2023
Sakichi Furuhashi (segment "Japan")
2002
Jin Ichinose
2014
Konno
1984
1992
Ishizuka
1982
Taro Kadokura
2023
1983
kunimasa Yasuda
2008
Hadashi no Tyosuke(裸足のチョウスケ)
2021
Kingo Baba
2013
Major Akira Yuki
1994
2006
Masashi Inoue
2011
Police Inspector kariya shinichi
2021
Hifuji Umekoshi
2022
Koji Nabeshima
2004
Kaiun
2013
Kogoro Katsura
1991
Doctor Akagi
2000
Yunosuke Otsuka
2005
2004
2019
Matsuda
1987
Tsurumaru
2017
Shogo Ooiwa
2011
Hiroshi Yamawaki
2022
2005
2008
Tatsu Ishikura
2009
Hiroshi Bojo
2023
2019
1987
1991
Takashi Renjo
2020
2022
Yukawa
1996
2002
Goro Fujiki
2019
Souichi
2010
Priest Soutatsu
2015
Sensei/Matsumoto Harutsuna
2003
2012
Kotaro Nakayama
2005
Seppo Mitsumura
2017
トクじい
2023
Hitoshi Kuramae
2017
2013
1984
[Ramen Shop Owner]
2017
Detective Miwa
1996
2010
Washida Tsuguaki
2022
1996
Michio Nakai
2010
Artist
2000
Urakusai
2019
Kawabata
2021
Anahobe no miko
2001
2021
Kuwata
2000
2015
大田原輝
1990
Keizukuri Hukahori
2010
2016
Kikuo Tsutano
1984
Hiroshi Uchiyama
2002
1999
Toshiro Yamane
2014
2012
1988
Shibuya Naomasa
1993
2003
2021
