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(292)
Hyoue Yarikura
2002
水嶋钦一
1998
2012
Hideyoshi Toyotomi
2006
2013
Ryu Samin
2018
Togami Masayuki
2008
Keiji Minobe
2013
Tsurumaru
2017
Akira Shiga
2018
2002
Hiroshi Bojo
2023
Hitoshi Kuramae
2017
Yotaro Befunokami
2022
Nameless Man
2011
Genshiro
1999
Shogo Ooiwa
2011
Masahiko Hayashida
2016
2019
乃木知幸介
2009
Tokugawa Munenao
1995
Sfar
2016
Moronao Kô-no
1991
Hadashi no Tyosuke(裸足のチョウスケ)
2021
Sosuke Kagami
2010
Heizo Harada
2014
Mama (of a bar)
2003
铃本茂树
2019
Kaiun
2013
Hiroshi Yamawaki
2022
桜木倫太郎
2024
Kotaro Nakayama
2005
Himself
2022
Washida Tsuguaki
2022
2012
Kenzo Ashiya
2022
2003
Kawabata
2021
Danjo Toranosuke
2017
1999
2025
Hifuji Umekoshi
2022
Kenji's Father (voice)
2019
Keisuke Takamine
2024
Ryuta Azuma : Chief Cabinet Secretary
2016
Yoritsugu Kawado
2018
2015
Shibuya Naomasa
1993
1987
Artist
2000
トクじい
2023
Detective Yabuta
2005
Nagatomo
1994
2021
1984
[Ramen Shop Owner]
2017
2013
Pub Owner
2003
2004
Ashimoto's Grandfather (voice)
2017
Major Akira Yuki
1994
Tsunehiro Kawajiri
2006
Yoshihiro
1995
2010
2002
Yutaka Senba
2023
2006
Tôru Yamazaki
1983
2022
Dr. Fuu Akagi
1998
Sasaki Shigeomi
2016
Jii (voice)
2009
Doctor from Sasazuka Clinic
2007
2019
Tamotsu Takasaki
1997
Hodogaya Yasushi
2010
2005
Doctor Akagi
2000
Saibancho (Judge)
2012
Detective Kuroki
1981
Yoshio Ishibashi
2010
2006
Yakuza
1988
Ryuzo Yanagita
2014
2003
Hoshitani
2015
2011
Seijiro Nose
2012
Dr. Akunomiya
2011
Totsuka
1999
Counselor
2008
Shigeharu Kaneshiro
2003
Professor Tokichi Anayama
1992
Matsui Iwane
2009
client of woman
2013
Kakunoshi Enokido
2010
Tomoharu Fujima
2004
Goro Fujiki
2019
Magojiro Kaneko
2010
2008
Soan Nagai
2010
kunimasa Yasuda
2008
Seiji Nomura
2018
old man
2021
Old Man
2021
Yoshio Saito
2023
Teishi Nagashima
2009
Ishizuka
1982
Mama
2001
Doctor
2011
Shop Owner
2021
Shoji
2022
Journalist
2008
Matsubara
2001
Keizukuri Hukahori
2010
Kantarô Iwata
1979
Soichiro Anzai
1997
Takeshi Sasaki
2014
Salaryman
2023
Seppo Mitsumura
2017
Agata
2022
2010
Murofushi
2015
Anahobe no miko
2001
Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu
2024
Oba
1993
Kensaku Segoe
2007
Kenkichi Okumura
2017
Kitahara the Crab Man
2004
Narrator / Dr. Kūbō (voice)
2012
Toichi
2019
2016
Souichi
2010
Doctor
2008
Kingo Baba
2013
Urakusai
2019
Murakami
2003
Sojiro
2015
Detective Miwa
1996
Arechi
2013
Kumashiro
1985
Zenzo Takeda
2016
Masoho's boss
1989
2010
Norio Komiura
2022
1988
Doctor
1999
Mr. Teramoto
1989
Yoneuchi
2011
Kao no nai otoko
2012
Matsuo Okawa
2010
Hisashi Kikuna
2007
Sakichi Furuhashi (segment "Japan")
2002
Kogoro Katsura
1991
Osamu Tamura
2016
Saito
2008
Tatsuo
1999
Hidejiro Tasaki
2004
Michio Nakai
2010
Nobutsuna Matsudaira
2003
2010
Hiroshi Torigoe
2003
Itsuro Usui
2009
mimasaka koushirou
2007
Boss
2018
wet guy
2011
Tadashi Honda
2018
2017
Kawabata
2021
Konno
1984
Sakuro
2020
1987
Yoshitarō Terashima
2014
Neko
2004
Toshiro Yamane
2014
Keisuke Mineya
1988
1980
2012
2023
Fujiwara no Michinaga
2023
Narrator (voice)
1993
Ryohei Shimura / Joji Tamura
1983
2006
2014
Hot Spring Inn Owner
2001
1996
1997
Detective Aida
2018
2005
Taro Kadokura
2023
Shuzo Hanazono
2003
Yunosuke Otsuka
2005
Shinichi Amemiya
1988
Homeless
2020
Daisuke Ota
2014
Shojiro Sanada
2008
Shigekazu Akitani
1982
Concierge Kondo
2020
Teiji Igusa
2023
Matsuda
1987
2020
Haeo
2007
2015
Kyusaku Tsushima
2011
1990
Hiroshi Uchiyama
2002
Shuzo Morikawa
2012
Jun Sakurada
2016
Tatsuyuki Miyata
2016
2019
2004
Masashi Inoue
2011
Kumabe Rokuzo
2020
1997
1990
Tatsu Ishikura
2009
2002
Shosaku Shiba
2023
Jin Ichinose
2014
Sakuro
2020
Priest
2000
Chiyokichi
2019
Yasuhei Higashida
1985
1979
regular customer
2023
Mr. Trickster
2007
Maeo
1989
Yoshifumi Katakura
2004
Yukichi Morikawa, the Father-in-Law
2010
1991
Grandfather
2005
Yoshio Ichikawa
2008
Matashichi
1999
Riichi Hama
1989
2007
2008
1990
1990
Prof. Sarusawa
1991
1983
2006
Homeless guy
2010
老店主
2022
Dr. Miyake
2022
2006
Daigorô Hatayama
1979
2025
Kikuo Tsutano
1984
Ushiemon
1985
Takashi Renjo
2020
2022
Teacher
2024
Yaichi Katano
2025
Kuwata
2000
2019
Army Major
1989
Hajime Sawazaki
2023
2023
2019
1987
Yukawa
1996
Kariyazaki
2017
Sensei/Matsumoto Harutsuna
2003
Seigo Tsuda
2005
Masaomi Togo
2016
1998
1992
Priest Soutatsu
2015
(voice)
2019
Kumaji Ueda
2015
Hayashi Tomita
2014
Hirofumi Maruyama
1985
Koji Nabeshima
2004
Sakamoto
2004
Kondo
1982
1993
1991
Police Inspector kariya shinichi
2021
2024
2021
2013
Self
2004
1992
Hyoma Sakaguchi
1989
2013
Shotaro
2009
Hanamura
2017
1982
2013
Honda
2016
2021
