Akira Emoto

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

AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo

Absolute Zero

The Private Detective Mike

Ten Count to the Future

Kumokiri Nizaemon

Segodon

Hanzawa Naoki

Olympic Ransom

All Movies (244)

• Kyoto Hippocrates2026
• The Imaginary Dog and the Lying Cat2026
• One Last Throw2025 · as Kawato Kozo
• Rental Family2025 · as Kikuo Hasegawa
• The Final Piece2025 · as Motoji Kanesaki
• The Way of The Prison Guard2025
• The Boy and the Dog2025 · as Yaichi Katano
• Samurai Fury2025
• The God of Curling2024 · as Susumu Komiyama
• Maru2024 · as Teacher
• Rotting2024
• Don't Lose Your Head!2024 · as Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu
• The Innocent Game2023
• September 19232023 · as Teiji Igusa
• Goal of the Sky2023
• Ripples2023 · as Taro Kadokura
• Hard Days2023 · as Yutaka Senba
• Touken Ranbu 22023 · as Fujiwara no Michinaga
• Do Unto Others2023 · as Shosaku Shiba
• Yudo: The Way of the Bath2023 · as regular customer
• Shylock's Children2023 · as Hajime Sawazaki
• Egoist2023 · as Yoshio Saito
• Umami2023 · as Salaryman
• A Man2022 · as Norio Komiura
• The Setting Sun2022 · as Dr. Miyake
• No Place to Go2022 · as Bomber
• The Wandering Moon2022 · as Agata
• Barber Shop with a View of the Sea2022 · as 老店主
• Noise2022 · as Shoji
• Girls, Guns and Gangsters: Shinji Somai & Sailor Suit & Machine Gun2021
• Baragaki: Unbroken Samurai2021 · as Shop Owner
• 祈り ―幻に長崎を想う刻―2021
• The Great Yokai War: Guardians2021 · as old man
• The Great Yokai War: Guardians2021 · as Old Man
• Utsusemi no mori2021 · as Police Inspector Kariya Shinichi
• The Master Plan2021 · as Kawabata
• Underdog: Part One2020 · as Sakuro
• Underdog: Part Two2020 · as Sakuro
• Wonderful Paradise2020 · as Homeless
• Living in the Sky2020 · as Concierge Kondo
• Nosari: Impermanent Eternity2020
• I Never Shot Anyone2020 · as Takashi Renjo
• Stardust over the Town2020 · as Kumabe Rokuzo
• Finding Light at the Darkness Festival2019
• The Promised Land2019 · as Goro Fujiki
• Show Me the Way to the Station2019
• They Say Nothing Stays the Same2019 · as Toichi
• It Feels So Good2019 · as Kenji's Father (voice)
• Iwane: Sword of Serenity2019 · as Urakusai
• Godot of the Emotos2019
• Castle of Sand2019 · as Chiyokichi
• BON-UTA, A Song from Home2019 · as (voice)
• Oz Land2018 · as Boss
• Recall2018 · as Seiji Nomura
• Shoplifters2018 · as Yoritsugu Kawado
• Color Me True2018 · as Tadashi Honda
• Evil and The Mask2018 · as Detective Aida
• Solitary Gourmet New Year's Eve Special ~Final Meal! Setouchi Business Trip~2017
• Mukoku2017 · as Seppo Mitsumura
• Neko Ninja2017 · as Kariyazaki
• Lu Over the Wall2017 · as Ashimoto's Grandfather (voice)
• The Dog Bridegroom2017 · as Kenkichi Okumura
• Survival Family2017 · as Sasaki Shigeomi
• Random Lives2017 · as Hanamura
• Shippu Rondo2016 · as Masaomi Togo
• Sniper2016 · as Tatsuyuki Miyata
• Black Widow Business2016 · as Jun Sakurada
• A Grain of Wheat2016 · as Honda
• Shin Godzilla2016 · as Ryuta Azuma : Chief Cabinet Secretary
• The Mohican Comes Home2016 · as Osamu Tamura
• A Living Promise2016 · as Zenzo Takeda
• Journey to the Shore2015 · as Hoshitani
• The Big Bee2015 · as Murofushi
• The Pearls of the Stone Man2015 · as Kumaji Ueda
• Vampire in Love2015 · as Sojiro
• GARO Gold Storm Flight2015 · as Priest Soutatsu
• Living Rights2015
• Present for You2015
• A House on a Hill2014 · as Yoshitarō Terashima
• 0.5 mm2014 · as Takeshi Sasaki
• Cold2014 · as Jin Ichinose
• Time Trip App2014 · as Ryuzo Yanagita
• Oh! Father2014 · as Hayashi Tomita
• Wood Job!2014 · as Toshiro Yamane
• Sleeping Forest2014 · as Daisuke Ota
• Fly, Dakota, Fly!2013
• The Partner2013 · as Ōkuma Shigenobu
• Unforgiven2013 · as Kingo Baba
• Ask This of Rikyu2013
• The War and a Woman2013 · as client of woman
• Yellow Elephant2013 · as Arechi
• Banana, Gloves and Whale Shark2013 · as Lawyer
• Humanoid Monster, Bem2012 · as Kao no nai otoko
• One Day in January2012
• The Life of Budori Gusuko2012 · as Narrator / Dr. Kūbō (voice)
• Casting Blossoms to the Sky2012 · as Seijiro Nose
• A Sower of Seeds2012 · as Shuzo Morikawa
• Ace Attorney2012 · as Saibancho (Judge)
• Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet2011 · as Yoneuchi
• Life Back Then2011 · as Masashi Inoue
• Karate-Robo Zaborgar2011 · as Dr. Akunomiya
• Shikei Kijun2011 · as Kyusaku Tsushima
• In His Chart2011 · as Doctor
• Ninja Kids!!!2011
• A Honeymoon in Hell: Mr. & Mrs. Oki's Fabulous Trip2011 · as wet guy
• Postcard2010 · as Yukichi Morikawa, the Father-in-Law
• Cast Me If You Can2010 · as Homeless guy
• The Lightning Tree2010 · as Kakunoshi Enokido
• Sakurada Gate Incident2010 · as Magojiro Kaneko
• Ekeb of Dekye2010 · as Soichi Yanagimachi
• Heaven's Story2010 · as Souichi
• Villain2010 · as Yoshio Ishibashi
• Hutch the Honeybee2010
• A Crowd of Three2010
• A Lone Scalpel2010 · as Matsuo Okawa
• Haru's Journey2010 · as Michio Nakai
• After the Flowers2010 · as Soan Nagai
• Golden Slumber2010 · as Hodogaya Yasushi
• Yona Yona Penguin2009 · as Jii (voice)
• Boku to Mama No Kiiroi Jitensha2009 · as Shotaro
• April Bride2009 · as Teishi Nagashima
• Rain Fall2009 · as Tatsu Ishikura
• John Rabe2009 · as Matsui Iwane
• Asahiyama Zoo Story: Penguins in the Sky2009 · as Itsuro Usui
• Happy Flight2008 · as Saito
• ICHI2008
• Teacher and Three Children2008 · as Yoshio Ichikawa
• Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit2008 · as Counselor
• The Cycling Genius Is Coming!2008
• Your Friend2008
• The Taste of Fish2008 · as Shojiro Sanada
• All Around Us2008 · as kunimasa Yasuda
• The Most Beautiful Night In The World2008 · as Journalist
• The Chasing World2008 · as Doctor
• The Shadow Spirit2007 · as mimasaka koushirou
• Prodigy2007 · as Hisashi Kikuna
• Life Can Be So Wonderful2007 · as Haeo
• Three for the Road2007
• The Go Master2007 · as Kensaku Segoe
• Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad2007 · as Doctor from Sasazuka Clinic
• Starfish Hotel2007 · as Mr. Trickster
• The Happiness2006
• The Summer of Stickleback2006
• Japan Sinks2006 · as Professor Fukuhara
• It's Only Talk2006
• Memories of Matsuko2006 · as Tsunehiro Kawajiri
• Scrap Heaven2005 · as Detective Yabuta
• The Suspect: Muroi Shinji2005 · as Seigo Tsuda
• The Great Yokai War2005
• For the coming day2005
• Love Is Five Seven Five2005 · as Grandfather
• Tetsujin 28: The Movie2005 · as Yunosuke Otsuka
• The Lakeside Murder Case2005 · as Tomoharu Fujima
• Moon & Cherry2004 · as Sakamoto
• The Motive2004 · as Yoshifumi Katakura
• River of First Love2004 · as Hidejiro Tasaki
• Chicken Is Barefoot2004
• Takada Wataru Teki2004 · as Self
• Drugstore Girl2004 · as Koji Nabeshima
• Zebraman2004 · as Kitahara the Crab Man
• Winning Pass2004
• The Hunter and the Hunted2004 · as Neko
• Hana2003 · as Hiroshi Torigoe
• Doppelgänger2003 · as Murakami
• Worst by Chance2003 · as Shigeharu Kaneshiro
• Zatoichi2003 · as Pub Owner
• Farewell, Kuro2003 · as Shuzo Hanazono
• Samurai Resurrection2003 · as Nobutsuna Matsudaira
• Teacher's suitcase2003 · as Sensei/Matsumoto Harutsuna
• Owl2003
• Barber's Sorrow2002
• September 112002 · as Sakichi Furuhashi (segment "Japan")
• KT2002 · as Hiroshi Uchiyama
• Turn2001 · as Matsubara
• Waterboys2001 · as Mama
• Kaza-hana2001 · as Hot Spring Inn Owner
• The City of Lost Souls2000 · as Kuwata
• The Whispered City2000 · as Toyohashi, sculptor
• Nagisa2000 · as Priest Shinto
• Another Heaven2000 · as Doctor Akagi
• As the River Flows2000
• Kaizokuban Bootleg Film1999 · as Tatsuo
• The Nagaharu Yodogawa Story: A Cineaste's Life in Kobe1999 · as Matashichi
• Round About Midnight1999 · as Totsuka
• Will to Live1999 · as Doctor
• Love Letter1998
• Dr. Akagi1998 · as Dr. Fuu Akagi
• Body and Soul1997 · as Sekiya/Reiko's lover-Aya's ex
• The Key1997 · as Soichiro Anzai
• Abduction1997 · as Chief Superintendent Tachibana
• The Eel1997 · as Tamotsu Takasaki
• The Rainbow Seeker1996
• Free and Easy 81996 · as Yukawa
• Shall We Dance?1996 · as Detective Miwa
• Maborosi1995 · as Yoshihiro
• Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla1994 · as Major Akira Yuki
• The Friends1994 · as Nagatomo
• I Can Hear the Duck Singing1993
• When Cinema Reflects the Times: Hou Hsiao-Hsien and Edward Yang1993 · as Narrator (voice)
• Private Lessons II1993 · as Oba
• Yamai wa kikara: Byôin e ikô 21992
• Manhattan Kiss1992
• Sumo Do, Sumo Don't1992 · as Professor Tokichi Anayama
• A Naive History of the Bakumatsu Era1991 · as Kogoro Katsura
• Dance till Tomorrow1991
• The Last Frankenstein1991 · as Prof. Sarusawa
• Goodbye Mama1991
• Betrayal Tomorrow1990
• Maria's Stomach1990
• Roar of the Crowd1990
• Universal Laws1990
• Fancy Dance1989 · as Masoho's boss
• Beijing Watermelon1989 · as Mr. Teramoto
• Battle Heater1989 · as Riichi Hama
• Tora-san Goes to Vienna1989 · as Hyoma Sakaguchi
• Harimao1989 · as Army Major
• Mottomo Abunai Deka1989 · as Maeo
• Revolver1988 · as Keisuke Mineya
• The Silk Road1988
• The Yen Family1988 · as Shinichi Amemiya
• Angel Guts: Red Vertigo1988 · as Yakuza
• The Great Department Store Robbery1987
• The Heartbreak Yakuza1987
• Bedtime Eyes1987
• A Tale of Young Elopement1987 · as Matsuda
• Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies1986
• Congratulatory Speech1985 · as Yasuhei Higashida
• The Second Is a Christian1985 · as Kumashiro
• I Want To Live Once More: Shinjuku Bus Fire Incident1985 · as Hirofumi Maruyama
• Capone Cries a Lot1985 · as Ushiemon
• Location1984 · as Konno
• Make-Up1984 · as Kikuo Tsutano
• Legend of the Cat Monster1983 · as Ryohei Shimura / Joji Tamura
• Double Bed1983 · as Tôru Yamazaki
• Amagi Pass1983
• The Man from Shimizu1982
• Suspicion1982 · as Shigekazu Akitani
• Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san1982 · as Kondo
• Lovers Lost1982 · as Ishizuka
• Sailor Suit and Machine Gun1981 · as Detective Kuroki
• Disciples of Hippocrates1980
• Masked Crusader, Mr. Jirenman1979 · as Kantarô Iwata
• Shimo-ochiai Yakitori Movie1979
• Fujio Akatsuka's Gag Porno: In the Mood Once Again1979 · as Daigorô Hatayama

All TV Shows (67)

• Convenience Store Kyodai2026 · as Umeda Shohei
• 無垢なる証人2026 · as Hiroki Oyagi
• Scandal Eve2025
• Shinjuku Field Hospital2024 · as Keisuke Takamine
• JK to Roppozensho2024 · as 桜木倫太郎
• 満天のゴール2023 · as トクじい
• Get Ready!2023 · as Hiroshi Bojo
• Japanese Style2022 · as Hifuji Umekoshi
• Goodbye My Dear2022 · as Hiroshi Yamawaki
• The New Chronicle of Lord Nobunaga: Classmates are Warriors2022 · as Yotaro Befunokami
• 混声の森2022
• Lost Man Found2022 · as Himself
• Teen Regime2022 · as Washida Tsuguaki
• Ten Count to the Future2022 · as Kenzo Ashiya
• Bullets, Bones and Blocked Noses2021 · as Hadashi no Tyosuke(裸足のチョウスケ)
• Re: The End of the Tiny World - Half a Year Later2021 · as Kawabata
• てにあまる2021
• Banjo no Himawari2019
• Villain: Perpetrator Chase Investigation2019 · as 铃本茂树
• In Hand2019
• Good Doctor2018 · as Akira Shiga
• Segodon2018 · as Ryu Samin
• Home Sweet Tokyo2017 · as [Ramen Shop Owner]
• Frankenstein's Love2017 · as Tsurumaru
• A Life2017 · as Danjo Toranosuke
• Silver and Gold2017 · as Hitoshi Kuramae
• Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit2016 · as Sfar
• Arashi no Namida2016
• Love That Makes You Cry2016 · as Masahiko Hayashida
• The Secret Lives of Kyoto Folk2015
• 新 法廷荒らし 猪狩文助〜終の棲家〜2015
• The Long Goodbye2014 · as Heizo Harada
• A Woman from Ashio2014
• Olympic Ransom2013
• Hanzawa Naoki2013 · as Keiji Minobe
• Kumokiri Nizaemon2013
• Black Kite2013 · as Kaiun
• 疑惑2012
• Platinum Town2012
• Folktales from Japan2012
• Humanoid Monster Bem2011 · as Nameless Man
• HUNTER - Women After Reward Money2011 · as Shogo Ooiwa
• Mori no Asagao2010 · as Keizukuri Hukahori
• Naze Kimi wa Zetsubo to Tatakaeta noka2010
• Absolute Zero2010 · as Sosuke Kagami
• Clouds Over the Hill2009 · as 乃木知幸介
• Ties of Shooting Stars2008 · as Togami Masayuki
• 愛の流刑地2007 · as 北冈耕造
• Tokumei! Keiji Dongame2006
• Love and Glory2006 · as Hideyoshi Toyotomi
• Haru and Natsu2005 · as Kotaro Nakayama
• 竜馬がゆく2004
• Love & War of a Samurai2003
• Water Boys2003 · as Mama (of a bar)
• Mibu Gishiden: Shinsengumi de Ichiban Tsuyokatta Otoko2002
• AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo2002 · as Hyoue Yarikura
• The Private Detective Mike2002
• Prince Shotoku2001 · as Anahobe no miko
• Out - Tsumatachi no Hanzai1999
• Genroku Ryoran1999 · as Genshiro
• Yanchakure1998 · as 水嶋钦一
• Eighth Shogun Yoshimune1995 · as Tokugawa Munenao
• Family Court Judge1993 · as Shibuya Naomasa
• Taiheiki1991 · as Moronao Kô-no
• ホットドッグ1990 · as 大田原輝
• あそびにおいでョ!1988
• 水曜ドラマスペシャル1984