ACTOR
Akira Emoto
Known for AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo
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…
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- Born
- Nov 3, 1948
- Birthplace
- Chuo, Tokyo, Japan
- Known For
- Acting
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.
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Known For
Filmography
Movies
Fujio Akatsuka's Gag Porno: In the Mood Once AgainDaigorô Hatayama
1979
Masked Crusader, Mr. JirenmanKantarô Iwata
1979
Shimo-ochiai Yakitori Movie
1979
Disciples of Hippocrates
1980
Sailor Suit and Machine GunDetective Kuroki
1981
Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san近藤
1982
Lovers LostIshizuka
1982
SuspicionShigekazu Akitani
1982
The Man from Shimizu
1982
Amagi Pass
1983
Double BedTôru Yamazaki
1983
Legend of the Cat MonsterRyohei Shimura / Joji Tamura
1983
LocationKonno
1984
Make-UpKikuo Tsutano
1984
Capone Cries a LotUshiemon
1985
Congratulatory SpeechYasuhei Higashida
1985
I Want To Live Once More: Shinjuku Bus Fire IncidentHirofumi Maruyama
1985
The Second Is a ChristianKumashiro
1985
Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies
1986
A Tale of Young ElopementMatsuda
1987
Bedtime Eyes
1987
The Great Department Store Robbery
1987
The Heartbreak Yakuza
1987
Angel Guts: Red VertigoYakuza
1988
RevolverKeisuke Mineya
1988
The Silk Road
1988
The Yen FamilyShinichi Amemiya
1988あ
あじさい色のレディ
1988
Battle HeaterRiichi Hama
1989
Beijing WatermelonMr. Teramoto
1989
Fancy DanceMasoho's boss
1989
HarimaoArmy Major
1989
Mottomo Abunai DekaMaeo
1989
Tora-san Goes to Vienna坂口兵马
1989
Betrayal Tomorrow
1990
Maria's Stomach
1990
Roar of the Crowd
1990
Universal Laws
1990
A Naive History of the Bakumatsu EraKogoro Katsura
1991
Dance till Tomorrow
1991
Goodbye Mama
1991
The Last FrankensteinProf. Sarusawa
1991
Manhattan Kiss
1992
Sumo Do, Sumo Don'tProfessor Tokichi Anayama
1992
Yamai wa kikara: Byôin e ikô 2
1992
I Can Hear the Duck Singing
1993
Private Lessons IIOba
1993
Sky Cannot Be This BlueDirector
1993
When Cinema Reflects the Times: Hou Hsiao-Hsien and Edward YangNarrator (voice)
1993
Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzillaMajor Akira Yuki
1994
The FriendsNagatomo
1994
MaborosiYoshihiro
1995
Free and Easy 8Yukawa
1996
Shall We Dance?Detective Miwa
1996
The Rainbow Seeker
1996
AbductionChief Superintendent Tachibana
1997
Body and SoulSekiya/Reiko's lover-Aya's ex
1997
The EelTamotsu Takasaki
1997
The KeySoichiro Anzai
1997
Dr. AkagiDr. Fuu Akagi
1998
Love Letter
1998
Kaizokuban Bootleg FilmTatsuo
1999
Round About MidnightTotsuka
1999
The Nagaharu Yodogawa Story: A Cineaste's Life in KobeMatashichi
1999
Will to LiveDoctor
1999
Another HeavenDoctor Akagi
2000
As the River Flows
2000
NagisaPriest Shinto
2000
The City of Lost SoulsKuwata
2000
The Whispered CityToyohashi, sculptor
2000
Kaza-hanaHot Spring Inn Owner
2001
TurnMatsubara
2001
WaterboysMama
2001
Barber's SorrowSakaguchi
2002
KTHiroshi Uchiyama
2002
September 11Sakichi Furuhashi (segment "Japan")
2002
DoppelgängerMurakami
2003
Farewell, KuroShuzo Hanazono
2003
HanaHiroshi Torigoe
2003
Owl
2003
Samurai ResurrectionNobutsuna Matsudaira
2003
Teacher's suitcaseSensei/Matsumoto Harutsuna
2003
Worst by ChanceShigeharu Kaneshiro
2003
ZatoichiPub Owner
2003
Chicken Is Barefoot
2004
Drugstore GirlKoji Nabeshima
2004
Moon & CherrySakamoto
2004
River of First LoveHidejiro Tasaki
2004
Takada Wataru TekiSelf
2004
The Hunter and the HuntedNeko
2004
The MotiveYoshifumi Katakura
2004
Winning Pass
2004
ZebramanKitahara the Crab Man
2004FT
For the coming day
2005
Love Is Five Seven FiveGrandfather
2005
Scrap HeavenDetective Yabuta
2005
Tetsujin 28: The MovieYunosuke Otsuka
2005
The Great Yokai War
2005
The Lakeside Murder CaseTomoharu Fujima
2005
The Suspect: Muroi ShinjiSeigo Tsuda
2005
It's Only Talk
2006
Japan SinksProfessor Fukuhara
2006
Memories of MatsukoTsunehiro Kawajiri
2006
The Happiness
2006TS
The Summer of Stickleback
2006
Life Can Be So WonderfulHaeo
2007
ProdigyHisashi Kikuna
2007
Starfish HotelMr. Trickster
2007
The Go MasterKensaku Segoe
2007
The Shadow Spiritmimasaka koushirou
2007
Three for the Road
2007
Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes DadDoctor from Sasazuka Clinic
2007
All Around Uskunimasa Yasuda
2008
Happy FlightSaito
2008
ICHI
2008
Ikigami: The Ultimate LimitCounselor
2008
Teacher and Three ChildrenYoshio Ichikawa
2008
The Chasing WorldDoctor
2008
The Cycling Genius Is Coming!
2008
The Most Beautiful Night In The WorldJournalist
2008
The Taste of FishShojiro Sanada
2008
Your Friend
2008
April BrideTeishi Nagashima
2009
Asahiyama Zoo Story: Penguins in the SkyItsuro Usui
2009
Boku to Mama No Kiiroi JitenshaShotaro
2009
John RabeMatsui Iwane
2009
Rain FallTatsu Ishikura
2009
Yona Yona PenguinJii (voice)
2009
A Crowd of Three
2010
A Lone ScalpelMatsuo Okawa
2010
After the FlowersSoan Nagai
2010
Cast Me If You CanHomeless guy
2010
Ekeb of DekyeSoichi Yanagimachi
2010
Golden SlumberHodogaya Yasushi
2010
Haru's JourneyMichio Nakai
2010
Heaven's StorySouichi
2010
Hutch the Honeybee
2010
PostcardYukichi Morikawa, the Father-in-Law
2010
Sakurada Gate IncidentMagojiro Kaneko
2010
The Lightning TreeKakunoshi Enokido
2010
VillainYoshio Ishibashi
2010
A Honeymoon in Hell: Mr. & Mrs. Oki's Fabulous Tripwet guy
2011
In His ChartDoctor
2011
Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined FleetYoneuchi
2011
Karate-Robo ZaborgarDr. Akunomiya
2011
Life Back ThenMasashi Inoue
2011
Ninja Kids!!!
2011
Shikei KijunKyusaku Tsushima
2011
A Sower of SeedsShuzo Morikawa
2012
Ace AttorneySaibancho (Judge)
2012
Casting Blossoms to the SkySeijiro Nose
2012
Humanoid Monster, BemKao no nai otoko
2012
One Day in January
2012
The Life of Budori GusukoNarrator / Dr. Kūbō (voice)
2012
Ask This of Rikyu
2013
Banana, Gloves and Whale SharkLawyer
2013
Fly, Dakota, Fly!
2013
The PartnerŌkuma Shigenobu
2013
The War and a Womanclient of woman
2013
UnforgivenKingo Baba
2013
Yellow ElephantArechi
2013
0.5 mmTakeshi Sasaki
2014
A House on a HillYoshitarō Terashima
2014
ColdJin Ichinose
2014
Oh! FatherHayashi Tomita
2014
Sleeping ForestDaisuke Ota
2014
Time Trip AppRyuzo Yanagita
2014
Wood Job!Toshiro Yamane
2014
GARO: Gold Storm FlightPriest Soutatsu
2015
Journey to the ShoreHoshitani
2015
Living Rights
2015
Present for You
2015
The Big BeeMurofushi
2015
The Pearls of the Stone ManKumaji Ueda
2015
Vampire in LoveSojiro
2015
A Grain of WheatHonda
2016
A Living PromiseZenzo Takeda
2016
Black Widow BusinessJun Sakurada
2016
Shin GodzillaRyuta Azuma : Chief Cabinet Secretary
2016
Shippu RondoMasaomi Togo
2016
SniperTatsuyuki Miyata
2016
The Mohican Comes HomeOsamu Tamura
2016
Lu Over the WallAshimoto's Grandfather (voice)
2017
MukokuSeppo Mitsumura
2017
Neko NinjaKariyazaki
2017
Random LivesHanamura
2017
Solitary Gourmet New Year's Eve Special ~Final Meal! Setouchi Business Trip~
2017
Survival FamilySasaki Shigeomi
2017
The Dog BridegroomKenkichi Okumura
2017
Color Me TrueTadashi Honda
2018
Evil and The MaskDetective Aida
2018
Oz LandBoss
2018
RecallSeiji Nomura
2018
ShopliftersYoritsugu Kawado
2018
BON-UTA, A Song from Home(voice)
2019
Castle of SandChiyokichi
2019
Finding Light at the Darkness Festival
2019
Godot of the Emotos
2019
It Feels So GoodKenji's Father (voice)
2019
Iwane: Sword of SerenityUrakusai
2019
Show Me the Way to the Station
2019
The Promised LandGoro Fujiki
2019
They Say Nothing Stays the SameToichi
2019
I Never Shot AnyoneTakashi Renjo
2020
Living in the SkyConcierge Kondo
2020
Nosari: Impermanent Eternity
2020
Stardust over the TownKumabe Rokuzo
2020
Underdog: Part OneSakuro
2020
Underdog: Part TwoSakuro
2020
Wonderful ParadiseHomeless
2020
Baragaki: Unbroken SamuraiShop Owner
2021
Girls, Guns and Gangsters: Shinji Somai & Sailor Suit & Machine Gun
2021
The Great Yokai War: Guardiansold man
2021The Great Yokai War: GuardiansOld Man
2021
The Master PlanKawabata
2021
Utsusemi no moriPolice Inspector Kariya Shinichi
2021
祈り ―幻に長崎を想う刻―
2021
A ManNorio Komiura
2022
Barber Shop with a View of the Sea老店主
2022
No Place to GoBomber
2022
NoiseShoji
2022
The Setting SunDr. Miyake
2022
The Wandering MoonAgata
2022
Do Unto OthersShosaku Shiba
2023
EgoistYoshio Saito
2023
Goal of the Sky
2023
Hard DaysYutaka Senba
2023
RipplesTaro Kadokura
2023
September 1923Teiji Igusa
2023
Shylock's ChildrenHajime Sawazaki
2023
The Innocent Game
2023
Touken Ranbu: The Movie -Dawn-Fujiwara no Michinaga
2023
UmamiSalaryman
2023
Yudoregular customer
2023
Don't Lose Your Head!Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu
2024
MaruTeacher
2024
Rotting
2024
The God of CurlingSusumu Komiyama
2024
One Last ThrowKawato Kozo
2025
Rental FamilyKikuo Hasegawa
2025
Samurai Fury
2025
The Boy and the DogYaichi Katano
2025
The Final PieceMotoji Kanesaki
2025
The Way of The Prison Guard
2025
Kyoto Hippocrates
2026
The Imaginary Dog and the Lying Cat
2026
Yamazaki Riverside - Over an Actor's Shoulder -Self
2026Television
水曜ドラマスペシャル1 eps
1984あ
あそびにおいでョ!1 eps
1988
ホットドッグ大田原輝 · 1 eps
1990
TaiheikiMoronao Kô-no · 49 eps
1991FC
Family Court JudgeShibuya Naomasa · 12 eps
1993
Eighth Shogun YoshimuneTokugawa Munenao · 48 eps
1995
Yanchakure水嶋钦一 · 150 eps
1998
Genroku RyoranGenshiro · 49 eps
1999
Out - Tsumatachi no Hanzai11 eps
1999
Prince ShotokuAnahobe no miko · 2 eps
2001
AIBOU: Tokyo Detective DuoHyoue Yarikura · 9 eps
2002
Mibu Gishiden: Shinsengumi de Ichiban Tsuyokatta Otoko4 eps
2002
The Private Detective Mike1 eps
2002
Love & War of a Samurai7 eps
2003
Water BoysMama (of a bar) · 11 eps
2003
竜馬がゆく4 eps
2004
Haru and NatsuKotaro Nakayama · 5 eps
2005
Love and GloryHideyoshi Toyotomi · 49 eps
2006
Tokumei! Keiji Dongame15 eps
2006
愛の流刑地北冈耕造 · 2 eps
2007
Ties of Shooting StarsTogami Masayuki · 10 eps
2008
Clouds Over the Hill乃木知幸介 · 9 eps
2009
Absolute ZeroSosuke Kagami · 11 eps
2010
Mori no AsagaoKeizukuri Hukahori · 10 eps
2010
Naze Kimi wa Zetsubo to Tatakaeta noka2 eps
2010
Humanoid Monster BemNameless Man · 10 eps
2011
HUNTER - Women After Reward MoneyShogo Ooiwa · 10 eps
2011
Folktales from Japan346 eps
2012
Platinum Town5 eps
2012疑
疑惑1 eps
2012
Black KiteKaiun · 10 eps
2013
Hanzawa NaokiKeiji Minobe · 10 eps
2013
Kumokiri Nizaemon3 eps
2013
Olympic Ransom2 eps
2013
A Woman from Ashio2 eps
2014
The Long GoodbyeHeizo Harada · 5 eps
2014
The Secret Lives of Kyoto Folk1 eps
2015新法
新 法廷荒らし 猪狩文助〜終の棲家〜1 eps
2015
Arashi no Namida44 eps
2016
Love That Makes You CryMasahiko Hayashida · 10 eps
2016
Moribito: Guardian of the SpiritSfar · 9 eps
2016
A Life: A LoveDanjo Toranosuke · 10 eps
2017
Frankenstein's LoveTsurumaru · 10 eps
2017
Home Sweet Tokyo[Ramen Shop Owner] · 1 eps
2017
Silver and GoldHitoshi Kuramae · 4 eps
2017
Good DoctorAkira Shiga · 10 eps
2018
SegodonRyu Samin · 2 eps
2018
Banjo no Himawari4 eps
2019
In Hand1 eps
2019
Villain: Perpetrator Chase Investigation铃本茂树 · 6 eps
2019
Bullets, Bones and Blocked NosesHadashi no Tyosuke(裸足のチョウスケ) · 6 eps
2021
Re: The End of the Tiny World - Half a Year LaterKawabata · 3 eps
2021
てにあまる1 eps
2021
Goodbye My DearHiroshi Yamawaki · 1 eps
2022
Japanese StyleHifuji Umekoshi · 9 eps
2022
Lost Man FoundHimself · 10 eps
2022
Teen RegimeWashida Tsuguaki · 5 eps
2022
Ten Count to the FutureKenzo Ashiya · 9 eps
2022
The New Chronicle of Lord Nobunaga: Classmates are WarriorsYotaro Befunokami · 10 eps
2022
混声の森2 eps
2022
Get Ready!Hiroshi Bojo · 1 eps
2023
満天のゴールトクじい · 2 eps
2023
JK to Roppozensho桜木倫太郎 · 8 eps
2024
Shinjuku Field HospitalKeisuke Takamine · 11 eps
2024
Scandal Eve2 eps
2025Scandal EveShigeru Kodama · 6 eps
2025
Convenience Store KyodaiUmeda Shohei · 10 eps
2026
Innocent WitnessHiroki Oyagi · 1 eps
2026Photos
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