Akira Emoto
1948-11-03 ( 76 years old ) in Chūō, Tokyo, Japan

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.

Movies

The Boy and the Dog 2025-03-20
Muromachi Burai 2025-01-17
Maru 2024-10-18
Migawari Mission 2024-02-09
The Innocent Game 2023-11-10
September 1923 2023-09-01
Goal of the Sky 2023-07-15
Ripples 2023-05-26
Hard Days 2023-05-19
Touken Ranbu 2 2023-03-31
Do Unto Others 2023-03-24
Yudo: The Way of the Bath 2023-02-23
Shylock's Children 2023-02-17
Egoist 2023-02-10
Umami 2023-02-09
A Man 2022-11-18
The Setting Sun 2022-11-04
No Place to Go 2022-10-08
Wandering 2022-05-13
海の見える理髪店 2022-05-09
Noise 2022-01-27
Girls, Guns and Gangsters: Shinji Somai & Sailor Suit & Machine Gun 2021-11-17
Baragaki: Unbroken Samurai 2021-10-15
祈り ―幻に長崎を想う刻― 2021-08-20
The Great Yokai War: Guardians 2021-07-01
The Great Yokai War: Guardians 2021-07-01
空蝉の森 2021-02-05
The End of the Tiny World 2021-01-29
Underdog: Part One 2020-11-27
Wonderful Paradise 2020-11-20
Living in the Sky 2020-10-23
Nosari: Impermanent Eternity 2020-07-11
I Never Shot Anyone 2020-07-03
Stardust Over The Town 2020-03-06
The Promised Land 2019-10-18
Show Me the Way to the Station 2019-10-18
They Say Nothing Stays the Same 2019-09-13
It Feels So Good 2019-08-23
Iwane: Sword of Serenity 2019-05-17
Godot of the Emotos 2019-04-20
Castle of Sand 2019-03-28
BON-UTA, A Song from Home 2019-02-15
Oz Land 2018-10-26
Recall 2018-06-15
Shoplifters 2018-06-02
Color Me True 2018-02-10
Evil and The Mask 2018-01-13
Kodokunogurume ōmisoka supesharu ~ tabe-osame! Setouchi shutchō-hen ~ 2017-12-31
Mukoku 2017-06-03
Neko Ninja 2017-05-20
Lu Over the Wall 2017-05-19
The Dog Bridegroom 2017-05-13
Random Lives 2017-01-28
Survival Family 2016-12-12
Shippu Rondo 2016-11-26
Sniper 2016-10-02
Black Widow Business 2016-08-27
A Grain of Wheat 2016-08-26
Shin Godzilla 2016-07-29
The Mohican Comes Home 2016-04-09
A Living Promise 2016-01-09
Journey to the Shore 2015-09-30
The Big Bee 2015-09-12
The Pearls of the Stone Man 2015-06-20
Vampire in Love 2015-04-17
GARO -Gold Storm- Sho 2015-03-28
Living Rights 2015-03-07
A House on a Hill 2014-12-06
0.5 mm 2014-11-08
Cold 2014-09-27
Time Trip App 2014-07-26
Oh! Father 2014-05-24
Wood Job! 2014-05-10
A Woman from Ashio 2014-01-18
Sleeping Forest 2014-01-02
Fly, Dakota, Fly! 2013-10-05
Present for You 2013-10-04
Unforgiven 2013-09-13
The War and a Woman 2013-04-27
Yellow Elephant 2013-02-02
Banana, Gloves and Whale Shark 2013-01-01
Humanoid Monster, Bem 2012-12-15
One Day in January 2012-11-17
The Life of Budori Gusuko 2012-07-07
Casting Blossoms to the Sky 2012-05-12
A Sower of Seeds 2012-03-03
Ace Attorney 2012-02-11
Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet 2011-12-23
Life Back Then 2011-11-19
Karate-Robo Zaborgar 2011-10-15
Shikei Kijun 2011-09-25
In His Chart 2011-08-27
Ninja Kids!!! 2011-07-23
A Honeymoon in Hell: Mr. & Mrs. Oki's Fabulous Trip 2011-05-14
Postcard 2010-10-27
Cast Me If You Can 2010-10-23
The Lightning Tree 2010-10-22
Sakurada Gate Incident 2010-10-16
Elevator to the Gallows 2010-10-09
Heaven's Story 2010-10-02
Villain 2010-09-11
Hutch the Honeybee 2010-07-28
A Crowd of Three 2010-06-12
A Lone Scalpel 2010-06-05
Haru's Journey 2010-05-22
After the Flowers 2010-03-13
Golden Slumber 2010-01-30
Yona Yona Penguin 2009-12-23
Boku to Mama No Kiiroi Jitensha 2009-08-22
April Bride 2009-05-09
Rain Fall 2009-04-24
John Rabe 2009-04-02
Asahiyama Zoo Story: Penguins in the Sky 2009-02-07
Happy Flight 2008-11-15
ICHI 2008-10-25
Teacher and Three Children 2008-09-27
Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit 2008-09-26
The Cycling Genius Is Coming! 2008-09-06
The Taste of Fish 2008-06-07
All Around Us 2008-06-07
The Most Beautiful Night In The World 2008-05-24
The Chasing World 2008-02-22
The Shadow Spirit 2007-12-21
Prodigy 2007-09-20
Life Can Be So Wonderful 2007-09-15
Three for the Road 2007-07-11
The Go Master 2007-05-24
Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad 2007-04-14
Starfish Hotel 2007-02-03
The Happiness 2006-11-23
The Summer of Stickleback 2006-10-14
Japan Sinks 2006-07-15
It's Only Talk 2006-06-10
Memories of Matsuko 2006-05-27
Scrap Heaven 2005-10-08
The Suspect: Muroi Shinji 2005-08-27
The Great Yokai War 2005-08-06
For the coming day 2005-05-06
Love Is Five Seven Five 2005-03-26
Tetsujin 28: The Movie 2005-03-19
Moon and Cherry 2004-12-25
The Motive 2004-12-18
River of First Love 2004-11-13
Takada Wataru Teki 2004-04-03
Drugstore Girl 2004-02-07
Zebraman 2004-01-30
Winning Pass 2004-01-24
The Lakeside Murder Case 2004-01-22
The Hunter and the Hunted 2004-01-17
Hana 2003-11-01
Doppelganger 2003-09-27
Worst by Chance 2003-09-13
Zatoichi 2003-09-06
Farewell, Kuro 2003-07-01
Samurai Resurrection 2003-04-26
Teacher's suitcase 2003-03-11
Owl 2003-02-07
Barber's Sorrow 2002-11-09
11’09”01—September 11 2002-09-04
KT 2002-05-03
Turn 2001-10-13
Waterboys 2001-09-15
Kaza-hana 2001-01-27
The City of Lost Souls 2000-09-15
The Whispered City 2000-07-07
Nagisa 2000-06-10
Another Heaven 2000-04-29
Kaizokuban Bootleg Film 1999-12-01
The Nagaharu Yodogawa Story: A Cineaste's Life in Kobe 1999-11-07
Round About Midnight 1999-11-06
Will to Live 1999-01-15
Love Letter 1998-05-23
Dr. Akagi 1998-05-17
Body and Soul 1997-10-18
The Key 1997-10-18
Abduction 1997-06-07
The Eel 1997-05-12
The Rainbow Seeker 1996-12-28
Free and Easy 8 1996-08-10
Shall We Dance? 1996-01-27
Maborosi 1995-10-01
Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla 1994-12-10
The Friends 1994-04-09
I Can Hear the Duck Singing 1993-09-11
When Cinema Reflects the Times: Hou Hsiao-Hsien and Edward Yang 1993-09-01
Private Lessons II 1993-03-06
Yamai wa kikara: Byôin e ikô 2 1992-12-19
Manhattan Kiss 1992-06-13
Sumo Do, Sumo Don't 1992-01-15
A Naive History of the Bakumatsu Era 1991-07-06
Dance till Tomorrow 1991-06-22
The Last Frankenstein 1991-04-20
Goodbye Mama 1991-04-20
Betrayal tomorrow 1990-09-14
Maria's Stomach 1990-07-21
Roar of the Crowd 1990-06-09
Universal Laws 1990-01-27
Fancy Dance 1989-12-23
Beijing Watermelon 1989-11-18
Battle Heater 1989-11-03
Tora-san Goes to Vienna 1989-08-05
Harimao 1989-06-03
Mottomo Abunai Deka 1989-04-22
Revolver 1988-10-22
The Silk Road 1988-06-25
The Yen Family 1988-05-14
Angel Guts: Red Vertigo 1988-05-07
The Great Department Store Robbery 1987-12-26
The Heartbreak Yakuza 1987-09-12
Bedtime Eyes 1987-04-25
A Tale of Young Elopement 1987-02-07
Congratulatory Speech 1985-12-28
The Second Is a Christian 1985-09-14
I Want To Live Once More: Shinjuku Bus Fire Incident 1985-03-02
Capone Cries a Lot 1985-02-16
Location 1984-09-22
Make-Up 1984-05-02
Legend of the Cat Monster 1983-08-30
Double Bed 1983-08-05
Amagi Pass 1983-02-19
The Man from Shimizu 1982-12-28
Suspicion 1982-09-11
Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san 1982-08-07
Lovers Lost 1982-06-12
Sailor Suit and Machine Gun 1981-12-19
Disciples of Hippocrates 1980-11-21
Masked Crusader, Mr. Jirenman 1979-10-06
Shimo-ochiai Yakitori Movie 1979-06-23
Fujio Akatsuka's Gag Porno: In the Mood Once Again 1979-03-31
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