Akira Emoto
Acting
Born: 1948-11-03 in Chuo, Tokyo, Japan
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
Hyoue Yarikura
Clouds Over the Hill
乃木知幸介
Absolute Zero
Sosuke Kagami
Hanzawa Naoki
Keiji Minobe
Shin Godzilla
Ryuta Azuma : Chief Cabinet Secretary
Kumokiri Nizaemon
Segodon
Ryu Samin
Scandal Eve
Scandal Eve
Shigeru Kodama
Rental Family
Kikuo Hasegawa
Folktales from Japan
Shoplifters
Yoritsugu Kawado
Water Boys
Mama (of a bar)
Ten Count to the Future
Kenzo Ashiya
Zatoichi
Pub Owner
The Secret Lives of Kyoto Folk
Lost Man Found
Himself
Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit
Sfar
It Feels So Good
Kenji's Father (voice)
HUNTER - Women After Reward Money
Shogo Ooiwa
Nagisa
Priest Shinto
Get Ready!
Hiroshi Bojo
Yanchakure
水嶋钦一
The Key
Soichiro Anzai
Memories of Matsuko
Tsunehiro Kawajiri
In Hand
Shinjuku Field Hospital
Keisuke Takamine
Genroku Ryoran
Genshiro
Silver and Gold
Hitoshi Kuramae
Taiheiki
Moronao Kô-no
Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla
Major Akira Yuki
Ties of Shooting Stars
Togami Masayuki
A Woman from Ashio
Bullets, Bones and Blocked Noses
Hadashi no Tyosuke(裸足のチョウスケ)
Home Sweet Tokyo
[Ramen Shop Owner]
愛の流刑地
北冈耕造
Samurai Fury
Love and Glory
Hideyoshi Toyotomi
JK to Roppozensho
桜木倫太郎
Angel Guts: Red Vertigo
Yakuza