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.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
Zatoichi
as Pub Owner
2003
Umami
as Salaryman
2023
Hard Days
as Yutaka Senba
2023
The Great Department Store Robbery
1987
The Eel
as Tamotsu Takasaki
1997
A Crowd of Three
2010
Noise
as Shoji
2022
The Life of Budori Gusuko
as Narrator / Dr. Kūbō (voice)
2012
Turn
as Matsubara
2001
The Great Yokai War
2005
Banana, Gloves and Whale Shark
as Lawyer
2013
Living Rights
2015
Rain Fall
as Tatsu Ishikura
2009
The City of Lost Souls
as Kuwata
2000
ICHI
2008
Villain
as Yoshio Ishibashi
2010
Kaizokuban Bootleg Film
as Tatsuo
1999
Sakurada Gate Incident
as Magojiro Kaneko
2010
Girls, Guns and Gangsters: Shinji Somai & Sailor Suit & Machine Gun
2021
The Suspect: Muroi Shinji
as Seigo Tsuda
2005
TV Appearances
Genroku Ryoran
as Genshiro
1999
Banjo no Himawari
2019
Water Boys
as Mama (of a bar)
2003
Re: The End of the Tiny World - Half a Year Later
as Kawabata
2021
Tokumei! Keiji Dongame
2006
Love and Glory
as Hideyoshi Toyotomi
2006
Out - Tsumatachi no Hanzai
1999
Segodon
as Ryu Samin
2018
Bullets, Bones and Blocked Noses
as Hadashi no Tyosuke(裸足のチョウスケ)
2021
The Private Detective Mike
2002
The Long Goodbye
as Heizo Harada
2014
Home Sweet Tokyo
as [Ramen Shop Owner]
2017