Akira Emoto

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Akira Emoto

Acting 77 November 3, 1948

Chuo, 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…

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7.8 2018 Movie
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AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo

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Rental Family

Rental Family

7.7 2025 Movie
Zatoichi

Zatoichi

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Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla

Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla

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Folktales from Japan

Folktales from Japan

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Absolute Zero

Absolute Zero

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Maborosi

Maborosi

7.5 1995 Movie
Memories of Matsuko

Memories of Matsuko

7.8 2006 Movie
Shall We Dance?

Shall We Dance?

7.5 1996 Movie
Lu Over the Wall

Lu Over the Wall

7.0 2017 Movie

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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.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2026
    Kyoto Hippocrates

    Movie

  2. 2026
    Convenience Store Kyodai

    TV show Umeda Shohei

  3. 2026
    無垢なる証人

    TV show Hiroki Oyagi

  4. 2026
    The Imaginary Dog and the Lying Cat

    Movie

  5. 2025
    One Last Throw

    Movie Kawato Kozo

  6. 2025
    Rental Family

    Movie Kikuo Hasegawa

  7. 2025
    Scandal Eve

    TV show

  8. 2025
    The Final Piece

    Movie Motoji Kanesaki

  9. 2025
    The Way of The Prison Guard

    Movie

  10. 2025
    The Boy and the Dog

    Movie Yaichi Katano

  11. 2025
    Samurai Fury

    Movie

  12. 2024
    The God of Curling

    Movie Susumu Komiyama

  13. 2024
    Maru

    Movie Teacher

  14. 2024
    Shinjuku Field Hospital

    TV show Keisuke Takamine

  15. 2024
    JK to Roppozensho

    TV show 桜木倫太郎

  16. 2024
    Don't Lose Your Head!

    Movie Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu

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  1. 2023
    The Innocent Game

    Movie

  2. 2023
    満天のゴール

    TV show トクじい

  3. 2023
    September 1923

    Movie Teiji Igusa

  4. 2023
    Goal of the Sky

    Movie

  5. 2023
    Ripples

    Movie Taro Kadokura

  6. 2023
    Hard Days

    Movie Yutaka Senba

  7. 2023
    Touken Ranbu: The Movie -Dawn-

    Movie Fujiwara no Michinaga

  8. 2023
    Do Unto Others

    Movie Shosaku Shiba

  9. 2023
    Yudo

    Movie regular customer

  10. 2023
    Shylock's Children

    Movie Hajime Sawazaki

  11. 2023
    Egoist

    Movie Yoshio Saito

  12. 2023
    Umami

    Movie Salaryman

  13. 2023
    Get Ready!

    TV show Hiroshi Bojo

  14. 2022
    A Man

    Movie Norio Komiura

  15. 2022
    The Setting Sun

    Movie Dr. Miyake

  16. 2022
    Japanese Style

    TV show Hifuji Umekoshi

  17. 2022
    No Place to Go

    Movie Bomber

  18. 2022
    Goodbye My Dear

    TV show Hiroshi Yamawaki

  19. 2022
    The New Chronicle of Lord Nobunaga: Classmates are Warriors

    TV show Yotaro Befunokami

  20. 2022
    混声の森

    TV show

  21. 2022
    Lost Man Found

    TV show Himself

  22. 2022
    The Wandering Moon

    Movie Agata

  23. 2022
    Barber Shop with a View of the Sea

    Movie 老店主

  24. 2022
    Teen Regime

    TV show Washida Tsuguaki