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Akira Emoto

Akira Emoto

Actor · Born 1948-11-03 · Chuo, Tokyo, Japan

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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.

Movies & TV Shows

  1. Shoplifters (2018) — Yoritsugu Kawado
  2. Shin Godzilla (2016) — Ryuta Azuma : Chief Cabinet Secretary
  3. Zatoichi (2003) — Pub Owner
  4. Rental Family (2025) — Kikuo Hasegawa
  5. Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla (1994) — Major Akira Yuki
  6. Maborosi (1995) — Yoshihiro
  7. Memories of Matsuko (2006) — Tsunehiro Kawajiri
  8. Shall We Dance? (1996) — Detective Miwa
  9. Lu Over the Wall (2017) — Ashimoto's Grandfather (voice)
  10. Survival Family (2017) — Sasaki Shigeomi
  11. ICHI (2008)
  12. The Eel (1997) — Tamotsu Takasaki
  13. John Rabe (2009) — Matsui Iwane
  14. September 11 (2002) — Sakichi Furuhashi (segment "Japan")
  15. Ace Attorney (2012) — Saibancho (Judge)
  16. Hanzawa Naoki (2013) — Keiji Minobe
  17. Wood Job! (2014) — Toshiro Yamane
  18. Zebraman (2004) — Kitahara the Crab Man
  19. Unforgiven (2013) — Kingo Baba
  20. A Man (2022) — Norio Komiura
  21. The Great Yokai War (2005)
  22. Journey to the Shore (2015) — Hoshitani
  23. Hard Days (2023) — Yutaka Senba
  24. Waterboys (2001) — Mama
  25. Sailor Suit and Machine Gun (1981) — Detective Kuroki
  26. Golden Slumber (2010) — Hodogaya Yasushi
  27. Villain (2010) — Yoshio Ishibashi
  28. Doppelgänger (2003) — Murakami
  29. It Feels So Good (2019) — Kenji's Father (voice)
  30. The City of Lost Souls (2000) — Kuwata
  31. Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet (2011) — Yoneuchi
  32. 0.5 mm (2014) — Takeshi Sasaki
  33. Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit (2008) — Counselor
  34. Another Heaven (2000) — Doctor Akagi
  35. Umami (2023) — Salaryman
  36. Happy Flight (2008) — Saito
  37. Color Me True (2018) — Tadashi Honda
  38. Japan Sinks (2006) — Professor Fukuhara
  39. Rain Fall (2009) — Tatsu Ishikura
  40. The Wandering Moon (2022) — Agata

Directed

  1. Sky Cannot Be This Blue (1993) — Director