Akira Emoto
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.
Acted in
Muromachi Burai
2025
Maru
2024
Shinjuku Field Hospital
2024
as Keisuke Takamine
JK to Roppozensho
2024
as 桜木倫太郎
Migawari Mission
2024
as Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu
The Innocent Game
2023
満天のゴール
2023
as トクじい
September 1923
2023
as Teiji Igusa
Manten no Goal
2023
Ripples
2023
as Taro Kadokura
Hard Days
2023
as Yutaka Senba
Touken Ranbu 2
2023
Do Unto Others
2023
as Shosaku Shiba
Yudo: The Way of the Bath
2023
as regular customer
Shylock's Children
2023
as Hajime Sawazaki
Egoist
2023
as Yoshio Saito
Umami
2023
as Salaryman
Get Ready!
2023
as Hiroshi Bojo
A Man
2022
as Norio Komiura
The Setting Sun
2022
as Dr. Miyake
Japanese Style
2022
as Hifuji Umekoshi
No Place to Go
2022
Goodbye My Dear
2022
as Hiroshi Yamawaki
The New Chronicle of Lord Nobunaga: Classmates are Warriors
2022
as Yotaro Befunokami
混声の森
2022
Lost Man Found
2022
as Himself
Wandering
2022
as Agata
海の見える理髪店
2022
as 老店主
Teen Regime
2022
as Washida Tsuguaki
Ten Count to the Future
2022
as Kenzo Ashiya
The Honest Realtor
2022
as Tetsuo Kishi
Noise
2022
as Shoji
Girls, Guns and Gangsters: Shinji Somai & Sailor Suit & Machine Gun
2021
Baragaki: Unbroken Samurai
2021
as Shop Owner
Bullets, Bones and Blocked Noses
2021
as Hadashi no Tyosuke(裸足のチョウスケ)
祈り ―幻に長崎を想う刻―
2021
The Great Yokai War: Guardians
2021
as old man
The End of the Tiny World
2021
as Kawabata
Re: The End of the Tiny World - Half a Year Later
2021
as Kawabata
てにあまる
2021
Underdog: Part One
2020
as Sakuro
Wonderful Paradise
2020
as Homeless
Living in the Sky
2020
as Concierge Kondo
Nosari: Impermanent Eternity
2020
I Never Shot Anyone
2020
as Takashi Renjo
Stardust Over The Town
2020
as Kumabe Rokuzo
The Promised Land
2019
as Goro Fujiki
Show Me the Way to the Station
2019
They Say Nothing Stays the Same
2019
as Toichi
Banjo no Himawari
2019
It Feels So Good
2019
as Kenji's Father (voice)
Iwane: Sword of Serenity
2019
as Urakusai
Villain: Perpetrator Chase Investigation
2019
as 铃本茂树
Godot of the Emotos
2019
In Hand
2019
Castle of Sand
2019
as Chiyokichi
BON-UTA, A Song from Home
2019
as (voice)
Oz Land
2018
as Boss
Good Doctor
2018
as Akira Shiga
Recall
2018
as Seiji Nomura
Shoplifters
2018
as Yoritsugu Kawado
Color Me True
2018
as Tadashi Honda
Evil and The Mask
2018
as Detective Aida
Segodon
2018
as Ryu Samin
Kodokunogurume ōmisoka supesharu ~ tabe-osame! Setouchi shutchō-hen ~
2017
Home Sweet Tokyo
2017
as [Ramen Shop Owner]
Mukoku
2017
as Seppo Mitsumura
Neko Ninja
2017
as Kariyazaki
Lu Over the Wall
2017
as Ashimoto's Grandfather (voice)
The Dog Bridegroom
2017
as Kenkichi Okumura
Frankenstein's Love
2017
as Tsurumaru
Random Lives
2017
as Hanamura
A Life
2017
as Danjo Toranosuke
Silver and Gold
2017
as Hitoshi Kuramae
Survival Family
2016
as Sasaki Shigeomi
Shippu Rondo
2016
as Masaomi Togo
Sniper
2016
as Tatsuyuki Miyata
Black Widow Business
2016
as Jun Sakurada
A Grain of Wheat
2016
as Honda
Shin Godzilla
2016
as Ryuta Azuma : Chief Cabinet Secretary
The Mohican Comes Home
2016
as Osamu Tamura
Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit
2016
as Sfar
Love That Makes You Cry
2016
as Masahiko Hayashida
A Living Promise
2016
as Zenzo Takeda
Journey to the Shore
2015
as Mr. Hoshitani
The Big Bee
2015
as Murofushi
The Pearls of the Stone Man
2015
as Kumaji Ueda
Vampire in Love
2015
as Sojiro
GARO -Gold Storm- Sho
2015
as Priest Soutatsu
Living Rights
2015
新 法廷荒らし 猪狩文助〜終の棲家〜
2015
A House on a Hill
2014
as Yoshitarō Terashima
0.5 mm
2014
as Takeshi Sasaki
Cold
2014
as Jin Ichinose
Time Trip App
2014
as Ryuzo Yanagita
Oh! Father
2014
as Hayashi Tomita
Wood Job!
2014
as Toshiro Yamane
The Long Goodbye
2014
as Heizo Harada
A Woman from Ashio
2014
Sleeping Forest
2014
as Daisuke Ota
オリンピックの身代金
2013
Fly, Dakota, Fly!
2013
Present for You
2013
Unforgiven
2013
as Kingo Baba
Hanzawa Naoki
2013
as Keiji Minobe
The War and a Woman
2013
as client of woman
Kumokiri Nizaemon
2013
Yellow Elephant
2013
as Arechi
Black Kite
2013
as Kaiun
Banana, Gloves and Whale Shark
2013
Humanoid Monster, Bem
2012
as Kao no nai otoko
One Day in January
2012
Onihei Gaiden: One Day in January
2012
Platinum Town
2012
The Life of Budori Gusuko
2012
as Narrator / Dr. Kūbō (voice)
Casting Blossoms to the Sky
2012
as Seijiro Nose
Folktales from Japan
2012
A Sower of Seeds
2012
as Shuzo Morikawa
Ace Attorney
2012
as Saibancho (Judge)
Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet
2011
as Yoneuchi
Life Back Then
2011
as Masashi Inoue
Humanoid Monster Bem
2011
as Nameless Man
Karate-Robo Zaborgar
2011
as Dr. Akunomiya
HUNTER - Women After Reward Money
2011
as Shogo Ooiwa
Shikei Kijun
2011
as Kyusaku Tsushima
In His Chart
2011
as Doctor
Ninja Kids!!!
2011
A Honeymoon in Hell: Mr. & Mrs. Oki's Fabulous Trip
2011
as wet guy
Postcard
2010
as Yukichi Morikawa, the Father-in-Law
Cast Me If You Can
2010
as Homeless guy
The Lightning Tree
2010
as Kakunoshi Enokido
Mori no Asagao
2010
as Keizukuri Hukahori
Sakurada Gate Incident
2010
as Magojiro Kaneko
Elevator to the Gallows
2010
Heaven's Story
2010
as Souichi
Naze Kimi wa Zetsubo to Tatakaeta noka
2010
Villain
2010
as Yoshio Ishibashi
Hutch the Honeybee
2010
A Crowd of Three
2010
A Lone Scalpel
2010
as Matsuo Okawa
Haru's Journey
2010
as Michio Nakai
Absolute Zero
2010
as Sosuke Kagami
After the Flowers
2010
as Soan Nagai
Golden Slumber
2010
as Hodogaya Yasushi
Yona Yona Penguin
2009
as Jii (voice)
Boku to Mama No Kiiroi Jitensha
2009
as Shotaro
April Bride
2009
as Teishi Nagashima
Rain Fall
2009
as Tatsu Ishikura
John Rabe
2009
as Matsui Iwane
Asahiyama Zoo Story: Penguins in the Sky
2009
as Itsuro Usui
Happy Flight
2008
as Saito
ICHI
2008
Ties of Shooting Stars
2008
as Togami Masayuki
Teacher and Three Children
2008
as Yoshio Ichikawa
Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit
2008
as Counselor
The Cycling Genius Is Coming!
2008
The Taste of Fish
2008
as Shojiro Sanada
All Around Us
2008
as kunimasa Yasuda
The Most Beautiful Night In The World
2008
as Journalist
The Chasing World
2008
as Doctor
The Shadow Spirit
2007
as mimasaka koushirou
Prodigy
2007
as Hisashi Kikuna
Life Can Be So Wonderful
2007
as Haeo
Three for the Road
2007
The Go Master
2007
as Kensaku Segoe
Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad
2007
as Doctor from Sasazuka Clinic
Starfish Hotel
2007
as Mr. Trickster
The Happiness
2006
The Summer of Stickleback
2006
Japan Sinks
2006
It's Only Talk
2006
Memories of Matsuko
2006
as Tsunehiro Kawajiri
Tokumei! Keiji Dongame
2006
Love and Glory
2006
as Hideyoshi Toyotomi
Scrap Heaven
2005
as Detective Yabuta
Haru and Natsu
2005
as Kotaro Nakayama
The Suspect: Muroi Shinji
2005
as Seigo Tsuda
The Great Yokai War
2005
For the coming day
2005
Love Is Five Seven Five
2005
as Grandfather
Tetsujin 28: The Movie
2005
as Yunosuke Otsuka
Moon and Cherry
2004
as Sakamoto
The Motive
2004
as Yoshifumi Katakura
River of First Love
2004
as Hidejiro Tasaki
Drugstore Girl
2004
as Koji Nabeshima
Zebraman
2004
Winning Pass
2004
The Lakeside Murder Case
2004
as Tomoharu Fujima
The Hunter and the Hunted
2004
as Neko
竜馬がゆく
2004
Doppelganger
2003
as Murakami
Worst by Chance
2003
as Shigeharu Kaneshiro
Zatoichi
2003
as Pub Owner
Farewell, Kuro
2003
as Shuzo Hanazono
Water Boys
2003
as Mama (of a bar)
Teacher's suitcase
2003
as Sensei/Matsumoto Harutsuna
Owl
2003
Mibu Gishiden: Shinsengumi de Ichiban Tsuyokatta Otoko
2002
Barber's Sorrow
2002
AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo
2002
as Hyoue Yarikura
11'09''01 - September 11
2002
as Sakichi Furuhashi (segment "Japan")
The Private Detective Mike
2002
KT
2002
as Hiroshi Uchiyama
Prince Shotoku
2001
as Anahobe no miko
Turn
2001
as Matsubara
Waterboys
2001
as Mama
The City of Lost Souls
2000
as Kuwata
Kaza-hana
2000
as Hot Spring Inn Owner
The Whispered City
2000
as Artist
Nagisa
2000
Another Heaven
2000
as Doctor Akagi
Kaizokuban Bootleg Film
1999
as Tatsuo
The Nagaharu Yodogawa Story: A Cineaste's Life in Kobe
1999
as Matashichi
Round About Midnight
1999
as Totsuka
Out - Tsumatachi no Hanzai
1999
Will to Live
1999
as Doctor
Genroku Ryoran
1999
as Genshiro
Yanchakure
1998
as 水嶋钦一
Legend of the Cat Monster
1998
as Ryohei Shimura / Joji Tamura
Love Letter
1998
Dr. Akagi
1998
as Dr. Fuu Akagi
Body and Soul
1997
The Key
1997
as Soichiro Anzai
Abduction
1997
The Eel
1997
as Tamotsu Takasaki
The Rainbow Seeker
1996
Free and Easy 8
1996
as Yukawa
Shall We Dance?
1996
as Detective Miwa
Maborosi
1995
as Yoshihiro
Eighth Shogun Yoshimune
1995
as Tokugawa Munenao
Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla
1994
as Major Akira Yuki
The Friends
1994
as Nagatomo
I Can Hear the Duck Singing
1993
When Cinema Reflects the Times: Hou Hsiao-Hsien and Edward Yang
1993
as (voice)
Private Lessons II
1993
as Oba
Family Court Judge
1993
as Shibuya Naomasa
Yamai wa kikara: Byôin e ikô 2
1992
Manhattan Kiss
1992
Sumo Do, Sumo Don't
1992
as Professor Tokichi Anayama
A Naive History of the Bakumatsu Era
1991
as Kogoro Katsura
Dance till Tomorrow
1991
The Last Frankenstein
1991
as Prof. Sarusawa
Goodbye Mama
1991
Taiheiki
1991
as Moronao Kô-no
Betrayal tomorrow
1990
Maria's Stomach
1990
Roar of the Crowd
1990
Universal Laws
1990
Fancy Dance
1989
as Masoho's boss
Beijing Watermelon
1989
as Mr. Teramoto
Battle Heater
1989
as Riichi Hama
Tora-san Goes to Vienna
1989
as Hyoma Sakaguchi
Harimao
1989
as Army Major
Mottomo Abunai Deka
1989
as Maeo
Revolver
1988
as Keisuke Mineya
The Silk Road
1988
The Yen Family
1988
as Shinichi Amemiya
Angel Guts: Red Vertigo
1988
as Yakuza
The Great Department Store Robbery
1987
Bedtime Eyes
1987
A Tale of Young Elopement
1987
as Matsuda
The Heartbreak Yakuza
1987
Congratulatory Speech
1985
as Yasuhei Higashida
The Second Is a Christian
1985
as Kumashiro
I Want To Live Once More: Shinjuku Bus Fire Incident
1985
as Hirofumi Maruyama
Capone Cries a Lot
1985
as Ushiemon
水曜ドラマスペシャル
1984
Location
1984
as Konno
Make-Up
1984
as Kikuo Tsutano
Double Bed
1983
as Tôru Yamazaki
The Man from Shimizu
1982
Suspicion
1982
as Shigekazu Akitani
Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san
1982
as Kondo
Lovers Lost
1982
as Ishizuka
Sailor Suit and Machine Gun
1981
as Detective Kuroki
Disciples of Hippocrates
1980
Masked Crusader, Mr. Jirenman
1979
as Kantarô Iwata
Shimoochiai Yakitori Movie
1979
Fujio Akatsuka's Gag Porno: In the Mood Once Again
1979
as Daigorô Hatayama
Rental Family
Hana
as Hiroshi Torigoe