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.
Acting (235 movies)
Zatoichi
2003
Umami
2023
Hard Days
2023
The Great Department Store Robbery
1987
The Eel
1997
A Crowd of Three
2010
Noise
2022
The Life of Budori Gusuko
2012
Turn
2001
The Great Yokai War
2005
Living Rights
2015
Banana, Gloves and Whale Shark
2013
Rain Fall
2009
The City of Lost Souls
2000
ICHI
2008
Villain
2010
Kaizokuban Bootleg Film
1999
Girls, Guns and Gangsters: Shinji Somai & Sailor Suit & Machine Gun
2021
Sakurada Gate Incident
2010
The Suspect: Muroi Shinji
2005
Worst by Chance
2003
Betrayal tomorrow
1990
One Day in January
2012
Golden Slumber
2010
Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla
1994
Dr. Akagi
1998
Maborosi
1995
The Chasing World
2008
Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit
2008
Sumo Do, Sumo Don't
1992
The Silk Road
1988
I Want To Live Once More: Shinjuku Bus Fire Incident
1985
Starfish Hotel
2007
In His Chart
2011
Manhattan Kiss
1992
April Bride
2009
Ace Attorney
2012
Karate-Robo Zaborgar
2011
Goal of the Sky
2023
Haru's Journey
2010
Unforgiven
2013
The Setting Sun
2022
The Motive
2004
The Friends
1994
September 1923
2023
Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet
2011
Lovers Lost
1982
Wandering
2022
Cast Me If You Can
2010
BON-UTA, A Song from Home
2019
The Lightning Tree
2010
Yellow Elephant
2013
祈り ―幻に長崎を想う刻―
2021
Touken Ranbu 2
2023
Barber Shop with a View of the Sea
2022
The War and a Woman
2013
The Innocent Game
2023
Private Lessons II
1993
The Taste of Fish
2008
The Shadow Spirit
2007
Owl
2003
KT
2002
The Most Beautiful Night In The World
2008
Will to Live
1999
Wood Job!
2014
0.5 mm
2014
John Rabe
2009
Fujio Akatsuka's Gag Porno: In the Mood Once Again
1979
Life Back Then
2011
Oh! Father
2014
Postcard
2010
Farewell, Kuro
2003
The Lakeside Murder Case
2004
Barber's Sorrow
2002
Shylock's Children
2023
The Last Frankenstein
1991
The Whispered City
2000
The Happiness
2006
All Around Us
2008
Ninja Kids!!!
2011
Present for You
2013
Memories of Matsuko
2006
Yudo: The Way of the Bath
2023
After the Flowers
2010
River of First Love
2004
The Go Master
2007
Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad
2007
Abduction
1997
Beijing Watermelon
1989
It's Only Talk
2006
Life Can Be So Wonderful
2007
Cold
2014
The Rainbow Seeker
1996
Moon and Cherry
2004
Japan Sinks
2006
The Cycling Genius Is Coming!
2008
Yamai wa kikara: Byôin e ikô 2
1992
Time Trip App
2014
Humanoid Monster, Bem
2012
Asahiyama Zoo Story: Penguins in the Sky
2009
Directing (1 movie)
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