Akira Emoto
Known for: Acting
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
Series
AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo
Hyoue Yarikura
2002
Series
Ten Count to the Future
Kenzo Ashiya
2022
Series
Absolute Zero
Sosuke Kagami
2010
Film
Rental Family
Kikuo Hasegawa
2025
Series
Hanzawa Naoki
Keiji Minobe
2013
Series
Folktales from Japan
2012
Series
Lost Man Found
Himself
2022
Series
Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit
Sfar
2016
Series
Kumokiri Nizaemon
2013
Film
Shin Godzilla
Ryuta Azuma : Chief Cabinet Secretary
2016
Series
Segodon
Ryu Samin
2018
Series
Clouds Over the Hill
乃木知幸介
2009
Film
Shoplifters
Yoritsugu Kawado
2018
Film
It Feels So Good
Kenji's Father (voice)
2019
Series
Scandal Eve
2025
Series
Scandal Eve
Shigeru Kodama
2025
Series
Water Boys
Mama (of a bar)
2003
Series
Silver and Gold
Hitoshi Kuramae
2017
Series
The Secret Lives of Kyoto Folk
2015
Series
The Private Detective Mike
2002
Series
A Life: A Love
Danjo Toranosuke
2017
Series
Ties of Shooting Stars
Togami Masayuki
2008
Series
Love That Makes You Cry
Masahiko Hayashida
2016
Series
In Hand
2019
Series
Genroku Ryoran
Genshiro
1999
Series
Get Ready!
Hiroshi Bojo
2023
Series
Love and Glory
Hideyoshi Toyotomi
2006
Film
Bedtime Eyes
1987
Series
Good Doctor
Akira Shiga
2018
Series
Shinjuku Field Hospital
Keisuke Takamine
2024
Series
Taiheiki
Moronao Kô-no
1991
Film
Samurai Fury
2025
Film
Zatoichi
Pub Owner
2003
Series
Eighth Shogun Yoshimune
Tokugawa Munenao
1995
Series
HUNTER - Women After Reward Money
Shogo Ooiwa
2011
Series
Teen Regime
Washida Tsuguaki
2022
Film
Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla
Major Akira Yuki
1994
Series
Bullets, Bones and Blocked Noses
Hadashi no Tyosuke(裸足のチョウスケ)
2021
Series
The Long Goodbye
Heizo Harada
2014
Series
Black Kite
Kaiun
2013
Film
Memories of Matsuko
Tsunehiro Kawajiri
2006
Series
愛の流刑地
北冈耕造
2007
Series
Convenience Store Kyodai
Umeda Shohei
2026
Film
Worst by Chance
Shigeharu Kaneshiro
2003
Film
The Eel
Tamotsu Takasaki
1997
Series
Haru and Natsu
Kotaro Nakayama
2005
Series
Olympic Ransom
2013
Series
JK to Roppozensho
桜木倫太郎
2024
Series
Humanoid Monster Bem
Nameless Man
2011
Series
The New Chronicle of Lord Nobunaga: Classmates are Warriors
Yotaro Befunokami
2022
Series
Home Sweet Tokyo
[Ramen Shop Owner]
2017
Film
Nagisa
Priest Shinto
2000
Film
ICHI
2008
Film
Survival Family
Sasaki Shigeomi
2017
Film
The Key
Soichiro Anzai
1997
Series
Villain: Perpetrator Chase Investigation
铃本茂树
2019
Series
Out - Tsumatachi no Hanzai
1999
Film
Umami
Salaryman
2023
Series
Yanchakure
水嶋钦一
1998
Film
The Final Piece
Motoji Kanesaki
2025
Film
Lu Over the Wall
Ashimoto's Grandfather (voice)
2017
Film
Shall We Dance?
Detective Miwa
1996
Film
Maborosi
Yoshihiro
1995
Series
Frankenstein's Love
Tsurumaru
2017
Series
Re: The End of the Tiny World - Half a Year Later
Kawabata
2021
Series
竜馬がゆく
2004
Film
The Great Yokai War
2005
Film
Zebraman
Kitahara the Crab Man
2004
Series
水曜ドラマスペシャル
1984
Film
Wood Job!
Toshiro Yamane
2014
Film
Happy Flight
Saito
2008
Film
Amagi Pass
1983
Series
Tokumei! Keiji Dongame
2006
Film
Hard Days
Yutaka Senba
2023
Film
September 11
Sakichi Furuhashi (segment "Japan")
2002
Film
John Rabe
Matsui Iwane
2009
Film
A Man
Norio Komiura
2022
Film
Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet
Yoneuchi
2011
Film
Sailor Suit and Machine Gun
Detective Kuroki
1981
Film
Random Lives
Hanamura
2017
Film
Owl
2003
Film
Japan Sinks
Professor Fukuhara
2006
Film
Angel Guts: Red Vertigo
Yakuza
1988
Film
Journey to the Shore
Hoshitani
2015
Series
Mibu Gishiden: Shinsengumi de Ichiban Tsuyokatta Otoko
2002
Series
Mori no Asagao
Keizukuri Hukahori
2010
Film
Drugstore Girl
Koji Nabeshima
2004
Film
The Friends
Nagatomo
1994
Film
The War and a Woman
client of woman
2013
Series
Love & War of a Samurai
2003
Film
Double Bed
Tôru Yamazaki
1983
Film
Baragaki: Unbroken Samurai
Shop Owner
2021
Series
Japanese Style
Hifuji Umekoshi
2022
Film
0.5 mm
Takeshi Sasaki
2014
Film
The Promised Land
Goro Fujiki
2019
Film
Ekeb of Dekye
Soichi Yanagimachi
2010
Series
Goodbye My Dear
Hiroshi Yamawaki
2022
Film
Unforgiven
Kingo Baba
2013
Film
The Great Yokai War: Guardians
old man
2021
Film
The Great Yokai War: Guardians
Old Man
2021
Film
Rain Fall
Tatsu Ishikura
2009
Film
Waterboys
Mama
2001
Film
Dr. Akagi
Dr. Fuu Akagi
1998
Film
Villain
Yoshio Ishibashi
2010
Film
Lovers Lost
Ishizuka
1982
Film
Black Widow Business
Jun Sakurada
2016
Film
I Want To Live Once More: Shinjuku Bus Fire Incident
Hirofumi Maruyama
1985
Film
Hutch the Honeybee
2010
Film
The Lakeside Murder Case
Tomoharu Fujima
2005
Film
Ask This of Rikyu
2013
Film
The Silk Road
1988
Film
Yona Yona Penguin
Jii (voice)
2009
Film
The Boy and the Dog
Yaichi Katano
2025
Film
Chicken Is Barefoot
2004
Film
The Wandering Moon
Agata
2022
Film
Beijing Watermelon
Mr. Teramoto
1989
Film
Vampire in Love
Sojiro
2015
Film
Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies
1986
Film
Sumo Do, Sumo Don't
Professor Tokichi Anayama
1992
Film
Yamai wa kikara: Byôin e ikô 2
1992
Film
The City of Lost Souls
Kuwata
2000
Film
Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit
Counselor
2008
Film
Ace Attorney
Saibancho (Judge)
2012
Film
Casting Blossoms to the Sky
Seijiro Nose
2012
Series
Banjo no Himawari
2019
Series
無垢なる証人
Hiroki Oyagi
2026
Film
Color Me True
Tadashi Honda
2018
Film
Recall
Seiji Nomura
2018
Film
Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san
Kondo
1982
Film
Golden Slumber
Hodogaya Yasushi
2010
Film
Fancy Dance
Masoho's boss
1989
Film
Suspicion
Shigekazu Akitani
1982
Film
Boku to Mama No Kiiroi Jitensha
Shotaro
2009
Film
Egoist
Yoshio Saito
2023
Film
Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad
Doctor from Sasazuka Clinic
2007
Film
Ninja Kids!!!
2011
Film
Karate-Robo Zaborgar
Dr. Akunomiya
2011
Film
The Master Plan
Kawabata
2021
Film
Haru's Journey
Michio Nakai
2010
Film
They Say Nothing Stays the Same
Toichi
2019
Film
Sakurada Gate Incident
Magojiro Kaneko
2010
Film
Tora-san Goes to Vienna
Hyoma Sakaguchi
1989
Film
The Innocent Game
2023
Film
Sleeping Forest
Daisuke Ota
2014
Film
Iwane: Sword of Serenity
Urakusai
2019
Film
Private Lessons II
Oba
1993
Film
Time Trip App
Ryuzo Yanagita
2014
Film
KT
Hiroshi Uchiyama
2002
Film
Touken Ranbu: The Movie -Dawn-
Fujiwara no Michinaga
2023
Film
Doppelgänger
Murakami
2003
Series
Prince Shotoku
Anahobe no miko
2001
Film
Fujio Akatsuka's Gag Porno: In the Mood Once Again
Daigorô Hatayama
1979
Series
ホットドッグ
大田原輝
1990
Series
Arashi no Namida
2016
Film
The Dog Bridegroom
Kenkichi Okumura
2017
Film
Noise
Shoji
2022
Film
The Big Bee
Murofushi
2015
Film
Mukoku
Seppo Mitsumura
2017
Series
混声の森
2022
Film
It's Only Talk
2006
Film
Show Me the Way to the Station
2019
Film
The Chasing World
Doctor
2008
Film
I Never Shot Anyone
Takashi Renjo
2020
Film
The Second Is a Christian
Kumashiro
1985
Film
Yellow Elephant
Arechi
2013
Film
Capone Cries a Lot
Ushiemon
1985
Film
Farewell, Kuro
Shuzo Hanazono
2003
Series
Naze Kimi wa Zetsubo to Tatakaeta noka
2010
Film
Body and Soul
Sekiya/Reiko's lover-Aya's ex
1997
Film
Kaizokuban Bootleg Film
Tatsuo
1999
Film
All Around Us
kunimasa Yasuda
2008
Film
April Bride
Teishi Nagashima
2009
Film
The Suspect: Muroi Shinji
Seigo Tsuda
2005
Film
The Go Master
Kensaku Segoe
2007
Film
Postcard
Yukichi Morikawa, the Father-in-Law
2010
Film
Tetsujin 28: The Movie
Yunosuke Otsuka
2005
Film
The Life of Budori Gusuko
Narrator / Dr. Kūbō (voice)
2012
Film
Your Friend
2008
Film
September 1923
Teiji Igusa
2023
Film
A Grain of Wheat
Honda
2016
Film
Oz Land
Boss
2018
Film
Shippu Rondo
Masaomi Togo
2016
Film
Ripples
Taro Kadokura
2023
Film
Round About Midnight
Totsuka
1999
Film
Barber's Sorrow
Sakaguchi
2002
Film
The Lightning Tree
Kakunoshi Enokido
2010
Film
A Lone Scalpel
Matsuo Okawa
2010
Film
Will to Live
Doctor
1999
Series
Platinum Town
2012
Film
Do Unto Others
Shosaku Shiba
2023
Film
Underdog: Part One
Sakuro
2020
Film
No Place to Go
Bomber
2022
Film
The Imaginary Dog and the Lying Cat
2026
Film
River of First Love
Hidejiro Tasaki
2004
Film
Another Heaven
Doctor Akagi
2000
あそびにおいでョ!
1988
Film
The Yen Family
Shinichi Amemiya
1988
Film
The Heartbreak Yakuza
1987
Film
Abduction
Chief Superintendent Tachibana
1997
Film
Castle of Sand
Chiyokichi
2019
Film
Neko Ninja
Kariyazaki
2017
Film
Evil and The Mask
Detective Aida
2018
Film
Yudo
regular customer
2023
Film
The Partner
Ōkuma Shigenobu
2013
Film
After the Flowers
Soan Nagai
2010
Family Court Judge
Shibuya Naomasa
1993
Film
As the River Flows
2000
Film
In His Chart
Doctor
2011
Film
The Motive
Yoshifumi Katakura
2004
Film
The Whispered City
Toyohashi, sculptor
2000
Film
Harimao
Army Major
1989
Film
Humanoid Monster, Bem
Kao no nai otoko
2012
Film
GARO: Gold Storm Flight
Priest Soutatsu
2015
Film
Underdog: Part Two
Sakuro
2020
Film
Samurai Resurrection
Nobutsuna Matsudaira
2003
Film
The Most Beautiful Night In The World
Journalist
2008
Film
A Crowd of Three
2010
Film
Living in the Sky
Concierge Kondo
2020
Series
A Woman from Ashio
2014
Film
Starfish Hotel
Mr. Trickster
2007
Film
Kaza-hana
Hot Spring Inn Owner
2001
Film
Scrap Heaven
Detective Yabuta
2005
Film
Life Back Then
Masashi Inoue
2011
Film
Legend of the Cat Monster
Ryohei Shimura / Joji Tamura
1983
Film
Prodigy
Hisashi Kikuna
2007
Film
Shylock's Children
Hajime Sawazaki
2023
Film
Heaven's Story
Souichi
2010
Film
Goodbye Mama
1991
Film
Maru
Teacher
2024
Film
Sniper
Tatsuyuki Miyata
2016
Film
A Honeymoon in Hell: Mr. & Mrs. Oki's Fabulous Trip
wet guy
2011
Film
The Hunter and the Hunted
Neko
2004
Film
The Rainbow Seeker
1996
Film
The Shadow Spirit
mimasaka koushirou
2007
Film
The Setting Sun
Dr. Miyake
2022
Film
The Pearls of the Stone Man
Kumaji Ueda
2015
Film
Wonderful Paradise
Homeless
2020
Film
Stardust over the Town
Kumabe Rokuzo
2020
疑惑
2012
Film
The Man from Shimizu
1982
Film
A Naive History of the Bakumatsu Era
Kogoro Katsura
1991
Film
Moon & Cherry
Sakamoto
2004
Film
One Last Throw
Kawato Kozo
2025
Film
The Taste of Fish
Shojiro Sanada
2008
Film
A Tale of Young Elopement
Matsuda
1987
Film
Oh! Father
Hayashi Tomita
2014
Film
Turn
Matsubara
2001
Film
The Way of The Prison Guard
2025
新 法廷荒らし 猪狩文助〜終の棲家〜
2015
Film
Masked Crusader, Mr. Jirenman
Kantarô Iwata
1979
Film
Disciples of Hippocrates
1980
Film
Congratulatory Speech
Yasuhei Higashida
1985
Film
A Living Promise
Zenzo Takeda
2016
Film
The Nagaharu Yodogawa Story: A Cineaste's Life in Kobe
Matashichi
1999
Film
Make-Up
Kikuo Tsutano
1984
Film
Battle Heater
Riichi Hama
1989
Film
Three for the Road
2007
Film
Rotting
2024
Film
Location
Konno
1984
Film
Asahiyama Zoo Story: Penguins in the Sky
Itsuro Usui
2009
Film
The Great Department Store Robbery
1987
Series
てにあまる
2021
Film
Banana, Gloves and Whale Shark
Lawyer
2013
Film
Shimo-ochiai Yakitori Movie
1979
Film
Shikei Kijun
Kyusaku Tsushima
2011
Film
Manhattan Kiss
1992
Film
Cold
Jin Ichinose
2014
Film
BON-UTA, A Song from Home
(voice)
2019
Film
Revolver
Keisuke Mineya
1988
Film
Present for You
2015
Film
Mottomo Abunai Deka
Maeo
1989
Film
Don't Lose Your Head!
Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu
2024
Film
Love Is Five Seven Five
Grandfather
2005
Film
Kyoto Hippocrates
2026
Film
Teacher's suitcase
Sensei/Matsumoto Harutsuna
2003
Film
A Sower of Seeds
Shuzo Morikawa
2012
Series
満天のゴール
トクじい
2023
Film
Love Letter
1998
Film
One Day in January
2012
Film
Solitary Gourmet New Year's Eve Special ~Final Meal! Setouchi Business Trip~
2017
Film
Fly, Dakota, Fly!
2013
Film
When Cinema Reflects the Times: Hou Hsiao-Hsien and Edward Yang
Narrator (voice)
1993
Film
Finding Light at the Darkness Festival
2019
For the coming day
2005
Film
Takada Wataru Teki
Self
2004
Film
Hana
Hiroshi Torigoe
2003
Film
Universal Laws
1990
Film
Dance till Tomorrow
1991
Film
祈り ―幻に長崎を想う刻―
2021
Film
Godot of the Emotos
2019
Film
A House on a Hill
Yoshitarō Terashima
2014
Film
The Happiness
2006
Film
Utsusemi no mori
Police Inspector Kariya Shinichi
2021
あじさい色のレディ
1988
Film
Winning Pass
2004
Film
Free and Easy 8
Yukawa
1996
Film
The Mohican Comes Home
Osamu Tamura
2016
Film
Life Can Be So Wonderful
Haeo
2007
Film
Nosari: Impermanent Eternity
2020
Film
I Can Hear the Duck Singing
1993
Film
Cast Me If You Can
Homeless guy
2010
Film
Teacher and Three Children
Yoshio Ichikawa
2008
Film
Living Rights
2015
Film
The Cycling Genius Is Coming!
2008
Film
Maria's Stomach
1990
Film
Betrayal Tomorrow
1990
Film
Girls, Guns and Gangsters: Shinji Somai & Sailor Suit & Machine Gun
2021
Film
Roar of the Crowd
1990
Film
Goal of the Sky
2023
Film
Barber Shop with a View of the Sea
老店主
2022
Film
The Last Frankenstein
Prof. Sarusawa
1991
The Summer of Stickleback
2006
Film
The God of Curling
Susumu Komiyama
2024