Akira Emoto
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1948-11-03
Place of Birth
Chūō, Tokyo, Japan
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.
Also Known For
Zatoichi
Sep 06, 2003
Umami
Feb 09, 2023
Hard Days
May 19, 2023
The Great Department Store Robbery
Dec 26, 1987
The Eel
May 12, 1997
A Crowd of Three
Jun 12, 2010
Noise
Jan 27, 2022
The Life of Budori Gusuko
Jul 07, 2012
Turn
Oct 13, 2001
The Great Yokai War
Aug 06, 2005
Living Rights
Mar 07, 2015
Banana, Gloves and Whale Shark
Jan 01, 2013
Rain Fall
Apr 24, 2009
The City of Lost Souls
Sep 15, 2000
ICHI
Oct 25, 2008
Villain
Sep 11, 2010
Kaizokuban Bootleg Film
Dec 01, 1999
Sakurada Gate Incident
Oct 16, 2010
Girls, Guns and Gangsters: Shinji Somai & Sailor Suit & Machine Gun
Nov 17, 2021
The Suspect: Muroi Shinji
Aug 27, 2005
Worst by Chance
Sep 13, 2003
Betrayal tomorrow
Sep 14, 1990
One Day in January
Nov 17, 2012
Golden Slumber
Jan 30, 2010
Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla
Dec 10, 1994
Dr. Akagi
May 17, 1998
Maborosi
Oct 01, 1995
The Chasing World
Feb 22, 2008
Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit
Sep 26, 2008
Sumo Do, Sumo Don't
Jan 15, 1992
The Silk Road
Jun 25, 1988
I Want To Live Once More: Shinjuku Bus Fire Incident
Mar 02, 1985
Starfish Hotel
Feb 03, 2007
In His Chart
Aug 27, 2011
Manhattan Kiss
Jun 13, 1992
April Bride
May 09, 2009
Ace Attorney
Feb 11, 2012
Karate-Robo Zaborgar
Oct 15, 2011
Goal of the Sky
Jul 15, 2023
Haru's Journey
May 22, 2010
For the coming day
May 06, 2005
Unforgiven
Sep 13, 2013
The Setting Sun
Nov 04, 2022
The Motive
Dec 18, 2004
The Friends
Apr 09, 1994
September 1923
Sep 01, 2023
Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet
Dec 23, 2011
Lovers Lost
Jun 12, 1982
Wandering
May 13, 2022
Cast Me If You Can
Oct 23, 2010
BON-UTA, A Song from Home
Feb 15, 2019
The Lightning Tree
Oct 22, 2010
A Woman from Ashio
Jan 18, 2014
Yellow Elephant
Feb 02, 2013
祈り ―幻に長崎を想う刻―
Aug 20, 2021
Touken Ranbu 2
Mar 31, 2023
海の見える理髪店
May 09, 2022
The War and a Woman
Apr 27, 2013
The Innocent Game
Nov 10, 2023
Private Lessons II
Mar 06, 1993
The Taste of Fish
Jun 07, 2008
The Shadow Spirit
Dec 21, 2007
Owl
Feb 07, 2003
KT
May 03, 2002
The Most Beautiful Night In The World
May 24, 2008
Will to Live
Jan 15, 1999
Wood Job!
May 10, 2014
0.5 mm
Nov 08, 2014
John Rabe
Apr 02, 2009
Fujio Akatsuka's Gag Porno: In the Mood Once Again
Mar 31, 1979
Life Back Then
Nov 19, 2011
Oh! Father
May 24, 2014
Postcard
Oct 27, 2010
The Lakeside Murder Case
Jan 22, 2004
Farewell, Kuro
Jul 01, 2003
Barber's Sorrow
Nov 09, 2002
Shylock's Children
Feb 17, 2023
The Last Frankenstein
Apr 20, 1991
The Whispered City
Jul 07, 2000
The Happiness
Nov 23, 2006
All Around Us
Jun 07, 2008
Ninja Kids!!!
Jul 23, 2011
Present for You
Oct 04, 2013
Memories of Matsuko
May 27, 2006
Yudo: The Way of the Bath
Feb 23, 2023
River of First Love
Nov 13, 2004
The Go Master
May 24, 2007
Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad
Apr 14, 2007
After the Flowers
Mar 13, 2010
Abduction
Jun 07, 1997
Beijing Watermelon
Nov 18, 1989
It's Only Talk
Jun 10, 2006
Life Can Be So Wonderful
Sep 15, 2007
Cold
Sep 27, 2014
The Rainbow Seeker
Dec 28, 1996
Moon and Cherry
Dec 25, 2004
Japan Sinks
Jul 15, 2006
The Cycling Genius Is Coming!
Sep 06, 2008
Yamai wa kikara: Byôin e ikô 2
Dec 19, 1992
Time Trip App
Jul 26, 2014
Humanoid Monster, Bem
Dec 15, 2012
Asahiyama Zoo Story: Penguins in the Sky
Feb 07, 2009
I Can Hear the Duck Singing
Sep 11, 1993
A Lone Scalpel
Jun 05, 2010
Roar of the Crowd
Jun 09, 1990
Scrap Heaven
Oct 08, 2005
Heaven's Story
Oct 02, 2010
Fancy Dance
Dec 23, 1989
Journey to the Shore
Sep 30, 2015
Vampire in Love
Apr 17, 2015
Egoist
Feb 10, 2023
Rental Family
Nov 21, 2025
Ripples
May 26, 2023
A House on a Hill
Dec 06, 2014
Sleeping Forest
Jan 02, 2014
The Man from Shimizu
Dec 28, 1982
Round About Midnight
Nov 06, 1999
Love Letter
May 23, 1998
Do Unto Others
Mar 24, 2023
GARO -Gold Storm- Sho
Mar 28, 2015
Angel Guts: Red Vertigo
May 07, 1988
Capone Cries a Lot
Feb 16, 1985
No Place to Go
Oct 08, 2022
Nagisa
Jun 10, 2000
Muromachi Burai
Jan 17, 2025
Drugstore Girl
Feb 07, 2004
Sailor Suit and Machine Gun
Dec 19, 1981
The Mohican Comes Home
Apr 09, 2016
The Big Bee
Sep 12, 2015
The Summer of Stickleback
Oct 14, 2006
Shin Godzilla
Jul 29, 2016
Maria's Stomach
Jul 21, 1990
The Second Is a Christian
Sep 14, 1985
When Cinema Reflects the Times: Hou Hsiao-Hsien and Edward Yang
Sep 01, 1993
Migawari Mission
Feb 09, 2024
Doppelganger
Sep 27, 2003
Black Widow Business
Aug 27, 2016
Battle Heater
Nov 03, 1989
Tora-san Goes to Vienna
Aug 05, 1989
Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san
Aug 07, 1982
Hana
Nov 01, 2003
The Yen Family
May 14, 1988
The Pearls of the Stone Man
Jun 20, 2015
Elevator to the Gallows
Oct 09, 2010
Shippu Rondo
Nov 26, 2016
A Honeymoon in Hell: Mr. & Mrs. Oki's Fabulous Trip
May 14, 2011
Harimao
Jun 03, 1989
Dance till Tomorrow
Jun 22, 1991
Maru
Oct 18, 2024
Kaza-hana
Jan 27, 2001
Fly, Dakota, Fly!
Oct 05, 2013
Lu Over the Wall
May 19, 2017
Location
Sep 22, 1984
Waterboys
Sep 15, 2001
Mukoku
Jun 03, 2017
A Living Promise
Jan 09, 2016
Revolver
Oct 22, 1988
Random Lives
Jan 28, 2017
Suspicion
Sep 11, 1982
Double Bed
Aug 05, 1983
Color Me True
Feb 10, 2018
Teacher and Three Children
Sep 27, 2008
The Hunter and the Hunted
Jan 17, 2004
A Grain of Wheat
Aug 26, 2016
Mottomo Abunai Deka
Apr 22, 1989
Free and Easy 8
Aug 10, 1996
Another Heaven
Apr 29, 2000
Evil and The Mask
Jan 13, 2018
Shikei Kijun
Sep 25, 2011
Shoplifters
Jun 02, 2018
Neko Ninja
May 20, 2017
The Heartbreak Yakuza
Sep 12, 1987
Hutch the Honeybee
Jul 28, 2010
Recall
Jun 15, 2018
Love Is Five Seven Five
Mar 26, 2005
Bedtime Eyes
Apr 25, 1987
11’09”01—September 11
Sep 04, 2002
Iwane: Sword of Serenity
May 17, 2019
Goodbye Mama
Apr 20, 1991
A Tale of Young Elopement
Feb 07, 1987
Sniper
Oct 02, 2016
Survival Family
Dec 12, 2016
Yona Yona Penguin
Dec 23, 2009
Masked Crusader, Mr. Jirenman
Oct 06, 1979
Castle of Sand
Mar 28, 2019
A Sower of Seeds
Mar 03, 2012
Oz Land
Oct 26, 2018
They Say Nothing Stays the Same
Sep 13, 2019
The Promised Land
Oct 18, 2019
Winning Pass
Jan 24, 2004
Body and Soul
Oct 18, 1997
Three for the Road
Jul 11, 2007
Casting Blossoms to the Sky
May 12, 2012
Show Me the Way to the Station
Oct 18, 2019
The Key
Oct 18, 1997
Universal Laws
Jan 27, 1990
Disciples of Hippocrates
Nov 21, 1980
The Nagaharu Yodogawa Story: A Cineaste's Life in Kobe
Nov 07, 1999
Shall We Dance?
Jan 27, 1996
Shimo-ochiai Yakitori Movie
Jun 23, 1979
Make-Up
May 02, 1984
Nosari: Impermanent Eternity
Jul 11, 2020
Congratulatory Speech
Dec 28, 1985
Baragaki: Unbroken Samurai
Oct 15, 2021
Legend of the Cat Monster
Aug 30, 1983
Boku to Mama No Kiiroi Jitensha
Aug 22, 2009
Living in the Sky
Oct 23, 2020
Godot of the Emotos
Apr 20, 2019
Underdog: Part One
Nov 27, 2020
Happy Flight
Nov 15, 2008
Stardust Over The Town
Mar 06, 2020
Zebraman
Jan 30, 2004
Teacher's suitcase
Mar 11, 2003
The Great Yokai War: Guardians
Jul 01, 2021
Solitary Gourmet New Year's Eve Special ~Final Meal! Setouchi Business Trip~
Dec 31, 2017
It Feels So Good
Aug 23, 2019
The Dog Bridegroom
May 13, 2017
Tetsujin 28: The Movie
Mar 19, 2005
The End of the Tiny World
Jan 29, 2021
I Never Shot Anyone
Jul 03, 2020
Wonderful Paradise
Nov 20, 2020
A Naive History of the Bakumatsu Era
Jul 06, 1991
A Man
Nov 18, 2022
Prodigy
Sep 20, 2007
The Boy and the Dog
Mar 20, 2025
空蝉の森
Feb 05, 2021
The Great Yokai War: Guardians
Jul 01, 2021
Samurai Resurrection
Apr 26, 2003
Amagi Pass
Feb 19, 1983
Takada Wataru Teki
Apr 03, 2004
Finding Light at the Darkness Festival
Oct 25, 2019
Underdog: Part Two
Nov 27, 2020
The Way of The Prison Guard
Jun 21, 2025
The Honest Realtor Special
Jan 03, 2024
Genroku Ryoran
Jan 10, 1999
Banjo no Himawari
Sep 08, 2019
Water Boys
Jul 01, 2003
Re: The End of the Tiny World - Half a Year Later
Jan 29, 2021
Tokumei! Keiji Dongame
Apr 10, 2006
Love and Glory
Jan 08, 2006
Out - Tsumatachi no Hanzai
Oct 12, 1999
Segodon
Jan 07, 2018
Bullets, Bones and Blocked Noses
Sep 17, 2021
The Private Detective Mike
Jul 01, 2002
The Long Goodbye
Apr 19, 2014
Home Sweet Tokyo
Nov 19, 2017
Ties of Shooting Stars
Oct 17, 2008
Haru and Natsu
Oct 02, 2005
てにあまる
Jan 05, 2021
HUNTER - Women After Reward Money
Oct 11, 2011
Olympic Ransom
Nov 30, 2013
Love That Makes You Cry
Jan 18, 2016
A Life
Jan 15, 2017
Frankenstein's Love
Apr 23, 2017
Family Court Judge
Jan 07, 1993
満天のゴール
Sep 19, 2023
Ten Count to the Future
Apr 14, 2022
In Hand
Apr 12, 2019
水曜ドラマスペシャル
Oct 17, 1984
Silver and Gold
Jan 07, 2017
Absolute Zero
Apr 13, 2010
Good Doctor
Jul 12, 2018
Teen Regime
May 07, 2022
AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo
Oct 09, 2002
Folktales from Japan
Apr 01, 2012
混声の森
Jul 23, 2022
Kumokiri Nizaemon
Apr 10, 2013
Yanchakure
Oct 05, 1998
Humanoid Monster Bem
Oct 22, 2011
Black Kite
Jan 13, 2013
The New Chronicle of Lord Nobunaga: Classmates are Warriors
Jul 24, 2022
Goodbye My Dear
Sep 22, 2022
Japanese Style
Oct 22, 2022
Lost Man Found
Jun 26, 2022
Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit
Mar 19, 2016
Prince Shotoku
Nov 10, 2001
新 法廷荒らし 猪狩文助〜終の棲家〜
Jan 01, 2015
Platinum Town
Aug 19, 2012
Mori no Asagao
Oct 18, 2010
Villain: Perpetrator Chase Investigation
May 12, 2019
竜馬がゆく
Jan 02, 2004
Get Ready!
Jan 08, 2023
JK to Roppozensho
Apr 19, 2024
Shinjuku Field Hospital
Jul 03, 2024
Naze Kimi wa Zetsubo to Tatakaeta noka
Sep 25, 2010
Mibu Gishiden: Shinsengumi de Ichiban Tsuyokatta Otoko
Dec 28, 2002
Hanzawa Naoki
Jul 07, 2013
Taiheiki
Jan 06, 1991
Eighth Shogun Yoshimune
Jan 08, 1995
Arashi no Namida - Watakushitachi ni Asu wa Aru
Feb 01, 2016
Clouds Over the Hill
Nov 29, 2009
Love & War of a Samurai
Aug 22, 2003