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.
Filmography (311 titles)
8.0MovieKyoto Hippocrates
2026
8.0ShowConvenience Store Kyodai
Umeda Shohei · 2026
Show無垢なる証人
Hiroki Oyagi · 2026
3.0MovieThe Imaginary Dog and the Lying Cat
2026
7.0MovieOne Last Throw
Kawato Kozo · 2025
7.7MovieRental Family
Kikuo Hasegawa · 2025
8.0ShowScandal Eve
2025
9.4MovieThe Final Piece
Motoji Kanesaki · 2025
8.0MovieThe Way of The Prison Guard
2025
7.1MovieThe Boy and the Dog
Yaichi Katano · 2025
8.0MovieSamurai Fury
2025
MovieThe God of Curling
Susumu Komiyama · 2024
6.0MovieMaru
Teacher · 2024
8.0ShowShinjuku Field Hospital
Keisuke Takamine · 2024
MovieRotting
2024
ShowJK to Roppozensho
桜木倫太郎 · 2024
6.5MovieDon't Lose Your Head!
Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu · 2024
5.3MovieThe Innocent Game
2023
Show満天のゴール
トクじい · 2023
6.5MovieSeptember 1923
Teiji Igusa · 2023
MovieGoal of the Sky
2023
6.5MovieRipples
Taro Kadokura · 2023
6.6MovieHard Days
Yutaka Senba · 2023
5.0MovieTouken Ranbu: The Movie -Dawn-
Fujiwara no Michinaga · 2023
7.5MovieDo Unto Others
Shosaku Shiba · 2023
7.1MovieYudo: The Way of the Bath
regular customer · 2023
7.4MovieShylock's Children
Hajime Sawazaki · 2023
7.0MovieEgoist
Yoshio Saito · 2023
5.8MovieUmami
Salaryman · 2023
7.8ShowGet Ready!
Hiroshi Bojo · 2023