Akira Emoto

Known for ActingBorn 1948-11-03 (age 77)Chuo, Tokyo, Japan

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Solitary Gourmet New Year's Eve Special ~Final Meal! Setouchi Business Trip~

Mori no Asagao

The Hunter and the Hunted

Dance till Tomorrow

Roar of the Crowd

Maria's Stomach

Make-Up

The Final Piece

Re: The End of the Tiny World - Half a Year Later

Kumokiri Nizaemon

Folktales from Japan

Worst by Chance

The Whispered City

As the River Flows

The Nagaharu Yodogawa Story: A Cineaste's Life in Kobe

I Can Hear the Duck Singing

Sky Cannot Be This Blue

Goodbye Mama

Universal Laws

The Secret Lives of Kyoto Folk

Asahiyama Zoo Story: Penguins in the Sky

Castle of Sand

The Great Department Store Robbery

A Tale of Young Elopement

Black Widow Business

A Honeymoon in Hell: Mr. & Mrs. Oki's Fabulous Trip

Tora-san Goes to Vienna

Black Kite

The Private Detective Mike

Segodon

Abduction

The Pearls of the Stone Man

Hanzawa Naoki

Mottomo Abunai Deka

Villain: Perpetrator Chase Investigation

Location

Lost Man Found

Good Doctor

Love That Makes You Cry

Samurai Fury

The Way of The Prison Guard

Shinjuku Field Hospital

Banjo no Himawari

One Day in January

HUNTER - Women After Reward Money

Absolute Zero

Get Ready!

Love & War of a Samurai