Akira Emoto

76, from Chūō, Tokyo, Japan

Artwork for Shin GodzillaImage of 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.

Timeline

2025Aged 77

  • Poster for Muromachi Burai

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for The Boy and the Dog

    (Unknown)

2024Aged 76

  • Poster for Migawari Mission

    Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu

  • Poster for Maru

    Teacher

2023Aged 75

  • Poster for Umami

    Salaryman

  • Poster for Egoist

    Yoshio Saito

  • Poster for Shylock's Children

    Hajime Sawazaki

  • Poster for Yudo: The Way of the Bath

    regular customer

  • Poster for Do Unto Others

    Shosaku Shiba

  • Poster for Touken Ranbu 2

    Fujiwara no Michinaga

  • Poster for Hard Days

    Yutaka Senba

  • Poster for Ripples

    Taro Kadokura

  • Poster for Goal of the Sky

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for September 1923

    Teiji Igusa

  • Poster for The Innocent Game

    (Unknown)

2022Aged 74

  • Poster for Noise

    Shoji

  • Poster for 海の見える理髪店

    老店主

  • Poster for Wandering

    Agata

  • Poster for No Place to Go

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for The Setting Sun

    Dr. Miyake

  • Poster for A Man

    Norio Komiura

2021Aged 73

  • Poster for The End of the Tiny World

    Kawabata

  • Poster for 空蝉の森

    Police Inspector kariya shinichi

  • Poster for The Great Yokai War: Guardians

    old man

  • Poster for 祈り ―幻に長崎を想う刻―

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Baragaki: Unbroken Samurai

    Shop Owner

  • Poster for Girls, Guns and Gangsters: Shinji Somai & Sailor Suit & Machine Gun

    (Unknown)

2020Aged 72

  • Poster for Stardust Over The Town

    Kumabe Rokuzo

  • Poster for I Never Shot Anyone

    Takashi Renjo

  • Poster for Nosari: Impermanent Eternity

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Living in the Sky

    Concierge Kondo

  • Poster for Wonderful Paradise

    Homeless

  • Poster for Underdog: Part One

    Sakuro

  • Poster for Underdog: Part Two

    Sakuro

2019Aged 71

  • Poster for BON-UTA, A Song from Home

    (voice)

  • Poster for Castle of Sand

    Chiyokichi

  • Poster for Godot of the Emotos

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Iwane: Sword of Serenity

    Urakusai

  • Poster for It Feels So Good

    Kenji's Father (voice)

  • Poster for They Say Nothing Stays the Same

    Toichi

  • Poster for The Promised Land

    Goro Fujiki

  • Poster for Show Me the Way to the Station

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Finding Light at the Darkness Festival

    (Unknown)

2018Aged 70

  • Poster for Evil and The Mask

    Detective Aida

  • Poster for Color Me True

    Tadashi Honda

  • Poster for Shoplifters

    Yoritsugu Kawado

  • Poster for Recall

    Seiji Nomura

  • Poster for Oz Land

    Boss

2017Aged 69

  • Poster for Random Lives

    Hanamura

  • Poster for The Dog Bridegroom

    Kenkichi Okumura

  • Poster for Lu Over the Wall

    Ashimoto's Grandfather (voice)

  • Poster for Neko Ninja

    Kariyazaki

  • Poster for Mukoku

    Seppo Mitsumura

  • Poster for Kodokunogurume ōmisoka supesharu ~ tabe-osame! Setouchi shutchō-hen ~

    (Unknown)

2016Aged 68

  • Poster for A Living Promise

    Zenzo Takeda

  • Poster for The Mohican Comes Home

    Osamu Tamura

  • Poster for Shin Godzilla

    Ryuta Azuma : Chief Cabinet Secretary

  • Poster for A Grain of Wheat

    Honda

  • Poster for Black Widow Business

    Jun Sakurada

  • Poster for Sniper

    Tatsuyuki Miyata

  • Poster for Shippu Rondo

    Masaomi Togo

  • Poster for Survival Family

    Sasaki Shigeomi

2015Aged 67

  • Poster for Living Rights

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for GARO -Gold Storm- Sho

    Priest Soutatsu

  • Poster for Vampire in Love

    Sojiro

  • Poster for The Pearls of the Stone Man

    Kumaji Ueda

  • Poster for The Big Bee

    Murofushi

  • Poster for Journey to the Shore

    Mr. Hoshitani

2014Aged 66

  • Poster for Sleeping Forest

    Daisuke Ota

  • A Woman from Ashio

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Wood Job!

    Toshiro Yamane

  • Poster for Oh! Father

    Hayashi Tomita

  • Poster for Time Trip App

    Ryuzo Yanagita

  • Poster for Cold

    Jin Ichinose

  • Poster for 0.5 mm

    Takeshi Sasaki

  • Poster for A House on a Hill

    Yoshitarō Terashima

2013Aged 65

  • Poster for Banana, Gloves and Whale Shark

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Yellow Elephant

    Arechi

  • Poster for The War and a Woman

    client of woman

  • Poster for Unforgiven

    Kingo Baba

  • Poster for Present for You

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Fly, Dakota, Fly!

    (Unknown)

2012Aged 64

  • Poster for Ace Attorney

    Saibancho (Judge)

  • Poster for A Sower of Seeds

    Shuzo Morikawa

  • Poster for Casting Blossoms to the Sky

    Seijiro Nose

  • Poster for The Life of Budori Gusuko

    Narrator / Dr. Kūbō (voice)

  • Poster for One Day in January

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Humanoid Monster, Bem

    Kao no nai otoko

2011Aged 63

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

    wet guy

  • Poster for Ninja Kids!!!

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for In His Chart

    Doctor

  • Poster for Shikei Kijun

    Kyusaku Tsushima

  • Poster for Karate-Robo Zaborgar

    Dr. Akunomiya

  • Poster for Life Back Then

    Masashi Inoue

  • Poster for Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet

    Yoneuchi

2010Aged 62

  • Poster for Golden Slumber

    Hodogaya Yasushi

  • Poster for After the Flowers

    Soan Nagai

  • Poster for Haru's Journey

    Michio Nakai

  • Poster for A Lone Scalpel

    Matsuo Okawa

  • Poster for A Crowd of Three

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Hutch the Honeybee

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Villain

    Yoshio Ishibashi

  • Poster for Heaven's Story

    Souichi

  • Poster for Elevator to the Gallows

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Sakurada Gate Incident

    Magojiro Kaneko

  • Poster for The Lightning Tree

    Kakunoshi Enokido

  • Poster for Cast Me If You Can

    Homeless guy

  • Poster for Postcard

    Yukichi Morikawa, the Father-in-Law

2009Aged 61

  • Poster for Asahiyama Zoo Story: Penguins in the Sky

    Itsuro Usui

  • Poster for John Rabe

    Matsui Iwane

  • Poster for Rain Fall

    Tatsu Ishikura

  • Poster for April Bride

    Teishi Nagashima

  • Poster for Boku to Mama No Kiiroi Jitensha

    Shotaro

  • Poster for Yona Yona Penguin

    Jii (voice)

2008Aged 60

  • Poster for The Chasing World

    Doctor

  • Poster for The Most Beautiful Night In The World

    Journalist

  • Poster for The Taste of Fish

    Shojiro Sanada

  • Poster for All Around Us

    kunimasa Yasuda

  • Poster for The Cycling Genius Is Coming!

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit

    Counselor

  • Poster for Teacher and Three Children

    Yoshio Ichikawa

  • Poster for ICHI

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Happy Flight

    Saito

2007Aged 59

  • Poster for Starfish Hotel

    Mr. Trickster

  • Poster for Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad

    Doctor from Sasazuka Clinic

  • Poster for The Go Master

    Kensaku Segoe

  • Poster for Three for the Road

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Life Can Be So Wonderful

    Haeo

  • Poster for Prodigy

    Hisashi Kikuna

  • Poster for The Shadow Spirit

    mimasaka koushirou

2006Aged 58

2005Aged 57

2004Aged 56

  • Poster for The Hunter and the Hunted

    Neko

  • Poster for The Lakeside Murder Case

    Tomoharu Fujima

  • Poster for Winning Pass

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Zebraman

    Kitahara the Crab Man

  • Poster for Drugstore Girl

    Koji Nabeshima

  • Poster for Takada Wataru Teki

    Self

  • Poster for River of First Love

    Hidejiro Tasaki

  • Poster for The Motive

    Yoshifumi Katakura

  • Poster for Moon and Cherry

    Sakamoto

2003Aged 55

  • Poster for Owl

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Teacher's suitcase

    Sensei/Matsumoto Harutsuna

  • Poster for Samurai Resurrection

    Nobutsuna Matsudaira

  • Poster for Farewell, Kuro

    Shuzo Hanazono

  • Poster for Zatoichi

    Pub Owner

  • Poster for Worst by Chance

    Shigeharu Kaneshiro

  • Poster for Doppelganger

    Murakami

  • Poster for Hana

    Hiroshi Torigoe

2002Aged 54

  • Poster for KT

    Hiroshi Uchiyama

  • Poster for 11’09”01—September 11

    Sakichi Furuhashi (segment "Japan")

  • Poster for Barber's Sorrow

    (Unknown)

2001Aged 53

  • Poster for Kaza-hana

    Hot Spring Inn Owner

  • Poster for Waterboys

    Mama

  • Poster for Turn

    Matsubara

2000Aged 52

  • Poster for Another Heaven

    Doctor Akagi

  • Poster for Nagisa

    Priest

  • Poster for The Whispered City

    Artist

  • Poster for The City of Lost Souls

    Kuwata

1999Aged 51

  • Poster for Will to Live

    Doctor

  • Poster for Round About Midnight

    Totsuka

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

    Matashichi

  • Poster for Kaizokuban Bootleg Film

    Tatsuo

1998Aged 50

  • Poster for Dr. Akagi

    Dr. Fuu Akagi

  • Poster for Love Letter

    (Unknown)

1997Aged 49

  • Poster for The Eel

    Tamotsu Takasaki

  • Poster for Abduction

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for The Key

    Soichiro Anzai

  • Poster for Body and Soul

    (Unknown)

1996Aged 48

  • Poster for Shall We Dance?

    Detective Miwa

  • Poster for Free and Easy 8

    Yukawa

  • Poster for The Rainbow Seeker

    (Unknown)

1995Aged 47

  • Poster for Maborosi

    Yoshihiro

1994Aged 46

  • Poster for The Friends

    Nagatomo

  • Poster for Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla

    Major Akira Yuki

1993Aged 45

  • Poster for Private Lessons II

    Oba

  • Poster for When Cinema Reflects the Times: Hou Hsiao-Hsien and Edward Yang

    (voice)

  • Poster for I Can Hear the Duck Singing

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Sky Cannot Be This Blue

    Director

1992Aged 44

  • Poster for Sumo Do, Sumo Don't

    Professor Tokichi Anayama

  • Poster for Manhattan Kiss

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Yamai wa kikara: Byôin e ikô 2

    (Unknown)

1991Aged 43

  • Poster for The Last Frankenstein

    Prof. Sarusawa

  • Poster for Goodbye Mama

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Dance till Tomorrow

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for A Naive History of the Bakumatsu Era

    Kogoro Katsura

1990Aged 42

  • Poster for Universal Laws

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Roar of the Crowd

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Maria's Stomach

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Betrayal tomorrow

    (Unknown)

1989Aged 41

  • Poster for Mottomo Abunai Deka

    Maeo

  • Poster for Harimao

    Army Major

  • Poster for Tora-san Goes to Vienna

    Hyoma Sakaguchi

  • Poster for Battle Heater

    Riichi Hama

  • Poster for Beijing Watermelon

    Mr. Teramoto

  • Poster for Fancy Dance

    Masoho's boss

1988Aged 40

  • Poster for Angel Guts: Red Vertigo

    Yakuza

  • Poster for The Yen Family

    Shinichi Amemiya

  • Poster for The Silk Road

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Revolver

    Keisuke Mineya

1987Aged 39

  • Poster for A Tale of Young Elopement

    Matsuda

  • Poster for Bedtime Eyes

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for The Heartbreak Yakuza

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for The Great Department Store Robbery

    (Unknown)

1985Aged 37

  • Poster for Capone Cries a Lot

    Ushiemon

  • Poster for I Want To Live Once More: Shinjuku Bus Fire Incident

    Hirofumi Maruyama

  • Poster for The Second Is a Christian

    Kumashiro

  • Poster for Congratulatory Speech

    Yasuhei Higashida

1984Aged 36

  • Poster for Make-Up

    Kikuo Tsutano

  • Poster for Location

    Konno

1983Aged 35

  • Poster for Amagi Pass

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Double Bed

    Tôru Yamazaki

  • Poster for Legend of the Cat Monster

    Ryohei Shimura / Joji Tamura

1982Aged 34

  • Poster for Lovers Lost

    Ishizuka

  • Poster for Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san

    Kondo

  • Poster for Suspicion

    Shigekazu Akitani

  • Poster for The Man from Shimizu

    (Unknown)

1981Aged 33

  • Poster for Sailor Suit and Machine Gun

    Detective Kuroki

1980Aged 32

  • Poster for Disciples of Hippocrates

    (Unknown)

1979Aged 31

  • Poster for Fujio Akatsuka's Gag Porno: In the Mood Once Again

    Daigorô Hatayama

  • Poster for Shimo-ochiai Yakitori Movie

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Masked Crusader, Mr. Jirenman

    Kantarô Iwata

Year unknown

  • Poster for Rental Family

    (Unknown)