Akira Emoto

Akira Emoto

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

03/11/1948

Age

78 years old

Place of Birth

Chuo, Tokyo, Japan

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 Toky... Read More

Filmography

Cast

2025

One Last Throw

as Kawato Kozo

2025

Rental Family

as Kikuo Hasegawa

2025

The Final Piece

as Motoji Kanesaki

2025

The Boy and the Dog

as Yaichi Katano

2024

The God of Curling

as Susumu Komiyama

2024

Maru

as Teacher

2024

Don't Lose Your Head!

as Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu

2023

September 1923

as Teiji Igusa

2023

Ripples

as Taro Kadokura

2023

Hard Days

as Yutaka Senba

2023

Touken Ranbu 2

as Fujiwara no Michinaga

2023

Do Unto Others

as Shosaku Shiba

2023

Yudo: The Way of the Bath

as regular customer

2023

Shylock's Children

as Hajime Sawazaki

2023

Egoist

as Yoshio Saito

2023

Umami

as Salaryman

2022

A Man

as Norio Komiura

2022

The Setting Sun

as Dr. Miyake

2022

No Place to Go

as Bomber

2022

Wandering

as Agata

2022

Noise

as Shoji

2021

空蝉の森

as Police Inspector kariya shinichi

2020

Underdog: Part One

as Sakuro

2020

Underdog: Part Two

as Sakuro

2020

Wonderful Paradise

as Homeless

2020

Living in the Sky

as Concierge Kondo

2020

I Never Shot Anyone

as Takashi Renjo

2020

Stardust over the Town

as Kumabe Rokuzo

2019

The Promised Land

as Goro Fujiki

2019

It Feels So Good

as Kenji's Father (voice)

2019

Castle of Sand

as Chiyokichi

2018

Oz Land

as Boss

2018

Recall

as Seiji Nomura

2018

Shoplifters

as Yoritsugu Kawado

2018

Color Me True

as Tadashi Honda

2018

Evil and The Mask

as Detective Aida

2017

Mukoku

as Seppo Mitsumura

2017

Neko Ninja

as Kariyazaki

2017

Lu Over the Wall

as Ashimoto's Grandfather (voice)

2017

The Dog Bridegroom

as Kenkichi Okumura

2017

Survival Family

as Sasaki Shigeomi

2017

Random Lives

as Hanamura

2016

Shippu Rondo

as Masaomi Togo

2016

Sniper

as Tatsuyuki Miyata

2016

Black Widow Business

as Jun Sakurada

2016

A Grain of Wheat

as Honda

2016

Shin Godzilla

as Ryuta Azuma : Chief Cabinet Secretary

2016

The Mohican Comes Home

as Osamu Tamura

2016

A Living Promise

as Zenzo Takeda

2015

Journey to the Shore

as Hoshitani

2015

The Big Bee

as Murofushi

2015

The Pearls of the Stone Man

as Kumaji Ueda

2015

Vampire in Love

as Sojiro

2015

GARO -Gold Storm- Sho

as Priest Soutatsu

2014

A House on a Hill

as Yoshitarō Terashima

2014

0.5 mm

as Takeshi Sasaki

2014

Cold

as Jin Ichinose

2014

Time Trip App

as Ryuzo Yanagita

2014

Oh! Father

as Hayashi Tomita

2014

Wood Job!

as Toshiro Yamane

2014

Sleeping Forest

as Daisuke Ota

2013

The Partner

as Ōkuma Shigenobu

2013

Unforgiven

as Kingo Baba

2013

The War and a Woman

as client of woman

2013

Yellow Elephant

as Arechi

2012

Humanoid Monster, Bem

as Kao no nai otoko

2012

The Life of Budori Gusuko

as Narrator / Dr. Kūbō (voice)

2012

Casting Blossoms to the Sky

as Seijiro Nose

2012

A Sower of Seeds

as Shuzo Morikawa

2012

Ace Attorney

as Saibancho (Judge)

2011

Life Back Then

as Masashi Inoue

2011

Karate-Robo Zaborgar

as Dr. Akunomiya

2011

Shikei Kijun

as Kyusaku Tsushima

2011

In His Chart

as Doctor

2010

Postcard

as Yukichi Morikawa, the Father-in-Law

2010

Cast Me If You Can

as Homeless guy

2010

The Lightning Tree

as Kakunoshi Enokido

2010

Sakurada Gate Incident

as Magojiro Kaneko

2010

Ekeb of Dekye

as Soichi Yanagimachi

2010

Heaven's Story

as Souichi

2010

Villain

as Yoshio Ishibashi

2010

A Lone Scalpel

as Matsuo Okawa

2010

Haru's Journey

as Michio Nakai

2010

After the Flowers

as Soan Nagai

2010

Golden Slumber

as Hodogaya Yasushi

2009

Yona Yona Penguin

as Jii (voice)

2009

April Bride

as Teishi Nagashima

2009

Rain Fall

as Tatsu Ishikura

2009

John Rabe

as Matsui Iwane

2008

Happy Flight

as Saito

2008

ICHI

2008

Teacher and Three Children

as Yoshio Ichikawa

2008

The Taste of Fish

as Shojiro Sanada

2008

All Around Us

as kunimasa Yasuda

2008

The Chasing World

as Doctor

2007

The Shadow Spirit

as mimasaka koushirou

2007

Prodigy

as Hisashi Kikuna

2007

The Go Master

as Kensaku Segoe

2007

Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes ...

as Doctor from Sasazuka Clinic

2007

Starfish Hotel

as Mr. Trickster

2006

Japan Sinks

as Professor Fukuhara

2006

Memories of Matsuko

as Tsunehiro Kawajiri

2005

Scrap Heaven

as Detective Yabuta

2005

The Suspect: Muroi Shinji

as Seigo Tsuda

2005

Love Is Five Seven Five

as Grandfather

2005

Tetsujin 28: The Movie

as Yunosuke Otsuka

2005

The Lakeside Murder Case

as Tomoharu Fujima

2004

Moon and Cherry

as Sakamoto

2004

The Motive

as Yoshifumi Katakura

2004

River of First Love

as Hidejiro Tasaki

2004

Drugstore Girl

as Koji Nabeshima

2004

Zebraman

as Kitahara the Crab Man

2003

Hana

as Hiroshi Torigoe

2003

Doppelganger

as Murakami

2003

Worst by Chance

as Shigeharu Kaneshiro

2003

Zatoichi

as Pub Owner

2003

Farewell, Kuro

as Shuzo Hanazono

2003

Samurai Resurrection

as Nobutsuna Matsudaira

2003

Teacher's suitcase

as Sensei/Matsumoto Harutsuna

2003

Owl

2002

September 11

as Sakichi Furuhashi (segment "Japan")

2002

KT

as Hiroshi Uchiyama

2001

Turn

as Matsubara

2001

Waterboys

as Mama

2001

Kaza-hana

as Hot Spring Inn Owner

2000

The Whispered City

as Toyohashi, sculptor

2000

Nagisa

as Priest

2000

Another Heaven

as Doctor Akagi

1999

Round About Midnight

as Totsuka

1999

Will to Live

as Doctor

1998

Dr. Akagi

as Dr. Fuu Akagi

1997

The Key

as Soichiro Anzai

1997

The Eel

as Tamotsu Takasaki

1996

Free and Easy 8

as Yukawa

1996

Shall We Dance?

as Detective Miwa

1995

Maborosi

as Yoshihiro

1994

Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla

as Major Akira Yuki

1994

The Friends

as Nagatomo

1992

Sumo Do, Sumo Don't

as Professor Tokichi Anayama

1991

The Last Frankenstein

as Prof. Sarusawa

1989

Fancy Dance

as Masoho's boss

1989

Beijing Watermelon

as Mr. Teramoto

1989

Battle Heater

as Riichi Hama

1989

Tora-san Goes to Vienna

as Hyoma Sakaguchi

1989

Harimao

as Army Major

1988

Revolver

as Keisuke Mineya

1988

The Yen Family

as Shinichi Amemiya

1985

Congratulatory Speech

as Yasuhei Higashida

1985

Capone Cries a Lot

as Ushiemon

1984

Location

as Konno

1984

Make-Up

as Kikuo Tsutano

1983

Legend of the Cat Monster

as Ryohei Shimura / Joji Tamura

1983

Double Bed

as Tôru Yamazaki

1982

Suspicion

as Shigekazu Akitani

1982

Lovers Lost

as Ishizuka

1981

Sailor Suit and Machine Gun

as Detective Kuroki

1979

Masked Crusader, Mr. Jirenman

as Kantarô Iwata

Crew