Akira Emoto

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1948-11-03 (76 years old)

Place of Birth Chūō, Tokyo, Japan

Also Known As 에모토 아키라, Акира Эмото, 柄本 明

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.

Known For

Actor

2024
2024
Migawari Mission

as Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu

2024
Shinjuku Field Hospital

as Keisuke Takamine

2024
JK to Roppozensho

as 桜木倫太郎

2023
Shin Godzilla: ORTHOchromatic

as Ryuta Azuma : Chief Cabinet Secretary

2023
September 1923

as Teiji Igusa

2023
Ripples

as Taro Kadokura

2023
Hard Days

as Yutaka Senba

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

2023
満天のゴール

as トクじい

2023
Get Ready!

as Hiroshi Bojo

2022
A Man

as Norio Komiura

2022
The Setting Sun

as Dr. Miyake

2022
Wandering

as Agata

2022
2022
Noise

as Shoji

2022
Japanese Style

as Hifuji Umekoshi

2022
Goodbye My Dear

as Hiroshi Yamawaki

2022
Lost Man Found

as Himself

2022
Teen Regime

as Washida Tsuguaki

2022
Ten Count to the Future

as Kenzo Ashiya

2022
The Honest Realtor

as Tetsuo Kishi

2021
2021
Bullets, Bones and Blocked Noses

as Hadashi no Tyosuke(裸足のチョウスケ)

2020
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
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

2018
Good Doctor

as Akira Shiga

2018
Segodon

as Ryu Samin

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
Random Lives

as Hanamura

2017
Home Sweet Tokyo

as [Ramen Shop Owner]

2017
Frankenstein's Love

as Tsurumaru

2017
A Life

as Danjo Toranosuke

2017
Silver and Gold

as Hitoshi Kuramae

2016
Survival Family

as Sasaki Shigeomi

2016
Shippu Rondo

as Masaomi Togo

2016
Sniper

as Tatsuyuki Miyata

2016
Black Widow Business

as Jun Sakurada

2016
2016
Shin Godzilla

as Ryuta Azuma : Chief Cabinet Secretary

2016
The Mohican Comes Home

as Osamu Tamura

2016
A Living Promise

as Zenzo Takeda

2016
Love That Makes You Cry

as Masahiko Hayashida

2015
Journey to the Shore

as Mr. Hoshitani

2015
The Big Bee

as Murofushi

2015
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

2014
The Long Goodbye

as Heizo Harada

2013
Unforgiven

as Kingo Baba

2013
The War and a Woman

as client of woman

2013
Yellow Elephant

as Arechi

2013
Hanzawa Naoki

as Keiji Minobe

2013
Black Kite

as Kaiun

2012
Humanoid Monster, Bem

as Kao no nai otoko

2012
The Life of Budori Gusuko

as Narrator / Dr. Kūbō (voice)

2012
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

2011
Humanoid Monster Bem

as Nameless Man

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
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

2010
Mori no Asagao

as Keizukuri Hukahori

2010
Absolute Zero

as Sosuke Kagami

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
2008
Teacher and Three Children

as Yoshio Ichikawa

2008
The Taste of Fish

as Shojiro Sanada

2008
All Around Us

as kunimasa Yasuda

2008
2008
Ties of Shooting Stars

as Togami Masayuki

2007
The Shadow Spirit

as mimasaka koushirou

2007
Prodigy

as Hisashi Kikuna

2007
The Go Master

as Kensaku Segoe

2007
Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad

as Doctor from Sasazuka Clinic

2007
Starfish Hotel

as Mr. Trickster

2006
Memories of Matsuko

as Tsunehiro Kawajiri

2006
Love and Glory

as Hideyoshi Toyotomi

2005
Scrap Heaven

as Detective Yabuta

2005
2005
2005
Tetsujin 28: The Movie

as Yunosuke Otsuka

2005
Haru and Natsu

as Kotaro Nakayama

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
The Lakeside Murder Case

as Tomoharu Fujima

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
Teacher's suitcase

as Sensei/Matsumoto Harutsuna

2003
2003
Water Boys

as Mama (of a bar)

2002
11’09”01—September 11

as Sakichi Furuhashi (segment "Japan")

2002
KT

as Hiroshi Uchiyama

2002
AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo

as Hyoue Yarikura

2001
Turn

as Matsubara

2001
Waterboys

as Mama

2001
Prince Shotoku

as Anahobe no miko

2000
Kaza-hana

as Hot Spring Inn Owner

2000
2000
2000
Another Heaven

as Doctor Akagi

1999
1999
Will to Live

as Doctor

1999
Genroku Ryoran

as Genshiro

1998
Legend of the Cat Monster

as Ryohei Shimura / Joji Tamura

1998
Dr. Akagi

as Dr. Fuu Akagi

1998
Yanchakure

as 水嶋钦一

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

1995
Eighth Shogun Yoshimune

as Tokugawa Munenao

1994
Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla

as Major Akira Yuki

1994
The Friends

as Nagatomo

1993
Family Court Judge

as Shibuya Naomasa

1992
Sumo Do, Sumo Don't

as Professor Tokichi Anayama

1991
The Last Frankenstein

as Prof. Sarusawa

1991
Taiheiki

as Moronao Kô-no

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
1985
Capone Cries a Lot

as Ushiemon

1984
Location

as Konno

1984
Make-Up

as Kikuo Tsutano

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

Director

1993