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.
Acting
Movie
Shoplifters
as Yoritsugu Kawado
2018
Movie
Shin Godzilla
as Ryuta Azuma : Chief Cabinet Secretary
2016
Movie
Zatoichi
as Pub Owner
2003
Movie
Rental Family
as Kikuo Hasegawa
2025
Movie
Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla
as Major Akira Yuki
1994
Movie
Maborosi
as Yoshihiro
1995
Movie
Memories of Matsuko
as Tsunehiro Kawajiri
2006
Movie
Shall We Dance?
as Detective Miwa
1996
Movie
Lu Over the Wall
as Ashimoto's Grandfather (voice)
2017
Movie
Survival Family
as Sasaki Shigeomi
2017
Movie
ICHI
2008
Movie
The Eel
as Tamotsu Takasaki
1997
Movie
John Rabe
as Matsui Iwane
2009
Movie
September 11
as Sakichi Furuhashi (segment "Japan")
2002
Movie
Ace Attorney
as Saibancho (Judge)
2012
TV
Hanzawa Naoki
as Keiji Minobe
2013
Movie
Zebraman
as Kitahara the Crab Man
2004
Movie
Wood Job!
as Toshiro Yamane
2014
Movie
Unforgiven
as Kingo Baba
2013
Movie
A Man
as Norio Komiura
2022
Movie
The Great Yokai War
2005
Movie
Journey to the Shore
as Hoshitani
2015
Movie
Hard Days
as Yutaka Senba
2023
Movie
Waterboys
as Mama
2001
