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.

Filmografi

Shin Godzilla2016 · Ryuta Azuma : Chief Cabinet SecretaryShoplifters2018 · Yoritsugu KawadoZatoichi2003 · Pub OwnerRental Family2025 · Kikuo HasegawaNagisa2000 · Priest ShintoIt Feels So Good2019 · Kenji's Father (voice)The Eel1997 · Tamotsu TakasakiGodzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla1994 · Major Akira YukiICHI2008 · Umami2023 · SalarymanKaizokuban Bootleg Film1999 · TatsuoLu Over the Wall2017 · Ashimoto's Grandfather (voice)Doppelgänger2003 · MurakamiThe Great Yokai War2005 · Samurai Fury2025 · Shall We Dance?1996 · Detective MiwaWaterboys2001 · MamaMaborosi1995 · YoshihiroMemories of Matsuko2006 · Tsunehiro KawajiriVillain2010 · Yoshio IshibashiSeptember 19232023 · Teiji IgusaSurvival Family2017 · Sasaki ShigeomiWood Job!2014 · Toshiro YamaneAngel Guts: Red Vertigo1988 · Yakuza