Akira Emoto
Age: 75 | From: Chūō, Tokyo, Japan
Person Details
Birthday: 1948-11-03 05:24:59
Aliases: 柄本明
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Chūō, Tokyo, Japan
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 124
TV Involvements: 29
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo
(2002) Hyoue Yarikura
Shin Godzilla
(2016) Ryuta Azuma : Chief Cabinet Secretary
Love and Glory
(2006) Hideyoshi Toyotomi
Shoplifters
(2018) Yoritsugu Kawado
Absolute Zero
(2010) Sosuke Kagami
Ace Attorney
(2012) Saibancho (Judge)
Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit
(2016) Sfar
Segodon
(2018) Ryu SaminActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | N/A | |
| トクじい | ||
| Teiji Igusa | ||
| N/A | ||
| Taro Kadokura | ||
| Semba | ||
| Yoshio Saito | ||
| N/A | ||
| Shosaku Shiba | ||
| regular customer | ||
| Hajime Sawazaki | ||
| Salaryman | ||
| Hiroshi Bojo | ||
| 2022 | Norio Komiura | |
| Dr. Miyake | ||
| Hifuji Umekoshi | ||
| N/A | ||
| Hiroshi Yamawaki | ||
| Yotaro Befunokami | ||
| N/A | ||
| Himself | ||
| Agata | ||
| 老店主 | ||
| Washida Tsuguaki | ||
| Kenzo Ashiya | ||
| Shoji | ||
| 2021 | N/A | |
| Shop Owner | ||
| Hadashi no Tyosuke(裸足のチョウスケ) | ||
| N/A | ||
| old man | ||
| Kawabata | ||
| Kawabata | ||
| N/A | ||
| 2020 | Sakuro | |
| Homeless | ||
| Concierge Kondo | ||
| N/A | ||
| Takashi Renjo | ||
| Kumabe Rokuzo | ||
| 2019 | N/A | |
| Goro Fujiki | ||
| Toichi | ||
| N/A | ||
| Kenji's father (voice) | ||
| Urakusai | ||
| 铃本茂树 | ||
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| Chiyokichi | ||
| (voice) | ||
| 2018 | Boss | |
| Akira Shiga | ||
| Seiji Nomura | ||
| Yoritsugu Kawado | ||
| Tadashi Honda | ||
| Detective Aida | ||
| Ryu Samin | ||
| 2017 | N/A | |
| [Ramen Shop Owner] | ||
| Seppo Mitsumura | ||
| Kariyazaki | ||
| Ashimoto's Grandfather (voice) | ||
| Kenkichi Okumura | ||
| Tsurumaru | ||
| Hanamura | ||
| Danjo Toranosuke | ||
| Hitoshi Kuramae | ||
| 2016 | Sasaki Shigeomi | |
| Masaomi Togo | ||
| Tatsuyuki Miyata | ||
| Jun Sakurada | ||
| Honda | ||
| Ryuta Azuma : Chief Cabinet Secretary | ||
| Osamu Tamura | ||
| Sfar | ||
| Masahiko Hayashida | ||
| Zenzo Takeda | ||
| 2015 | Mr. Hoshitani | |
| Murofushi | ||
| Kumaji Ueda | ||
| Sojiro | ||
| Priest Soutatsu | ||
| N/A | ||
| 2014 | Yoshitarō Terashima | |
| Takeshi Sasaki | ||
| Jin Ichinose | ||
| Ryuzo Yanagita | ||
| Hayashi Tomita | ||
| Toshiro Yamane | ||
| Heizo Harada | ||
| N/A | ||
| Daisuke Ota | ||
| 2013 | N/A | |
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| Kingo Baba | ||
| Keiji Minobe | ||
| client of woman | ||
| N/A | ||
| Arechi | ||
| Kaiun | ||
| N/A | ||
| 2012 | Kao no nai otoko | |
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| Narrator / Dr. Kūbō (voice) | ||
| Seijiro Nose | ||
| N/A | ||
| Shuzo Morikawa | ||
| Saibancho (Judge) | ||
| 2011 | Yoneuchi | |
| Masashi Inoue | ||
| Nameless Man | ||
| Dr. Akunomiya | ||
| Shogo Ooiwa | ||
| Kyusaku Tsushima | ||
| Doctor | ||
| N/A | ||
| wet guy | ||
| 2010 | Yukichi Morikawa, the Father-in-Law | |
| Homeless guy | ||
| Kakunoshi Enokido | ||
| Keizukuri Hukahori | ||
| Magojiro Kaneko | ||
| Souichi | ||
| Yoshio Ishibashi | ||
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| Matsuo Okawa | ||
| Michio Nakai | ||
| Sosuke Kagami | ||
| Soan Nagai | ||
| Hodogaya Yasushi | ||
| 2009 | Jii (voice) | |
| Shotaro | ||
| Teishi Nagashima | ||
| Tatsu Ishikura | ||
| Matsui Iwane | ||
| Itsuro Usui | ||
| 2008 | Saito | |
| N/A | ||
| Togami Masayuki | ||
| Yoshio Ichikawa | ||
| Counselor | ||
| N/A | ||
| kunimasa Yasuda | ||
| Shojiro Sanada | ||
| Journalist | ||
| Doctor | ||
| 2007 | mimasaka koushirou | |
| Hisashi Kikuna | ||
| Haeo | ||
| N/A | ||
| Kensaku Segoe | ||
| Doctor from Sasazuka Clinic | ||
| Mr. Trickster | ||
| 2006 | N/A | |
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| Tsunehiro Kawajiri | ||
| N/A | ||
| Hideyoshi Toyotomi | ||
| 2005 | Detective Yabuta | |
| Kotaro Nakayama | ||
| Seigo Tsuda | ||
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| Grandfather | ||
| Yunosuke Otsuka | ||
| 2004 | Sakamoto | |
| Yoshifumi Katakura | ||
| Hidejiro Tasaki | ||
| Koji Nabeshima | ||
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| Tomoharu Fujima | ||
| Neko | ||
| 2003 | Murakami | |
| Shigeharu Kaneshiro | ||
| Pub Owner | ||
| Shuzo Hanazono | ||
| Mama (of a bar) | ||
| Sensei/Matsumoto Harutsuna | ||
| N/A | ||
| 2002 | N/A | |
| Hyoue Yarikura | ||
| Sakichi Furuhashi (segment "Japan") | ||
| N/A | ||
| Hiroshi Uchiyama | ||
| 2001 | Matsubara | |
| Mama | ||
| 2000 | Kuwata | |
| Hot Spring Inn Owner | ||
| Artist | ||
| N/A | ||
| Doctor Akagi | ||
| 1999 | Tatsuo | |
| Matashichi | ||
| Totsuka | ||
| N/A | ||
| Doctor | ||
| Genshiro | ||
| 1998 | 水嶋钦一 | |
| Ryohei Shimura / Joji Tamura | ||
| Dr. Fuu Akagi | ||
| 1997 | N/A | |
| Soichiro Anzai | ||
| N/A | ||
| Tamotsu Takasaki | ||
| 1996 | N/A | |
| Yukawa | ||
| Detective Miwa | ||
| 1995 | Yoshihiro | |
| Tokugawa Munenao | ||
| 1994 | Major Akira Yuki | |
| Nagatomo | ||
| 1993 | N/A | |
| Oba | ||
| Shibuya Naomasa | ||
| 1992 | N/A | |
| N/A | ||
| Professor Tokichi Anayama | ||
| 1991 | Kogoro Katsura | |
| N/A | ||
| Prof. Sarusawa | ||
| N/A | ||
| Moronao Kô-no | ||
| 1990 | N/A | |
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1989 | Masoho's boss | |
| Mr. Teramoto | ||
| Riichi Hama | ||
| Hyoma Sakaguchi | ||
| Maeo | ||
| 1988 | Keisuke Mineya | |
| N/A | ||
| Shinichi Amemiya | ||
| Yakuza | ||
| 1987 | N/A | |
| N/A | ||
| Matsuda | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1985 | Yasuhei Higashida | |
| Kumashiro | ||
| Hirofumi Maruyama | ||
| Ushiemon | ||
| 1984 | N/A | |
| Konno | ||
| Kikuo Tsutano | ||
| 1983 | Tôru Yamazaki(山崎徹) | |
| 1982 | N/A | |
| Shigekazu Akitani | ||
| Kondo | ||
| Ishizuka | ||
| 1981 | Detective Kuroki | |
| 1980 | N/A | |
| 1979 | Kantarô Iwata | |
| N/A | ||
| Daigorô Hatayama | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Directing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Director | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
