Akira Emoto
Age: N/A | From: Chūō, Tokyo, Japan
Person Details
Birthday:
Aliases: 에모토 아키라 , Акира Эмото , 柄本 明 , آکیرا اموتو , Akira Emoto
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Chūō, Tokyo, Japan
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 135
TV Involvements: 34
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
It Feels So Good
(2019) Kenji's Father (voice)
Shoplifters
(2018) Yoritsugu Kawado
Segodon
(2018) Ryu Samin
The Final Piece
(2025) Motoji Kanesaki
Absolute Zero
(2010) Sosuke Kagami
The Friends
(1994) NagatomoActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | N/A | |
| Motoji Kanesaki | ||
| N/A | ||
| Yaichi Katano | ||
| N/A | ||
| 2024 | Susumu Komiyama | |
| Teacher | ||
| Keisuke Takamine | ||
| 桜木倫太郎 | ||
| Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu | ||
| 2023 | N/A | |
| トクじい | ||
| Teiji Igusa | ||
| N/A | ||
| Taro Kadokura | ||
| Yutaka Senba | ||
| Fujiwara no Michinaga | ||
| Shosaku Shiba | ||
| regular customer | ||
| Hajime Sawazaki | ||
| Yoshio Saito | ||
| 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 | ||
| Old Man | ||
| Police Inspector kariya shinichi | ||
| Kawabata | ||
| Kawabata | ||
| N/A | ||
| 2020 | Sakuro | |
| Sakuro | ||
| Homeless | ||
| Concierge Kondo | ||
| N/A | ||
| Takashi Renjo | ||
| Kumabe Rokuzo | ||
| 2019 | N/A | |
| Goro Fujiki | ||
| N/A | ||
| 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 | ||
| N/A | ||
| Masahiko Hayashida | ||
| Zenzo Takeda | ||
| 2015 | Hoshitani | |
| Murofushi | ||
| Kumaji Ueda | ||
| Sojiro | ||
| Priest Soutatsu | ||
| N/A | ||
| 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 | ||
| Ōkuma Shigenobu | ||
| Kingo Baba | ||
| Keiji Minobe | ||
| client of woman | ||
| N/A | ||
| Arechi | ||
| Kaiun | ||
| N/A | ||
| 2012 | Kao no nai otoko | |
| N/A | ||
| 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 | ||
| N/A | ||
| Souichi | ||
| N/A | ||
| Yoshio Ishibashi | ||
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| Matsuo Okawa | ||
| Michio Nakai | ||
| Sosuke Kagami | ||
| Soan Nagai | ||
| Hodogaya Yasushi | ||
| 2009 | Jii (voice) | |
| 乃木知幸介 | ||
| Shotaro | ||
| Teishi Nagashima | ||
| Tatsu Ishikura | ||
| Matsui Iwane | ||
| Itsuro Usui | ||
| 2008 | Saito | |
| N/A | ||
| Togami Masayuki | ||
| Yoshio Ichikawa | ||
| Counselor | ||
| N/A | ||
| Shojiro Sanada | ||
| kunimasa Yasuda | ||
| Journalist | ||
| Doctor | ||
| 2007 | mimasaka koushirou | |
| Hisashi Kikuna | ||
| Haeo | ||
| N/A | ||
| Kensaku Segoe | ||
| Doctor from Sasazuka Clinic | ||
| 北冈耕造 | ||
| Mr. Trickster | ||
| 2006 | N/A | |
| N/A | ||
| Professor Fukuhara | ||
| 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 | ||
| Self | ||
| Koji Nabeshima | ||
| Kitahara the Crab Man | ||
| N/A | ||
| Tomoharu Fujima | ||
| Neko | ||
| N/A | ||
| 2003 | Hiroshi Torigoe | |
| Murakami | ||
| Shigeharu Kaneshiro | ||
| Pub Owner | ||
| N/A | ||
| Mama (of a bar) | ||
| Shuzo Hanazono | ||
| Nobutsuna Matsudaira | ||
| Sensei/Matsumoto Harutsuna | ||
| N/A | ||
| 2002 | N/A | |
| N/A | ||
| Hyoue Yarikura | ||
| Sakichi Furuhashi (segment "Japan") | ||
| N/A | ||
| Hiroshi Uchiyama | ||
| 2001 | Anahobe no miko | |
| Matsubara | ||
| Mama | ||
| Hot Spring Inn Owner | ||
| 2000 | Kuwata | |
| Artist | ||
| Priest | ||
| Doctor Akagi | ||
| 1999 | Tatsuo | |
| Matashichi | ||
| Totsuka | ||
| N/A | ||
| Doctor | ||
| Genshiro | ||
| 1998 | 水嶋钦一 | |
| N/A | ||
| 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 | |
| Narrator (voice) | ||
| 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 | ||
| 大田原輝 | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1989 | Masoho's boss | |
| Mr. Teramoto | ||
| Riichi Hama | ||
| Hyoma Sakaguchi | ||
| Army Major | ||
| Maeo | ||
| 1988 | Keisuke Mineya | |
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| Shinichi Amemiya | ||
| Yakuza | ||
| 1987 | N/A | |
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| Matsuda | ||
| 1985 | Yasuhei Higashida | |
| Kumashiro | ||
| Hirofumi Maruyama | ||
| Ushiemon | ||
| 1984 | N/A | |
| Konno | ||
| Kikuo Tsutano | ||
| 1983 | Ryohei Shimura / Joji Tamura | |
| Tôru Yamazaki | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1982 | N/A | |
| Shigekazu Akitani | ||
| Kondo | ||
| Ishizuka | ||
| 1981 | Detective Kuroki | |
| 1980 | N/A | |
| 1979 | Kantarô Iwata | |
| N/A | ||
| Daigorô Hatayama | ||
| N/A | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Directing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Director | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
