Akira Emoto
Acting
312
Acting Credits
1
Directed
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, ...
Known For
Filmography
Kyoto Hippocrates
2026
The Imaginary Dog and the Lying Cat
2026
Convenience Store Kyodai
2026
as Umeda Shohei
無垢なる証人
2026
as Hiroki Oyagi
Rental Family
2025
as Kikuo Hasegawa
Samurai Fury
2025
The Boy and the Dog
2025
as Yaichi Katano
The Way of The Prison Guard
2025
The Final Piece
2025
as Motoji Kanesaki
One Last Throw
2025
as Kawato Kozo
Scandal Eve
2025
Scandal Eve
2025
as Shigeru Kodama
Don't Lose Your Head!
2024
as Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu
Maru
2024
as Teacher
The God of Curling
2024
as Susumu Komiyama
JK to Roppozensho
2024
as 桜木倫太郎
Shinjuku Field Hospital
2024
as Keisuke Takamine
Umami
2023
as Salaryman
Hard Days
2023
as Yutaka Senba
Goal of the Sky
2023
September 1923
2023
as Teiji Igusa
Touken Ranbu: The Movie -Dawn-
2023
as Fujiwara no Michinaga
The Innocent Game
2023
Shylock's Children
2023
as Hajime Sawazaki
Yudo
2023
as regular customer
Egoist
2023
as Yoshio Saito
Ripples
2023
as Taro Kadokura
Do Unto Others
2023
as Shosaku Shiba
満天のゴール
2023
as トクじい
Get Ready!
2023
as Hiroshi Bojo
Noise
2022
as Shoji
The Setting Sun
2022
as Dr. Miyake
The Wandering Moon
2022
as Agata
Barber Shop with a View of the Sea
2022
as 老店主
No Place to Go
2022
as Bomber
A Man
2022
as Norio Komiura
Ten Count to the Future
2022
as Kenzo Ashiya
Teen Regime
2022
as Washida Tsuguaki
混声の森
2022
The New Chronicle of Lord Nobunaga: Classmates are Warriors
2022
as Yotaro Befunokami
Goodbye My Dear
2022
as Hiroshi Yamawaki
Japanese Style
2022
as Hifuji Umekoshi
Lost Man Found
2022
as Himself
Girls, Guns and Gangsters: Shinji Somai & Sailor Suit & Machine Gun
2021
祈り ―幻に長崎を想う刻―
2021
Baragaki: Unbroken Samurai
2021
as Shop Owner
The Great Yokai War: Guardians
2021
as old man
The Master Plan
2021
as Kawabata
Utsusemi no mori
2021
as Police Inspector Kariya Shinichi
The Great Yokai War: Guardians
2021
as Old Man
Re: The End of the Tiny World - Half a Year Later
2021
as Kawabata
Bullets, Bones and Blocked Noses
2021
as Hadashi no Tyosuke(裸足のチョウスケ)
てにあまる
2021
Nosari: Impermanent Eternity
2020
Living in the Sky
2020
as Concierge Kondo
Underdog: Part One
2020
as Sakuro
Stardust over the Town
2020
as Kumabe Rokuzo
I Never Shot Anyone
2020
as Takashi Renjo
Wonderful Paradise
2020
as Homeless
Underdog: Part Two
2020
as Sakuro
BON-UTA, A Song from Home
2019
as (voice)
Iwane: Sword of Serenity
2019
as Urakusai
Castle of Sand
2019
as Chiyokichi
They Say Nothing Stays the Same
2019
as Toichi
The Promised Land
2019
as Goro Fujiki
Show Me the Way to the Station
2019
Godot of the Emotos
2019
It Feels So Good
2019
as Kenji's Father (voice)
Finding Light at the Darkness Festival
2019
Banjo no Himawari
2019
In Hand
2019
Villain: Perpetrator Chase Investigation
2019
as 铃本茂树
Color Me True
2018
as Tadashi Honda
Evil and The Mask
2018
as Detective Aida
Shoplifters
2018
as Yoritsugu Kawado
Recall
2018
as Seiji Nomura
Oz Land
2018
as Boss
Segodon
2018
as Ryu Samin
Good Doctor
2018
as Akira Shiga
Lu Over the Wall
2017
as Ashimoto's Grandfather (voice)
Mukoku
2017
as Seppo Mitsumura
Random Lives
2017
as Hanamura
Neko Ninja
2017
as Kariyazaki
Survival Family
2017
as Sasaki Shigeomi
Solitary Gourmet New Year's Eve Special ~Final Meal! Setouchi Business Trip~
2017
The Dog Bridegroom
2017
as Kenkichi Okumura
Home Sweet Tokyo
2017
as [Ramen Shop Owner]
A Life: A Love
2017
as Danjo Toranosuke
Frankenstein's Love
2017
as Tsurumaru
Silver and Gold
2017
as Hitoshi Kuramae
The Mohican Comes Home
2016
as Osamu Tamura
Shin Godzilla
2016
as Ryuta Azuma : Chief Cabinet Secretary
Black Widow Business
2016
as Jun Sakurada
Shippu Rondo
2016
as Masaomi Togo
A Living Promise
2016
as Zenzo Takeda
A Grain of Wheat
2016
as Honda
Sniper
2016
as Tatsuyuki Miyata
Love That Makes You Cry
2016
as Masahiko Hayashida
Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit
2016
as Sfar
Arashi no Namida
2016
Living Rights
2015
Present for You
2015
Journey to the Shore
2015
as Hoshitani
Vampire in Love
2015
as Sojiro
GARO: Gold Storm Flight
2015
as Priest Soutatsu
The Big Bee
2015
as Murofushi
The Pearls of the Stone Man
2015
as Kumaji Ueda
新 法廷荒らし 猪狩文助〜終の棲家〜
2015
The Secret Lives of Kyoto Folk
2015
Wood Job!
2014
as Toshiro Yamane
0.5 mm
2014
as Takeshi Sasaki
Oh! Father
2014
as Hayashi Tomita
Cold
2014
as Jin Ichinose
Time Trip App
2014
as Ryuzo Yanagita
A House on a Hill
2014
as Yoshitarō Terashima
Sleeping Forest
2014
as Daisuke Ota
The Long Goodbye
2014
as Heizo Harada
A Woman from Ashio
2014
Banana, Gloves and Whale Shark
2013
as Lawyer
Unforgiven
2013
as Kingo Baba
Yellow Elephant
2013
as Arechi
The War and a Woman
2013
as client of woman
Fly, Dakota, Fly!
2013
The Partner
2013
as Ōkuma Shigenobu
Ask This of Rikyu
2013
Olympic Ransom
2013
Kumokiri Nizaemon
2013
Black Kite
2013
as Kaiun
Hanzawa Naoki
2013
as Keiji Minobe
The Life of Budori Gusuko
2012
as Narrator / Dr. Kūbō (voice)
One Day in January
2012
Ace Attorney
2012
as Saibancho (Judge)
Humanoid Monster, Bem
2012
as Kao no nai otoko
A Sower of Seeds
2012
as Shuzo Morikawa
Casting Blossoms to the Sky
2012
as Seijiro Nose
Folktales from Japan
2012
Platinum Town
2012
疑惑
2012
In His Chart
2011
as Doctor
Karate-Robo Zaborgar
2011
as Dr. Akunomiya
Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet
2011
as Yoneuchi
Life Back Then
2011
as Masashi Inoue
Ninja Kids!!!
2011
A Honeymoon in Hell: Mr. & Mrs. Oki's Fabulous Trip
2011
as wet guy
Shikei Kijun
2011
as Kyusaku Tsushima
HUNTER - Women After Reward Money
2011
as Shogo Ooiwa
Humanoid Monster Bem
2011
as Nameless Man
A Crowd of Three
2010
Villain
2010
as Yoshio Ishibashi
Sakurada Gate Incident
2010
as Magojiro Kaneko
Golden Slumber
2010
as Hodogaya Yasushi
Haru's Journey
2010
as Michio Nakai
Cast Me If You Can
2010
as Homeless guy
The Lightning Tree
2010
as Kakunoshi Enokido
Postcard
2010
as Yukichi Morikawa, the Father-in-Law
After the Flowers
2010
as Soan Nagai
A Lone Scalpel
2010
as Matsuo Okawa
Heaven's Story
2010
as Souichi
Ekeb of Dekye
2010
as Soichi Yanagimachi
Hutch the Honeybee
2010
Absolute Zero
2010
as Sosuke Kagami
Mori no Asagao
2010
as Keizukuri Hukahori
Naze Kimi wa Zetsubo to Tatakaeta noka
2010
Rain Fall
2009
as Tatsu Ishikura
April Bride
2009
as Teishi Nagashima
John Rabe
2009
as Matsui Iwane
Asahiyama Zoo Story: Penguins in the Sky
2009
as Itsuro Usui
Yona Yona Penguin
2009
as Jii (voice)
Boku to Mama No Kiiroi Jitensha
2009
as Shotaro
Clouds Over the Hill
2009
as 乃木知幸介
ICHI
2008
The Chasing World
2008
as Doctor
Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit
2008
as Counselor
The Taste of Fish
2008
as Shojiro Sanada
The Most Beautiful Night In The World
2008
as Journalist
All Around Us
2008
as kunimasa Yasuda
The Cycling Genius Is Coming!
2008
Teacher and Three Children
2008
as Yoshio Ichikawa
Happy Flight
2008
as Saito
Your Friend
2008
Ties of Shooting Stars
2008
as Togami Masayuki
Starfish Hotel
2007
as Mr. Trickster
The Shadow Spirit
2007
as mimasaka koushirou
The Go Master
2007
as Kensaku Segoe
Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad
2007
as Doctor from Sasazuka Clinic
Life Can Be So Wonderful
2007
as Haeo
Three for the Road
2007
Prodigy
2007
as Hisashi Kikuna
愛の流刑地
2007
as 北冈耕造
The Happiness
2006
Memories of Matsuko
2006
as Tsunehiro Kawajiri
It's Only Talk
2006
Japan Sinks
2006
as Professor Fukuhara
The Summer of Stickleback
2006
Tokumei! Keiji Dongame
2006
Love and Glory
2006
as Hideyoshi Toyotomi
The Great Yokai War
2005
The Suspect: Muroi Shinji
2005
as Seigo Tsuda
For the coming day
2005
The Lakeside Murder Case
2005
as Tomoharu Fujima
Scrap Heaven
2005
as Detective Yabuta
Love Is Five Seven Five
2005
as Grandfather
Tetsujin 28: The Movie
2005
as Yunosuke Otsuka
Haru and Natsu
2005
as Kotaro Nakayama
The Motive
2004
as Yoshifumi Katakura
River of First Love
2004
as Hidejiro Tasaki
Moon & Cherry
2004
as Sakamoto
Drugstore Girl
2004
as Koji Nabeshima
The Hunter and the Hunted
2004
as Neko
Winning Pass
2004
Zebraman
2004
as Kitahara the Crab Man
Takada Wataru Teki
2004
as Self
Chicken Is Barefoot
2004
竜馬がゆく
2004
Zatoichi
2003
as Pub Owner
Worst by Chance
2003
as Shigeharu Kaneshiro
Owl
2003
Farewell, Kuro
2003
as Shuzo Hanazono
Doppelgänger
2003
as Murakami
Hana
2003
as Hiroshi Torigoe
Teacher's suitcase
2003
as Sensei/Matsumoto Harutsuna
Samurai Resurrection
2003
as Nobutsuna Matsudaira
Water Boys
2003
as Mama (of a bar)
Love & War of a Samurai
2003
KT
2002
as Hiroshi Uchiyama
Barber's Sorrow
2002
as Sakaguchi
September 11
2002
as Sakichi Furuhashi (segment "Japan")
The Private Detective Mike
2002
AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo
2002
as Hyoue Yarikura
Mibu Gishiden: Shinsengumi de Ichiban Tsuyokatta Otoko
2002
Turn
2001
as Matsubara
Kaza-hana
2001
as Hot Spring Inn Owner
Waterboys
2001
as Mama
Prince Shotoku
2001
as Anahobe no miko
The City of Lost Souls
2000
as Kuwata
The Whispered City
2000
as Toyohashi, sculptor
Nagisa
2000
as Priest Shinto
Another Heaven
2000
as Doctor Akagi
As the River Flows
2000
Kaizokuban Bootleg Film
1999
as Tatsuo
Will to Live
1999
as Doctor
Round About Midnight
1999
as Totsuka
The Nagaharu Yodogawa Story: A Cineaste's Life in Kobe
1999
as Matashichi
Genroku Ryoran
1999
as Genshiro
Out - Tsumatachi no Hanzai
1999
Dr. Akagi
1998
as Dr. Fuu Akagi
Love Letter
1998
Yanchakure
1998
as 水嶋钦一
The Eel
1997
as Tamotsu Takasaki
Abduction
1997
as Chief Superintendent Tachibana
Body and Soul
1997
as Sekiya/Reiko's lover-Aya's ex
The Key
1997
as Soichiro Anzai
The Rainbow Seeker
1996
Free and Easy 8
1996
as Yukawa
Shall We Dance?
1996
as Detective Miwa
Maborosi
1995
as Yoshihiro
Eighth Shogun Yoshimune
1995
as Tokugawa Munenao
Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla
1994
as Major Akira Yuki
The Friends
1994
as Nagatomo
Private Lessons II
1993
as Oba
I Can Hear the Duck Singing
1993
When Cinema Reflects the Times: Hou Hsiao-Hsien and Edward Yang
1993
as Narrator (voice)
Family Court Judge
1993
as Shibuya Naomasa
Sumo Do, Sumo Don't
1992
as Professor Tokichi Anayama
Manhattan Kiss
1992
Yamai wa kikara: Byôin e ikô 2
1992
The Last Frankenstein
1991
as Prof. Sarusawa
Dance till Tomorrow
1991
Goodbye Mama
1991
A Naive History of the Bakumatsu Era
1991
as Kogoro Katsura
Taiheiki
1991
as Moronao Kô-no
Betrayal Tomorrow
1990
Roar of the Crowd
1990
Maria's Stomach
1990
Universal Laws
1990
ホットドッグ
1990
as 大田原輝
Beijing Watermelon
1989
as Mr. Teramoto
Fancy Dance
1989
as Masoho's boss
Battle Heater
1989
as Riichi Hama
Tora-san Goes to Vienna
1989
as 坂口兵马
Harimao
1989
as Army Major
Mottomo Abunai Deka
1989
as Maeo
The Silk Road
1988
Angel Guts: Red Vertigo
1988
as Yakuza
The Yen Family
1988
as Shinichi Amemiya
Revolver
1988
as Keisuke Mineya
あじさい色のレディ
1988
あそびにおいでョ!
1988
The Great Department Store Robbery
1987
The Heartbreak Yakuza
1987
Bedtime Eyes
1987
A Tale of Young Elopement
1987
as Matsuda
Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies
1986
I Want To Live Once More: Shinjuku Bus Fire Incident
1985
as Hirofumi Maruyama
Capone Cries a Lot
1985
as Ushiemon
The Second Is a Christian
1985
as Kumashiro
Congratulatory Speech
1985
as Yasuhei Higashida
Location
1984
as Konno
Make-Up
1984
as Kikuo Tsutano
水曜ドラマスペシャル
1984
Double Bed
1983
as Tôru Yamazaki
Legend of the Cat Monster
1983
as Ryohei Shimura / Joji Tamura
Amagi Pass
1983
Lovers Lost
1982
as Ishizuka
The Man from Shimizu
1982
Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san
1982
as 近藤
Suspicion
1982
as Shigekazu Akitani
Sailor Suit and Machine Gun
1981
as Detective Kuroki
Disciples of Hippocrates
1980
Fujio Akatsuka's Gag Porno: In the Mood Once Again
1979
as Daigorô Hatayama
Masked Crusader, Mr. Jirenman
1979
as Kantarô Iwata
Shimo-ochiai Yakitori Movie
1979