Akira Emoto

ActorDirector Nov 3 (age 77) Chuo, Tokyo, Japan 1979–2026 (47 year career)

6.7 avg rating

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

Film

Shoplifters

Yoritsugu Kawado

Film

Shin Godzilla

Ryuta Azuma : Chief Cabinet Secretary

Film

Rental Family

Kikuo Hasegawa

Film

Zatoichi

Pub Owner

Film

Memories of Matsuko

Tsunehiro Kawajiri

Film

Maborosi

Yoshihiro

Film

Shall We Dance?

Detective Miwa

Film

Hanzawa Naoki

Keiji Minobe

Filmography

Acting (311)

Movies (243)

The Imaginary Dog and the Lying Cat

2026

Kyoto Hippocrates

2026 Upcoming

May 8

Rental Family

as Kikuo Hasegawa

Samurai Fury

The Boy and the Dog

as Yaichi Katano

The Final Piece

as Motoji Kanesaki

One Last Throw

as Kawato Kozo

The Way of The Prison Guard

Maru

as Teacher

Don't Lose Your Head!

2024

as Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu

6.5

Rotting

2024

The God of Curling

2024

as Susumu Komiyama

Ripples

2023

as Taro Kadokura

6.4

Touken Ranbu 2

2023

as Fujiwara no Michinaga

September 1923

as Teiji Igusa

Goal of the Sky

Hard Days

as Yutaka Senba

Egoist

as Yoshio Saito

The Innocent Game

Umami

as Salaryman

Shylock's Children

as Hajime Sawazaki

Do Unto Others

as Shosaku Shiba

Yudo: The Way of the Bath

as regular customer

A Man

as Norio Komiura

The Setting Sun

as Dr. Miyake

No Place to Go

as Bomber

Noise

as Shoji

Barber Shop with a View of the Sea

2022

as 老店主

Wandering

2022

as Agata

6.3

Girls, Guns and Gangsters: Shinji Somai & Sailor Suit & Machine Gun

2021

Baragaki: Unbroken Samurai

2021

as Shop Owner

6.7

The Great Yokai War: Guardians

2021

as old man

6.2

祈り ―幻に長崎を想う刻―

2021

The End of the Tiny World

2021

as Kawabata

7.8

Utsusemi no mori

2021

as Police Inspector Kariya Shinichi

Stardust Over The Town

as Kumabe Rokuzo

Wonderful Paradise

as Homeless

Underdog: Part Two

as Sakuro

I Never Shot Anyone

as Takashi Renjo

Underdog: Part One

as Sakuro

Nosari: Impermanent Eternity

Living in the Sky

as Concierge Kondo

It Feels So Good

as Kenji's Father (voice)

6.5

They Say Nothing Stays the Same

as Toichi

Godot of the Emotos

The Promised Land

as Goro Fujiki

Castle of Sand

as Chiyokichi

Iwane: Sword of Serenity

2019

as Urakusai

7.8

Finding Light at the Darkness Festival

2019

BON-UTA, A Song from Home

2019

as (voice)

7.2

Show Me the Way to the Station

Shoplifters

as Yoritsugu Kawado

Recall

as Seiji Nomura

Oz Land

as Boss

Color Me True

as Tadashi Honda

Evil and The Mask

as Detective Aida

Survival Family

as Sasaki Shigeomi

Lu Over the Wall

as Ashimoto's Grandfather (voice)

Mukoku

as Seppo Mitsumura

Neko Ninja

as Kariyazaki

Solitary Gourmet New Year's Eve Special ~Final Meal! Setouchi Business Trip~

2017

10.0

The Dog Bridegroom

2017

as Kenkichi Okumura

Random Lives

2017

as Hanamura

Shin Godzilla

2016

as Ryuta Azuma : Chief Cabinet Secretary

7.2

A Grain of Wheat

2016

as Honda

Black Widow Business

2016

as Jun Sakurada

8.5

A Living Promise

2016

as Zenzo Takeda

Sniper

2016

as Tatsuyuki Miyata

Shippu Rondo

2016

as Masaomi Togo

6.2

The Mohican Comes Home

as Osamu Tamura

The Big Bee

as Murofushi

Journey to the Shore

as Hoshitani

Living Rights

Vampire in Love

as Sojiro

Present for You

The Pearls of the Stone Man

2015

as Kumaji Ueda

8.3

GARO -Gold Storm- Sho

as Priest Soutatsu

Wood Job!

as Toshiro Yamane

Sleeping Forest

as Daisuke Ota

A Woman from Ashio

Time Trip App

as Ryuzo Yanagita

0.5 mm

as Takeshi Sasaki

A House on a Hill

as Yoshitarō Terashima

Cold

2014

as Jin Ichinose

Oh! Father

2014

as Hayashi Tomita

5.5

Banana, Gloves and Whale Shark

2013

as Lawyer

Unforgiven

2013

as Kingo Baba

7.0

The Partner

2013

as Ōkuma Shigenobu

Yellow Elephant

as Arechi

The War and a Woman

as client of woman

Ask This of Rikyu

Fly, Dakota, Fly!

Ace Attorney

as Saibancho (Judge)

A Sower of Seeds

as Shuzo Morikawa

One Day in January

2012

8.0

Casting Blossoms to the Sky

2012

as Seijiro Nose

6.9

Humanoid Monster, Bem

2012

as Kao no nai otoko

6.2

The Life of Budori Gusuko

2012

as Narrator / Dr. Kūbō (voice)

6.5

In His Chart

2011

as Doctor

4.9

Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet

2011

as Yoneuchi

6.4

Shikei Kijun

2011

as Kyusaku Tsushima

Karate-Robo Zaborgar

as Dr. Akunomiya

Life Back Then

as Masashi Inoue

Ninja Kids!!!

A Honeymoon in Hell: Mr. & Mrs. Oki's Fabulous Trip

as wet guy

The Lightning Tree

as Kakunoshi Enokido

Villain

as Yoshio Ishibashi

A Crowd of Three

Haru's Journey

as Michio Nakai

After the Flowers

as Soan Nagai

Postcard

as Yukichi Morikawa, the Father-in-Law

Heaven's Story

as Souichi

A Lone Scalpel

as Matsuo Okawa

Cast Me If You Can

as Homeless guy

Sakurada Gate Incident

as Magojiro Kaneko

Golden Slumber

as Hodogaya Yasushi

Hutch the Honeybee

Ekeb of Dekye

as Soichi Yanagimachi

April Bride

as Teishi Nagashima

John Rabe

as Matsui Iwane

Asahiyama Zoo Story: Penguins in the Sky

as Itsuro Usui

Rain Fall

as Tatsu Ishikura

Yona Yona Penguin

as Jii (voice)

Boku to Mama No Kiiroi Jitensha

2009

as Shotaro

All Around Us

as kunimasa Yasuda

ICHI

Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit

as Counselor

Happy Flight

as Saito

The Cycling Genius Is Coming!

2008

The Chasing World

2008

as Doctor

5.7

Teacher and Three Children

as Yoshio Ichikawa

The Taste of Fish

as Shojiro Sanada

The Most Beautiful Night In The World

as Journalist

Starfish Hotel

as Mr. Trickster

Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad

2007

as Doctor from Sasazuka Clinic

Prodigy

as Hisashi Kikuna

Three for the Road

The Go Master

as Kensaku Segoe

The Shadow Spirit

as mimasaka koushirou

5.3

Life Can Be So Wonderful

2007

as Haeo

7.0

Memories of Matsuko

2006

as Tsunehiro Kawajiri

7.8

The Summer of Stickleback

2006

Japan Sinks

2006

as Professor Fukuhara

It's Only Talk

The Happiness

Love Is Five Seven Five

2005

as Grandfather

7.5

The Lakeside Murder Case

as Tomoharu Fujima

Scrap Heaven

as Detective Yabuta

The Great Yokai War

Tetsujin 28: The Movie

2005

as Yunosuke Otsuka

5.6

The Suspect: Muroi Shinji

as Seigo Tsuda

For the coming day

Zebraman

as Kitahara the Crab Man

6.3

Takada Wataru Teki

2004

as Self

The Motive

2004

as Yoshifumi Katakura

Moon & Cherry

as Sakamoto

Winning Pass

River of First Love

as Hidejiro Tasaki

Chicken Is Barefoot

The Hunter and the Hunted

2004

as Neko

Drugstore Girl

as Koji Nabeshima

Zatoichi

as Pub Owner

Samurai Resurrection

as Nobutsuna Matsudaira

4.7

Worst by Chance

2003

as Shigeharu Kaneshiro

Doppelgänger

2003

as Murakami

7.0

Hana

2003

as Hiroshi Torigoe

Owl

Farewell, Kuro

as Shuzo Hanazono

Teacher's suitcase

as Sensei/Matsumoto Harutsuna

7.0

September 11

2002

as Sakichi Furuhashi (segment "Japan")

as Hiroshi Uchiyama

Barber's Sorrow

Waterboys

as Mama

Turn

as Matsubara

Kaza-hana

as Hot Spring Inn Owner

5.5

The City of Lost Souls

as Kuwata

Another Heaven

as Doctor Akagi

The Whispered City

as Toyohashi, sculptor

Nagisa

as Priest

As the River Flows

Will to Live

as Doctor

The Nagaharu Yodogawa Story: A Cineaste's Life in Kobe

1999

as Matashichi

Kaizokuban Bootleg Film

as Tatsuo

Round About Midnight

as Totsuka

Dr. Akagi

as Dr. Fuu Akagi

Love Letter

The Key

as Soichiro Anzai

The Eel

as Tamotsu Takasaki

Abduction

Body and Soul

The Rainbow Seeker

Shall We Dance?

as Detective Miwa

Free and Easy 8

as Yukawa

Maborosi

as Yoshihiro

Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla

as Major Akira Yuki

The Friends

as Nagatomo

When Cinema Reflects the Times: Hou Hsiao-Hsien and Edward Yang

as Narrator (voice)

Private Lessons II

as Oba

I Can Hear the Duck Singing

1993

Sumo Do, Sumo Don't

1992

as Professor Tokichi Anayama

6.8

Yamai wa kikara: Byôin e ikô 2

Manhattan Kiss

Goodbye Mama

The Last Frankenstein

1991

as Prof. Sarusawa

4.8

Dance till Tomorrow

1991

A Naive History of the Bakumatsu Era

as Kogoro Katsura

Betrayal Tomorrow

Roar of the Crowd

Universal Laws

Maria's Stomach

Beijing Watermelon

as Mr. Teramoto

Fancy Dance

as Masoho's boss

Tora-san Goes to Vienna

as Hyoma Sakaguchi

Battle Heater

as Riichi Hama

Mottomo Abunai Deka

as Maeo

Harimao

as Army Major

Revolver

as Keisuke Mineya

The Yen Family

as Shinichi Amemiya

The Silk Road

Angel Guts: Red Vertigo

1988

as Yakuza

6.0

The Heartbreak Yakuza

1987

4.7

A Tale of Young Elopement

1987

as Matsuda

The Great Department Store Robbery

1987

Bedtime Eyes

1987

3.6

Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies

1986

6.1

Congratulatory Speech

1985

as Yasuhei Higashida

I Want To Live Once More: Shinjuku Bus Fire Incident

as Hirofumi Maruyama

Capone Cries a Lot

as Ushiemon

The Second Is a Christian

1985

as Kumashiro

5.0

Make-Up

1984

as Kikuo Tsutano

Location

as Konno

Double Bed

as Tôru Yamazaki

Amagi Pass

Legend of the Cat Monster

1983

as Ryohei Shimura / Joji Tamura

Lovers Lost

as Ishizuka

Suspicion

as Shigekazu Akitani

Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san

1982

as Kondo

8.0

The Man from Shimizu

1982

Sailor Suit and Machine Gun

1981

as Detective Kuroki

7.0

Disciples of Hippocrates

1980

6.4

Masked Crusader, Mr. Jirenman

1979

as Kantarô Iwata

Shimo-ochiai Yakitori Movie

1979

Fujio Akatsuka's Gag Porno: In the Mood Once Again

1979

as Daigorô Hatayama

6.1

Television (68)

Convenience Store Kyodai

2026 Upcoming

as Umeda Shohei

Apr 28

無垢なる証人

2026

as Hiroki Oyagi

Scandal Eve

2025

Shinjuku Field Hospital

2024

as Keisuke Takamine

8.0

JK to Roppozensho

2024

as 桜木倫太郎

Get Ready!

2023

as Hiroshi Bojo

7.8

満天のゴール

2023

as トクじい

The Honest Realtor

as Tetsuo Kishi

Japanese Style

as Hifuji Umekoshi

Lost Man Found

as Himself

Teen Regime

as Washida Tsuguaki

Ten Count to the Future

2022

as Kenzo Ashiya

7.6

The New Chronicle of Lord Nobunaga: Classmates are Warriors

as Yotaro Befunokami

Goodbye My Dear

as Hiroshi Yamawaki

混声の森

Bullets, Bones and Blocked Noses

2021

as Hadashi no Tyosuke(裸足のチョウスケ)

Re: The End of the Tiny World - Half a Year Later

as Kawabata

てにあまる

In Hand

Villain: Perpetrator Chase Investigation

as 铃本茂树

Banjo no Himawari

Segodon

as Ryu Samin

Good Doctor

as Akira Shiga

Silver and Gold

as Hitoshi Kuramae

Frankenstein's Love

as Tsurumaru

A Life

as Danjo Toranosuke

Home Sweet Tokyo

as [Ramen Shop Owner]

Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit

2016

as Sfar

7.7

Love That Makes You Cry

2016

as Masahiko Hayashida

8.1

Arashi no Namida

2016

The Secret Lives of Kyoto Folk

新法廷荒らし猪狩文助〜終の棲家〜

The Long Goodbye

as Heizo Harada

A Woman from Ashio

Hanzawa Naoki

as Keiji Minobe

Kumokiri Nizaemon

Black Kite

as Kaiun

Olympic Ransom

Folktales from Japan

Platinum Town

疑惑

HUNTER - Women After Reward Money

as Shogo Ooiwa

Humanoid Monster Bem

as Nameless Man

Absolute Zero

as Sosuke Kagami

Mori no Asagao

as Keizukuri Hukahori

10.0

Naze Kimi wa Zetsubo to Tatakaeta noka

2010

Clouds Over the Hill

2009

as 乃木知幸介

8.2

Ties of Shooting Stars

2008

as Togami Masayuki

7.6

愛の流刑地

2007

as 北冈耕造

Love and Glory

2006

as Hideyoshi Toyotomi

7.0

Tokumei! Keiji Dongame

Haru and Natsu

as Kotaro Nakayama

竜馬がゆく

Water Boys

as Mama (of a bar)

Love & War of a Samurai

2003

AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo

2002

as Hyoue Yarikura

7.4

The Private Detective Mike

2002

8.4

Mibu Gishiden: Shinsengumi de Ichiban Tsuyokatta Otoko

Prince Shotoku

as Anahobe no miko

Genroku Ryoran

as Genshiro

Out - Tsumatachi no Hanzai

1999

8.0

Yanchakure

1998

as 水嶋钦一

Eighth Shogun Yoshimune

1995

as Tokugawa Munenao

Family Court Judge

1993

as Shibuya Naomasa

Taiheiki

1991

as Moronao Kô-no

ホットドッグ

1990

as 大田原輝

あそびにおいでョ!

1988

水曜ドラマスペシャル

1984

Crew (1)

Movies (1)

Sky Cannot Be This Blue

1993

Director