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Akira Emoto

Akira Emoto

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.

Personal information

Birthday

1948-11-03

Birth Place

Chūō, Tokyo, Japan

Movies and TV shows :

0.5 mm

0.5 mm

2014

7.3

Movie
11’09”01—September 11

11’09”01—September 11

2002

6.4

Movie
A Crowd of Three

A Crowd of Three

2010

4.9

Movie
A Grain of Wheat

A Grain of Wheat

2016

0.0

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

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

2011

8.5

Movie
A House on a Hill

A House on a Hill

2014

0.0

Movie
poster

A Life

2017

6.2

TV
A Living Promise

A Living Promise

2016

0.0

Movie
A Lone Scalpel

A Lone Scalpel

2010

6.4

Movie
A Man

A Man

2022

7.0

Movie
A Naive History of the Bakumatsu Era

A Naive History of the Bakumatsu Era

1991

7.0

Movie
A Sower of Seeds

A Sower of Seeds

2012

0.0

Movie
A Tale of Young Elopement

A Tale of Young Elopement

1987

0.0

Movie
A Woman from Ashio

A Woman from Ashio

2014

9.0

Movie
Abduction

Abduction

1997

0.0

Movie
poster

Absolute Zero

2010

7.9

TV
Ace Attorney

Ace Attorney

2012

6.1

Movie
After the Flowers

After the Flowers

2010

7.2

Movie
poster

AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo

2002

7.8

TV
All Around Us

All Around Us

2008

7.5

Movie
Angel Guts: Red Vertigo

Angel Guts: Red Vertigo

1988

6.2

Movie
Another Heaven

Another Heaven

2000

6.0

Movie
April Bride

April Bride

2009

6.8

Movie
Asahiyama Zoo Story: Penguins in the Sky

Asahiyama Zoo Story: Penguins in the Sky

2009

8.0

Movie
Banana, Gloves and Whale Shark

Banana, Gloves and Whale Shark

2013

0.0

Movie
poster

Banjo no Himawari

2019

8.0

TV
Baragaki: Unbroken Samurai

Baragaki: Unbroken Samurai

2021

6.6

Movie
Barber's Sorrow

Barber's Sorrow

2002

0.0

Movie
Battle Heater

Battle Heater

1989

7.8

Movie
Bedtime Eyes

Bedtime Eyes

1987

3.3

Movie
Beijing Watermelon

Beijing Watermelon

1989

6.3

Movie
Betrayal tomorrow

Betrayal tomorrow

1990

0.0

Movie
poster

Black Kite

2013

8.3

TV
Black Widow Business

Black Widow Business

2016

8.5

Movie
Body and Soul

Body and Soul

1997

1.0

Movie
Boku to Mama No Kiiroi Jitensha

Boku to Mama No Kiiroi Jitensha

2009

0.0

Movie
BON-UTA, A Song from Home

BON-UTA, A Song from Home

2019

7.2

Movie
poster

Bullets, Bones and Blocked Noses

2021

0.0

TV
Capone Cries a Lot

Capone Cries a Lot

1985

5.7

Movie
Cast Me If You Can

Cast Me If You Can

2010

7.0

Movie
Casting Blossoms to the Sky

Casting Blossoms to the Sky

2012

6.6

Movie
Castle of Sand

Castle of Sand

2019

8.7

Movie
Cold

Cold

2014

0.0

Movie
Color Me True

Color Me True

2018

7.6

Movie
Congratulatory Speech

Congratulatory Speech

1985

0.0

Movie
Dance till Tomorrow

Dance till Tomorrow

1991

0.0

Movie
Disciples of Hippocrates

Disciples of Hippocrates

1980

6.4

Movie
Do Unto Others

Do Unto Others

2023

7.8

Movie
Doppelganger

Doppelganger

2003

6.9

Movie
Double Bed

Double Bed

1983

5.5

Movie
Dr. Akagi

Dr. Akagi

1998

6.6

Movie
Drugstore Girl

Drugstore Girl

2004

4.6

Movie
Egoist

Egoist

2023

7.4

Movie
poster

Eighth Shogun Yoshimune

1995

0.0

TV
Elevator to the Gallows

Elevator to the Gallows

2010

6.5

Movie
Evil and The Mask

Evil and The Mask

2018

8.0

Movie
poster

Family Court Judge

1993

0.0

TV
Fancy Dance

Fancy Dance

1989

6.8

Movie
Farewell, Kuro

Farewell, Kuro

2003

6.8

Movie
Fly, Dakota, Fly!

Fly, Dakota, Fly!

2013

0.0

Movie
poster

Folktales from Japan

2012

8.5

TV
For the coming day

For the coming day

2005

0.0

Movie
poster

Frankenstein's Love

2017

7.0

TV
Free and Easy 8

Free and Easy 8

1996

7.5

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

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

1979

4.2

Movie
GARO -Gold Storm- Sho

GARO -Gold Storm- Sho

2015

7.4

Movie
poster

Genroku Ryoran

1999

7.0

TV
poster

Get Ready!

2023

8.0

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

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

2021

0.0

Movie
Goal of the Sky

Goal of the Sky

2023

0.0

Movie
Godot of the Emotos

Godot of the Emotos

2019

0.0

Movie
Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla

Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla

1994

6.8

Movie
Golden Slumber

Golden Slumber

2010

7.1

Movie
poster

Good Doctor

2018

8.0

TV
Goodbye Mama

Goodbye Mama

1991

0.0

Movie
poster

Goodbye My Dear

2022

7.0

TV
Hana

Hana

2003

0.0

Movie
poster

Hanzawa Naoki

2013

8.2

TV
Happy Flight

Happy Flight

2008

6.2

Movie
Hard Days

Hard Days

2023

6.5

Movie
Harimao

Harimao

1989

8.0

Movie
poster

Haru and Natsu

2005

7.8

TV
Haru's Journey

Haru's Journey

2010

6.5

Movie
Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san

Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san

1982

8.0

Movie
Heaven's Story

Heaven's Story

2010

5.8

Movie
poster

Home Sweet Tokyo

2017

0.0

TV
poster

Humanoid Monster Bem

2011

7.0

TV
Humanoid Monster, Bem

Humanoid Monster, Bem

2012

6.2

Movie
poster

HUNTER - Women After Reward Money

2011

8.0

TV
Hutch the Honeybee

Hutch the Honeybee

2010

6.5

Movie
I Can Hear the Duck Singing

I Can Hear the Duck Singing

1993

0.0

Movie
I Never Shot Anyone

I Never Shot Anyone

2020

7.0

Movie
I Want To Live Once More: Shinjuku Bus Fire Incident

I Want To Live Once More: Shinjuku Bus Fire Incident

1985

1.0

Movie
ICHI

ICHI

2008

6.8

Movie
Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit

Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit

2008

6.6

Movie
poster

In Hand

2019

8.0

TV
In His Chart

In His Chart

2011

4.6

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

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

2011

6.5

Movie
It Feels So Good

It Feels So Good

2019

6.6

Movie
It's Only Talk

It's Only Talk

2006

6.5

Movie
Iwane: Sword of Serenity

Iwane: Sword of Serenity

2019

7.5

Movie
Japan Sinks

Japan Sinks

2006

5.5

Movie
poster

Japanese Style

2022

6.0

TV
poster

JK to Roppozensho

2024

0.0

TV
John Rabe

John Rabe

2009

7.1

Movie
Journey to the Shore

Journey to the Shore

2015

6.5

Movie
Kaizokuban Bootleg Film

Kaizokuban Bootleg Film

1999

5.9

Movie
Karate-Robo Zaborgar

Karate-Robo Zaborgar

2011

6.0

Movie
Kaza-hana

Kaza-hana

2000

5.4

Movie
Kodokunogurume ōmisoka supesharu ~ tabe-osame! Setouchi shutchō-hen ~

Kodokunogurume ōmisoka supesharu ~ tabe-osame! Setouchi shutchō-hen ~

2017

10.0

Movie
KT

KT

2002

5.5

Movie
poster

Kumokiri Nizaemon

2013

7.5

TV
Legend of the Cat Monster

Legend of the Cat Monster

1998

0.0

Movie
Life Back Then

Life Back Then

2011

4.8

Movie
Life Can Be So Wonderful

Life Can Be So Wonderful

2007

7.0

Movie
Living in the Sky

Living in the Sky

2020

7.3

Movie
Living Rights

Living Rights

2015

0.0

Movie
Location

Location

1984

0.0

Movie
poster

Lost Man Found

2022

7.9

TV
poster

Love and Glory

2006

6.8

TV
Love Is Five Seven Five

Love Is Five Seven Five

2005

7.5

Movie
Love Letter

Love Letter

1998

0.0

Movie
poster

Love That Makes You Cry

2016

7.7

TV
Lovers Lost

Lovers Lost

1982

7.1

Movie
Lu Over the Wall

Lu Over the Wall

2017

7.1

Movie
Maborosi

Maborosi

1995

7.3

Movie
Make-Up

Make-Up

1984

0.0

Movie
Manhattan Kiss

Manhattan Kiss

1992

0.0

Movie
Maria's Stomach

Maria's Stomach

1990

0.0

Movie
Maru

Maru

2024

0.0

Movie
Masked Crusader, Mr. Jirenman

Masked Crusader, Mr. Jirenman

1979

0.0

Movie
Memories of Matsuko

Memories of Matsuko

2006

7.7

Movie
poster

Mibu Gishiden: Shinsengumi de Ichiban Tsuyokatta Otoko

2002

0.0

TV
Migawari Mission

Migawari Mission

2024

5.0

Movie
Moon and Cherry

Moon and Cherry

2004

6.0

Movie
poster

Mori no Asagao

2010

10.0

TV
poster

Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit

2016

7.3

TV
Mottomo Abunai Deka

Mottomo Abunai Deka

1989

8.0

Movie
Mukoku

Mukoku

2017

6.2

Movie
Muromachi Burai

Muromachi Burai

2025

0.0

Movie
Nagisa

Nagisa

2000

7.2

Movie
poster

Naze Kimi wa Zetsubo to Tatakaeta noka

2010

0.0

TV
Neko Ninja

Neko Ninja

2017

3.0

Movie
Ninja Kids!!!

Ninja Kids!!!

2011

5.8

Movie
No Place to Go

No Place to Go

2022

6.0

Movie
Noise

Noise

2022

5.8

Movie
Nosari: Impermanent Eternity

Nosari: Impermanent Eternity

2020

2.5

Movie
Oh! Father

Oh! Father

2014

5.5

Movie
One Day in January

One Day in January

2012

0.0

Movie
poster

Out - Tsumatachi no Hanzai

1999

8.0

TV
Owl

Owl

2003

7.0

Movie
Oz Land

Oz Land

2018

7.2

Movie
poster

Platinum Town

2012

0.0

TV
Postcard

Postcard

2010

5.0

Movie
Present for You

Present for You

2013

0.0

Movie
poster

Prince Shotoku

2001

6.0

TV
Private Lessons II

Private Lessons II

1993

2.5

Movie
Prodigy

Prodigy

2007

7.1

Movie
Rain Fall

Rain Fall

2009

4.7

Movie
Random Lives

Random Lives

2017

0.0

Movie
poster

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

2021

9.0

TV
Recall

Recall

2018

6.4

Movie
Rental Family

Rental Family

0.0

Movie
Revolver

Revolver

1988

6.7

Movie
Ripples

Ripples

2023

6.8

Movie
River of First Love

River of First Love

2004

6.7

Movie
Roar of the Crowd

Roar of the Crowd

1990

0.0

Movie
Round About Midnight

Round About Midnight

1999

6.8

Movie
Sailor Suit and Machine Gun

Sailor Suit and Machine Gun

1981

6.9

Movie
Sakurada Gate Incident

Sakurada Gate Incident

2010

7.7

Movie
Scrap Heaven

Scrap Heaven

2005

7.0

Movie
poster

Segodon

2018

8.2

TV
September 1923

September 1923

2023

6.5

Movie
Shall We Dance?

Shall We Dance?

1996

7.3

Movie
Shikei Kijun

Shikei Kijun

2011

0.0

Movie
Shimo-ochiai Yakitori Movie

Shimo-ochiai Yakitori Movie

1979

0.0

Movie
Shin Godzilla

Shin Godzilla

2016

7.2

Movie
poster

Shinjuku Field Hospital

2024

8.0

TV
Shippu Rondo

Shippu Rondo

2016

5.5

Movie
Shoplifters

Shoplifters

2018

7.9

Movie
Show Me the Way to the Station

Show Me the Way to the Station

2019

6.7

Movie
Shylock's Children

Shylock's Children

2023

7.2

Movie
poster

Silver and Gold

2017

6.7

TV
Sleeping Forest

Sleeping Forest

2014

6.5

Movie
Sniper

Sniper

2016

0.0

Movie
Stardust Over The Town

Stardust Over The Town

2020

5.3

Movie
Starfish Hotel

Starfish Hotel

2007

6.8

Movie
Sumo Do, Sumo Don't

Sumo Do, Sumo Don't

1992

6.5

Movie
Survival Family

Survival Family

2016

7.3

Movie
Suspicion

Suspicion

1982

6.7

Movie
poster

Taiheiki

1991

0.0

TV
Teacher and Three Children

Teacher and Three Children

2008

0.0

Movie
Teacher's suitcase

Teacher's suitcase

2003

7.0

Movie
poster

Teen Regime

2022

7.5

TV
poster

Ten Count to the Future

2022

7.6

TV
Tetsujin 28: The Movie

Tetsujin 28: The Movie

2005

6.0

Movie
The Big Bee

The Big Bee

2015

5.9

Movie
The Chasing World

The Chasing World

2008

5.6

Movie
The City of Lost Souls

The City of Lost Souls

2000

6.2

Movie
The Cycling Genius Is Coming!

The Cycling Genius Is Coming!

2008

0.0

Movie
The Dog Bridegroom

The Dog Bridegroom

2017

0.0

Movie
The Eel

The Eel

1997

7.0

Movie
The End of the Tiny World

The End of the Tiny World

2021

7.8

Movie
The Friends

The Friends

1994

7.3

Movie
The Go Master

The Go Master

2007

6.3

Movie
The Great Department Store Robbery

The Great Department Store Robbery

1987

0.0

Movie
The Great Yokai War

The Great Yokai War

2005

6.3

Movie
The Great Yokai War: Guardians

The Great Yokai War: Guardians

2021

6.3

Movie
The Happiness

The Happiness

2006

0.0

Movie
The Heartbreak Yakuza

The Heartbreak Yakuza

1987

5.4

Movie
poster

The Honest Realtor

2022

5.7

TV
The Hunter and the Hunted

The Hunter and the Hunted

2004

0.0

Movie
The Innocent Game

The Innocent Game

2023

4.0

Movie
The Key

The Key

1997

4.4

Movie
The Lakeside Murder Case

The Lakeside Murder Case

2004

6.4

Movie
The Last Frankenstein

The Last Frankenstein

1991

6.0

Movie
The Life of Budori Gusuko

The Life of Budori Gusuko

2012

6.7

Movie
The Lightning Tree

The Lightning Tree

2010

6.4

Movie
poster

The Long Goodbye

2014

5.8

TV
The Man from Shimizu

The Man from Shimizu

1982

0.0

Movie
The Mohican Comes Home

The Mohican Comes Home

2016

6.1

Movie
The Most Beautiful Night In The World

The Most Beautiful Night In The World

2008

6.1

Movie
The Motive

The Motive

2004

6.4

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

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

1999

0.0

Movie
poster

The New Chronicle of Lord Nobunaga: Classmates are Warriors

2022

6.0

TV
The Pearls of the Stone Man

The Pearls of the Stone Man

2015

8.3

Movie
poster

The Private Detective Mike

2002

8.4

TV
The Promised Land

The Promised Land

2019

6.2

Movie
The Rainbow Seeker

The Rainbow Seeker

1996

0.0

Movie
The Second Is a Christian

The Second Is a Christian

1985

5.0

Movie
The Setting Sun

The Setting Sun

2022

6.0

Movie
The Shadow Spirit

The Shadow Spirit

2007

5.3

Movie
The Silk Road

The Silk Road

1988

6.5

Movie
The Summer of Stickleback

The Summer of Stickleback

2006

0.0

Movie
The Suspect: Muroi Shinji

The Suspect: Muroi Shinji

2005

6.3

Movie
The Taste of Fish

The Taste of Fish

2008

7.0

Movie
The War and a Woman

The War and a Woman

2013

4.2

Movie
The Whispered City

The Whispered City

2000

0.0

Movie
The Yen Family

The Yen Family

1988

5.9

Movie
They Say Nothing Stays the Same

They Say Nothing Stays the Same

2019

6.4

Movie
Three for the Road

Three for the Road

2007

4.0

Movie
poster

Ties of Shooting Stars

2008

7.3

TV
Time Trip App

Time Trip App

2014

5.8

Movie
poster

Tokumei! Keiji Dongame

2006

0.0

TV
Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad

Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad

2007

6.9

Movie
Tora-san Goes to Vienna

Tora-san Goes to Vienna

1989

8.0

Movie
Touken Ranbu 2

Touken Ranbu 2

2023

4.0

Movie
Turn

Turn

2001

7.0

Movie
Umami

Umami

2023

5.6

Movie
Underdog: Part One

Underdog: Part One

2020

6.9

Movie
Unforgiven

Unforgiven

2013

7.0

Movie
Universal Laws

Universal Laws

1990

0.0

Movie
Vampire in Love

Vampire in Love

2015

7.0

Movie
Villain

Villain

2010

6.5

Movie
poster

Villain: Perpetrator Chase Investigation

2019

7.7

TV
Wandering

Wandering

2022

6.6

Movie
poster

Water Boys

2003

7.2

TV
Waterboys

Waterboys

2001

6.6

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

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

1993

7.0

Movie
Will to Live

Will to Live

1999

6.3

Movie
Winning Pass

Winning Pass

2004

0.0

Movie
Wonderful Paradise

Wonderful Paradise

2020

6.7

Movie
Wood Job!

Wood Job!

2014

7.3

Movie
Worst by Chance

Worst by Chance

2003

0.0

Movie
Yamai wa kikara: Byôin e ikô 2

Yamai wa kikara: Byôin e ikô 2

1992

2.0

Movie
poster

Yanchakure

1998

0.0

TV
Yellow Elephant

Yellow Elephant

2013

6.0

Movie
Yona Yona Penguin

Yona Yona Penguin

2009

5.3

Movie
Yudo: The Way of the Bath

Yudo: The Way of the Bath

2023

6.9

Movie
Zatoichi

Zatoichi

2003

7.2

Movie
Zebraman

Zebraman

2004

6.3

Movie
poster

オリンピックの身代金

2013

0.0

TV
poster

てにあまる

2021

0.0

TV
poster

新 法廷荒らし 猪狩文助〜終の棲家〜

2015

0.0

TV
poster

水曜ドラマスペシャル

1984

0.0

TV
海の見える理髪店

海の見える理髪店

2022

0.0

Movie
poster

混声の森

2022

0.0

TV
poster

満天のゴール

2023

0.0

TV
祈り ―幻に長崎を想う刻―

祈り ―幻に長崎を想う刻―

2021

0.0

Movie
poster

竜馬がゆく

2004

0.0

TV