Akira Emoto
Known for Acting · 310 credits
- Born
- 1948-11-03 (age 77)
- Place of birth
- Chuo, Tokyo, Japan
- Also known as
- 柄本 明 · エモトアキラ · エモト アキラ
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.
Known For
TV Shows (67)
AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo
2002
as Hyoue Yarikura
Hanzawa Naoki
2013
as Keiji Minobe
Absolute Zero
2010
as Sosuke Kagami
Kumokiri Nizaemon
2013
Clouds Over the Hill
2009
as 乃木知幸介
Segodon
2018
as Ryu Samin
The Private Detective Mike
2002
Lost Man Found
2022
as Himself
Olympic Ransom
2013
Ten Count to the Future
2022
as Kenzo Ashiya
Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit
2016
as Sfar
Folktales from Japan
2012
A Life
2017
as Danjo Toranosuke
Get Ready!
2023
as Hiroshi Bojo
Water Boys
2003
as Mama (of a bar)
竜馬がゆく
2004
Platinum Town
2012
Love That Makes You Cry
2016
as Masahiko Hayashida
The Secret Lives of Kyoto Folk
2015
Bullets, Bones and Blocked Noses
2021
as Hadashi no Tyosuke(裸足のチョウスケ)
Good Doctor
2018
as Akira Shiga
Ties of Shooting Stars
2008
as Togami Masayuki
Love and Glory
2006
as Hideyoshi Toyotomi
Yanchakure
1998
as 水嶋钦一
Genroku Ryoran
1999
as Genshiro
Shinjuku Field Hospital
2024
as Keisuke Takamine
The Long Goodbye
2014
as Heizo Harada
The New Chronicle of Lord Nobunaga: Classmates are Warriors
2022
as Yotaro Befunokami
HUNTER - Women After Reward Money
2011
as Shogo Ooiwa
Arashi no Namida
2016
Black Kite
2013
as Kaiun
Taiheiki
1991
as Moronao Kô-no
Frankenstein's Love
2017
as Tsurumaru
In Hand
2019
JK to Roppozensho
2024
as 桜木倫太郎
水曜ドラマスペシャル
1984
Haru and Natsu
2005
as Kotaro Nakayama
Villain: Perpetrator Chase Investigation
2019
as 铃本茂树
Silver and Gold
2017
as Hitoshi Kuramae
Humanoid Monster Bem
2011
as Nameless Man
Home Sweet Tokyo
2017
as [Ramen Shop Owner]
Tokumei! Keiji Dongame
2006
Banjo no Himawari
2019
Prince Shotoku
2001
as Anahobe no miko
Mibu Gishiden: Shinsengumi de Ichiban Tsuyokatta Otoko
2002
Teen Regime
2022
as Washida Tsuguaki
Eighth Shogun Yoshimune
1995
as Tokugawa Munenao
Mori no Asagao
2010
as Keizukuri Hukahori
Goodbye My Dear
2022
as Hiroshi Yamawaki
Naze Kimi wa Zetsubo to Tatakaeta noka
2010
混声の森
2022
Out - Tsumatachi no Hanzai
1999
Scandal Eve
2025
Re: The End of the Tiny World - Half a Year Later
2021
as Kawabata
Japanese Style
2022
as Hifuji Umekoshi
Convenience Store Kyodai
2026
as Shohei Umeda
Love & War of a Samurai
2003
愛の流刑地
2007
as 北冈耕造
Family Court Judge
1993
as Shibuya Naomasa
てにあまる
2021
Movies (243)
Shin Godzilla
2016
as Ryuta Azuma : Chief Cabinet Secretary
Rental Family
2025
as Kikuo Hasegawa
It Feels So Good
2019
as Kenji's Father (voice)
Shoplifters
2018
as Yoritsugu Kawado
Zatoichi
2003
as Pub Owner
ICHI
2008
Samurai Fury
2025
Memories of Matsuko
2006
as Tsunehiro Kawajiri
Bedtime Eyes
1987
Worst by Chance
2003
as Shigeharu Kaneshiro
The Eel
1997
as Tamotsu Takasaki
Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla
1994
as Major Akira Yuki
Baragaki: Unbroken Samurai
2021
as Shop Owner
The Great Yokai War: Guardians
2021
as old man / Old Man
Double Bed
1983
as Tôru Yamazaki
Lu Over the Wall
2017
as Ashimoto's Grandfather (voice)
Maborosi
1995
as Yoshihiro
Shall We Dance?
1996
as Detective Miwa
Amagi Pass
1983
Black Widow Business
2016
as Jun Sakurada
Golden Slumber
2010
as Hodogaya Yasushi
The Final Piece
2025
as Motoji Kanesaki
Angel Guts: Red Vertigo
1988
as Yakuza
Wood Job!
2014
as Toshiro Yamane
Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet
2011
as Yoneuchi
Waterboys
2001
as Mama
Sailor Suit and Machine Gun
1981
as Detective Kuroki
The Key
1997
as Soichiro Anzai
John Rabe
2009
as Matsui Iwane
The Great Yokai War
2005
The Wandering Moon
2022
as Agata
Happy Flight
2008
as Saito
The Lakeside Murder Case
2005
as Tomoharu Fujima
Survival Family
2017
as Sasaki Shigeomi
Owl
2003
Egoist
2023
as Yoshio Saito
Unforgiven
2013
as Kingo Baba
Lovers Lost
1982
as Ishizuka
Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad
2007
as Doctor from Sasazuka Clinic
Hutch the Honeybee
2010
Hard Days
2023
as Yutaka Senba
Capone Cries a Lot
1985
as Ushiemon
September 1923
2023
as Teiji Igusa
The War and a Woman
2013
as client of woman
Samurai Resurrection
2003
as Nobutsuna Matsudaira
Japan Sinks
2006
as Professor Fukuhara
Postcard
2010
as Yukichi Morikawa, the Father-in-Law
Noise
2022
as Shoji
I Want To Live Once More: Shinjuku Bus Fire Incident
1985
as Hirofumi Maruyama
Prodigy
2007
as Hisashi Kikuna
Ace Attorney
2012
as Saibancho (Judge)
Umami
2023
as Salaryman
Tetsujin 28: The Movie
2005
as Yunosuke Otsuka
Recall
2018
as Seiji Nomura
Casting Blossoms to the Sky
2012
as Seijiro Nose
Yona Yona Penguin
2009
as Jii (voice)
Karate-Robo Zaborgar
2011
as Dr. Akunomiya
Boku to Mama No Kiiroi Jitensha
2009
as Shotaro
Yudo: The Way of the Bath
2023
as regular customer
Ask This of Rikyu
2013
The Big Bee
2015
as Murofushi
The Friends
1994
as Nagatomo
Do Unto Others
2023
as Shosaku Shiba
A Man
2022
as Norio Komiura
Kaza-hana
2001
as Hot Spring Inn Owner
All Around Us
2008
as kunimasa Yasuda
Underdog: Part Two
2020
as Sakuro
Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit
2008
as Counselor
The Promised Land
2019
as Goro Fujiki
September 11
2002
as Sakichi Furuhashi (segment "Japan")
Another Heaven
2000
as Doctor Akagi
The Whispered City
2000
as Toyohashi, sculptor
Body and Soul
1997
Time Trip App
2014
as Ryuzo Yanagita
Zebraman
2004
as Kitahara the Crab Man
A Lone Scalpel
2010
as Matsuo Okawa
0.5 mm
2014
as Takeshi Sasaki
The Go Master
2007
as Kensaku Segoe
I Never Shot Anyone
2020
as Takashi Renjo
A Naive History of the Bakumatsu Era
1991
as Kogoro Katsura
Underdog: Part One
2020
as Sakuro
Journey to the Shore
2015
as Hoshitani
The Chasing World
2008
as Doctor
Villain
2010
as Yoshio Ishibashi
Suspicion
1982
as Shigekazu Akitani
Life Back Then
2011
as Masashi Inoue
The Taste of Fish
2008
as Shojiro Sanada
Rain Fall
2009
as Tatsu Ishikura
Sumo Do, Sumo Don't
1992
as Professor Tokichi Anayama
KT
2002
as Hiroshi Uchiyama
They Say Nothing Stays the Same
2019
as Toichi
The Rainbow Seeker
1996
The Life of Budori Gusuko
2012
as Narrator / Dr. Kūbō (voice)
Dr. Akagi
1998
as Dr. Fuu Akagi
Doppelgänger
2003
as Murakami
The Lightning Tree
2010
as Kakunoshi Enokido
Mukoku
2017
as Seppo Mitsumura
Revolver
1988
as Keisuke Mineya
The Boy and the Dog
2025
as Yaichi Katano
The Great Department Store Robbery
1987
The Man from Shimizu
1982
The City of Lost Souls
2000
as Kuwata
Neko Ninja
2017
as Kariyazaki
The Silk Road
1988
After the Flowers
2010
as Soan Nagai
Random Lives
2017
as Hanamura
Asahiyama Zoo Story: Penguins in the Sky
2009
as Itsuro Usui
Finding Light at the Darkness Festival
2019
Fancy Dance
1989
as Masoho's boss
Nagisa
2000
as Priest Shinto
The Heartbreak Yakuza
1987
Will to Live
1999
as Doctor
Beijing Watermelon
1989
as Mr. Teramoto
April Bride
2009
as Teishi Nagashima
Farewell, Kuro
2003
as Shuzo Hanazono
It's Only Talk
2006
Show Me the Way to the Station
2019
Sakurada Gate Incident
2010
as Magojiro Kaneko
Touken Ranbu 2
2023
as Fujiwara no Michinaga
A Crowd of Three
2010
About 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.… With 310 credits spanning from 1979 to 2026, Akira Emoto has appeared in 243 films and 67 TV shows.
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Most Popular Akira Emoto Movies
- Shin Godzilla (2016) — as Ryuta Azuma : Chief Cabinet Secretary
- Rental Family (2025) — as Kikuo Hasegawa
- It Feels So Good (2019) — as Kenji's Father (voice)
- Shoplifters (2018) — as Yoritsugu Kawado
- Zatoichi (2003) — as Pub Owner
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