Akira Emoto
Acting
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.
Media of
Akira Emoto
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Filmography of
Akira Emoto
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Teiji Igusa
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Taro Kadokura
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Semba
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Yoshio Saito
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Shosaku Shiba
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regular customer
... 2023
Hajime Sawazaki
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Salaryman
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Norio Komiura
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Dr. Miyake
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Agata
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老店主
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Shoji
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Shop Owner
... 2021
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old man
... 2021
Kawabata
... 2021
Sakuro
... 2020
Homeless
... 2020
Concierge Kondo
... 2020
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Takashi Renjo
... 2020
Kumabe Rokuzo
... 2020
Goro Fujiki
... 2019
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Kenji's father (voice)
... 2019
Urakusai
... 2019
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Chiyokichi
... 2019
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... 2019
Boss
... 2018
Seiji Nomura
... 2018
Yoritsugu Kawado
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Tadashi Honda
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Detective Aida
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Seppo Mitsumura
... 2017
Kariyazaki
... 2017
Ashimoto's Grandfather (voice)
... 2017
Kenkichi Okumura
... 2017
Hanamura
... 2017
Sasaki Shigeomi
... 2016
Masaomi Togo
... 2016
Tatsuyuki Miyata
... 2016
Jun Sakurada
... 2016
Honda
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Ryuta Azuma : Chief Cabinet Secretary
... 2016
Osamu Tamura
... 2016
Zenzo Takeda
... 2016
Mr. Hoshitani
... 2015
Murofushi
... 2015
Kumaji Ueda
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Sojiro
... 2015
Priest Soutatsu
... 2015
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Yoshitarō Terashima
... 2014
Takeshi Sasaki
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Jin Ichinose
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Ryuzo Yanagita
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Hayashi Tomita
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Toshiro Yamane
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Daisuke Ota
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Kingo Baba
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client of woman
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Arechi
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Kao no nai otoko
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Narrator / Dr. Kūbō (voice)
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Seijiro Nose
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Shuzo Morikawa
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Saibancho (Judge)
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Masashi Inoue
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Dr. Akunomiya
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Kyusaku Tsushima
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Doctor
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Yukichi Morikawa, the Father-in-Law
... 2010
Homeless guy
... 2010
Kakunoshi Enokido
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Magojiro Kaneko
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Souichi
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Yoshio Ishibashi
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Matsuo Okawa
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Michio Nakai
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Soan Nagai
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Hodogaya Yasushi
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Jii (voice)
... 2009
Shotaro
... 2009
Teishi Nagashima
... 2009
Tatsu Ishikura
... 2009
Matsui Iwane
... 2009
Itsuro Usui
... 2009
Saito
... 2008
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Yoshio Ichikawa
... 2008
Counselor
... 2008
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kunimasa Yasuda
... 2008
Shojiro Sanada
... 2008
Journalist
... 2008
Doctor
... 2008
mimasaka koushirou
... 2007
Hisashi Kikuna
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Kensaku Segoe
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Doctor from Sasazuka Clinic
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Mr. Trickster
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Tsunehiro Kawajiri
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Detective Yabuta
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Seigo Tsuda
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Grandfather
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Yunosuke Otsuka
... 2005
Sakamoto
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Yoshifumi Katakura
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Hidejiro Tasaki
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Koji Nabeshima
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Tomoharu Fujima
... 2004
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Murakami
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Shigeharu Kaneshiro
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Pub Owner
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Shuzo Hanazono
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Sensei/Matsumoto Harutsuna
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Sakichi Furuhashi (segment "Japan")
... 2002
Hiroshi Uchiyama
... 2002
Matsubara
... 2001
Mama
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Kuwata
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Hot Spring Inn Owner
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Artist
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Doctor Akagi
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Tatsuo
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Totsuka
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Doctor
... 1999
Ryohei Shimura / Joji Tamura
... 1998
Dr. Fuu Akagi
... 1998
Soichiro Anzai
... 1997
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Tamotsu Takasaki
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Yukawa
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Detective Miwa
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Yoshihiro
... 1995
Major Akira Yuki
... 1994
Nagatomo
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Professor Tokichi Anayama
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Kogoro Katsura
... 1991
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Prof. Sarusawa
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Masoho's boss
... 1989
Mr. Teramoto
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Riichi Hama
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Hyoma Sakaguchi
... 1989
Maeo
... 1989
Keisuke Mineya
... 1988
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Shinichi Amemiya
... 1988
Yakuza
... 1988
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Matsuda
... 1987
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Yasuhei Higashida
... 1985
Kumashiro
... 1985
Hirofumi Maruyama
... 1985
Ushiemon
... 1985
Konno
... 1984
Kikuo Tsutano
... 1984
Tôru Yamazaki(山崎徹)
... 1983
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Shigekazu Akitani
... 1982
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Ishizuka
... 1982
Detective Kuroki
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Kantarô Iwata
... 1979
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Daigorô Hatayama
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