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Akira Emoto
🎭 Acting

Akira Emoto

November 3, 1948 (age 77)
Chuo, Tokyo, Japan
Male
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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…

Movies

244 credits
Zatoichi Movie
★ 7.2
18+
Sensitive content
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Action, Adventure
Zatoichi
2003 Action, Adventure
Rental Family Movie
★ 7.7
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Comedy, Drama
Rental Family
2025 Comedy, Drama
Shin Godzilla Movie
★ 7.2
18+
Sensitive content
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Action, Horror
Shin Godzilla
2016 Action, Horror
It Feels So Good
★ 6.7
+
It Feels So Good
2019 as Kenji's Father (voice)
Shoplifters Movie
★ 7.8
▶
Crime, Drama
Shoplifters
2018 Crime, Drama
Worst by Chance
★ 9.0
+
Worst by Chance
2003 as Shigeharu Kaneshiro
Angel Guts: Red Vertigo
★ 6.2
+
Angel Guts: Red Vertigo
1988 as Yakuza
Memories of Matsuko
★ 7.8
+
Memories of Matsuko
2006 as Tsunehiro Kawajiri
Bedtime Eyes
★ 4.7
+
Bedtime Eyes
1987
Samurai Fury
★ 8.0
+
Samurai Fury
2025
Kaza-hana
★ 5.6
+
Kaza-hana
2001 as Hot Spring Inn Owner
Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla
★ 6.8
+
Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla
1994 as Major Akira Yuki
Shall We Dance?
★ 7.5
+
Shall We Dance?
1996 as Detective Miwa
ICHI
★ 6.7
+
ICHI
2008
Waterboys
★ 6.6
+
Waterboys
2001 as Mama
John Rabe
★ 7.1
+
John Rabe
2009 as Matsui Iwane
Double Bed
★ 5.1
+
Double Bed
1983 as Tôru Yamazaki
Capone Cries a Lot
★ 6.0
+
Capone Cries a Lot
1985 as Ushiemon
Maborosi
★ 7.5
+
Maborosi
1995 as Yoshihiro
Wood Job!
★ 7.4
+
Wood Job!
2014 as Toshiro Yamane
Survival Family
★ 7.3
+
Survival Family
2017 as Sasaki Shigeomi
Lovers Lost
★ 6.4
+
Lovers Lost
1982 as Ishizuka
The Great Yokai War: Guardians
★ 6.2
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The Great Yokai War: Guardians
2021 as old man
The Great Yokai War: Guardians
★ 6.2
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The Great Yokai War: Guardians
2021 as Old Man
The Key
★ 5.0
+
The Key
1997 as Soichiro Anzai
The Eel
★ 6.9
+
The Eel
1997 as Tamotsu Takasaki
Sailor Suit and Machine Gun
★ 7.1
+
Sailor Suit and Machine Gun
1981 as Detective Kuroki
The Great Yokai War
★ 6.3
+
The Great Yokai War
2005
Lu Over the Wall
★ 7.0
+
Lu Over the Wall
2017 as Ashimoto's Grandfather (voice)
Umami
★ 5.7
+
Umami
2023 as Salaryman

TV Shows

67 credits
AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo TV
★ 7.5
▶
Crime, Drama
AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo
2002 Crime, Drama
Hanzawa Naoki TV
+
Hanzawa Naoki
2013 as Keiji Minobe
Kumokiri Nizaemon TV
+
Kumokiri Nizaemon
2013
Absolute Zero TV
+
Absolute Zero
2010 as Sosuke Kagami
Segodon TV
+
Segodon
2018 as Ryu Samin
Ten Count to the Future TV
+
Ten Count to the Future
2022 as Kenzo Ashiya
Clouds Over the Hill TV
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Clouds Over the Hill
2009 as 乃木知幸介
The Private Detective Mike TV
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The Private Detective Mike
2002
Love and Glory TV
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Love and Glory
2006 as Hideyoshi Toyotomi
Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit TV
+
Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit
2016 as Sfar
The Secret Lives of Kyoto Folk TV
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The Secret Lives of Kyoto Folk
2015
Water Boys TV
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Water Boys
2003 as Mama (of a bar)
Love That Makes You Cry TV
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Love That Makes You Cry
2016 as Masahiko Hayashida
Get Ready! TV
+
Get Ready!
2023 as Hiroshi Bojo
Folktales from Japan TV
+
Folktales from Japan
2012
Lost Man Found TV
+
Lost Man Found
2022 as Himself
Good Doctor TV
+
Good Doctor
2018 as Akira Shiga
Ties of Shooting Stars TV
+
Ties of Shooting Stars
2008 as Togami Masayuki
Genroku Ryoran TV
+
Genroku Ryoran
1999 as Genshiro
A Life TV
+
A Life
2017 as Danjo Toranosuke
The Long Goodbye TV
+
The Long Goodbye
2014 as Heizo Harada
Olympic Ransom TV
+
Olympic Ransom
2013
In Hand TV
+
In Hand
2019
竜馬がゆく TV
+
竜馬がゆく
2004
Taiheiki TV
+
Taiheiki
1991 as Moronao Kô-no
Black Kite TV
+
Black Kite
2013 as Kaiun
Platinum Town TV
+
Platinum Town
2012
Shinjuku Field Hospital TV
+
Shinjuku Field Hospital
2024 as Keisuke Takamine
HUNTER - Women After Reward Money TV
+
HUNTER - Women After Reward Money
2011 as Shogo Ooiwa
Haru and Natsu TV
+
Haru and Natsu
2005 as Kotaro Nakayama
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