Acting
Akira Emoto
JA, EN, VI, DE cinema · 247 credits
Born
3 November 1948 (age 78)
Birthplace
Chuo, Tokyo, Japan
Also known as 柄本 明 · エモトアキラ · エモト アキラ
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
Filmography
Rental Family
as Kikuo Hasegawa
The Boy and the Dog
as Yaichi Katano
The Final Piece
as Motoji Kanesaki
One Last Throw
as Kawato Kozo
Don't Lose Your Head!
as Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu
Maru
as Teacher
The God of Curling
as Susumu Komiyama
Umami
as Salaryman
Hard Days
as Yutaka Senba
September 1923
as Teiji Igusa
Touken Ranbu: The Movie -Dawn-
as Fujiwara no Michinaga
Shylock's Children
as Hajime Sawazaki
Yudo
as regular customer
Egoist
as Yoshio Saito
Ripples
as Taro Kadokura
Do Unto Others
as Shosaku Shiba
Noise
as Shoji
The Setting Sun
as Dr. Miyake
The Wandering Moon
as Agata
No Place to Go
as Bomber
A Man
as Norio Komiura
Baragaki: Unbroken Samurai
as Shop Owner
The Great Yokai War: Guardians
as old man, as Old Man
The Master Plan
as Kawabata
Utsusemi no mori
as Police Inspector Kariya Shinichi
Living in the Sky
as Concierge Kondo
Underdog: Part One
as Sakuro
Stardust over the Town
as Kumabe Rokuzo
I Never Shot Anyone
as Takashi Renjo
Wonderful Paradise
as Homeless
Underdog: Part Two
as Sakuro
BON-UTA, A Song from Home
as (voice)
Iwane: Sword of Serenity
as Urakusai
Castle of Sand
as Chiyokichi
The Promised Land
as Goro Fujiki
It Feels So Good
as Kenji's Father (voice)
Color Me True
as Tadashi Honda
Evil and The Mask
as Detective Aida
Shoplifters
as Yoritsugu Kawado
Recall
as Seiji Nomura
Oz Land
as Boss
Lu Over the Wall
as Ashimoto's Grandfather (voice)
Mukoku
as Seppo Mitsumura
Random Lives
as Hanamura
Neko Ninja
as Kariyazaki
Survival Family
as Sasaki Shigeomi
The Dog Bridegroom
as Kenkichi Okumura
The Mohican Comes Home
as Osamu Tamura
Shin Godzilla
as Ryuta Azuma : Chief Cabinet Secretary
Black Widow Business
as Jun Sakurada
Shippu Rondo
as Masaomi Togo
A Living Promise
as Zenzo Takeda
Sniper
as Tatsuyuki Miyata
Journey to the Shore
as Hoshitani
Vampire in Love
as Sojiro
GARO: Gold Storm Flight
as Priest Soutatsu
The Big Bee
as Murofushi
The Pearls of the Stone Man
as Kumaji Ueda
Wood Job!
as Toshiro Yamane
0.5 mm
as Takeshi Sasaki
Oh! Father
as Hayashi Tomita
Cold
as Jin Ichinose
Time Trip App
as Ryuzo Yanagita
A House on a Hill
as Yoshitarō Terashima
Sleeping Forest
as Daisuke Ota
Unforgiven
as Kingo Baba
Yellow Elephant
as Arechi
The War and a Woman
as client of woman
The Partner
as Ōkuma Shigenobu
The Life of Budori Gusuko
as Narrator / Dr. Kūbō (voice)
Ace Attorney
as Saibancho (Judge)
Humanoid Monster, Bem
as Kao no nai otoko
A Sower of Seeds
as Shuzo Morikawa
Casting Blossoms to the Sky
as Seijiro Nose
In His Chart
as Doctor
Karate-Robo Zaborgar
as Dr. Akunomiya
Life Back Then
as Masashi Inoue
Shikei Kijun
as Kyusaku Tsushima
Villain
as Yoshio Ishibashi
Sakurada Gate Incident
as Magojiro Kaneko
Golden Slumber
as Hodogaya Yasushi
Haru's Journey
as Michio Nakai
Cast Me If You Can
as Homeless guy
The Lightning Tree
as Kakunoshi Enokido
Postcard
as Yukichi Morikawa, the Father-in-Law
After the Flowers
as Soan Nagai
A Lone Scalpel
as Matsuo Okawa
Heaven's Story
as Souichi
Ekeb of Dekye
as Soichi Yanagimachi
Rain Fall
as Tatsu Ishikura
April Bride
as Teishi Nagashima
John Rabe
as Matsui Iwane
Asahiyama Zoo Story: Penguins in the Sky
as Itsuro Usui
Yona Yona Penguin
as Jii (voice)
ICHI
Actor
The Chasing World
as Doctor
Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit
as Counselor
The Taste of Fish
as Shojiro Sanada
The Most Beautiful Night In The World
as Journalist
All Around Us
as kunimasa Yasuda
Teacher and Three Children
as Yoshio Ichikawa
Happy Flight
as Saito
Starfish Hotel
as Mr. Trickster
The Shadow Spirit
as mimasaka koushirou
The Go Master
as Kensaku Segoe
Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad
as Doctor from Sasazuka Clinic
Prodigy
as Hisashi Kikuna
Memories of Matsuko
as Tsunehiro Kawajiri
Japan Sinks
as Professor Fukuhara
The Suspect: Muroi Shinji
as Seigo Tsuda
The Lakeside Murder Case
as Tomoharu Fujima
Scrap Heaven
as Detective Yabuta
Love Is Five Seven Five
as Grandfather
Tetsujin 28: The Movie
as Yunosuke Otsuka
The Motive
as Yoshifumi Katakura
River of First Love
as Hidejiro Tasaki
Moon & Cherry
as Sakamoto
Drugstore Girl
as Koji Nabeshima
Zebraman
as Kitahara the Crab Man
Zatoichi
as Pub Owner
Worst by Chance
as Shigeharu Kaneshiro
Owl
Actor
Farewell, Kuro
as Shuzo Hanazono
Doppelgänger
as Murakami
Hana
as Hiroshi Torigoe
Teacher's suitcase
as Sensei/Matsumoto Harutsuna
Samurai Resurrection
as Nobutsuna Matsudaira
KT
as Hiroshi Uchiyama
Barber's Sorrow
as Sakaguchi
September 11
as Sakichi Furuhashi (segment "Japan")
Turn
as Matsubara
Kaza-hana
as Hot Spring Inn Owner
Waterboys
as Mama
The City of Lost Souls
as Kuwata
The Whispered City
as Toyohashi, sculptor
Nagisa
as Priest Shinto
Another Heaven
as Doctor Akagi
Kaizokuban Bootleg Film
as Tatsuo
Will to Live
as Doctor
Round About Midnight
as Totsuka
Dr. Akagi
as Dr. Fuu Akagi
The Eel
as Tamotsu Takasaki
Abduction
as Chief Superintendent Tachibana
Body and Soul
as Sekiya/Reiko's lover-Aya's ex
The Key
as Soichiro Anzai
Free and Easy 8
as Yukawa
Shall We Dance?
as Detective Miwa
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)
Sumo Do, Sumo Don't
as Professor Tokichi Anayama
The Last Frankenstein
as Prof. Sarusawa
A Naive History of the Bakumatsu Era
as Kogoro Katsura
Beijing Watermelon
as Mr. Teramoto
Fancy Dance
as Masoho's boss
Battle Heater
as Riichi Hama
Harimao
as Army Major
Angel Guts: Red Vertigo
as Yakuza
The Yen Family
as Shinichi Amemiya
Revolver
as Keisuke Mineya
A Tale of Young Elopement
as Matsuda
I Want To Live Once More: Shinjuku Bus Fire Incident
as Hirofumi Maruyama
Capone Cries a Lot
as Ushiemon
The Second Is a Christian
as Kumashiro
Congratulatory Speech
as Yasuhei Higashida
Location
as Konno
Make-Up
as Kikuo Tsutano
Double Bed
as Tôru Yamazaki
Legend of the Cat Monster
as Ryohei Shimura / Joji Tamura
Lovers Lost
as Ishizuka
Suspicion
as Shigekazu Akitani
Sailor Suit and Machine Gun
as Detective Kuroki
Fujio Akatsuka's Gag Porno: In the Mood Once Again
as Daigorô Hatayama
Masked Crusader, Mr. Jirenman
as Kantarô Iwata
