Akira Emoto
Acting
Born November 3, 1948 · Chuo, Tokyo, Japan
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 Be…
Known For · 40 titles
AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo
Folktales from Japan
Ten Count to the Future
Absolute Zero
Kumokiri Nizaemon
Hanzawa Naoki
Yanchakure
Shin Godzilla
Love and Glory
Rental Family
Taiheiki
Segodon
The Secret Lives of Kyoto Folk
Genroku Ryoran
Eighth Shogun Yoshimune
Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit
It Feels So Good
Clouds Over the Hill
Shoplifters
The Private Detective Mike
Water Boys
Ties of Shooting Stars
Lost Man Found
Scandal Eve
愛の流刑地
Arashi no Namida
Love That Makes You Cry
In Hand
HUNTER - Women After Reward Money
Get Ready!
Good Doctor
Haru and Natsu
Shinjuku Field Hospital
Teen Regime
The New Chronicle of Lord Nobunaga: Classmates are Warriors
Worst by Chance
Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla
Frankenstein's Love
A Life
The Long Goodbye