Akira Emoto

Akira Emoto

Acting

Born November 3, 1948 · Chuo, Tokyo, Japan

1 film as director · Active 1993–1993

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 Gin…

Known for

AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo

AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo

2002

Ten Count to the Future

Ten Count to the Future

2022

Clouds Over the Hill

Clouds Over the Hill

2009

Kumokiri Nizaemon

Kumokiri Nizaemon

2013

Absolute Zero

Absolute Zero

2010

A Woman from Ashio

A Woman from Ashio

2014

Rental Family

Rental Family

2025

Folktales from Japan

Folktales from Japan

2012

Directed(1)

Sky Cannot Be This Blue

1993Sky Cannot Be This Blue★ 9.0

Acting(310)

2026Kyoto Hippocrates

2026Convenience Store KyodaiUmeda Shohei

2026無垢なる証人Hiroki Oyagi

2026The Imaginary Dog and the Lying Cat

2025One Last ThrowKawato Kozo

2025Rental FamilyKikuo Hasegawa

2025Scandal Eve

2025The Final PieceMotoji Kanesaki

2025The Way of The Prison Guard

2025The Boy and the DogYaichi Katano

2025Samurai Fury

2024The God of CurlingSusumu Komiyama

2024MaruTeacher

2024Shinjuku Field HospitalKeisuke Takamine

2024JK to Roppozensho桜木倫太郎

2024Don't Lose Your Head!Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu

2023The Innocent Game

2023満天のゴールトクじい

2023September 1923Teiji Igusa

2023Goal of the Sky

2023RipplesTaro Kadokura

2023Hard DaysYutaka Senba

2023Touken Ranbu: The Movie -Dawn-Fujiwara no Michinaga

2023Do Unto OthersShosaku Shiba

2023Yudoregular customer

2023Shylock's ChildrenHajime Sawazaki

2023EgoistYoshio Saito

2023UmamiSalaryman

2023Get Ready!Hiroshi Bojo

2022A ManNorio Komiura

2022The Setting SunDr. Miyake

2022Japanese StyleHifuji Umekoshi

2022No Place to GoBomber

2022Goodbye My DearHiroshi Yamawaki

2022The New Chronicle of Lord Nobunaga: Classmates are WarriorsYotaro Befunokami

2022混声の森

2022Lost Man FoundHimself

2022The Wandering MoonAgata

2022Barber Shop with a View of the Sea老店主

2022Teen RegimeWashida Tsuguaki

2022Ten Count to the FutureKenzo Ashiya

2021Girls, Guns and Gangsters: Shinji Somai & Sailor Suit & Machine Gun

2021Baragaki: Unbroken SamuraiShop Owner

2021Bullets, Bones and Blocked NosesHadashi no Tyosuke(裸足のチョウスケ)

2021祈り ―幻に長崎を想う刻―

2021The Great Yokai War: Guardiansold man

2021Utsusemi no moriPolice Inspector Kariya Shinichi

2021The Master PlanKawabata

2021Re: The End of the Tiny World - Half a Year LaterKawabata

2021てにあまる

2020Underdog: Part OneSakuro

2020Underdog: Part TwoSakuro

2020Wonderful ParadiseHomeless

2020Living in the SkyConcierge Kondo

2020Nosari: Impermanent Eternity

2020I Never Shot AnyoneTakashi Renjo

2020Stardust over the TownKumabe Rokuzo

2019Finding Light at the Darkness Festival

2019The Promised LandGoro Fujiki

2019Show Me the Way to the Station

2019They Say Nothing Stays the SameToichi

2019Banjo no Himawari

2019It Feels So GoodKenji's Father (voice)

2019Iwane: Sword of SerenityUrakusai

2019Villain: Perpetrator Chase Investigation铃本茂树

2019Godot of the Emotos

2019Castle of SandChiyokichi

2019BON-UTA, A Song from Home(voice)

2018Oz LandBoss

2018Good DoctorAkira Shiga

2018RecallSeiji Nomura

2018ShopliftersYoritsugu Kawado

2018Color Me TrueTadashi Honda

2018Evil and The MaskDetective Aida

2018SegodonRyu Samin

2017Solitary Gourmet New Year's Eve Special ~Final Meal! Setouchi Business Trip~

2017Home Sweet Tokyo[Ramen Shop Owner]

2017MukokuSeppo Mitsumura

2017Neko NinjaKariyazaki

2017Lu Over the WallAshimoto's Grandfather (voice)

2017The Dog BridegroomKenkichi Okumura

2017Frankenstein's LoveTsurumaru

2017Survival FamilySasaki Shigeomi

2017Random LivesHanamura

2017A Life: A LoveDanjo Toranosuke

2017Silver and GoldHitoshi Kuramae

2016Shippu RondoMasaomi Togo

2016SniperTatsuyuki Miyata

2016Black Widow BusinessJun Sakurada

2016A Grain of WheatHonda

2016Shin GodzillaRyuta Azuma : Chief Cabinet Secretary

2016The Mohican Comes HomeOsamu Tamura

2016Moribito: Guardian of the SpiritSfar

2016Arashi no Namida

2016Love That Makes You CryMasahiko Hayashida

2016A Living PromiseZenzo Takeda

2015Journey to the ShoreHoshitani

2015The Big BeeMurofushi

2015The Pearls of the Stone ManKumaji Ueda

2015Vampire in LoveSojiro

2015GARO: Gold Storm FlightPriest Soutatsu

2015Living Rights

2015Present for You

2015The Secret Lives of Kyoto Folk

2015新法廷荒らし猪狩文助〜終の棲家〜

2014A House on a HillYoshitarō Terashima

20140.5 mmTakeshi Sasaki

2014ColdJin Ichinose

2014Time Trip AppRyuzo Yanagita

2014Oh! FatherHayashi Tomita

2014Wood Job!Toshiro Yamane

2014The Long GoodbyeHeizo Harada

2014A Woman from Ashio

2014Sleeping ForestDaisuke Ota

2013Olympic Ransom

2013Fly, Dakota, Fly!

2013The PartnerŌkuma Shigenobu

2013UnforgivenKingo Baba

2013Ask This of Rikyu

2013Hanzawa NaokiKeiji Minobe

2013The War and a Womanclient of woman

2013Kumokiri Nizaemon

2013Yellow ElephantArechi

2013Black KiteKaiun

2013Banana, Gloves and Whale SharkLawyer

2012Humanoid Monster, BemKao no nai otoko

2012One Day in January

2012Platinum Town

2012The Life of Budori GusukoNarrator / Dr. Kūbō (voice)

2012Casting Blossoms to the SkySeijiro Nose

2012Folktales from Japan

2012A Sower of SeedsShuzo Morikawa

2012Ace AttorneySaibancho (Judge)

2011Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined FleetYoneuchi

2011Life Back ThenMasashi Inoue

2011Humanoid Monster BemNameless Man

2011Karate-Robo ZaborgarDr. Akunomiya

2011HUNTER - Women After Reward MoneyShogo Ooiwa

2011Shikei KijunKyusaku Tsushima

2011In His ChartDoctor

2011Ninja Kids!!!

2011A Honeymoon in Hell: Mr. & Mrs. Oki's Fabulous Tripwet guy

2010PostcardYukichi Morikawa, the Father-in-Law

2010Cast Me If You CanHomeless guy

2010The Lightning TreeKakunoshi Enokido

2010Mori no AsagaoKeizukuri Hukahori

2010Sakurada Gate IncidentMagojiro Kaneko

2010Ekeb of DekyeSoichi Yanagimachi

2010Heaven's StorySouichi

2010Naze Kimi wa Zetsubo to Tatakaeta noka

2010VillainYoshio Ishibashi

2010Hutch the Honeybee

2010A Crowd of Three

2010A Lone ScalpelMatsuo Okawa

2010Haru's JourneyMichio Nakai

2010Absolute ZeroSosuke Kagami

2010After the FlowersSoan Nagai

2010Golden SlumberHodogaya Yasushi

2009Yona Yona PenguinJii (voice)

2009Clouds Over the Hill乃木知幸介

2009Boku to Mama No Kiiroi JitenshaShotaro

2009April BrideTeishi Nagashima

2009Rain FallTatsu Ishikura

2009John RabeMatsui Iwane

2009Asahiyama Zoo Story: Penguins in the SkyItsuro Usui

2008Happy FlightSaito

2008Ties of Shooting StarsTogami Masayuki

2008Teacher and Three ChildrenYoshio Ichikawa

2008Ikigami: The Ultimate LimitCounselor

2008The Cycling Genius Is Coming!

2008Your Friend

2008The Taste of FishShojiro Sanada

2008All Around Uskunimasa Yasuda

2008The Most Beautiful Night In The WorldJournalist

2008The Chasing WorldDoctor

2007The Shadow Spiritmimasaka koushirou

2007ProdigyHisashi Kikuna

2007Life Can Be So WonderfulHaeo

2007Three for the Road

2007The Go MasterKensaku Segoe

2007Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes DadDoctor from Sasazuka Clinic

2007愛の流刑地北冈耕造

2007Starfish HotelMr. Trickster

2006The Happiness

2006The Summer of Stickleback

2006Japan SinksProfessor Fukuhara

2006It's Only Talk

2006Memories of MatsukoTsunehiro Kawajiri

2006Tokumei! Keiji Dongame

2006Love and GloryHideyoshi Toyotomi

2005Scrap HeavenDetective Yabuta

2005Haru and NatsuKotaro Nakayama

2005The Suspect: Muroi ShinjiSeigo Tsuda

2005The Great Yokai War

2005For the coming day

2005Love Is Five Seven FiveGrandfather

2005Tetsujin 28: The MovieYunosuke Otsuka

2005The Lakeside Murder CaseTomoharu Fujima

2004Moon & CherrySakamoto

2004The MotiveYoshifumi Katakura

2004River of First LoveHidejiro Tasaki

2004Chicken Is Barefoot

2004Takada Wataru TekiSelf

2004Drugstore GirlKoji Nabeshima

2004ZebramanKitahara the Crab Man

2004Winning Pass

2004The Hunter and the HuntedNeko

2004竜馬がゆく

2003HanaHiroshi Torigoe

2003DoppelgängerMurakami

2003Worst by ChanceShigeharu Kaneshiro

2003ZatoichiPub Owner

2003Love & War of a Samurai

2003Farewell, KuroShuzo Hanazono

2003Water BoysMama (of a bar)

2003Samurai ResurrectionNobutsuna Matsudaira

2003Teacher's suitcaseSensei/Matsumoto Harutsuna

2002Mibu Gishiden: Shinsengumi de Ichiban Tsuyokatta Otoko

2002Barber's SorrowSakaguchi

2002AIBOU: Tokyo Detective DuoHyoue Yarikura

2002September 11Sakichi Furuhashi (segment "Japan")

2002The Private Detective Mike

2002KTHiroshi Uchiyama

2001Prince ShotokuAnahobe no miko

2001TurnMatsubara

2001WaterboysMama

2001Kaza-hanaHot Spring Inn Owner

2000The City of Lost SoulsKuwata

2000The Whispered CityToyohashi, sculptor

2000NagisaPriest Shinto

2000Another HeavenDoctor Akagi

2000As the River Flows

1999Kaizokuban Bootleg FilmTatsuo

1999The Nagaharu Yodogawa Story: A Cineaste's Life in KobeMatashichi

1999Round About MidnightTotsuka

1999Out - Tsumatachi no Hanzai

1999Will to LiveDoctor

1999Genroku RyoranGenshiro

1998Yanchakure水嶋钦一

1998Love Letter

1998Dr. AkagiDr. Fuu Akagi

1997Body and SoulSekiya/Reiko's lover-Aya's ex

1997The KeySoichiro Anzai

1997AbductionChief Superintendent Tachibana

1997The EelTamotsu Takasaki

1996The Rainbow Seeker

1996Free and Easy 8Yukawa

1996Shall We Dance?Detective Miwa

1995MaborosiYoshihiro

1995Eighth Shogun YoshimuneTokugawa Munenao

1994Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzillaMajor Akira Yuki

1994The FriendsNagatomo

1993I Can Hear the Duck Singing

1993When Cinema Reflects the Times: Hou Hsiao-Hsien and Edward YangNarrator (voice)

1993Private Lessons IIOba

1993Family Court JudgeShibuya Naomasa

1992Yamai wa kikara: Byôin e ikô 2

1992Manhattan Kiss

1992Sumo Do, Sumo Don'tProfessor Tokichi Anayama

1991A Naive History of the Bakumatsu EraKogoro Katsura

1991Dance till Tomorrow

1991The Last FrankensteinProf. Sarusawa

1991Goodbye Mama

1991TaiheikiMoronao Kô-no

1990Betrayal Tomorrow

1990Maria's Stomach

1990Roar of the Crowd

1990ホットドッグ大田原輝

1990Universal Laws

1989Fancy DanceMasoho's boss

1989Beijing WatermelonMr. Teramoto

1989Battle HeaterRiichi Hama

1989Tora-san Goes to ViennaHyoma Sakaguchi

1989HarimaoArmy Major

1989Mottomo Abunai DekaMaeo

1988あじさい色のレディ

1988RevolverKeisuke Mineya

1988あそびにおいでョ!

1988The Silk Road

1988The Yen FamilyShinichi Amemiya

1988Angel Guts: Red VertigoYakuza

1987The Great Department Store Robbery

1987The Heartbreak Yakuza

1987Bedtime Eyes

1987A Tale of Young ElopementMatsuda

1986Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies

1985Congratulatory SpeechYasuhei Higashida

1985The Second Is a ChristianKumashiro

1985I Want To Live Once More: Shinjuku Bus Fire IncidentHirofumi Maruyama

1985Capone Cries a LotUshiemon

1984水曜ドラマスペシャル

1984LocationKonno

1984Make-UpKikuo Tsutano

1983Legend of the Cat MonsterRyohei Shimura / Joji Tamura

1983Double BedTôru Yamazaki

1982The Man from Shimizu

1982SuspicionShigekazu Akitani

1982Hearts and Flowers for Tora-sanKondo

1982Lovers LostIshizuka

1981Sailor Suit and Machine GunDetective Kuroki

1980Disciples of Hippocrates

1979Masked Crusader, Mr. JirenmanKantarô Iwata

1979Shimo-ochiai Yakitori Movie

1979Fujio Akatsuka's Gag Porno: In the Mood Once AgainDaigorô Hatayama