Akira Emoto

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 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.

Most Known For

AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo

as Hyoue Yarikura

Rental Family

as Kikuo Hasegawa

Folktales from Japan

It Feels So Good

as Kenji's Father (voice)

Absolute Zero

as Sosuke Kagami

Hanzawa Naoki

as Keiji Minobe

Kumokiri Nizaemon

Clouds Over the Hill

as 乃木知幸介

Shin Godzilla

as Ryuta Azuma : Chief Cabinet Secretary

Segodon

as Ryu Samin

Get Ready!

as Hiroshi Bojo

Love and Glory

as Hideyoshi Toyotomi

Ties of Shooting Stars

as Togami Masayuki

Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit

as Sfar

The Private Detective Mike

Eighth Shogun Yoshimune

as Tokugawa Munenao

Samurai Fury

The Secret Lives of Kyoto Folk

Taiheiki

as Moronao Kô-no

Lost Man Found

as Himself