Cast
Akira Emoto
Acting
Cast
Akira Emoto
Known for
Acting
Born
1948-11-03
From
Chuo, Tokyo, Japan
Also known as 柄本 明, エモトアキラ, エモト アキラ
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.
Shin Godzilla
as Ryuta Azuma : Chief Cabinet Secretary
Rental Family
as Kikuo Hasegawa
It Feels So Good
as Kenji's Father (voice)
Zatoichi
as Pub Owner
Shoplifters
as Yoritsugu Kawado
Bedtime Eyes
ICHI
Samurai Fury
Memories of Matsuko
as Tsunehiro Kawajiri
Worst by Chance
as Shigeharu Kaneshiro
Baragaki: Unbroken Samurai
as Shop Owner
The Great Yokai War: Guardians
as old man
The Great Yokai War: Guardians
as Old Man
Happy Flight
as Saito
Lu Over the Wall
as Ashimoto's Grandfather (voice)
Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla
as Major Akira Yuki
Shall We Dance?
as Detective Miwa
Maborosi
as Yoshihiro
Double Bed
as Tôru Yamazaki
The Final Piece
as Motoji Kanesaki
The Great Yokai War
The Eel
as Tamotsu Takasaki
John Rabe
as Matsui Iwane
Survival Family
as Sasaki Shigeomi
Angel Guts: Red Vertigo
as Yakuza
Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet
as Yoneuchi
Japan Sinks
as Professor Fukuhara
Wood Job!
as Toshiro Yamane
The Key
as Soichiro Anzai
Unforgiven
as Kingo Baba
The Big Bee
as Murofushi
Sailor Suit and Machine Gun
as Detective Kuroki
Tetsujin 28: The Movie
as Yunosuke Otsuka
A Man
as Norio Komiura
Egoist
as Yoshio Saito
Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad
as Doctor from Sasazuka Clinic
Amagi Pass
Capone Cries a Lot
as Ushiemon
The Friends
as Nagatomo
Lovers Lost
as Ishizuka
September 11
as Sakichi Furuhashi (segment "Japan")
0.5 mm
as Takeshi Sasaki
The Whispered City
as Toyohashi, sculptor
Hard Days
as Yutaka Senba
Waterboys
as Mama
Mukoku
as Seppo Mitsumura
Umami
as Salaryman
The War and a Woman
as client of woman
Noise
as Shoji
I Never Shot Anyone
as Takashi Renjo
The Taste of Fish
as Shojiro Sanada
Ninja Kids!!!
Ace Attorney
as Saibancho (Judge)
Ask This of Rikyu
The Heartbreak Yakuza
Recall
as Seiji Nomura
Journey to the Shore
as Hoshitani
Zebraman
as Kitahara the Crab Man
Yudo: The Way of the Bath
as regular customer
The Wandering Moon
as Agata
The City of Lost Souls
as Kuwata
Postcard
as Yukichi Morikawa, the Father-in-Law
Hutch the Honeybee
The Lakeside Murder Case
as Tomoharu Fujima
Yona Yona Penguin
as Jii (voice)
Samurai Resurrection
as Nobutsuna Matsudaira
Underdog: Part One
as Sakuro
Kaza-hana
as Hot Spring Inn Owner
The Lightning Tree
as Kakunoshi Enokido
Golden Slumber
as Hodogaya Yasushi
Rain Fall
as Tatsu Ishikura
A Lone Scalpel
as Matsuo Okawa
Owl
Sleeping Forest
as Daisuke Ota
Time Trip App
as Ryuzo Yanagita
The Go Master
as Kensaku Segoe
Another Heaven
as Doctor Akagi
Life Back Then
as Masashi Inoue
September 1923
as Teiji Igusa
A Crowd of Three
Villain
as Yoshio Ishibashi
The Boy and the Dog
as Yaichi Katano
The Promised Land
as Goro Fujiki
All Around Us
as kunimasa Yasuda
Do Unto Others
as Shosaku Shiba
KT
as Hiroshi Uchiyama
Sakurada Gate Incident
as Magojiro Kaneko
Round About Midnight
as Totsuka
They Say Nothing Stays the Same
as Toichi
Underdog: Part Two
as Sakuro
Farewell, Kuro
as Shuzo Hanazono
The Life of Budori Gusuko
as Narrator / Dr. Kūbō (voice)
Castle of Sand
as Chiyokichi
The Silk Road
Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit
as Counselor
Body and Soul
As the River Flows
Nagisa
as Priest Shinto
Love Is Five Seven Five
as Grandfather
Shippu Rondo
as Masaomi Togo
Color Me True
as Tadashi Honda
Disciples of Hippocrates
The Most Beautiful Night In The World
as Journalist
Free and Easy 8
as Yukawa
Sumo Do, Sumo Don't
as Professor Tokichi Anayama
Black Widow Business
as Jun Sakurada
Casting Blossoms to the Sky
as Seijiro Nose
Goodbye Mama
Beijing Watermelon
as Mr. Teramoto
Dr. Akagi
as Dr. Fuu Akagi
Fancy Dance
as Masoho's boss
Ripples
as Taro Kadokura
A Honeymoon in Hell: Mr. & Mrs. Oki's Fabulous Trip
as wet guy
Show Me the Way to the Station
The Rainbow Seeker
Doppelgänger
as Murakami
The Master Plan
as Kawabata
In His Chart
as Doctor
Abduction
as Chief Superintendent Tachibana
Ekeb of Dekye
as Soichi Yanagimachi
Living in the Sky
as Concierge Kondo
Scrap Heaven
as Detective Yabuta
Manhattan Kiss
Touken Ranbu 2
as Fujiwara no Michinaga
The Partner
as Ōkuma Shigenobu
Yellow Elephant
as Arechi
Haru's Journey
as Michio Nakai
Iwane: Sword of Serenity
as Urakusai
The Motive
as Yoshifumi Katakura
The Yen Family
as Shinichi Amemiya
Utsusemi no mori
as Police Inspector Kariya Shinichi
I Want To Live Once More: Shinjuku Bus Fire Incident
as Hirofumi Maruyama
Suspicion
as Shigekazu Akitani
Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san
as Kondo
Barber's Sorrow
Finding Light at the Darkness Festival
Karate-Robo Zaborgar
as Dr. Akunomiya
Girls, Guns and Gangsters: Shinji Somai & Sailor Suit & Machine Gun
Private Lessons II
as Oba
Maru
as Teacher
A Living Promise
as Zenzo Takeda
The Great Department Store Robbery
The Pearls of the Stone Man
as Kumaji Ueda
The Mohican Comes Home
as Osamu Tamura
After the Flowers
as Soan Nagai
A House on a Hill
as Yoshitarō Terashima
The Shadow Spirit
as mimasaka koushirou
Vampire in Love
as Sojiro
Maria's Stomach
The Suspect: Muroi Shinji
as Seigo Tsuda
Wonderful Paradise
as Homeless
River of First Love
as Hidejiro Tasaki
GARO -Gold Storm- Sho
as Priest Soutatsu
A Naive History of the Bakumatsu Era
as Kogoro Katsura
Moon & Cherry
as Sakamoto
The Setting Sun
as Dr. Miyake
Neko Ninja
as Kariyazaki
It's Only Talk
One Day in January
Evil and The Mask
as Detective Aida
Oh! Father
as Hayashi Tomita
Will to Live
as Doctor
The Innocent Game
The Second Is a Christian
as Kumashiro
Legend of the Cat Monster
as Ryohei Shimura / Joji Tamura
Humanoid Monster, Bem
as Kao no nai otoko
April Bride
as Teishi Nagashima
Asahiyama Zoo Story: Penguins in the Sky
as Itsuro Usui
Prodigy
as Hisashi Kikuna
Cast Me If You Can
as Homeless guy
Takada Wataru Teki
as Self
Heaven's Story
as Souichi
The Chasing World
as Doctor
Revolver
as Keisuke Mineya
Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies
Stardust over the Town
as Kumabe Rokuzo
Roar of the Crowd
Love Letter
Oz Land
as Boss
The Dog Bridegroom
as Kenkichi Okumura
Turn
as Matsubara
The Happiness
Don't Lose Your Head!
as Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu
A Sower of Seeds
as Shuzo Morikawa
Dance till Tomorrow
No Place to Go
as Bomber
Teacher and Three Children
as Yoshio Ichikawa
Boku to Mama No Kiiroi Jitensha
as Shotaro
Tora-san Goes to Vienna
as Hyoma Sakaguchi
Betrayal Tomorrow
Mottomo Abunai Deka
as Maeo
Goal of the Sky
Winning Pass
Fujio Akatsuka's Gag Porno: In the Mood Once Again
as Daigorô Hatayama
Nosari: Impermanent Eternity
Three for the Road
Harimao
as Army Major
祈り ―幻に長崎を想う刻―
Sniper
as Tatsuyuki Miyata
Present for You
Location
as Konno
Universal Laws
Solitary Gourmet New Year's Eve Special ~Final Meal! Setouchi Business Trip~
The Man from Shimizu
The Way of The Prison Guard
The Cycling Genius Is Coming!
Chicken Is Barefoot
Congratulatory Speech
as Yasuhei Higashida
A Tale of Young Elopement
as Matsuda
Battle Heater
as Riichi Hama
Shikei Kijun
as Kyusaku Tsushima
Shimo-ochiai Yakitori Movie
Hana
as Hiroshi Torigoe
Your Friend
The Nagaharu Yodogawa Story: A Cineaste's Life in Kobe
as Matashichi
Make-Up
as Kikuo Tsutano
The Summer of Stickleback
Banana, Gloves and Whale Shark
as Lawyer
Kaizokuban Bootleg Film
as Tatsuo
Cold
as Jin Ichinose
Shylock's Children
as Hajime Sawazaki
Random Lives
as Hanamura
Life Can Be So Wonderful
as Haeo
For the coming day
Yamai wa kikara: Byôin e ikô 2
Fly, Dakota, Fly!
One Last Throw
as Kawato Kozo
Barber Shop with a View of the Sea
as 老店主
The Hunter and the Hunted
as Neko
When Cinema Reflects the Times: Hou Hsiao-Hsien and Edward Yang
as Narrator (voice)
Starfish Hotel
as Mr. Trickster
BON-UTA, A Song from Home
as (voice)
Living Rights
Kyoto Hippocrates
I Can Hear the Duck Singing
Masked Crusader, Mr. Jirenman
as Kantarô Iwata
Drugstore Girl
as Koji Nabeshima
Teacher's suitcase
as Sensei/Matsumoto Harutsuna
The God of Curling
as Susumu Komiyama
The Last Frankenstein
as Prof. Sarusawa
The Imaginary Dog and the Lying Cat
Godot of the Emotos
A Grain of Wheat
as Honda
