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Akira Emoto

Akira Emoto
  • Name: Akira Emoto
  • Birthday: 1948-11-03
  • Also known as: 에모토 아키라,Акира Эмото,柄本 明
  • Place of birth: Chūō, Tokyo, Japan
  • Popularity: 6.226
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... Read More

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Muromachi Burai 2025-01-17
Maru 2024-10-18
Migawari Mission   as  Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu 2024-02-09
The Innocent Game 2023-11-10
Shin Godzilla: ORTHOchromatic   as  Ryuta Azuma : Chief Cabinet Secretary 2023-10-27
September 1923   as  Teiji Igusa 2023-09-01
Goal of the Sky 2023-07-15
Ripples   as  Taro Kadokura 2023-05-26
Hard Days   as  Yutaka Senba 2023-05-19
Touken Ranbu 2 2023-03-31
Do Unto Others   as  Shosaku Shiba 2023-03-24
Yudo: The Way of the Bath   as  regular customer 2023-02-23
Shylock's Children   as  Hajime Sawazaki 2023-02-17
Egoist   as  Yoshio Saito 2023-02-10
Umami   as  Salaryman 2023-02-09
A Man   as  Norio Komiura 2022-11-18
The Setting Sun   as  Dr. Miyake 2022-11-04
No Place to Go 2022-10-08
Wandering   as  Agata 2022-05-13
海の見える理髪店   as  老店主 2022-05-09
Noise   as  Shoji 2022-01-27
Girls, Guns and Gangsters: Shinji Somai & Sailor Suit & Machine Gun 2021-11-17
Baragaki: Unbroken Samurai   as  Shop Owner 2021-10-15
祈り ―幻に長崎を想う刻― 2021-08-20
The Great Yokai War: Guardians   as  old man 2021-07-01
The End of the Tiny World   as  Kawabata 2021-01-29
Underdog: Part One   as  Sakuro 2020-11-27
Wonderful Paradise   as  Homeless 2020-11-20
Living in the Sky   as  Concierge Kondo 2020-10-23
Nosari: Impermanent Eternity 2020-07-11
I Never Shot Anyone   as  Takashi Renjo 2020-07-03
Stardust Over The Town   as  Kumabe Rokuzo 2020-03-06
The Promised Land   as  Goro Fujiki 2019-10-18
Show Me the Way to the Station 2019-10-18
They Say Nothing Stays the Same   as  Toichi 2019-09-13
It Feels So Good   as  Kenji's Father (voice) 2019-08-23
Iwane: Sword of Serenity   as  Urakusai 2019-05-17
Godot of the Emotos 2019-04-20
Castle of Sand   as  Chiyokichi 2019-03-28
BON-UTA, A Song from Home   as  (voice) 2019-02-15
Oz Land   as  Boss 2018-10-26
Recall   as  Seiji Nomura 2018-06-15
Shoplifters   as  Yoritsugu Kawado 2018-06-02
Color Me True   as  Tadashi Honda 2018-02-10
Evil and The Mask   as  Detective Aida 2018-01-13
Kodokunogurume ōmisoka supesharu ~ tabe-osame! Setouchi shutchō-hen ~ 2017-12-31
Mukoku   as  Seppo Mitsumura 2017-06-03
Neko Ninja   as  Kariyazaki 2017-05-20
Lu Over the Wall   as  Ashimoto's Grandfather (voice) 2017-05-19
The Dog Bridegroom   as  Kenkichi Okumura 2017-05-13
Random Lives   as  Hanamura 2017-01-28
Survival Family   as  Sasaki Shigeomi 2016-12-12
Shippu Rondo   as  Masaomi Togo 2016-11-26
Sniper   as  Tatsuyuki Miyata 2016-10-02
Black Widow Business   as  Jun Sakurada 2016-08-27
A Grain of Wheat   as  Honda 2016-08-26
Shin Godzilla   as  Ryuta Azuma : Chief Cabinet Secretary 2016-07-29
The Mohican Comes Home   as  Osamu Tamura 2016-04-09
A Living Promise   as  Zenzo Takeda 2016-01-09
Journey to the Shore   as  Mr. Hoshitani 2015-09-30
The Big Bee   as  Murofushi 2015-09-12
The Pearls of the Stone Man   as  Kumaji Ueda 2015-06-20
Vampire in Love   as  Sojiro 2015-04-17
GARO -Gold Storm- Sho   as  Priest Soutatsu 2015-03-28
Living Rights 2015-03-07
A House on a Hill   as  Yoshitarō Terashima 2014-12-06
0.5 mm   as  Takeshi Sasaki 2014-11-08
Cold   as  Jin Ichinose 2014-09-27
Time Trip App   as  Ryuzo Yanagita 2014-07-26
Oh! Father   as  Hayashi Tomita 2014-05-24
Wood Job!   as  Toshiro Yamane 2014-05-10
A Woman from Ashio 2014-01-18
Sleeping Forest   as  Daisuke Ota 2014-01-02
Fly, Dakota, Fly! 2013-10-05
Present for You 2013-10-04
Unforgiven   as  Kingo Baba 2013-09-13
The War and a Woman   as  client of woman 2013-04-27
Yellow Elephant   as  Arechi 2013-02-02
Banana, Gloves and Whale Shark 2013-01-01
Humanoid Monster, Bem   as  Kao no nai otoko 2012-12-15
One Day in January 2012-11-17
The Life of Budori Gusuko   as  Narrator / Dr. Kūbō (voice) 2012-07-07
Casting Blossoms to the Sky   as  Seijiro Nose 2012-05-12
A Sower of Seeds   as  Shuzo Morikawa 2012-03-03
Ace Attorney   as  Saibancho (Judge) 2012-02-11
Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet   as  Yoneuchi 2011-12-23
Life Back Then   as  Masashi Inoue 2011-11-19
Karate-Robo Zaborgar   as  Dr. Akunomiya 2011-10-15
Shikei Kijun   as  Kyusaku Tsushima 2011-09-25
In His Chart   as  Doctor 2011-08-27
Ninja Kids!!! 2011-07-23
A Honeymoon in Hell: Mr. & Mrs. Oki's Fabulous Trip   as  wet guy 2011-05-14
Postcard   as  Yukichi Morikawa, the Father-in-Law 2010-10-27
Cast Me If You Can   as  Homeless guy 2010-10-23
The Lightning Tree   as  Kakunoshi Enokido 2010-10-22
Sakurada Gate Incident   as  Magojiro Kaneko 2010-10-16
Elevator to the Gallows 2010-10-09
Heaven's Story   as  Souichi 2010-10-02
Villain   as  Yoshio Ishibashi 2010-09-11
Hutch the Honeybee 2010-07-28
A Crowd of Three 2010-06-12
A Lone Scalpel   as  Matsuo Okawa 2010-06-05
Haru's Journey   as  Michio Nakai 2010-05-22
After the Flowers   as  Soan Nagai 2010-03-13
Golden Slumber   as  Hodogaya Yasushi 2010-01-30
Yona Yona Penguin   as  Jii (voice) 2009-12-23
Boku to Mama No Kiiroi Jitensha   as  Shotaro 2009-08-22
April Bride   as  Teishi Nagashima 2009-05-09
Rain Fall   as  Tatsu Ishikura 2009-04-24
John Rabe   as  Matsui Iwane 2009-04-02
Asahiyama Zoo Story: Penguins in the Sky   as  Itsuro Usui 2009-02-07
Happy Flight   as  Saito 2008-11-15
ICHI 2008-10-25
Teacher and Three Children   as  Yoshio Ichikawa 2008-09-27
Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit   as  Counselor 2008-09-26
The Cycling Genius Is Coming! 2008-09-06
The Taste of Fish   as  Shojiro Sanada 2008-06-07
All Around Us   as  kunimasa Yasuda 2008-06-07
The Most Beautiful Night In The World   as  Journalist 2008-05-24
The Chasing World   as  Doctor 2008-02-22
The Shadow Spirit   as  mimasaka koushirou 2007-12-21
Prodigy   as  Hisashi Kikuna 2007-09-20
Life Can Be So Wonderful   as  Haeo 2007-09-15
Three for the Road 2007-07-11
The Go Master   as  Kensaku Segoe 2007-05-24
Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad   as  Doctor from Sasazuka Clinic 2007-04-14
Starfish Hotel   as  Mr. Trickster 2007-02-03
The Happiness 2006-11-23
The Summer of Stickleback 2006-10-14
Japan Sinks 2006-07-15
It's Only Talk 2006-06-10
Memories of Matsuko   as  Tsunehiro Kawajiri 2006-05-27
Scrap Heaven   as  Detective Yabuta 2005-10-08
The Suspect: Muroi Shinji   as  Seigo Tsuda 2005-08-27
The Great Yokai War 2005-08-06
For the coming day 2005-05-06
Love Is Five Seven Five   as  Grandfather 2005-03-26
Tetsujin 28: The Movie   as  Yunosuke Otsuka 2005-03-19
Moon and Cherry   as  Sakamoto 2004-12-25
The Motive   as  Yoshifumi Katakura 2004-12-18
River of First Love   as  Hidejiro Tasaki 2004-11-13
Drugstore Girl   as  Koji Nabeshima 2004-02-07
Zebraman 2004-01-30
Winning Pass 2004-01-24
The Lakeside Murder Case   as  Tomoharu Fujima 2004-01-22
The Hunter and the Hunted   as  Neko 2004-01-17
Hana   as  Hiroshi Torigoe 2003-11-01
Doppelganger   as  Murakami 2003-09-27
Worst by Chance   as  Shigeharu Kaneshiro 2003-09-13
Zatoichi   as  Pub Owner 2003-09-06
Farewell, Kuro   as  Shuzo Hanazono 2003-07-01
Teacher's suitcase   as  Sensei/Matsumoto Harutsuna 2003-03-11
Owl 2003-02-07
Barber's Sorrow 2002-11-09
11’09”01—September 11   as  Sakichi Furuhashi (segment "Japan") 2002-09-04
KT   as  Hiroshi Uchiyama 2002-05-03
Turn   as  Matsubara 2001-10-13
Waterboys   as  Mama 2001-09-15
The City of Lost Souls   as  Kuwata 2000-09-15
Kaza-hana   as  Hot Spring Inn Owner 2000-09-14
The Whispered City   as  Artist 2000-07-07
Nagisa 2000-06-10
Another Heaven   as  Doctor Akagi 2000-04-29
Kaizokuban Bootleg Film   as  Tatsuo 1999-12-01
The Nagaharu Yodogawa Story: A Cineaste's Life in Kobe   as  Matashichi 1999-11-07
Round About Midnight   as  Totsuka 1999-11-06
Will to Live   as  Doctor 1999-01-15
Legend of the Cat Monster   as  Ryohei Shimura / Joji Tamura 1998-08-16
Love Letter 1998-05-23
Dr. Akagi   as  Dr. Fuu Akagi 1998-05-17
The Key   as  Soichiro Anzai 1997-10-18
Body and Soul 1997-10-18
Abduction 1997-06-07
The Eel   as  Tamotsu Takasaki 1997-05-12
The Rainbow Seeker 1996-12-28
Free and Easy 8   as  Yukawa 1996-08-10
Shall We Dance?   as  Detective Miwa 1996-01-27
Maborosi   as  Yoshihiro 1995-10-01
Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla   as  Major Akira Yuki 1994-12-10
The Friends   as  Nagatomo 1994-04-09
I Can Hear the Duck Singing 1993-09-11
When Cinema Reflects the Times: Hou Hsiao-Hsien and Edward Yang   as  (voice) 1993-09-01
Private Lessons II   as  Oba 1993-03-06
Yamai wa kikara: Byôin e ikô 2 1992-12-19
Manhattan Kiss 1992-06-13
Sumo Do, Sumo Don't   as  Professor Tokichi Anayama 1992-01-15
A Naive History of the Bakumatsu Era   as  Kogoro Katsura 1991-07-06
Dance till Tomorrow 1991-06-22
The Last Frankenstein   as  Prof. Sarusawa 1991-04-20
Goodbye Mama 1991-04-20
Betrayal tomorrow 1990-09-14
Maria's Stomach 1990-07-21
Roar of the Crowd 1990-06-09
Universal Laws 1990-01-27
Fancy Dance   as  Masoho's boss 1989-12-23
Beijing Watermelon   as  Mr. Teramoto 1989-11-18
Battle Heater   as  Riichi Hama 1989-11-03
Tora-san Goes to Vienna   as  Hyoma Sakaguchi 1989-08-05
Harimao   as  Army Major 1989-06-03
Mottomo Abunai Deka   as  Maeo 1989-04-22
Revolver   as  Keisuke Mineya 1988-10-22
The Silk Road 1988-06-25
The Yen Family   as  Shinichi Amemiya 1988-05-14
Angel Guts: Red Vertigo   as  Yakuza 1988-05-07
The Great Department Store Robbery 1987-12-26
Bedtime Eyes 1987-04-25
A Tale of Young Elopement   as  Matsuda 1987-02-07
The Heartbreak Yakuza 1987-01-01
Congratulatory Speech   as  Yasuhei Higashida 1985-12-28
The Second Is a Christian   as  Kumashiro 1985-09-14
I Want To Live Once More: Shinjuku Bus Fire Incident   as  Hirofumi Maruyama 1985-03-02
Capone Cries a Lot   as  Ushiemon 1985-02-16
Location   as  Konno 1984-09-22
Make-Up   as  Kikuo Tsutano 1984-05-02
Double Bed   as  Tôru Yamazaki 1983-08-05
The Man from Shimizu 1982-12-28
Suspicion   as  Shigekazu Akitani 1982-09-11
Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san   as  Kondo 1982-08-07
Lovers Lost   as  Ishizuka 1982-06-12
Sailor Suit and Machine Gun   as  Detective Kuroki 1981-12-19
Disciples of Hippocrates 1980-11-21
Masked Crusader, Mr. Jirenman   as  Kantarô Iwata 1979-10-06
Shimoochiai Yakitori Movie 1979-06-23
Fujio Akatsuka's Gag Porno: In the Mood Once Again   as  Daigorô Hatayama 1979-03-31