Akira Emoto
Known For: Acting
Gender: Male
Date of Birth: November 3, 1948 (76 years old)
Place of Birth: Chūō, Tokyo, Japan
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.
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2023
Actor Salaryman
Umami
Actor Hajime Sawazaki
Shylock's Children
Actor regular customer
Yudo: The Way of the Bath
Actor Taro Kadokura
Ripples
Actor Yoshio Saito
Egoist
Actor Shosaku Shiba
Do Unto Others
Actor Yutaka Senba
Hard Days
Actor
Manten no Goal
Actor Teiji Igusa
September 1923
Actor
Touken Ranbu 2
Actor
Houtei Yugi
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2015
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2012
2011
2010
Actor Yoshio Ishibashi
Villain
Actor Magojiro Kaneko
Sakurada Gate Incident
Actor Hodogaya Yasushi
Golden Slumber
Actor Michio Nakai
Haru's Journey
Actor Kakunoshi Enokido
The Lightning Tree
Actor Homeless guy
Cast Me If You Can
Actor Yukichi Morikawa, the Father-in-Law
Postcard
Actor Soan Nagai
After the Flowers
Actor Matsuo Okawa
A Lone Scalpel
Actor Souichi
Heaven's Story
Actor
Hutch the Honeybee
Actor
A Crowd of Three
2009
2008
Actor Counselor
Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit
Actor Doctor
The Chasing World
Actor Shojiro Sanada
The Taste of Fish
Actor Journalist
The Most Beautiful Night In The World
Actor
The Cycling Genius Is Coming!
Actor kunimasa Yasuda
All Around Us
Actor Yoshio Ichikawa
Teacher and Three Children
Actor Saito
Happy Flight
Actor
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