Akira Emoto
Acting
Born 1948-11-03
Chuo, Tokyo, Japan
312 credits
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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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Filmography
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AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo
Ten Count to the Future
Folktales from Japan
The Private Detective Mike
Lost Man Found
Absolute Zero
Shin Godzilla
Hanzawa Naoki
Rental Family
Shoplifters
Silver and Gold
It Feels So Good
Segodon
Kumokiri Nizaemon
The Secret Lives of Kyoto Folk
Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit
Clouds Over the Hill
Ties of Shooting Stars
Water Boys
Scandal Eve
Taiheiki
Genroku Ryoran
Get Ready!
Love and Glory
Zatoichi
The Key
Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla
Good Doctor
愛の流刑地
Nagisa
Love That Makes You Cry
Shinjuku Field Hospital
Memories of Matsuko
A Life
Black Kite
Worst by Chance
Teen Regime
Umami
Samurai Fury
In Hand
Yanchakure
Lu Over the Wall
ICHI
The New Chronicle of Lord Nobunaga: Classmates are Warriors
Bullets, Bones and Blocked Noses
The Long Goodbye
HUNTER - Women After Reward Money
Shall We Dance?
Haru and Natsu
Olympic Ransom
竜馬がゆく
Frankenstein's Love
Home Sweet Tokyo
Wood Job!
The Eel
Villain: Perpetrator Chase Investigation
JK to Roppozensho
Survival Family
Beijing Watermelon
John Rabe
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