Akira Emoto
Born in Chuo, Tokyo, Japan — Nov 03 1948
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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,…
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AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo
Hyoue Yarikura
Absolute Zero
Sosuke Kagami
Rental Family
Kikuo Hasegawa
Hanzawa Naoki
Keiji Minobe
Zatoichi
Pub Owner
The Private Detective Mike
Segodon
Ryu Samin
Clouds Over the Hill
乃木知幸介
Shin Godzilla
Ryuta Azuma : Chief Cabinet Secretary
Kumokiri Nizaemon
竜馬がゆく
Good Doctor
Akira Shiga
Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit
Sfar
Folktales from Japan
The Secret Lives of Kyoto Folk
Shoplifters
Yoritsugu Kawado
In Hand
The New Chronicle of Lord Nobunaga: Classmates are Warriors
Yotaro Befunokami
Yanchakure
水嶋钦一
It Feels So Good
Kenji's Father (voice)
Home Sweet Tokyo
[Ramen Shop Owner]
Ten Count to the Future
Kenzo Ashiya
JK to Roppozensho
桜木倫太郎
Bullets, Bones and Blocked Noses
Hadashi no Tyosuke(裸足のチョウスケ)
Lost Man Found
Himself
Black Kite
Kaiun
Water Boys
Mama (of a bar)
Samurai Fury
Humanoid Monster Bem
Nameless Man
Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies
Frankenstein's Love
Tsurumaru
Olympic Ransom
September 11
Sakichi Furuhashi (segment "Japan")
Get Ready!
Hiroshi Bojo
Genroku Ryoran
Genshiro
Love and Glory
Hideyoshi Toyotomi
Shinjuku Field Hospital
Keisuke Takamine
Villain: Perpetrator Chase Investigation
铃本茂树
Japanese Style
Hifuji Umekoshi
水曜ドラマスペシャル
Ties of Shooting Stars
Togami Masayuki
HUNTER - Women After Reward Money
Shogo Ooiwa
A Life
Danjo Toranosuke
Maborosi
Yoshihiro
Japan Sinks
Professor Fukuhara
Tokumei! Keiji Dongame
Taiheiki
Moronao Kô-no
Villain
Yoshio Ishibashi
Goodbye My Dear
Hiroshi Yamawaki
Love That Makes You Cry
Masahiko Hayashida
The Eel
Tamotsu Takasaki
The Long Goodbye
Heizo Harada
Naze Kimi wa Zetsubo to Tatakaeta noka
Shall We Dance?
Detective Miwa
混声の森
Ace Attorney
Saibancho (Judge)
Lu Over the Wall
Ashimoto's Grandfather (voice)
Memories of Matsuko
Tsunehiro Kawajiri
Mori no Asagao
Keizukuri Hukahori
Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit
Counselor
The Great Yokai War
Haru and Natsu
Kotaro Nakayama
Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla
Major Akira Yuki
Mibu Gishiden: Shinsengumi de Ichiban Tsuyokatta Otoko
Happy Flight
Saito
Teen Regime
Washida Tsuguaki
Ninja Kids!!!
Silver and Gold
Hitoshi Kuramae
Sailor Suit and Machine Gun
Detective Kuroki
Arashi no Namida
Platinum Town
The Great Yokai War: Guardians
old man
Lovers Lost
Ishizuka
The Motive
Yoshifumi Katakura
Hutch the Honeybee
Golden Slumber
Hodogaya Yasushi
The Go Master
Kensaku Segoe
They Say Nothing Stays the Same
Toichi
Baragaki: Unbroken Samurai
Shop Owner
Banjo no Himawari
The Silk Road
The Key
Soichiro Anzai
A Man
Norio Komiura
Unforgiven
Kingo Baba
Scandal Eve
Worst by Chance
Shigeharu Kaneshiro
Karate-Robo Zaborgar
Dr. Akunomiya
Survival Family
Sasaki Shigeomi
Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad
Doctor from Sasazuka Clinic
Waterboys
Mama
ICHI
Bedtime Eyes
The Lightning Tree
Kakunoshi Enokido
The Rainbow Seeker
The Second Is a Christian
Kumashiro
Sakurada Gate Incident
Magojiro Kaneko
The Heartbreak Yakuza
Fancy Dance
Masoho's boss
Hard Days
Yutaka Senba
A Lone Scalpel
Matsuo Okawa
Round About Midnight
Totsuka
Turn
Matsubara
Samurai Resurrection
Nobutsuna Matsudaira
Suspicion
Shigekazu Akitani
A Crowd of Three
Recall
Seiji Nomura
Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet
Yoneuchi
All Around Us
kunimasa Yasuda
Ekeb of Dekye
Soichi Yanagimachi
Sleeping Forest
Daisuke Ota
The Big Bee
Murofushi
Double Bed
Tôru Yamazaki
Farewell, Kuro
Shuzo Hanazono
Dr. Akagi
Dr. Fuu Akagi
Eighth Shogun Yoshimune
Tokugawa Munenao
Underdog: Part One
Sakuro
Location
Konno
愛の流刑地
北冈耕造
Love & War of a Samurai
The Life of Budori Gusuko
Narrator / Dr. Kūbō (voice)
Yudo: The Way of the Bath
regular customer
The Lakeside Murder Case
Tomoharu Fujima
Sniper
Tatsuyuki Miyata
Noise
Shoji
Casting Blossoms to the Sky
Seijiro Nose
I Never Shot Anyone
Takashi Renjo
The End of the Tiny World
Kawabata
Life Back Then
Masashi Inoue
The Shadow Spirit
mimasaka koushirou
Zebraman
Kitahara the Crab Man
Another Heaven
Doctor Akagi
Yona Yona Penguin
Jii (voice)
Don't Lose Your Head!
Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu
No Place to Go
Bomber
Touken Ranbu 2
Fujiwara no Michinaga
Journey to the Shore
Hoshitani
September 1923
Teiji Igusa
Do Unto Others
Shosaku Shiba
The Suspect: Muroi Shinji
Seigo Tsuda
The Whispered City
Toyohashi, sculptor
The War and a Woman
client of woman
Iwane: Sword of Serenity
Urakusai
John Rabe
Matsui Iwane
The Great Department Store Robbery
Color Me True
Tadashi Honda
Prince Shotoku
Anahobe no miko
Beijing Watermelon
Mr. Teramoto
The Boy and the Dog
Yaichi Katano
The Final Piece
Motoji Kanesaki
Egoist
Yoshio Saito
Doppelganger
Murakami
Yellow Elephant
Arechi
Vampire in Love
Sojiro
River of First Love
Hidejiro Tasaki
Re: The End of the Tiny World - Half a Year Later
Kawabata
Wandering
Agata
Time Trip App
Ryuzo Yanagita
Castle of Sand
Chiyokichi
KT
Hiroshi Uchiyama
The Dog Bridegroom
Kenkichi Okumura
The Taste of Fish
Shojiro Sanada
The Yen Family
Shinichi Amemiya
The Way of The Prison Guard
A Naive History of the Bakumatsu Era
Kogoro Katsura
Tora-san Goes to Vienna
Hyoma Sakaguchi
Haru's Journey
Michio Nakai
Evil and The Mask
Detective Aida
Black Widow Business
Jun Sakurada
Capone Cries a Lot
Ushiemon
Asahiyama Zoo Story: Penguins in the Sky
Itsuro Usui
Ask This of Rikyu
Body and Soul
Disciples of Hippocrates
It's Only Talk
Prodigy
Hisashi Kikuna
Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san
Kondo
Utsusemi no mori
Police Inspector Kariya Shinichi
Kaza-hana
Hot Spring Inn Owner
てにあまる
Heaven's Story
Souichi
Will to Live
Doctor
Chicken Is Barefoot
The Happiness
Shippu Rondo
Masaomi Togo
The Most Beautiful Night In The World
Journalist
One Last Throw
Kawato Kozo
Ripples
Taro Kadokura
A Honeymoon in Hell: Mr. & Mrs. Oki's Fabulous Trip
wet guy
Owl
Make-Up
Kikuo Tsutano
Living in the Sky
Concierge Kondo
Out - Tsumatachi no Hanzai
The Hunter and the Hunted
Neko
The Promised Land
Goro Fujiki
The Nagaharu Yodogawa Story: A Cineaste's Life in Kobe
Matashichi
The Man from Shimizu
Winning Pass
Sumo Do, Sumo Don't
Professor Tokichi Anayama
Postcard
Yukichi Morikawa, the Father-in-Law
The Mohican Comes Home
Osamu Tamura
Humanoid Monster, Bem
Kao no nai otoko
The City of Lost Souls
Kuwata
Oz Land
Boss
Nosari: Impermanent Eternity
The Cycling Genius Is Coming!
0.5 mm
Takeshi Sasaki
The Chasing World
Doctor
Tetsujin 28: The Movie
Yunosuke Otsuka
Love Letter
Shikei Kijun
Kyusaku Tsushima
Goodbye Mama
Maru
Teacher
Universal Laws
Sky Cannot Be This Blue
Directing
Boku to Mama No Kiiroi Jitensha
Shotaro
あそびにおいでョ!
A Tale of Young Elopement
Matsuda
Congratulatory Speech
Yasuhei Higashida
Scrap Heaven
Detective Yabuta
The Pearls of the Stone Man
Kumaji Ueda
Abduction
Family Court Judge
Shibuya Naomasa
A Living Promise
Zenzo Takeda
In His Chart
Doctor
Private Lessons II
Oba
Rain Fall
Tatsu Ishikura
Legend of the Cat Monster
Ryohei Shimura / Joji Tamura
A Woman from Ashio
Three for the Road
The Setting Sun
Dr. Miyake
Teacher and Three Children
Yoshio Ichikawa
Underdog: Part Two
Sakuro
Amagi Pass
The Friends
Nagatomo
After the Flowers
Soan Nagai
Wood Job!
Toshiro Yamane
疑惑
Roar of the Crowd
Shylock's Children
Hajime Sawazaki
Neko Ninja
Kariyazaki
Free and Easy 8
Yukawa
Angel Guts: Red Vertigo
Yakuza
Mukoku
Seppo Mitsumura
The Innocent Game
The Summer of Stickleback
Show Me the Way to the Station
Wonderful Paradise
Homeless
Finding Light at the Darkness Festival
Masked Crusader, Mr. Jirenman
Kantarô Iwata
Moon & Cherry
Sakamoto
Love Is Five Seven Five
Grandfather
GARO -Gold Storm- Sho
Priest Soutatsu
For the coming day
April Bride
Teishi Nagashima
Battle Heater
Riichi Hama
BON-UTA, A Song from Home
(voice)
Stardust over the Town
Kumabe Rokuzo
A House on a Hill
Yoshitarō Terashima
Betrayal Tomorrow
Nagisa
Priest Shinto
Hana
Hiroshi Torigoe
Shimo-ochiai Yakitori Movie
Solitary Gourmet New Year's Eve Special ~Final Meal! Setouchi Business Trip~
祈り ―幻に長崎を想う刻―
満天のゴール
トクじい
Starfish Hotel
Mr. Trickster
A Sower of Seeds
Shuzo Morikawa
Harimao
Army Major
Random Lives
Hanamura
ホットドッグ
大田原輝
Umami
Salaryman
Maria's Stomach
Life Can Be So Wonderful
Haeo
Cold
Jin Ichinose
Fly, Dakota, Fly!
Living Rights
新 法廷荒らし 猪狩文助〜終の棲家〜
Manhattan Kiss
Drugstore Girl
Koji Nabeshima
Mottomo Abunai Deka
Maeo
Barber's Sorrow
The Imaginary Dog and the Lying Cat
Banana, Gloves and Whale Shark
Lawyer
Kyoto Hippocrates
Takada Wataru Teki
Self
The God of Curling
Susumu Komiyama
One Day in January
Fujio Akatsuka's Gag Porno: In the Mood Once Again
Daigorô Hatayama
I Can Hear the Duck Singing
When Cinema Reflects the Times: Hou Hsiao-Hsien and Edward Yang
Narrator (voice)
Cast Me If You Can
Homeless guy
Goal of the Sky
Teacher's suitcase
Sensei/Matsumoto Harutsuna
Dance till Tomorrow
The Partner
Ōkuma Shigenobu
Revolver
Keisuke Mineya
I Want To Live Once More: Shinjuku Bus Fire Incident
Hirofumi Maruyama
A Grain of Wheat
Honda
Barber Shop with a View of the Sea
老店主
Kaizokuban Bootleg Film
Tatsuo
Yamai wa kikara: Byôin e ikô 2
Present for You
Oh! Father
Hayashi Tomita
The Last Frankenstein
Prof. Sarusawa
Convenience Store Kyodai
Shohei Umeda
Godot of the Emotos
Girls, Guns and Gangsters: Shinji Somai & Sailor Suit & Machine Gun
Rotting