Personal Info
- Known ForActing
- GenderMale
- Birthday1948-11-03 (76 years)
- Place of BirthChūō, Tokyo, Japan
- Also Known As에모토 아키라Акира Эмото柄本 明
Akira Emoto
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...Read More
Acting Career
- 2024
Shinjuku Field Hospital
As: Keisuke Takamine
- 2024
JK to Roppozensho
As: 桜木倫太郎
- 2024
Migawari Mission
As: Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu
- 2023
満天のゴール
As: トクじい
- 2023
September 1923
As: Teiji Igusa
- 2023
Ripples
As: Taro Kadokura
- 2023
Hard Days
As: Yutaka Senba
- 2023
Do Unto Others
As: Shosaku Shiba
2023Yudo: The Way of the Bath
As: regular customer
2023Shylock's Children
As: Hajime Sawazaki
2023Egoist
As: Yoshio Saito
2023Umami
As: Salaryman
2023Get Ready!
As: Hiroshi Bojo
2022A Man
As: Norio Komiura
2022The Setting Sun
As: Dr. Miyake
2022Japanese Style
As: Hifuji Umekoshi
2022Goodbye My Dear
As: Hiroshi Yamawaki
2022The New Chronicle of Lord Nobunaga: Classmates are Warriors
As: Yotaro Befunokami
2022Wandering
As: Agata
2022海の見える理髪店
As: 老店主
2022Teen Regime
As: Washida Tsuguaki
2022Ten Count to the Future
As: Kenzo Ashiya
2022The Honest Realtor
As: Tetsuo Kishi
2022Noise
As: Shoji
2021Baragaki: Unbroken Samurai
As: Shop Owner
2021Bullets, Bones and Blocked Noses
As: Hadashi no Tyosuke(裸足のチョウスケ)
2021The Great Yokai War: Guardians
As: old man
2021空蝉の森
As: Police Inspector kariya shinichi
2021The End of the Tiny World
As: Kawabata
2021Re: The End of the Tiny World - Half a Year Later
As: Kawabata
2020Underdog: Part One
As: Sakuro
2020Wonderful Paradise
As: Homeless
2020Living in the Sky
As: Concierge Kondo
2020I Never Shot Anyone
As: Takashi Renjo
2020Stardust Over The Town
As: Kumabe Rokuzo
2019The Promised Land
As: Goro Fujiki
2019They Say Nothing Stays the Same
As: Toichi
2019It Feels So Good
As: Kenji's Father (voice)
2019Iwane: Sword of Serenity
As: Urakusai
2019Villain: Perpetrator Chase Investigation
As: 铃本茂树
2019Castle of Sand
As: Chiyokichi
2019BON-UTA, A Song from Home
As: (voice)
2018Oz Land
As: Boss
2018Good Doctor
As: Akira Shiga
2018Recall
As: Seiji Nomura
- 2018
Shoplifters
As: Yoritsugu Kawado
2018Color Me True
As: Tadashi Honda
2018Evil and The Mask
As: Detective Aida
2018Segodon
As: Ryu Samin
2017Home Sweet Tokyo
As: [Ramen Shop Owner]
2017Mukoku
As: Seppo Mitsumura
2017Neko Ninja
As: Kariyazaki
2017Lu Over the Wall
As: Ashimoto's Grandfather (voice)
2017The Dog Bridegroom
As: Kenkichi Okumura
2017Frankenstein's Love
As: Tsurumaru
2017Random Lives
As: Hanamura
2017A Life
As: Danjo Toranosuke
2017Silver and Gold
As: Hitoshi Kuramae
2016Survival Family
As: Sasaki Shigeomi
2016Shippu Rondo
As: Masaomi Togo
2016Sniper
As: Tatsuyuki Miyata
2016Black Widow Business
As: Jun Sakurada
2016A Grain of Wheat
As: Honda
- 2016
Shin Godzilla
As: Ryuta Azuma : Chief Cabinet Secretary
2016The Mohican Comes Home
As: Osamu Tamura
2016Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit
As: Sfar
2016Love That Makes You Cry
As: Masahiko Hayashida
2016A Living Promise
As: Zenzo Takeda
2015Journey to the Shore
As: Mr. Hoshitani
2015The Big Bee
As: Murofushi
2015The Pearls of the Stone Man
As: Kumaji Ueda
2015Vampire in Love
As: Sojiro
2015GARO -Gold Storm- Sho
As: Priest Soutatsu
2014A House on a Hill
As: Yoshitarō Terashima
20140.5 mm
As: Takeshi Sasaki
2014Cold
As: Jin Ichinose
2014Time Trip App
As: Ryuzo Yanagita
2014Oh! Father
As: Hayashi Tomita
2014Wood Job!
As: Toshiro Yamane
2014The Long Goodbye
As: Heizo Harada
2014Sleeping Forest
As: Daisuke Ota
2013Unforgiven
As: Kingo Baba
2013Hanzawa Naoki
As: Keiji Minobe
2013The War and a Woman
As: client of woman
2013Yellow Elephant
As: Arechi
2013Black Kite
As: Kaiun
2012Humanoid Monster, Bem
As: Kao no nai otoko
2012The Life of Budori Gusuko
As: Narrator / Dr. Kūbō (voice)
2012Casting Blossoms to the Sky
As: Seijiro Nose
2012A Sower of Seeds
As: Shuzo Morikawa
2012Ace Attorney
As: Saibancho (Judge)
2011Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet
As: Yoneuchi
2011Life Back Then
As: Masashi Inoue
2011Humanoid Monster Bem
As: Nameless Man
2011Karate-Robo Zaborgar
As: Dr. Akunomiya
2011HUNTER - Women After Reward Money
As: Shogo Ooiwa
2011Shikei Kijun
As: Kyusaku Tsushima
2011In His Chart
As: Doctor
2011A Honeymoon in Hell: Mr. & Mrs. Oki's Fabulous Trip
As: wet guy
2010Postcard
As: Yukichi Morikawa, the Father-in-Law
2010Cast Me If You Can
As: Homeless guy
2010The Lightning Tree
As: Kakunoshi Enokido
2010Mori no Asagao
As: Keizukuri Hukahori
2010Sakurada Gate Incident
As: Magojiro Kaneko
2010Heaven's Story
As: Souichi
2010Villain
As: Yoshio Ishibashi
2010A Lone Scalpel
As: Matsuo Okawa
2010Haru's Journey
As: Michio Nakai
2010Absolute Zero
As: Sosuke Kagami
2010After the Flowers
As: Soan Nagai
2010Golden Slumber
As: Hodogaya Yasushi
2009Yona Yona Penguin
As: Jii (voice)
2009Boku to Mama No Kiiroi Jitensha
As: Shotaro
2009April Bride
As: Teishi Nagashima
2009Rain Fall
As: Tatsu Ishikura
2009John Rabe
As: Matsui Iwane
2009Asahiyama Zoo Story: Penguins in the Sky
As: Itsuro Usui
2008Happy Flight
As: Saito
2008Ties of Shooting Stars
As: Togami Masayuki
2008Teacher and Three Children
As: Yoshio Ichikawa
2008Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit
As: Counselor
2008The Taste of Fish
As: Shojiro Sanada
2008All Around Us
As: kunimasa Yasuda
2008The Most Beautiful Night In The World
As: Journalist
2008The Chasing World
As: Doctor
2007The Shadow Spirit
As: mimasaka koushirou
2007Prodigy
As: Hisashi Kikuna
2007Life Can Be So Wonderful
As: Haeo
2007The Go Master
As: Kensaku Segoe
2007Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad
As: Doctor from Sasazuka Clinic
2007Starfish Hotel
As: Mr. Trickster
2006Memories of Matsuko
As: Tsunehiro Kawajiri
2006Love and Glory
As: Hideyoshi Toyotomi
2005Scrap Heaven
As: Detective Yabuta
2005Haru and Natsu
As: Kotaro Nakayama
2005The Suspect: Muroi Shinji
As: Seigo Tsuda
2005Love Is Five Seven Five
As: Grandfather
2005Tetsujin 28: The Movie
As: Yunosuke Otsuka
2004Moon and Cherry
As: Sakamoto
2004The Motive
As: Yoshifumi Katakura
2004River of First Love
As: Hidejiro Tasaki
2004Drugstore Girl
As: Koji Nabeshima
2004Zebraman
As: Kitahara the Crab Man
2004The Lakeside Murder Case
As: Tomoharu Fujima
2004The Hunter and the Hunted
As: Neko
2003Hana
As: Hiroshi Torigoe
2003Doppelganger
As: Murakami
2003Worst by Chance
As: Shigeharu Kaneshiro
- 2003
Zatoichi
As: Pub Owner
2003Farewell, Kuro
As: Shuzo Hanazono
2003Water Boys
As: Mama (of a bar)
2003Teacher's suitcase
As: Sensei/Matsumoto Harutsuna
2002AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo
As: Hyoue Yarikura
200211’09”01—September 11
As: Sakichi Furuhashi (segment "Japan")
2002KT
As: Hiroshi Uchiyama
2001Prince Shotoku
As: Anahobe no miko
2001Turn
As: Matsubara
2001Waterboys
As: Mama
2001Kaza-hana
As: Hot Spring Inn Owner
2000The City of Lost Souls
As: Kuwata
2000The Whispered City
As: Artist
2000Nagisa
As: Priest
2000Another Heaven
As: Doctor Akagi
1999Kaizokuban Bootleg Film
As: Tatsuo
1999The Nagaharu Yodogawa Story: A Cineaste's Life in Kobe
As: Matashichi
1999Round About Midnight
As: Totsuka
1999Will to Live
As: Doctor
1999Genroku Ryoran
As: Genshiro
1998Yanchakure
As: 水嶋钦一
1998Legend of the Cat Monster
As: Ryohei Shimura / Joji Tamura
1998Dr. Akagi
As: Dr. Fuu Akagi
1997The Key
As: Soichiro Anzai
1997The Eel
As: Tamotsu Takasaki
1996Free and Easy 8
As: Yukawa
1996Shall We Dance?
As: Detective Miwa
- 1995
Maborosi
As: Yoshihiro
1995Eighth Shogun Yoshimune
As: Tokugawa Munenao
- 1994
Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla
As: Major Akira Yuki
1994The Friends
As: Nagatomo
1993When Cinema Reflects the Times: Hou Hsiao-Hsien and Edward Yang
As: (voice)
1993Private Lessons II
As: Oba
1992Sumo Do, Sumo Don't
As: Professor Tokichi Anayama
1991A Naive History of the Bakumatsu Era
As: Kogoro Katsura
1991The Last Frankenstein
As: Prof. Sarusawa
1991Taiheiki
As: Moronao Kô-no
1989Fancy Dance
As: Masoho's boss
1989Beijing Watermelon
As: Mr. Teramoto
1989Battle Heater
As: Riichi Hama
1989Tora-san Goes to Vienna
As: Hyoma Sakaguchi
1989Harimao
As: Army Major
1989Mottomo Abunai Deka
As: Maeo
1988Revolver
As: Keisuke Mineya
1988The Yen Family
As: Shinichi Amemiya
1988Angel Guts: Red Vertigo
As: Yakuza
1987A Tale of Young Elopement
As: Matsuda
1985Congratulatory Speech
As: Yasuhei Higashida
1985The Second Is a Christian
As: Kumashiro
1985I Want To Live Once More: Shinjuku Bus Fire Incident
As: Hirofumi Maruyama
1985Capone Cries a Lot
As: Ushiemon
1984Location
As: Konno
1984Make-Up
As: Kikuo Tsutano
1983Double Bed
As: Tôru Yamazaki
1982Suspicion
As: Shigekazu Akitani
1982Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san
As: Kondo
1982Lovers Lost
As: Ishizuka
1981Sailor Suit and Machine Gun
As: Detective Kuroki
1979Masked Crusader, Mr. Jirenman
As: Kantarô Iwata
1979Fujio Akatsuka's Gag Porno: In the Mood Once Again
As: Daigorô Hatayama