Akira Emoto

Personal Info

Birthday

November 3, 1948

(76 years old)

Place of Birth

Chūō, Tokyo, Japan

Also Known As

에모토 아키라

Акира Эмото

柄本明

آکیرا اموتو

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.

Known For

AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo

It Feels So Good

Absolute Zero

Hanzawa Naoki

Segodon

Yanchakure

Shin Godzilla

Love and Glory

Filmography

2025
The Boy and the Dog
as Yaichi Katano
2024
The God of Curling
as Susumu Komiyama
Maru
as Teacher
Migawari Mission
as Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu
2023
September 1923
as Teiji Igusa
Ripples
as Taro Kadokura
Hard Days
as Yutaka Senba
Touken Ranbu 2
as Fujiwara no Michinaga
Do Unto Others
as Shosaku Shiba
Yudo: The Way of the Bath
as regular customer
Shylock's Children
as Hajime Sawazaki
Egoist
as Yoshio Saito
Umami
as Salaryman
2022
A Man
as Norio Komiura
The Setting Sun
as Dr. Miyake
Wandering
as Agata
海の見える理髪店
as 老店主

Noise
as Shoji
2021
Baragaki: Unbroken Samurai
as Shop Owner
The Great Yokai War: Guardians
as old man
空蝉の森
as Police Inspector kariya shinichi
The End of the Tiny World
as Kawabata
2020
Underdog: Part One
as Sakuro
Underdog: Part Two
as Sakuro
Wonderful Paradise
as Homeless
Living in the Sky
as Concierge Kondo
I Never Shot Anyone
as Takashi Renjo
Stardust Over The Town
as Kumabe Rokuzo
2019
The Promised Land
as Goro Fujiki
They Say Nothing Stays the Same
as Toichi
It Feels So Good
as Kenji's Father (voice)
Iwane: Sword of Serenity
as Urakusai
Castle of Sand
as Chiyokichi
BON-UTA, A Song from Home
as (voice)
2018
Oz Land
as Boss
Recall
as Seiji Nomura
Shoplifters
as Yoritsugu Kawado
Color Me True
as Tadashi Honda
Evil and The Mask
as Detective Aida
2017
Mukoku
as Seppo Mitsumura
Neko Ninja
as Kariyazaki
Lu Over the Wall
as Ashimoto's Grandfather (voice)
The Dog Bridegroom
as Kenkichi Okumura
Random Lives
as Hanamura
2016
Survival Family
as Sasaki Shigeomi
Shippu Rondo
as Masaomi Togo
Sniper
as Tatsuyuki Miyata
Black Widow Business
as Jun Sakurada
A Grain of Wheat
as Honda
Shin Godzilla
as Ryuta Azuma : Chief Cabinet Secretary
The Mohican Comes Home
as Osamu Tamura
A Living Promise
as Zenzo Takeda
2015
Journey to the Shore
as Hoshitani
The Big Bee
as Murofushi
The Pearls of the Stone Man
as Kumaji Ueda
Vampire in Love
as Sojiro
GARO -Gold Storm- Sho
as Priest Soutatsu
2014
A House on a Hill
as Yoshitarō Terashima
0.5 mm
as Takeshi Sasaki
Cold
as Jin Ichinose
Time Trip App
as Ryuzo Yanagita
Oh! Father
as Hayashi Tomita
Wood Job!
as Toshiro Yamane
Sleeping Forest
as Daisuke Ota
2013
Unforgiven
as Kingo Baba
The War and a Woman
as client of woman
Yellow Elephant
as Arechi
2012
Humanoid Monster, Bem
as Kao no nai otoko
The Life of Budori Gusuko
as Narrator / Dr. Kūbō (voice)
Casting Blossoms to the Sky
as Seijiro Nose
A Sower of Seeds
as Shuzo Morikawa
Ace Attorney
as Saibancho (Judge)
2011
Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet
as Yoneuchi
Life Back Then
as Masashi Inoue
Karate-Robo Zaborgar
as Dr. Akunomiya
Shikei Kijun
as Kyusaku Tsushima
In His Chart
as Doctor
A Honeymoon in Hell: Mr. & Mrs. Oki's Fabulous Trip
as wet guy
2010
Postcard
as Yukichi Morikawa, the Father-in-Law
Cast Me If You Can
as Homeless guy
The Lightning Tree
as Kakunoshi Enokido
Sakurada Gate Incident
as Magojiro Kaneko
Heaven's Story
as Souichi
Villain
as Yoshio Ishibashi
A Lone Scalpel
as Matsuo Okawa
Haru's Journey
as Michio Nakai
After the Flowers
as Soan Nagai
Golden Slumber
as Hodogaya Yasushi
2009
Yona Yona Penguin
as Jii (voice)
Boku to Mama No Kiiroi Jitensha
as Shotaro
April Bride
as Teishi Nagashima
Rain Fall
as Tatsu Ishikura
John Rabe
as Matsui Iwane
Asahiyama Zoo Story: Penguins in the Sky
as Itsuro Usui
2008
Happy Flight
as Saito
Teacher and Three Children
as Yoshio Ichikawa
Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit
as Counselor
All Around Us
as kunimasa Yasuda
The Taste of Fish
as Shojiro Sanada
The Most Beautiful Night In The World
as Journalist
The Chasing World
as Doctor
2007
The Shadow Spirit
as mimasaka koushirou
Prodigy
as Hisashi Kikuna
Life Can Be So Wonderful
as Haeo
The Go Master
as Kensaku Segoe
Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad
as Doctor from Sasazuka Clinic
Starfish Hotel
as Mr. Trickster
2006
Memories of Matsuko
as Tsunehiro Kawajiri
2005
Scrap Heaven
as Detective Yabuta
The Suspect: Muroi Shinji
as Seigo Tsuda
Love Is Five Seven Five
as Grandfather
Tetsujin 28: The Movie
as Yunosuke Otsuka
2004
Moon and Cherry
as Sakamoto
The Motive
as Yoshifumi Katakura
River of First Love
as Hidejiro Tasaki
Takada Wataru Teki
as Self
Drugstore Girl
as Koji Nabeshima
Zebraman
as Kitahara the Crab Man
The Lakeside Murder Case
as Tomoharu Fujima
The Hunter and the Hunted
as Neko
2003
Hana
as Hiroshi Torigoe
Doppelganger
as Murakami
Worst by Chance
as Shigeharu Kaneshiro
Zatoichi
as Pub Owner
Farewell, Kuro
as Shuzo Hanazono
Samurai Resurrection
as Nobutsuna Matsudaira
Teacher's suitcase
as Sensei/Matsumoto Harutsuna
2002
11’09”01—September 11
as Sakichi Furuhashi (segment "Japan")
KT
as Hiroshi Uchiyama
2001
Turn
as Matsubara
Waterboys
as Mama
Kaza-hana
as Hot Spring Inn Owner
2000
The City of Lost Souls
as Kuwata
The Whispered City
as Artist
Nagisa
as Priest
Another Heaven
as Doctor Akagi
1999
Kaizokuban Bootleg Film
as Tatsuo
The Nagaharu Yodogawa Story: A Cineaste's Life in Kobe
as Matashichi
Round About Midnight
as Totsuka
Will to Live
as Doctor
1998
Dr. Akagi
as Dr. Fuu Akagi
1997
The Key
as Soichiro Anzai
The Eel
as Tamotsu Takasaki
1996
Free and Easy 8
as Yukawa
Shall We Dance?
as Detective Miwa
1995
Maborosi
as Yoshihiro
1994
Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla
as Major Akira Yuki
The Friends
as Nagatomo
1993
When Cinema Reflects the Times: Hou Hsiao-Hsien and Edward Yang
as Narrator (voice)
Private Lessons II
as Oba
1992
Sumo Do, Sumo Don't
as Professor Tokichi Anayama
1991
A Naive History of the Bakumatsu Era
as Kogoro Katsura
The Last Frankenstein
as Prof. Sarusawa
1989
Fancy Dance
as Masoho's boss
Beijing Watermelon
as Mr. Teramoto
Battle Heater
as Riichi Hama
Tora-san Goes to Vienna
as Hyoma Sakaguchi
Harimao
as Army Major
Mottomo Abunai Deka
as Maeo
1988
Revolver
as Keisuke Mineya
The Yen Family
as Shinichi Amemiya
Angel Guts: Red Vertigo
as Yakuza
1987
A Tale of Young Elopement
as Matsuda
1985
Congratulatory Speech
as Yasuhei Higashida
The Second Is a Christian
as Kumashiro
I Want To Live Once More: Shinjuku Bus Fire Incident
as Hirofumi Maruyama
Capone Cries a Lot
as Ushiemon
1984
Location
as Konno
Make-Up
as Kikuo Tsutano
1983
Legend of the Cat Monster
as Ryohei Shimura / Joji Tamura
Double Bed
as Tôru Yamazaki
1982
Suspicion
as Shigekazu Akitani
Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san
as Kondo
Lovers Lost
as Ishizuka
1981
Sailor Suit and Machine Gun
as Detective Kuroki
1979
Masked Crusader, Mr. Jirenman
as Kantarô Iwata
Fujio Akatsuka's Gag Porno: In the Mood Once Again
as Daigorô Hatayama