Acting credits
305
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Akira Emoto
Acting
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Movies: 243Series: 63Crew credits: 1
TMDB ID: 13283
IMDb ID: nm0256628
Known for: Acting
Born: November 3, 1948
Age: 77
Place of birth: Chuo, Tokyo, Japan
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1979 - 2026
Years active: 48
Average TMDB rating: 6.77
Wikidata: Q873921
Also known as
柄本 明 • エモトアキラ • エモト アキラ
Other jobs
Director (1)
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, 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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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Akira Emoto.
Kyoto Hippocrates
2026 • Movie
The Imaginary Dog and the Lying Cat
2026 • Movie
as Kawato Kozo
One Last Throw
2025 • Movie
as Kikuo Hasegawa
Rental Family
2025 • Movie
as Motoji Kanesaki
The Final Piece
2025 • Movie
The Way of The Prison Guard
2025 • Movie
as Yaichi Katano
The Boy and the Dog
2025 • Movie
Samurai Fury
2025 • Movie
as Susumu Komiyama
The God of Curling
2024 • Movie
as Teacher
Maru
2024 • Movie
Rotting
2024 • Movie
as Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu
Don't Lose Your Head!
2024 • Movie
The Innocent Game
2023 • Movie
as Teiji Igusa
September 1923
2023 • Movie
Goal of the Sky
2023 • Movie
as Taro Kadokura
Ripples
2023 • Movie
as Yutaka Senba
Hard Days
2023 • Movie
as Fujiwara no Michinaga
Touken Ranbu: The Movie -Dawn-
2023 • Movie
as Shosaku Shiba
Do Unto Others
2023 • Movie
as regular customer
Yudo
2023 • Movie
as Hajime Sawazaki
Shylock's Children
2023 • Movie
as Yoshio Saito
Egoist
2023 • Movie
as Salaryman
Umami
2023 • Movie
as Norio Komiura
A Man
2022 • Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Akira Emoto.
as Umeda Shohei • 10 eps
Convenience Store Kyodai
2026 • Series
as Hiroki Oyagi • 1 eps
無垢なる証人
2026 • Series
2 eps
Scandal Eve
2025 • Series
as Keisuke Takamine • 11 eps
Shinjuku Field Hospital
2024 • Series
as 桜木倫太郎 • 8 eps
JK to Roppozensho
2024 • Series
as トクじい • 2 eps
満天のゴール
2023 • Series
as Hiroshi Bojo • 1 eps
Get Ready!
2023 • Series
as Hifuji Umekoshi • 9 eps
Japanese Style
2022 • Series
as Hiroshi Yamawaki • 1 eps
Goodbye My Dear
2022 • Series
as Yotaro Befunokami • 10 eps
The New Chronicle of Lord Nobunaga: Classmates are Warriors
2022 • Series
2 eps
混声の森
2022 • Series
as Himself • 10 eps
Lost Man Found
2022 • Series
as Washida Tsuguaki • 5 eps
Teen Regime
2022 • Series
as Kenzo Ashiya • 9 eps
Ten Count to the Future
2022 • Series
as Hadashi no Tyosuke(裸足のチョウスケ) • 6 eps
Bullets, Bones and Blocked Noses
2021 • Series
as Kawabata • 3 eps
Re: The End of the Tiny World - Half a Year Later
2021 • Series
1 eps
てにあまる
2021 • Series
4 eps
Banjo no Himawari
2019 • Series
as 铃本茂树 • 6 eps
Villain: Perpetrator Chase Investigation
2019 • Series
1 eps
In Hand
2019 • Series
as Akira Shiga • 10 eps
Good Doctor
2018 • Series
as Ryu Samin • 2 eps
Segodon
2018 • Series
as [Ramen Shop Owner] • 1 eps
Home Sweet Tokyo
2017 • Series
as Tsurumaru • 10 eps
Frankenstein's Love
2017 • Series