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Akira Emoto

Name in Native Language: "柄本 明" (Japanese/JA)
Actor / Comedian | * 11/03/1948 (75) | Chūō, Tokyo (Japan)
Akira Emoto (柄本 明, Emoto Akira, born 3 November 1948 in Chūō, Tokyo) is a Japanese actor. ()

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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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Crime

Known for these Movies & Shows

Blind traveler Zatoichi is a master swordsman and a masseur with a fondness for gambling on dice games. When he arrives in a village torn apart by warring gangs, he sets out to protect the townspeople ...

Zatoichi

R

2003 | 3.6/5 | 1h 51min
Adventure, Drama, Action
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A poignant love story between a 29-year-old woman, who has once been a prostitute but is now the mistress of a wealthy jewelry merchant, and a 19-year-old college student. ...

Lovers Lost

Certification unknown

1982 | 3.7/5 | 2h 6min
Drama, Romance / Love
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At the end of WWII, Japanese doctor Akagi searches for the cure for hepatitis in the prisoner-of-war camp. ...

Dr. Akagi

Certification unknown

1998 | 3.3/5 | 2h 8min
Comedy, Drama, History
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When a massive, gilled monster emerges from the deep and tears through the city, the government scrambles to save its citizens. A rag-tag team of volunteers cuts through a web of red tape to uncover t ...

Shin Godzilla

PG-13

2016 | 3.5/5 | 2h
Action, Science Fiction, Horror
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Awards & Nominations for Akira Emoto

Medal With Purple Ribbon Blue Ribbon Award for Best Supporting Actor The Order of The Rising Sun, Gold Rays With Rosette
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Movies with Akira Emoto as Actor(199)

as regular customer2023 Yudo: The Way of the Bath
as Taro Kadokura2023 Ripples
2023 Touken Ranbu 2
2023 Hard Days
as Hajime Sawazaki2023 Shylock's Children
as Salaryman2023 Umami
as Teiji Igusa2023 September 1923
as Shosaku Shiba2023 Do Unto Others
2023 Egoist
as Shoji2022 Noise
2022 A Man
as Agata2022 Wandering
2022 Michiko's Long Night
as old man2021 The Great Yokai War –Guardians–
2021 Baragaki: Unbroken Samurai
as Kawabata2021 The Master Plan
2020 Nosari: Impermanent Eternity
as Sakuro2020 Underdog: Part One
as Homeless2020 Wonderful Paradise
as Concierge Kondo2020 Living In Your Sky
as Takashi Renjo2020 I Never Shot Anyone
as Goro Fujiki2019 The Promised Land
as Chiyokichi2019 Castle of Sand
as Toichi2019 They Say Nothing Stays the Same
as Urakusai2019 Iwane: Sword of Serenity
2019 Show Me the Way to the Station
as Kenji's father (voice)2019 It Feels So Good
as Boss2018 Oz Land
as Tadashi Honda2018 Color Me True
as Detective Aida2018 Evil and The Mask
as Seiji Nomura2018 Recall
as Yoritsugu Kawado2018 Shoplifters
as Ashimoto's Grandfather (voice)2017 Lu Over the Wall
as Hanamura2017 Random Lives
as Seppo Mitsumura2017 Mukoku
as Kenkichi Okumura2017 The Dog Bridegroom
as Kariyazaki2017 Neko Ninja
as Zenzo Takeda2016 A Living Promise
as Jun Sakurada2016 Black Widow Business
as Ryuta Azuma : Chief Cabinet Secretary2016 Shin Godzilla
as Sasaki Shigeomi2016 Survival Family
as Honda2016 A Grain of Wheat
as Tatsuyuki Miyata2016 Sniper
as Masaomi Togo2016 Shippu Rondo
as Osamu Tamura2016 The Mohican Comes Home
as Landlord2016 Rage
as Murofushi2015 The Big Bee
2015 Living Rights
as Sojiro2015 Vampire in Love
as Priest Soutatsu2015 GARO -Gold Storm- Sho
as Mr. Hoshitani2015 Journey to the Shore
as Kumaji Ueda2015 The Pearls of the Stone Man
as Daisuke Ota2014 Sleeping Forest
as Jin Ichinose2014 Cold
as Yoshitarō Terashima2014 A House on a Hill
as Ryuzo Yanagita2014 Time Trip App
as Toshiro Yamane2014 Wood Job!
as Takeshi Sasaki2014 0.5 mm
as Hayashi Tomita2014 Oh! Father
2014 A Woman from Ashio
as client of woman2013 The War and a Woman
2013 Banana, Gloves and Whale Shark
as Kingo Baba2013 Unforgiven
2013 Present for You
as Arechi2013 Yellow Elephant
2013 Fly, Dakota, Fly!
as Shuzo Morikawa2012 A Sower of Seeds
as Kao no nai otoko2012 Humanoid Monster, Bem
as Saibancho (Judge)2012 Ace Attorney
as Narrator / Dr. Kūbō (voice)2012 The Life of Budori Gusuko
as Seijiro Nose2012 Casting Blossoms to the Sky
as Yoneuchi2011 Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet
as Dr. Akunomiya2011 Karate-Robo Zaborgar
as Doctor2011 In His Chart
as wet guy2011 A Honeymoon in Hell: Mr. & Mrs. Oki's Fabulous Trip
as Masashi Inoue2011 Life Back Then
2011 Ninja Kids!!!
as Kyusaku Tsushima2011 Shikei Kijun
as Hodogaya Yasushi2010 Golden Slumber
as Magojiro Kaneko2010 Sakurada Gate Incident
2010 A Crowd of Three
as Kakunoshi Enokido2010 The Lightning Tree
as Homeless guy2010 Cast Me If You Can
as Yoshio Ishibashi2010 Villain
as Soan Nagai2010 After the Flowers
2010 Heaven's Story
as Michio Nakai2010 Haru's Journey
2010 Hutch the Honeybee
as Yukichi Morikawa, the Father-in-Law2010 Postcard
as Matsuo Okawa2010 A Lone Scalpel
as Jii (voice)2009 Yona Yona Penguin
as Tatsu Ishikura2009 Rain Fall
as Itsuro Usui2009 Asahiyama Zoo Story: Penguins in the Sky
as Matsui Iwane2009 John Rabe
as Teishi Nagashima2009 April Bride
as Shotaro2009 Boku to Mama No Kiiroi Jitensha
as Doctor2008 The Chasing World
as Journalist2008 The Most Beautiful Night In The World
as Counselor2008 Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit
as Shojiro Sanada2008 The Taste of Fish
as Saito2008 Happy Flight
2008 ICHI
2008 The Cycling Genius Is Coming!
as Yoshio Ichikawa2008 Teacher and Three Children
as kunimasa Yasuda2008 All Around Us
2007 Three for the Road
as mimasaka koushirou2007 The Shadow Spirit
as Hisashi Kikuna2007 Prodigy
as Mr. Trickster2007 Starfish Hotel
as Kensaku Segoe2007 The Go Master
as Doctor from Sasazuka Clinic2007 Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad
as Haeo2007 Life Can Be So Wonderful
2006 Japan Sinks
2006 The Summer of Stickleback
2006 The Happiness
as Tsunehiro Kawajiri2006 Memories of Matsuko
as Yunosuke Otsuka2005 Tetsujin 28: The Movie
2005 It's Only Talk
as Seigo Tsuda2005 The Suspect: Muroi Shinji
as Detective Yabuta2005 Scrap Heaven
as Grandfather2005 Love Is Five Seven Five
2005 The Great Yokai War
as Tomoharu Fujima2004 The Lakeside Murder Case
as Yoshifumi Katakura2004 The Motive
as Koji Nabeshima2004 Drugstore Girl
2004 Winning Pass
2004 Zebraman
as Sakamoto2004 Moon and Cherry
as Hidejiro Tasaki2004 River of First Love
as Neko2004 The Hunter and the Hunted
as Shuzo Hanazono2003 Farewell, Kuro
as Murakami2003 Doppelganger
as Shigeharu Kaneshiro2003 Worst by Chance
2003 Owl
as Pub Owner2003 Zatoichi
as Sakichi Furuhashi (segment "Japan")2002 11'09''01 September 11
2002 Barber's Sorrow
as Hiroshi Uchiyama2002 KT
as Mama2001 Waterboys
as Matsubara2001 Turn
as Artist2000 Zawa-zawa Shimokita-sawa
as Doctor Akagi2000 Another Heaven
2000 Nagisa
2000 Kaza-hana
as Kuwata2000 The City of Lost Souls
as Doctor1999 Will to Live
as Tatsuo1999 Kaizokuban Bootleg Film
as Matashichi1999 The Nagaharu Yodogawa Story: A Cineaste's Life in Kobe
as Totsuka1999 Round About Midnight
as Dr. Fuu Akagi1998 Dr. Akagi
as Ryohei Shimura, Joji Tamura1998 Legend of the Cat Monster
1997 Body and Soul
as Soichiro Anzai1997 The Key
as Tamotsu Takasaki1997 The Eel
1997 Abduction
as Detective Miwa1996 Shall We Dance?
1996 The Rainbow Seeker
as Yukawa1996 Free and Easy 8
as Yoshihiro1995 Maborosi
as Major Akira Yuki1994 Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla
as Nagatomo1994 The Friends
as Oba1993 Private Lessons II
1993 Ahiru no uta ga kikoete kuru yo.
as Professor Tokichi Anayama1992 Sumo Do, Sumo Don't
1992 Yamai wa kikara: Byôin e ikô 2
as Prof. Sarusawa1991 The Last Frankenstein
1991 Dance till Tomorrow
1991 Goodbye Mama
as Kogoro Katsura1991 A Naive History of the Bakumatsu Era
1990 Universal Laws
1990 Roar of the Crowd
1990 Maria's Stomach
as Riichi Hama1989 Battle Heater
as Masoho's boss1989 Fancy Dance
as Hyoma Sakaguchi1989 Tora-san Goes to Vienna
as Maeo1989 Mottomo Abunai Deka
as Mr. Teramoto, the Shopkeeper1989 Beijing Watermelon
as Keisuke Mineya1988 Revolver
as Shinichi Amemiya1988 The Yen Family
1988 The Silk Road
as Yakuza1988 Angel Guts: Red Vertigo
1987 The Heartbreak Yakuza
as Matsuda1987 A Tale of Young Elopement
1987 Bedtime Eyes
as Ushiemon1985 Capone Cries a Lot
as Yasuhei Higashida1985 Congratulatory Speech
as Kumashiro1985 The Second Is a Christian
as Hirofumi Maruyama1985 I Want To Live Once More: Shinjuku Bus Fire Incident
as Konno1984 Location
as Kikuo Tsutano1984 Make-Up
as Tôru Yamazaki(山崎徹)1983 Double Bed
as Shigekazu Akitani1982 Suspicion
as Ishizuka1982 Lovers Lost
as Kondo1982 Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san
as Detective Kuroki1981 Sailor Suit and Machine Gun
1980 Disciples of Hippocrates
1979 Shimoochiai Yakitori Movie
as Daigorô Hatayama1979 Mr Akatsuka's Porno: Let's Try It One More Time with Feeling
as Kantarô Iwata1979 Masked Crusader, Mr. Jirenman

TV Shows/Series with Akira Emoto as Actor(30)

as himself2022 Lost Man Found
2021 Bullets, Bones and Blocked Noses
as Kawabata2021 Re: The End of the Tiny World - Half a Year Later
2019 In Hand
2019 Banjo no Himawari
as 铃本茂树2019 Villain: Perpetrator Chase Investigation
as Akira Shiga2018 Good Doctor
as Hitoshi Kuramae2017 Silver and Gold
as Tsurumaru2017 Frankenstein's Love
as Danjo Toranosuke2017 A Life
as Masahiko Hayashida2016 Love That Makes You Cry
as Sfar2016 Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit
as Heizo Harada2014 The Long Goodbye
as Keiji Minobe2013 Hanzawa Naoki
as Kaiun2013 Black Kite
2013 Kumokiri Nizaemon
2012 Platinum Town
2012 Folktales from Japan
as Nameless Man2011 Humanoid Monster Bem
as Shogo Ooiwa2011 HUNTER - Women After Reward Money
as Keizukuri Hukahori2010 Mori no Asagao
as Sosuke Kagami2010 Absolute Zero
as Togami Masayuki2008 Ties of Shooting Stars
as Hideyoshi Toyotomi2006 Love and Glory
as Kotaro Nakayama2005 Haru and Natsu
as Hyoue Yarikura2002 AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo
2002 The Private Detective Mike
as Genshiro1999 Genroku Ryoran
as Tokugawa Munenao1995 Eighth Shogun Yoshimune
as Moronao Kô-no1991 Taiheiki

Movies with Akira Emoto as Crew(1)

Directing/Director1993 Sky Cannot Be This Blue

Full Name: Akira Emoto
Citizenship: Japan
Born: Wednesday, 11/03 1948 (November) in Chūō, Tokyo (Japan) (current age: 75 years + 174 days)
Zodiac sign: Scorpio (Chinese zodiac sign: Rat)
Languages: Japanese (JA)
Spouses (current/former): Kazue Tsunogae
Other names for Akira Emoto (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"柄本明"
"에모토 아키라"
"えもと あきら" (Kana/Japanese)
Akira Emoto frequently works together with these people:
Naoto Takenaka (14x, Actor)
Yoji Tanaka (14x, Actor)
Ren Osugi (13x, Actor)
Ken Mitsuishi (13x, Actor)
Naomasa Musaka (13x, Actor)
Ittoku Kishibe (13x, Actor)
Takashi Sasano (12x, Actor)
Koichi Sato (12x, Actor)
Nobuhiko Obayashi (12x, Crew)
Kimiko Yo (11x, Actress)
Haruhiko Arai (11x, Crew)
Matthew Burrage (5x, Cast)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:292135, Added: 08/11/2018, Last updated: 04/13/2024