Akira Emoto

Akira Emoto

  • Birthday: 1948-11-03
  • Place of birth: Chūō, Tokyo, Japan
  • Also know as: 柄本明

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.

Filmography

Dr. Akagi

1998

As Dr. Fuu Akagi

The Last Frankenstein

1991

As Prof. Sarusawa

Teacher and Three Children

2008

As Yoshio Ichikawa

Masked Crusader, Mr. Jirenman

1979

As Kantarô Iwata

The Go Master

2007

As Kensaku Segoe

Drugstore Girl

2004

As Koji Nabeshima

The Second Is a Christian

1985

As Kumashiro

Battle Heater

1989

As Riichi Hama

A House on a Hill

2014

As Yoshitarō Terashima

A Grain of Wheat

2016

As Honda

Neko Ninja

2017

As Kariyazaki

The Key

1997

As Soichiro Anzai

Teacher's suitcase

2003

As Sensei/Matsumoto Harutsuna

海の見える理髪店

2022

As 老店主

The Eel

1997

As Tamotsu Takasaki

Sakurada Gate Incident

2010

As Magojiro Kaneko

April Bride

2009

As Teishi Nagashima

Unforgiven

2013

As Kingo Baba

Owl

2003

As

All Around Us

2008

As kunimasa Yasuda

The Mohican Comes Home

2016

As Osamu Tamura

The Lakeside Murder Case

2004

As Tomoharu Fujima

Random Lives

2017

As Hanamura

Free and Easy 8

1996

As Yukawa

Legend of the Cat Monster

1998

As Ryohei Shimura / Joji Tamura

It Feels So Good

2019

As Kenji's father (voice)

Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla

1994

As Major Akira Yuki

Sumo Do, Sumo Don't

1992

As Professor Tokichi Anayama

Starfish Hotel

2007

As Mr. Trickster

The Lightning Tree

2010

As Kakunoshi Enokido

The War and a Woman

2013

As client of woman

Private Lessons II

1993

As Oba

Will to Live

1999

As Doctor

Postcard

2010

As Yukichi Morikawa, the Father-in-Law

Cold

2014

As Jin Ichinose

Capone Cries a Lot

1985

As Ushiemon

Moon and Cherry

2004

As Sakamoto

Location

1984

As Konno

Suspicion

1982

As Shigekazu Akitani

Double Bed

1983

As Tôru Yamazaki(山崎徹)

Evil and The Mask

2018

As Detective Aida

Yona Yona Penguin

2009

As Jii (voice)

Houtei Yugi

2023

As

Turn

2001

As Matsubara

Rain Fall

2009

As Tatsu Ishikura

The Suspect: Muroi Shinji

2005

As Seigo Tsuda

Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit

2008

As Counselor

The Friends

1994

As Nagatomo

Cast Me If You Can

2010

As Homeless guy

The Shadow Spirit

2007

As mimasaka koushirou

The Taste of Fish

2008

As Shojiro Sanada

KT

2002

As Hiroshi Uchiyama

0.5 mm

2014

As Takeshi Sasaki

Abduction

1997

As

Nagisa

2000

As

GARO -Gold Storm- Sho

2015

As Priest Soutatsu

The Yen Family

1988

As Shinichi Amemiya

Lu Over the Wall

2017

As Ashimoto's Grandfather (voice)

Revolver

1988

As Keisuke Mineya

Bedtime Eyes

1987

As

A Sower of Seeds

2012

As Shuzo Morikawa

Winning Pass

2004

As

Shall We Dance?

1996

As Detective Miwa

Golden Slumber

2010

As Hodogaya Yasushi

The Chasing World

2008

As Doctor

Ace Attorney

2012

As Saibancho (Judge)

Karate-Robo Zaborgar

2011

As Dr. Akunomiya

Round About Midnight

1999

As Totsuka

River of First Love

2004

As Hidejiro Tasaki

Doppelganger

2003

As Murakami

Goodbye Mama

1991

As

Oz Land

2018

As Boss

Maborosi

1995

As Yoshihiro

In His Chart

2011

As Doctor

Lovers Lost

1982

As Ishizuka

Yellow Elephant

2013

As Arechi

Life Back Then

2011

As Masashi Inoue

Oh! Father

2014

As Hayashi Tomita

After the Flowers

2010

As Soan Nagai

Beijing Watermelon

1989

As Mr. Teramoto

Memories of Matsuko

2006

As Tsunehiro Kawajiri

Color Me True

2018

As Tadashi Honda

Mottomo Abunai Deka

1989

As Maeo

Make-Up

1984

As Kikuo Tsutano

The End of the Tiny World

2021

As Kawabata

The Life of Budori Gusuko

2012

As Narrator / Dr. Kūbō (voice)

Ripples

2023

As Taro Kadokura

Egoist

2023

As Yoshio Saito

Hard Days

2023

As Yutaka Senba

September 1923

2023

As Teiji Igusa

Haru's Journey

2010

As Michio Nakai

Japan Sinks

2006

As

Humanoid Monster, Bem

2012

As Kao no nai otoko

Vampire in Love

2015

As Sojiro

Congratulatory Speech

1985

As Yasuhei Higashida

Tetsujin 28: The Movie

2005

As Yunosuke Otsuka

Wonderful Paradise

2020

As Homeless

Umami

2023

As Salaryman

Shylock's Children

2023

As Hajime Sawazaki

A Lone Scalpel

2010

As Matsuo Okawa

Mukoku

2017

As Seppo Mitsumura

The Promised Land

2019

As Goro Fujiki

Wandering

2022

As Agata

Zatoichi

2003

As Pub Owner

Wood Job!

2014

As Toshiro Yamane

Scrap Heaven

2005

As Detective Yabuta

The Pearls of the Stone Man

2015

As Kumaji Ueda

Love Is Five Seven Five

2005

As Grandfather

Living in the Sky

2020

As Concierge Kondo

Stardust Over The Town

2020

As Kumabe Rokuzo

A Man

2022

As Norio Komiura

John Rabe

2009

As Matsui Iwane

Farewell, Kuro

2003

As Shuzo Hanazono

Sailor Suit and Machine Gun

1981

As Detective Kuroki

A Living Promise

2016

As Zenzo Takeda

11'09''01 September 11

2002

As Sakichi Furuhashi (segment "Japan")

Iwane: Sword of Serenity

2019

As Urakusai

Castle of Sand

2019

As Chiyokichi

Underdog: Part One

2020

As Sakuro

Zebraman

2004

As

I Never Shot Anyone

2020

As Takashi Renjo

The City of Lost Souls

2000

As Kuwata

Recall

2018

As Seiji Nomura

Sniper

2016

As Tatsuyuki Miyata

The Dog Bridegroom

2017

As Kenkichi Okumura

The Setting Sun

2022

As Dr. Miyake

Time Trip App

2014

As Ryuzo Yanagita

Shikei Kijun

2011

As Kyusaku Tsushima

Survival Family

2016

As Sasaki Shigeomi

Do Unto Others

2023

As Shosaku Shiba

Worst by Chance

2003

As Shigeharu Kaneshiro

The Big Bee

2015

As Murofushi

Shin Godzilla

2016

As Ryuta Azuma : Chief Cabinet Secretary

Kaza-hana

2000

As Hot Spring Inn Owner

Another Heaven

2000

As Doctor Akagi

Shoplifters

2018

As Yoritsugu Kawado

Noise

2022

As Shoji

Journey to the Shore

2015

As Mr. Hoshitani

ICHI

2008

As

Villain

2010

As Yoshio Ishibashi

Yudo: The Way of the Bath

2023

As regular customer

Sleeping Forest

2014

As Daisuke Ota

Heaven's Story

2010

As Souichi

Casting Blossoms to the Sky

2012

As Seijiro Nose

Fancy Dance

1989

As Masoho's boss

Black Widow Business

2016

As Jun Sakurada

Shippu Rondo

2016

As Masaomi Togo

Baragaki: Unbroken Samurai

2021

As Shop Owner

Prodigy

2007

As Hisashi Kikuna

Happy Flight

2008

As Saito

Waterboys

2001

As Mama

The Motive

2004

As Yoshifumi Katakura

Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad

2007

As Doctor from Sasazuka Clinic

Tora-san Goes to Vienna

1989

As Hyoma Sakaguchi

Production

Sky Cannot Be This Blue

1993

As Director

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