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
all 279
Movies 225
TV Shows 54
self 2
Voice 2
Director 1
Houtei Yugi (2023)
満天のゴール (2023)
September 1923 (2023)
Manten no Goal (2023)
Ripples (2023)
Hard Days (2023)
Touken Ranbu 2 (2023)
Do Unto Others (2023)
Yudo: The Way of the Bath (2023)
Shylock's Children (2023)
Egoist (2023)
Umami (2023)
Get Ready! (2023)
A Man (2022)
The Setting Sun (2022)
Japanese Style (2022)
No Place to Go (2022)
さよならの向う側 (2022)
Shin Shinchou Kouki: Classmate wa Sengoku Busho (2022)
混声の森 (2022)
Lost Man Found (2022)
Wandering (2022)
海の見える理髪店 (2022)
Teen Regime (2022)
Ten Count to the Future (2022)
Noise (2022)
Girls, Guns and Gangsters: Shinji Somai & Sailor Suit & Machine Gun (2021)
Baragaki: Unbroken Samurai (2021)
Bullets, Bones and Blocked Noses (2021)
祈り ―幻に長崎を想う刻― (2021)
The Great Yokai War: Guardians (2021)
Re: The End of the Tiny World - Half a Year Later (2021)
The End of the Tiny World (2021)
てにあまる (2021)
Independence of Japan (2020)
Underdog: Part One (2020)
Wonderful Paradise (2020)
Living in the Sky (2020)
Nosari: Impermanent Eternity (2020)
I Never Shot Anyone (2020)
Stardust Over The Town (2020)
Show Me the Way to the Station (2019)
The Promised Land (2019)
They Say Nothing Stays the Same (2019)
Banjo no Himawari (2019)
It Feels So Good (2019)
Iwane: Sword of Serenity (2019)
Villain: Perpetrator Chase Investigation (2019)
Godot of the Emotos (2019)
In Hand (2019)
Castle of Sand (2019)
BON-UTA, A Song from Home (2019)
Oz Land (2018)
Good Doctor (2018)
Recall (2018)
Shoplifters (2018)
Color Me True (2018)
Evil and The Mask (2018)
Segodon (2018)
Kodokunogurume ōmisoka supesharu ~ tabe-osame! Setouchi shutchō-hen ~ (2017)
Home Sweet Tokyo (2017)
Mukoku (2017)
Neko Ninja (2017)
Lu Over the Wall (2017)
The Dog Bridegroom (2017)
Frankenstein's Love (2017)
Random Lives (2017)
A Life (2017)
Silver and Gold (2017)
Survival Family (2016)
Shippu Rondo (2016)
Sniper (2016)
Black Widow Business (2016)
A Grain of Wheat (2016)
Shin Godzilla (2016)
The Mohican Comes Home (2016)
Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit (2016)
Love That Makes You Cry (2016)
A Living Promise (2016)
3 Beautiful Lies (2016)
Blowing in the Winds of Vietnam (2015)
Journey to the Shore (2015)
The Big Bee (2015)
The Pearls of the Stone Man (2015)
Vampire in Love (2015)
GARO -Gold Storm- Sho (2015)
Living Rights (2015)
Iron Grandma (2015)
新 法廷荒らし 猪狩文助〜終の棲家〜 (2015)
A House on a Hill (2014)
0.5 mm (2014)
Cold (2014)
Time Trip App (2014)
Oh! Father (2014)
Wood Job! (2014)
The Long Goodbye (2014)
A Woman from Ashio (2014)
Sleeping Forest (2014)
オリンピックの身代金 (2013)
There's Nothing To Be Afraid Of (2013)
Fly, Dakota, Fly! (2013)
Present for You (2013)
Unforgiven (2013)
Ask This of Rikyu (2013)
Hanzawa Naoki (2013)
The War and a Woman (2013)
Kumokiri Nizaemon (2013)
Yellow Elephant (2013)
Black Kite (2013)
Banana, Gloves and Whale Shark (2013)
Humanoid Monster, Bem (2012)
One Day in January (2012)
Platinum Town (2012)
The Life of Budori Gusuko (2012)
Casting Blossoms to the Sky (2012)
Folktales from Japan (2012)
A Sower of Seeds (2012)
Ace Attorney (2012)
Unmei no hito (2012)
Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet (2011)
Life Back Then (2011)
Humanoid Monster Bem (2011)
Karate-Robo Zaborgar (2011)
HUNTER - Women After Reward Money (2011)
Shikei Kijun (2011)
In His Chart (2011)
Ninja Kids!!! (2011)
Still, Life Goes On (2011)
A Honeymoon in Hell: Mr. & Mrs. Oki's Fabulous Trip (2011)
Postcard (2010)
Cast Me If You Can (2010)
The Lightning Tree (2010)
Mori no Asagao (2010)
Sakurada Gate Incident (2010)
Heaven's Story (2010)
Villain (2010)
Hutch the Honeybee (2010)
A Crowd of Three (2010)
A Lone Scalpel (2010)
Haru's Journey (2010)
Absolute Zero (2010)
After the Flowers (2010)
Golden Slumber (2010)
Yona Yona Penguin (2009)
Boku to Mama No Kiiroi Jitensha (2009)
April Bride (2009)
Rain Fall (2009)
John Rabe (2009)
Asahiyama Zoo Story: Penguins in the Sky (2009)
Happy Flight (2008)
ICHI (2008)
Ties of Shooting Stars (2008)
Teacher and Three Children (2008)
Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit (2008)
The Cycling Genius Is Coming! (2008)
The Taste of Fish (2008)
All Around Us (2008)
The Most Beautiful Night In The World (2008)
Takada Wataru teki zero (2008)
The Chasing World (2008)
The Shadow Spirit (2007)
Prodigy (2007)
Life Can Be So Wonderful (2007)
Three for the Road (2007)
The Go Master (2007)
Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad (2007)
Starfish Hotel (2007)
The Happiness (2006)
The Summer of Stickleback (2006)
Japan Sinks (2006)
It's Only Talk (2006)
Memories of Matsuko (2006)
Tokumei! Keiji Dongame (2006)
Love and Glory (2006)
Scrap Heaven (2005)
Haru and Natsu (2005)
The Suspect: Muroi Shinji (2005)
The Great Yokai War (2005)
For the coming day (2005)
Love Is Five Seven Five (2005)
Tetsujin 28: The Movie (2005)
Moon and Cherry (2004)
The Motive (2004)
River of First Love (2004)
Drugstore Girl (2004)
Zebraman (2004)
Winning Pass (2004)
The Lakeside Murder Case (2004)
The Hunter and the Hunted (2004)
Doppelganger (2003)
Worst by Chance (2003)
Zatoichi (2003)
Love & War of a Samurai (2003)
Farewell, Kuro (2003)
Water Boys (2003)
Teacher's suitcase (2003)
Owl (2003)
The Story of Dan the Puppy (2002)
Barber's Sorrow (2002)
AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo (2002)
11'09''01 September 11 (2002)
The Private Detective Mike (2002)
KT (2002)
Prince Shotoku (2001)
Turn (2001)
Waterboys (2001)
The City of Lost Souls (2000)
Kaza-hana (2000)
Zawa-zawa Shimokita-sawa (2000)
Nagisa (2000)
Another Heaven (2000)
Kaizokuban Bootleg Film (1999)
The Nagaharu Yodogawa Story: A Cineaste's Life in Kobe (1999)
Round About Midnight (1999)
Out - Tsumatachi no Hanzai (1999)
Will to Live (1999)
Genroku Ryoran (1999)
Yanchakure (1998)
Legend of the Cat Monster (1998)
Dr. Akagi (1998)
The Key (1997)
Body and Soul (1997)
Abduction (1997)
The Eel (1997)
The Rainbow Seeker (1996)
Free and Easy 8 (1996)
Shall We Dance? (1996)
Maborosi (1995)
Eighth Shogun Yoshimune (1995)
Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla (1994)
The Friends (1994)
I Can Hear the Duck Singing (1993)
Private Lessons II (1993)
Sky Cannot Be This Blue (1993)
Family Court Judge (1993)
Yamai wa kikara: Byôin e ikô 2 (1992)
Manhattan Kiss (1992)
Sumo Do, Sumo Don't (1992)
A Naive History of the Bakumatsu Era (1991)
Dance till Tomorrow (1991)
The Last Frankenstein (1991)
Goodbye Mama (1991)
Taiheiki (1991)
Betrayal tomorrow (1990)
Maria's Stomach (1990)
Roar of the Crowd (1990)
Universal Laws (1990)
Fancy Dance (1989)
Beijing Watermelon (1989)
Battle Heater (1989)
Tora-san Goes to Vienna (1989)
Mottomo Abunai Deka (1989)
The Flower (1989)
Revolver (1988)
The Silk Road (1988)
The Yen Family (1988)
Angel Guts: Red Vertigo (1988)
The Great Department Store Robbery (1987)
Bedtime Eyes (1987)
A Tale of Young Elopement (1987)
The Heartbreak Yakuza (1987)
Congratulatory Speech (1985)
The Second Is a Christian (1985)
I Want To Live Once More: Shinjuku Bus Fire Incident (1985)
Capone Cries a Lot (1985)
水曜ドラマスペシャル (1984)
Location (1984)
Make-Up (1984)
Double Bed (1983)
The Man from Shimizu (1982)
Suspicion (1982)
Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san (1982)
Lovers Lost (1982)
Sailor Suit and Machine Gun (1981)
Disciples of Hippocrates (1980)
Masked Crusader, Mr. Jirenman (1979)
Shimoochiai Yakitori Movie (1979)
Fujio Akatsuka's Gag Porno: Once More With Feeling (1979)
Rental Family
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1948-11-03 (75 years old)
Birth PlaceChuo, Japan
Height175-centimeter
RelationshipsKazue Tsunogae (1981-01-01 - 2018-10-27)
ChildrenTokio Emoto, Tasuku Emoto
CitizenshipsJapan
Also Known As柄本明, 에모토 아키라, Акира Эмото
AwardsThe Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette, Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Supporting Actor, Medal with Purple Ribbon
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