Akira Emoto
Actor · Director
Born Nov 3, 1948 · Chuo, Tokyo, Japan
Active 1979–present · 5′9″ (175 cm) · Awards: Medal with Purple Ribbon, Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Supporting Actor, The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette
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.
Filmography
Convenience Store Kyodai (2026) - Umeda ShoheiInnocent Witness (2026) - Hiroki OyagiRental Family (2025) - Kikuo HasegawaScandal Eve (2025) - Shigeru KodamaThe Final Piece (2025) - Motoji KanesakiA Man (2022) - Norio KomiuraShoplifters (2018) - Yoritsugu KawadoSurvival Family (2017) - Sasaki ShigeomiLu Over the Wall (2017) - Ashimoto's Grandfather (voice)Shin Godzilla (2016) - Ryuta Azuma : Chief Cabinet SecretaryWood Job! (2014) - Toshiro YamaneHanzawa Naoki (2013) - Keiji MinobeUnforgiven (2013) - Kingo BabaGolden Slumber (2010) - Hodogaya YasushiJohn Rabe (2009) - Matsui IwaneICHI (2008)Memories of Matsuko (2006) - Tsunehiro KawajiriZatoichi (2003) - Pub OwnerSeptember 11 (2002) - Sakichi Furuhashi (segment "Japan")The Eel (1997) - Tamotsu TakasakiShall We Dance? (1996) - Detective MiwaMaborosi (1995) - YoshihiroGodzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla (1994) - Major Akira YukiSailor Suit and Machine Gun (1981) - Detective Kuroki