Akira Emoto
Acting
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.
Born: November 3, 1948
Place of Birth: Chuo, Tokyo, Japan
Known For
Solitary Gourmet New Year's Eve Special ~Final Meal! Setouchi Business Trip~
Mori no Asagao
New prison officer Naoki Oikawa is assigned to the death-row section. When he observes the death row inmate's fear of their impending executions (they can be carried out without forewarning), he thinks about the death penalty system. Naoki Oikawa then encounters new death row inmate Mitsuru Watase. Mitsuru Watase is on death-row for killing a man who attacked his parents. Naoki and Mitsuru were also on the same baseball team as children.
The Final Piece
Keisuke, a 10-year-old boy, living hard despite being abused by his father, finds a ray of light in the midst of his suffering and conflict ---- a shogi world where he fights quietly and passionately in his sharpened senses. Even though he gives up and tries to escape from the light, his passion for shogi continues to guide him thereafter. Eventually, he would learn the true meaning of life.
The Whispered City
Director Jun Ichikawa spins this affectionate portrait of the people who populate Shimokitazawa, a bohemian corner of Tokyo filled with small theater companies and smoky coffeehouses.
Re: The End of the Tiny World - Half a Year Later
Six months ago, life went dark for the underworld negotiator Kida when his lifelong friend and fellow former outcast Makoto became embroiled in a deadly plot. Makoto had risen to become the head of a powerful trading firm, but the events that unfolded on Christmas Eve put an end to all that. Since then, Kida has continued to drift through life without a single bright spark to light up his life. Nobody cares if he lives or dies except his underworld boss, who values Kida’s inimitable skills.
Folktales from Japan
Hometown Rebuilding: Folktales from Japan is a Japanese anime television series that adapts various traditional stories from Japan. The narration and all character voices are provided by veteran Japanese film actors Akira Emoto and Yoneko Matsukane. An English-subtitled version began "simulcast" availability on the streaming service Crunchyroll March 12, 2012.
Kumokiri Nizaemon
During the Kyoho period in the reign of Tokugawa Yoshimune, there is a gang of thieves active not just in Edo but also the Tokaido and the Nakasendo, and all across the Kansai region, stealing large sums of money with skillful techniques. They only target the very wealthy and never kill or injure people. They appear with the clouds and disappear like the mist. On the night that the beautiful Ochiyo is to become the bride of a dry goods dealer, a large amount of money hidden inside the shop is stolen. The gang disappears without injuring anyone. It was a two-year plan to marry Ochiyo off so that she could bring them in. The leader of this gang is Kumokiri Nizaemon, the greatest bandit of all time. He keeps a rein on his highly-skilled and notorious followers Nanabake no Ochiyo, Kinezumi no Kichigoro, Subashiri no Kumagoro, Ingakozo Rokunosuke and others.
The Secret Lives of Kyoto Folk
The series depicts "Kyoto as Kyoto people love it" in dramas and documentaries.
Asahiyama Zoo Story: Penguins in the Sky
Asahiyama Zoo in Hokkaido, is the northernmost zoo in Japan. The unpopular zoo welcomes a new zoo keeper, young Yoshida (Yasuhi Nakamura), who has more affection for insects than people after years of being bullied at school when he was young. Yoshida soon realizes that Asahiyama Zoo is facing a financial crisis and the zoo director Takizawa (Toshiyuki Nishida) has been doing everything in his power to save the zoo from closing down. Moved by Takizawa's passion, Yoshida and other zoo keepers came to share the zoo director's belief that one's dreams can come true, and together they tackle this seemingly impossible task of revitalizing Asahiyama. A breakthrough arrives in the form of “Behavioral Exhibition,†a method that is pioneered by Ashiyama's zoo keepers and which eventually makes the zoo renowned throughout the world.
Castle of Sand
A bruised and battered corpse in Shibuya, Tokyo has the attention of the local cops. A veteran detective is assigned to the case. The last utterance of the victim is one clue that detective Imanishi has to work on. Yet, the case becomes more tangled quickly. Elsewhere, a prodigy named Waga Eiryo is composing an orchestral piece. Remake of The Castle of Sand (1974).
Filmography
as Kikuo Hasegawa
as Motoji Kanesaki
as Yaichi Katano
as Susumu Komiyama
as Teacher
as Keisuke Takamine
as 桜木倫太郎
as Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu
as トクじい
as Teiji Igusa
as Taro Kadokura
as Yutaka Senba
as Fujiwara no Michinaga
as Shosaku Shiba
as regular customer
as Hajime Sawazaki
as Yoshio Saito
as Salaryman
as Hiroshi Bojo
as Norio Komiura
as Dr. Miyake
as Hifuji Umekoshi
as Bomber
as Hiroshi Yamawaki
as Yotaro Befunokami
as Himself
as Agata
as Washida Tsuguaki
as Kenzo Ashiya
as Shoji
as Shop Owner
as Hadashi no Tyosuke(裸足のチョウスケ)
as old man
as Old Man
as Police Inspector kariya shinichi
as Kawabata
as Sakuro
as Sakuro
as Homeless
as Concierge Kondo
as Takashi Renjo
as Kumabe Rokuzo
as Goro Fujiki
as Toichi
as Kenji's Father (voice)
as Urakusai
as Chiyokichi
as (voice)
as Boss
as Akira Shiga
as Seiji Nomura
as Yoritsugu Kawado
as Tadashi Honda
as Detective Aida
as Ryu Samin
as [Ramen Shop Owner]
as Seppo Mitsumura
as Kariyazaki
as Ashimoto's Grandfather (voice)
as Kenkichi Okumura
as Tsurumaru
as Sasaki Shigeomi
as Hanamura
as Danjo Toranosuke
as Hitoshi Kuramae
as Masaomi Togo
as Tatsuyuki Miyata
as Jun Sakurada
as Honda
as Ryuta Azuma : Chief Cabinet Secretary
as Osamu Tamura
as Masahiko Hayashida
as Zenzo Takeda
as Hoshitani
as Murofushi
as Kumaji Ueda
as Sojiro
as Priest Soutatsu
as Yoshitarō Terashima
as Takeshi Sasaki
as Jin Ichinose
as Ryuzo Yanagita
as Hayashi Tomita
as Toshiro Yamane
as Heizo Harada
as Daisuke Ota
as Ōkuma Shigenobu
as Kingo Baba
as Keiji Minobe
as client of woman
as Arechi
as Kaiun
as Lawyer
as Kao no nai otoko
as Narrator / Dr. Kūbō (voice)
as Seijiro Nose
as Shuzo Morikawa
as Saibancho (Judge)
as Masashi Inoue
as Nameless Man
as Dr. Akunomiya
as Shogo Ooiwa
as Kyusaku Tsushima
as Doctor
as Yukichi Morikawa, the Father-in-Law
as Homeless guy
as Kakunoshi Enokido
as Keizukuri Hukahori
as Magojiro Kaneko
as Soichi Yanagimachi
as Souichi
as Yoshio Ishibashi
as Matsuo Okawa
as Michio Nakai
as Sosuke Kagami
as Soan Nagai
as Hodogaya Yasushi
as Jii (voice)
as 乃木知幸介
as Shotaro
as Teishi Nagashima
as Tatsu Ishikura
as Matsui Iwane
as Itsuro Usui
as Saito
as Togami Masayuki
as Yoshio Ichikawa
as Counselor
as kunimasa Yasuda
as Shojiro Sanada
as Journalist
as Doctor
as mimasaka koushirou
as Hisashi Kikuna
as Haeo
as Kensaku Segoe
as Doctor from Sasazuka Clinic
as 北冈耕造
as Mr. Trickster
as Professor Fukuhara
as Tsunehiro Kawajiri
as Hideyoshi Toyotomi
as Detective Yabuta
as Kotaro Nakayama
as Seigo Tsuda
as Grandfather
as Yunosuke Otsuka
as Tomoharu Fujima
as Sakamoto
as Yoshifumi Katakura
as Hidejiro Tasaki
as Self
as Koji Nabeshima
as Kitahara the Crab Man
as Neko
as Hiroshi Torigoe
as Murakami
as Shigeharu Kaneshiro
as Pub Owner
as Mama (of a bar)
as Shuzo Hanazono
as Nobutsuna Matsudaira
as Sensei/Matsumoto Harutsuna
as Hyoue Yarikura
as Sakichi Furuhashi (segment "Japan")
as Hiroshi Uchiyama
as Anahobe no miko
as Matsubara
as Mama
as Hot Spring Inn Owner
as Kuwata
as Toyohashi, sculptor
as Priest
as Doctor Akagi
as Tatsuo
as Totsuka
as Doctor
as Genshiro
as 水嶋钦一
as Dr. Fuu Akagi
as Soichiro Anzai
as Tamotsu Takasaki
as Yukawa
as Detective Miwa
as Yoshihiro
as Tokugawa Munenao
as Major Akira Yuki
as Nagatomo
as Narrator (voice)
as Oba
as Professor Tokichi Anayama
as Kogoro Katsura
as Prof. Sarusawa
as Moronao Kô-no
as 大田原輝
as Masoho's boss
as Mr. Teramoto
as Riichi Hama
as Hyoma Sakaguchi
as Army Major
as Maeo
as Keisuke Mineya
as Shinichi Amemiya
as Yakuza
as Matsuda
as Yasuhei Higashida
as Kumashiro
as Hirofumi Maruyama
as Ushiemon
as Konno
as Kikuo Tsutano
as Ryohei Shimura / Joji Tamura
as Tôru Yamazaki
as Shigekazu Akitani
as Kondo
as Ishizuka
as Detective Kuroki
as Kantarô Iwata
as Daigorô Hatayama