Shin Godzilla2016
As Ryuta Azuma : Chief Cabinet Secretary
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Akira Emoto
Born
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 (243)
Rental Family2025
As Kikuo Hasegawa
TMDb 7.7 / 10
Shoplifters2018
As Yoritsugu Kawado
TMDb 7.8 / 10
Zatoichi2003
As Pub Owner
TMDb 7.2 / 10
It Feels So Good2019
As Kenji's Father (voice)
TMDb 6.6 / 10
The Eel1997
As Tamotsu Takasaki
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Nagisa2000
As Priest Shinto
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla1994
As Major Akira Yuki
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Samurai Fury2025
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Angel Guts: Red Vertigo1988
As Yakuza
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Memories of Matsuko2006
As Tsunehiro Kawajiri
TMDb 7.8 / 10
Waterboys2001
As Mama
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Shall We Dance?1996
As Detective Miwa
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Lu Over the Wall2017
As Ashimoto's Grandfather (voice)
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Wandering Moon2022
As Agata
TMDb 6.7 / 10
ICHI2008
TMDb 6.7 / 10
September 112002
As Sakichi Furuhashi (segment "Japan")
TMDb 6.4 / 10
John Rabe2009
As Matsui Iwane
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Maborosi1995
As Yoshihiro
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Umami2023
As Salaryman
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Wood Job!2014
As Toshiro Yamane
TMDb 7.4 / 10
Sailor Suit and Machine Gun1981
As Detective Kuroki
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Unforgiven2013
As Kingo Baba
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Fujio Akatsuka's Gag Porno: In the Mood Once Again1979
As Daigorô Hatayama
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Worst by Chance2003
As Shigeharu Kaneshiro
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Rain Fall2009
As Tatsu Ishikura
TMDb 4.7 / 10
The Master Plan2021
As Kawabata
TMDb 7.7 / 10
The Friends1994
As Nagatomo
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Color Me True2018
As Tadashi Honda
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet2011
As Yoneuchi
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Bedtime Eyes1987
TMDb 4.7 / 10
Hard Days2023
As Yutaka Senba
TMDb 6.6 / 10
The Final Piece2025
As Motoji Kanesaki
TMDb 7.7 / 10
Journey to the Shore2015
As Hoshitani
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Ace Attorney2012
As Saibancho (Judge)
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Boku to Mama No Kiiroi Jitensha2009
As Shotaro
Survival Family2017
As Sasaki Shigeomi
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Double Bed1983
As Tôru Yamazaki
TMDb 5.1 / 10
The Great Yokai War2005
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Doppelgänger2003
As Murakami
TMDb 6.9 / 10
September 19232023
As Teiji Igusa
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Kaizokuban Bootleg Film1999
As Tatsuo
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Sakurada Gate Incident2010
As Magojiro Kaneko
TMDb 7.4 / 10
Japan Sinks2006
As Professor Fukuhara
TMDb 5.6 / 10
The Silk Road1988
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies1986
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit2008
As Counselor
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Dr. Akagi1998
As Dr. Fuu Akagi
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Private Lessons II1993
As Oba
TMDb 3.5 / 10
The Life of Budori Gusuko2012
As Narrator / Dr. Kūbō (voice)
TMDb 6.5 / 10
The Key1997
As Soichiro Anzai
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Happy Flight2008
As Saito
TMDb 6.4 / 10
The Chasing World2008
As Doctor
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Owl2003
TMDb 6.4 / 10
April Bride2009
As Teishi Nagashima
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Drugstore Girl2004
As Koji Nabeshima
TMDb 5.2 / 10
Hutch the Honeybee2010
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Amagi Pass1983
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Random Lives2017
As Hanamura
The War and a Woman2013
As client of woman
TMDb 4.2 / 10
Beijing Watermelon1989
As Mr. Teramoto
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Egoist2023
As Yoshio Saito
TMDb 7.0 / 10
A Man2022
As Norio Komiura
TMDb 7.1 / 10
0.5 mm2014
As Takeshi Sasaki
TMDb 7.4 / 10
Chicken Is Barefoot2004
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Golden Slumber2010
As Hodogaya Yasushi
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Fancy Dance1989
As Masoho's boss
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Villain2010
As Yoshio Ishibashi
TMDb 6.8 / 10
The City of Lost Souls2000
As Kuwata
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Ripples2023
As Taro Kadokura
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Another Heaven2000
As Doctor Akagi
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Show Me the Way to the Station2019
TMDb 6.5 / 10
I Want To Live Once More: Shinjuku Bus Fire Incident1985
As Hirofumi Maruyama
TMDb 3.7 / 10
Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad2007
As Doctor from Sasazuka Clinic
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Capone Cries a Lot1985
As Ushiemon
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Iwane: Sword of Serenity2019
As Urakusai
TMDb 7.8 / 10
Ninja Kids!!!2011
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Baragaki: Unbroken Samurai2021
As Shop Owner
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Yona Yona Penguin2009
As Jii (voice)
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Recall2018
As Seiji Nomura
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Zebraman2004
As Kitahara the Crab Man
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Suspicion1982
As Shigekazu Akitani
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Lovers Lost1982
As Ishizuka
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Kaza-hana2001
As Hot Spring Inn Owner
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Body and Soul1997
As Sekiya/Reiko's lover-Aya's ex
TMDb 3.0 / 10
Yamai wa kikara: Byôin e ikô 21992
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Yen Family1988
As Shinichi Amemiya
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Shylock's Children2023
As Hajime Sawazaki
TMDb 7.4 / 10
The Promised Land2019
As Goro Fujiki
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Do Unto Others2023
As Shosaku Shiba
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Neko Ninja2017
As Kariyazaki
TMDb 4.5 / 10
The Most Beautiful Night In The World2008
As Journalist
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Battle Heater1989
As Riichi Hama
TMDb 7.5 / 10
The Great Yokai War: Guardians2021
As old man, Old Man
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Harimao1989
As Army Major
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Abduction1997
As Chief Superintendent Tachibana
TMDb 8.5 / 10
Underdog: Part One2020
As Sakuro
TMDb 7.2 / 10
As the River Flows2000
TMDb 9.0 / 10
The Suspect: Muroi Shinji2005
As Seigo Tsuda
TMDb 6.0 / 10
A Grain of Wheat2016
As Honda
The Go Master2007
As Kensaku Segoe
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Tetsujin 28: The Movie2005
As Yunosuke Otsuka
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Sumo Do, Sumo Don't1992
As Professor Tokichi Anayama
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Will to Live1999
As Doctor
TMDb 6.4 / 10
The Lakeside Murder Case2005
As Tomoharu Fujima
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Scrap Heaven2005
As Detective Yabuta
TMDb 7.6 / 10
Legend of the Cat Monster1983
As Ryohei Shimura / Joji Tamura
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Noise2022
As Shoji
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Mukoku2017
As Seppo Mitsumura
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Sleeping Forest2014
As Daisuke Ota
TMDb 7.1 / 10
The Rainbow Seeker1996
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Time Trip App2014
As Ryuzo Yanagita
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Mohican Comes Home2016
As Osamu Tamura
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Yudo2023
As regular customer
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Samurai Resurrection2003
As Nobutsuna Matsudaira
TMDb 4.9 / 10
Life Can Be So Wonderful2007
As Haeo
TMDb 7.0 / 10
GARO: Gold Storm Flight2015
As Priest Soutatsu
TMDb 7.7 / 10
Heaven's Story2010
As Souichi
TMDb 7.2 / 10
The Big Bee2015
As Murofushi
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Teacher and Three Children2008
As Yoshio Ichikawa
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Heartbreak Yakuza1987
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Three for the Road2007
TMDb 3.0 / 10
Haru's Journey2010
As Michio Nakai
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Ask This of Rikyu2013
TMDb 7.3 / 10
The Lightning Tree2010
As Kakunoshi Enokido
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Maru2024
As Teacher
TMDb 6.0 / 10
River of First Love2004
As Hidejiro Tasaki
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Disciples of Hippocrates1980
TMDb 6.8 / 10
The Boy and the Dog2025
As Yaichi Katano
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Manhattan Kiss1992
Evil and The Mask2018
As Detective Aida
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Oz Land2018
As Boss
TMDb 7.4 / 10
Black Widow Business2016
As Jun Sakurada
TMDb 8.5 / 10
KT2002
As Hiroshi Uchiyama
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Tora-san Goes to Vienna1989
As Hyoma Sakaguchi
TMDb 8.7 / 10
Moon & Cherry2004
As Sakamoto
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Postcard2010
As Yukichi Morikawa, the Father-in-Law
TMDb 5.8 / 10
The Dog Bridegroom2017
As Kenkichi Okumura
I Never Shot Anyone2020
As Takashi Renjo
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Whispered City2000
As Toyohashi, sculptor
TMDb 9.0 / 10
It's Only Talk2006
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Humanoid Monster, Bem2012
As Kao no nai otoko
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Revolver1988
As Keisuke Mineya
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san1982
As Kondo
TMDb 8.0 / 10
No Place to Go2022
As Bomber
TMDb 6.0 / 10
One Last Throw2025
As Kawato Kozo
TMDb 7.0 / 10
A Crowd of Three2010
TMDb 4.9 / 10
The Shadow Spirit2007
As mimasaka koushirou
TMDb 5.3 / 10
The Imaginary Dog and the Lying Cat2026
TMDb 3.0 / 10
Your Friend2008
TMDb 5.1 / 10
The Hunter and the Hunted2004
As Neko
TMDb 10.0 / 10
The Innocent Game2023
TMDb 5.3 / 10
A Lone Scalpel2010
As Matsuo Okawa
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Prodigy2007
As Hisashi Kikuna
TMDb 7.4 / 10
A Naive History of the Bakumatsu Era1991
As Kogoro Katsura
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Turn2001
As Matsubara
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Yellow Elephant2013
As Arechi
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Casting Blossoms to the Sky2012
As Seijiro Nose
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Love Is Five Seven Five2005
As Grandfather
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Ekeb of Dekye2010
As Soichi Yanagimachi
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Mottomo Abunai Deka1989
As Maeo
TMDb 8.5 / 10
祈り ―幻に長崎を想う刻―2021
Wonderful Paradise2020
As Homeless
TMDb 6.7 / 10
The Motive2004
As Yoshifumi Katakura
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Maria's Stomach1990
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Karate-Robo Zaborgar2011
As Dr. Akunomiya
TMDb 5.9 / 10
All Around Us2008
As kunimasa Yasuda
TMDb 7.4 / 10
After the Flowers2010
As Soan Nagai
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Asahiyama Zoo Story: Penguins in the Sky2009
As Itsuro Usui
TMDb 8.8 / 10
Utsusemi no mori2021
As Police Inspector Kariya Shinichi
They Say Nothing Stays the Same2019
As Toichi
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Shippu Rondo2016
As Masaomi Togo
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Love Letter1998
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Vampire in Love2015
As Sojiro
TMDb 6.9 / 10
In His Chart2011
As Doctor
TMDb 4.9 / 10
The Taste of Fish2008
As Shojiro Sanada
TMDb 7.0 / 10
A Honeymoon in Hell: Mr. & Mrs. Oki's Fabulous Trip2011
As wet guy
TMDb 8.5 / 10
Living in the Sky2020
As Concierge Kondo
TMDb 7.4 / 10
Shimo-ochiai Yakitori Movie1979
The Way of The Prison Guard2025
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Underdog: Part Two2020
As Sakuro
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Congratulatory Speech1985
As Yasuhei Higashida
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Touken Ranbu: The Movie -Dawn-2023
As Fujiwara no Michinaga
TMDb 5.0 / 10
The Second Is a Christian1985
As Kumashiro
TMDb 6.0 / 10
A Sower of Seeds2012
As Shuzo Morikawa
The Setting Sun2022
As Dr. Miyake
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Goal of the Sky2023
あじさい色のレディ
あじさい色のレディ1988
Living Rights2015
Oh! Father2014
As Hayashi Tomita
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Dance till Tomorrow1991
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Life Back Then2011
As Masashi Inoue
TMDb 4.4 / 10
Round About Midnight1999
As Totsuka
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Kyoto Hippocrates2026
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Fly, Dakota, Fly!2013
Takada Wataru Teki2004
As Self
Solitary Gourmet New Year's Eve Special ~Final Meal! Setouchi Business Trip~2017
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Banana, Gloves and Whale Shark2013
As Lawyer
The Nagaharu Yodogawa Story: A Cineaste's Life in Kobe1999
As Matashichi
TMDb 9.0 / 10
For the coming day
For the coming day2005
The Cycling Genius Is Coming!2008
Masked Crusader, Mr. Jirenman1979
As Kantarô Iwata
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Location1984
As Konno
TMDb 8.5 / 10
Shikei Kijun2011
As Kyusaku Tsushima
BON-UTA, A Song from Home2019
As (voice)
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Farewell, Kuro2003
As Shuzo Hanazono
TMDb 7.2 / 10
I Can Hear the Duck Singing1993
TMDb 9.0 / 10
A Tale of Young Elopement1987
As Matsuda
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Sniper2016
As Tatsuyuki Miyata
Cast Me If You Can2010
As Homeless guy
TMDb 7.5 / 10
A Living Promise2016
As Zenzo Takeda
Barber Shop with a View of the Sea2022
As 老店主
Barber's Sorrow2002
As Sakaguchi
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Starfish Hotel2007
As Mr. Trickster
TMDb 6.2 / 10
The Partner2013
As Ōkuma Shigenobu
Castle of Sand2019
As Chiyokichi
TMDb 8.7 / 10
Make-Up1984
As Kikuo Tsutano
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Stardust over the Town2020
As Kumabe Rokuzo
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Teacher's suitcase2003
As Sensei/Matsumoto Harutsuna
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Summer of Stickleback
The Summer of Stickleback2006
Universal Laws1990
TMDb 9.0 / 10
A House on a Hill2014
As Yoshitarō Terashima
Girls, Guns and Gangsters: Shinji Somai & Sailor Suit & Machine Gun2021
Present for You2015
Roar of the Crowd1990
TMDb 10.0 / 10
The Great Department Store Robbery1987
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Winning Pass2004
The Pearls of the Stone Man2015
As Kumaji Ueda
TMDb 8.3 / 10
The God of Curling2024
As Susumu Komiyama
Hana2003
As Hiroshi Torigoe
Don't Lose Your Head!2024
As Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu
TMDb 6.5 / 10
One Day in January2012
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Betrayal Tomorrow1990
The Man from Shimizu1982
Goodbye Mama1991
TMDb 9.0 / 10
When Cinema Reflects the Times: Hou Hsiao-Hsien and Edward Yang1993
As Narrator (voice)
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Nosari: Impermanent Eternity2020
TMDb 2.5 / 10
Cold2014
As Jin Ichinose
Finding Light at the Darkness Festival2019
The Happiness2006
Free and Easy 81996
As Yukawa
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Godot of the Emotos2019
The Last Frankenstein1991
As Prof. Sarusawa
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Filmography and biography: TMDb