Akira Emoto
Akira Emoto
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.
Acted Movies
Director: Michihito Fujii
Writers: Kenya Hirata,
Cast: Akira Emoto, Go Ayano, Hayato Isomura, Junichi Okada, Mario Kuroba, Ryoko Hirosue, Ryusuke Komakine, Takashi Yamanaka, Taro Suruga, Tetta Sugimoto,
Director: Kei Ishikawa
Writers: Kosuke Mukai,
Cast: Akira Emoto, Hidekazu Mashima, Kazutoyo Koyabu, Masataka Kubota, Miyako Yamaguchi, Nana Seino, Sakura Ando, Satoshi Tsumabuki, Taiga Nakano, Yoko Maki,
Director: Masaaki Yuasa
Writers: Reiko Yoshida,
Cast: Akira Emoto, Cho, Kanon Tani, Kenichi Suzumura, Minako Kotobuki, Shizuka Itoh, Shota Shimoda, Soma Saito, Takayuki Sugo, Tokuyoshi Kawashima,
Director: Shinobu Yaguchi
Writers: Shinobu Yaguchi,
Cast: Akira Emoto, Hideaki Ito, Ken Mitsuishi, Makita Sports, Masami Nagasawa, Masashi Arifuku, Naomi Nishida, Shota Sometani, Yoshimasa Kondo, Yûka,
Director: Lee Sang-il
Writers: Lee Sang-il,
Cast: Akira Emoto, Eiko Koike, Jun Kunimura, Ken Watanabe, Kenichi Takitoh, Koichi Sato, Shioli Kutsuna, Takahiro Miura, Yukiyoshi Ozawa, Yuya Yagira,
Director: Takashi Miike
Writers: Sachiko Ôguchi,
Cast: Akira Emoto, Akiyoshi Nakao, Eisuke Sasai, Hiroki Narimiya, Makoto Ayukawa, Mirei Kiritani, Mitsuki Tanimura, Shunsuke Daitoh, Takehiro Hira, Takumi Saitoh,
Director: Tetsuya Nakashima
Writers: Tetsuya Nakashima,
Cast: Akira Emoto, Asuka Kurosawa, Eita Nagayama, Gori, Kankuro Kudo, Ko Shibasaki, Mikako Ichikawa, Miki Nakatani, Teruyuki Kagawa, Y?suke Iseya,
Director: Takeshi Kitano
Writers: Takeshi Kitano,
Cast: Akira Emoto, Daigorô Tachibana, Guadalcanal Taka, Ittoku Kishibe, Michiyo Yasuda, Saburo Ishikura, Tadanobu Asano, Takeshi Kitano, Yui Natsukawa, Yuko Daike,
Director: Shōhei Imamura
Writers: Motofumi Tomikawa,
Cast: Akira Emoto, Etsuko Ichihara, Fujio Tokita, Ken Kobayashi, Koji Yakusho, Misa Shimizu, Mitsuko Baisho, Sabu Kawahara, Show Aikawa, Tomorowo Taguchi,
Director: Hirokazu Kore-eda
Writers: Yoshihisa Ogita,
Cast: Akira Emoto, Gohki Kashiyama, Kikuko Hashimoto, Makiko Esumi, Midori Kiuchi, Mutsuko Sakura, Naomi Watanabe, Ren Osugi, Tadanobu Asano, Takashi Naito,
