- Born
- Place
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.
As actor
Kyoto Hippocrates
The Imaginary Dog and the Lying Cat
Rental Family
Samurai Fury
The Boy and the Dog
The Way of The Prison Guard
The Final Piece
One Last Throw
Don't Lose Your Head!
Maru
The God of Curling
Rotting
Umami
Hard Days
Goal of the Sky
September 1923
Touken Ranbu 2
The Innocent Game
Shylock's Children
Yudo: The Way of the Bath
Egoist
Ripples
Do Unto Others
Noise
The Setting Sun
The Wandering Moon
Barber Shop with a View of the Sea
No Place to Go
A Man
Girls, Guns and Gangsters: Shinji Somai & Sailor Suit & Machine Gun
