Akira Emoto

Akira Emoto (柄本 明, Emoto Akira, born 3 November 1948 in Chūō, Tokyo) is a Japanese actor.

Akira Emoto
Born (1948-11-03) 3 November 1948
OccupationActor
Years active1974–present
Spouse(s)
Kazue Tsunogae
(m. 1981; died 2018)

Career

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.[1]

Personal life

His wife is the actress Kazue Tsunogae, and he is the father of the actors Tasuku Emoto and Tokio Emoto.[2]

Selected filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1980 Disciples of Hippocrates Katō
1981 Sailor Suit and Machine Gun Kuroki
1982 Dotonbori River Ishizuka
Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san Kondō
Suspicion Shigekazu Akitani
1983 Amagi Goe
1984 Kesho Kikuo Tsutano
Location Konno
1985 Capone Cries a Lot Ushiemon
Ikite mitai mō ichido: Shinjuku Basu Hōka Jiken Hirofumi Maruyama
Nidaime wa Christian Detective Kumashiro
1986 Final Take Director Saeki
1987 Bedtime Eyes Ooguro
The Heartbreak Yakuza Shoji Kato
1988 Angel Guts: Red Vertigo Yakuza
Kimurake no Hitobito Shinichi Amemiya
The Silk Road
1989 Tora-San Goes to Vienna Heiba Sakaguchi
1990 Uchū no hōsoku Nagayama
1991 Bakumatsu Junjoden Katsura Kogorō
1992 Sumo Do, Sumo Don't Professor Tokichi Anayama
1993 Ahiru no Uta ga Kikoete kuru yo Ryosuke Kaji
1994 Natsu no niwa Nagatomo
Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla Major Akira Yuki
1995 Maborosi Yoshihiro
1996 Shall We Dance? Toru Miwa
Tsuribaka Nisshi 8 Yukawa
1997 The Eel Tamotsu Takasaki
1998 Dr. Akagi Dr. Fuu Akagi Lead role
1999 Kaizokuban Bootleg Film Tatsuo
2000 Another Heaven
The City of Lost Souls Kuwata
2001 Turn Matsubara
Waterboys Mama-san
Onmyoji Fujiwara no Motokata
2002 KT Hiroshi Uchiyama
11'09"01 September 11 segment "Japan"
2003 Owl
2003 Makai Tensho
Zatōichi Tavern Owner Pops
Drugstore Girl Nabeshima
2004 Zebraman Kani-Otoko
Lakeside Murder Case Tomoharu Fujima
2005 Tetsujin 28: The Movie
The Great Yokai War Screaming Farmer
Scrap Heaven Detective Yabuta
2006 Japan Sinks Prof. Fukuhara
Memories of Matsuko Kozo Kawajiri
The Go Master Kensaku Segoe Chinese film
2007 Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad Doctor
Mōryō no Hako Koshiro Mimasaka
2008 All Around Us
Tsukiji Uogashi Sandaime Shojiro Sanada
Ishiuchi Jinjo Koto Shogakko: Hana wa chiredomo Yoshio Ichikawa
Ikigami Counselor
Asahiyama Zoo Story: Penguins in the Sky Itsuro Usui
Ichi Takeshi Hyoue
Happy Flight Etsuko's father
The Chasing World Doctor
2009 Rain Fall Tatsu Ishikura
John Rabe General Iwane Matsui
April Bride Teishi Nagashima
2010 Villain
Raiou Kakunoshi Enokido
Postcard Ykichi Morikawa
Haru's Journey
The Lone Scalpel
2011 Antoki no Inochi
Isoroku Mitsumasa Yonai
Karate-Robo Zaborgar Dr. Akunomiya
In His Chart
2012 Gyakuten Saiban The Judge
2013 Unforgiven Kingo Baba
2014 0.5 mm
2015 The Big Bee
Journey to the Shore
2016 Shippu Rondo
Shin Godzilla The Chief Cabinet Secretary
Black Widow Business
2017 Survival Family Shigeomi Sasaki
Nariyuki na Tamashii
Mukoku Seppō Mitsumura
Lu Over the Wall Kai's grandfather (voice)
2018 Evil and the Mask Detective Aida
Recall Nomura
Color Me True Tadashi Honda
Shoplifters
Oz Land Miyagawa
2019 The Promised Land Gorō Fujiki
Iwane: Sword of Serenity
Show Me the Way to the Station
They Say Nothing Stays the Same Lead role
2020 Nōten Paradise
Family Bond
Stardust Over the Town
I Never Shot Anyone
The Legacy of Dr. Death: Black File [3]
Nosari: Impermanent Eternity
Living in Your Sky
Independence of Japan Jōji Matsumoto [4]
Underdog [5]
2021 Umami The salaryman Japanese-French film
The Master Plan [6]
Baragaki: Unbroken Samurai [7]
Utsusemi no Mori

Television

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1991 Taiheiki Kō no Moronao Taiga drama
1995 Hachidai Shōgun Yoshimune Tokugawa Munenao Taiga drama
1999 Genroku Ryōran Shindō Genshirō Taiga drama
2006 Kōmyō ga Tsuji Toyotomi Hideyoshi Taiga drama [8]
2009–11 Saka no Ue no Kumo Nogi Maresuke
2012–17 Folktales from Japan Narrator
2013 The Partner Ōkuma Shigenobu TV movie
2017 A Life Toranosuke Danjō
Frankenstein's Love Toshifumi Tsurumaru
Silver and Gold
2018 Segodon Ryu Samin Taiga drama
Good Doctor Akira Shiga
2019 Castle of Sand TV movie
2020 Hanzawa Naoki 2 Keiji Minobe

Honours

References


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