Akira Emoto

Akira Emoto
Born	(1948-11-03) November 3, 1948 Chūō, Tokyo, Japan
Occupation	Actor

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

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.

Selected filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
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	Kogorou Katsura
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
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
2006	Japan Sinks	Prof. Fukuhara
	Memories of Matsuko	Kozo Kawajiri
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
2011	Antoki no Inochi
	Karate-Robo Zaborgar	Dr. Akunomiya
	Kamisama no Karute
2012	Gyakuten Saiban	The Judge

External links

• Akira Emoto at IMDb
• Akira Emoto at the Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese)