Akira Emoto

Actor | Producer

Old good 'Emo-chan' of modern Japanese cinema. Emo's father was a close friend of legendary episode player Taji Tonoy...

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Noise

Noise

... 2022

The Lightning Tree

The Lightning Tree

... 2010

Fullname:

Akira Emoto

Date of Birth:

1948-11-03

Country:

Chūō, Tokyo, Japan

Biography of

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.

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Akira Emoto

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Biography of

Akira Emoto

Found movies in total

The Cake Eaters

The Cake Eaters

... 2007

Match Point

Match Point

... 2005

Love, Wedding, Marriage

Love, Wedding, Marriage

... 2011

First Love

First Love

... 2004

Lost in Translation

Lost in Translation

... 2003

Stree 2

Stree 2

... 2024

Naked Killer

Naked Killer

... 1992

The Escort

The Escort

... 2015

Godmothered

Godmothered

... 2020