Akira Emoto
Acting
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.
Shows
AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo
Absolute Zero
Segodon
The Private Detective Mike
Hanzawa Naoki
Clouds Over the Hill
Kumokiri Nizaemon
Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit
Ten Count to the Future
Lost Man Found
Olympic Ransom
竜馬がゆく
Get Ready!
Good Doctor
Ties of Shooting Stars
Water Boys
HUNTER - Women After Reward Money
The New Chronicle of Lord Nobunaga: Classmates are Warriors
Black Kite
Genroku Ryoran
The Long Goodbye
In Hand
A Life
Love That Makes You Cry
JK to Roppozensho
水曜ドラマスペシャル
Frankenstein's Love
Haru and Natsu
Villain: Perpetrator Chase Investigation
Shinjuku Field Hospital
Humanoid Monster Bem
Folktales from Japan
Love and Glory
Bullets, Bones and Blocked Noses
Silver and Gold
Home Sweet Tokyo
Yanchakure
Goodbye My Dear
Taiheiki
Mibu Gishiden: Shinsengumi de Ichiban Tsuyokatta Otoko
Japanese Style
Platinum Town
Prince Shotoku
Mori no Asagao
Tokumei! Keiji Dongame
Scandal Eve
Arashi no Namida
Teen Regime
愛の流刑地
Banjo no Himawari
Eighth Shogun Yoshimune
混声の森
Love & War of a Samurai
ホットドッグ
Out - Tsumatachi no Hanzai
てにあまる
Re: The End of the Tiny World - Half a Year Later
満天のゴール
A Woman from Ashio
Convenience Store Kyodai