Akira Emoto

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Akira Emoto
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Born (1948-11-03) 3 November 1948 (age 74)
Chūō, Tokyo, Japan
OccupationActor
Years active1974–present
Spouse
Kazue Tsunogae
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(m. 1981;died 2018)​

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

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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

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
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
1983Amagi Goe
1984KeshoKikuo Tsutano
LocationKonno
1985 Capone Cries a Lot Ushiemon
Ikite mitai mō ichido: Shinjuku Basu Hōka JikenHirofumi Maruyama
Nidaime wa ChristianDetective Kumashiro
1986 Final Take Director Saeki
1987Bedtime EyesOoguro
The Heartbreak YakuzaShoji 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
1991Bakumatsu Junjoden Katsura Kogorō
1992 Sumo Do, Sumo Don't Professor Tokichi Anayama
1993Ahiru no Uta ga Kikoete kuru yoRyosuke Kaji
1994Natsu no niwaNagatomo
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 AkagiLead role
1999 Kaizokuban Bootleg Film Tatsuo
2000Another 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 chiredomoYoshio Ichikawa
Ikigami Counselor
Asahiyama Zoo Story: Penguins in the Sky Itsuro Usui
Ichi Takeshi Hyoue
Happy Flight Etsuko's father
The Chasing WorldDoctor
2009 Rain Fall Tatsu Ishikura
John Rabe General Iwane Matsui German-Chinese-French film
April Bride Teishi Nagashima
2010 Villain
RaiouKakunoshi 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
MukokuSeppō Mitsumura
Lu Over the Wall Kai's grandfather (voice)
2018Evil and the MaskDetective Aida
RecallNomura
Color Me True Tadashi Honda
Shoplifters
Oz LandMiyagawa
2019The Promised LandGorō Fujiki
Iwane: Sword of Serenity
Show Me the Way to the Station
They Say Nothing Stays the SameLead role
2020Nōten Paradise
Family Bond
Stardust Over the Town
I Never Shot Anyone
The Legacy of Dr. Death: Black File [3]
Nosari: Impermanent Eternity
Living in the Sky
Independence of Japan Jōji Matsumoto [4]
Underdog [5]
2021UmamiThe salarymanJapanese-French film
The Master Plan [6]
Baragaki: Unbroken Samurai Marujū Tenshu [7]
Utsusemi no Mori
The Great Yokai War: Guardians Old man [8]
Inori [9]
2022 A Man Norio Omiura [10]
NoiseShōkichi Yokota [11]
Wandering [12]
No Place to GoHomeless [13]
The Setting Sun Dr. Miyake [14]
2023YudōHermit [15]
Shylock's ChildrenHajime Sawazaki [16]
EgoistYoshio Saito [17]
Do Unto Others [18]
Fukuda-mura Jiken [19]
RipplesTarō Kadokura [20]
Hard Days [21]
Ai no KomuragaeriHiroshi Saionji [22]

Television

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
1991 Taiheiki Kō no Moronao Taiga drama
1995Hachidai Shōgun YoshimuneTokugawa MunenaoTaiga drama
1999Genroku RyōranShindō GenshirōTaiga drama
2006 Kōmyō ga Tsuji Toyotomi Hideyoshi Taiga drama [23]
2009–11 Saka no Ue no Kumo Nogi Maresuke
2012–17 Folktales from Japan Narrator
2013 The Partner Ōkuma Shigenobu TV movie
2017A LifeToranosuke Danjō
Frankenstein's LoveToshifumi Tsurumaru
Silver and Gold Hitoshi Kuramae
2018 Segodon Ryu SaminTaiga drama
Good Doctor Akira Shiga
2019Castle of SandChiyokichiTV movie
2020 Hanzawa Naoki Keiji MinobeSeason 2
2021Bullets, Bones and Blocked NosesChōsukeMiniseries [24]
2022Teen RegimePrime Minister Tsuguaki WashidaMiniseries [25]
Lost Man FoundHimself [26]

Honours

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