# Akira Emoto

Akira Emoto (柄本 明, Emoto Akira, born 3 November 1948) 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.

## Personal life

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

## Selected filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1980 | Disciples of Hippocrates | Katō | |
| 1981 | Sailor Suit and Machine Gun | Kuroki | |
| 1982 | Dotonbori River | Ishizuka | |
| 1982 | Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san | Kondō | |
| 1982 | Suspicion | Shigekazu Akitani | |
| 1983 | Amagi Goe | | |
| 1984 | Kesho | Kikuo Tsutano | |
| 1984 | Location | Konno | |
| 1985 | Capone Cries a Lot | Ushiemon | |
| 1985 | Ikite mitai mō ichido: Shinjuku Basu Hōka Jiken | Hirofumi Maruyama | |
| 1985 | Nidaime wa Christian | Detective Kumashiro | |
| 1986 | Final Take | Director Saeki | |
| 1987 | Bedtime Eyes | Ooguro | |
| 1987 | The Heartbreak Yakuza | Shoji Kato | |
| 1988 | Angel Guts: Red Vertigo | Yakuza | |
| 1988 | Kimurake no Hitobito | Shinichi Amemiya | |
| 1988 | 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 | |
| 1994 | Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla | Major Akira Yuki | |
| 1995 | Maborosi | Yoshihiro | |
| 1996 | Shall We Dance? | Toru Miwa | |
| 1996 | 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 | | |
| 2000 | The City of Lost Souls | Kuwata | |
| 2001 | Turn | Matsubara | |
| 2001 | Waterboys | Mama-san | |
| 2001 | Onmyoji | Fujiwara no Motokata | |
| 2002 | KT | Hiroshi Uchiyama | |
| 2002 | 11'09"01 September 11 | | segment "Japan" |
| 2003 | Owl | | |
| 2003 | Makai Tensho | | |
| 2003 | Zatōichi | Tavern Owner Pops | |
| 2003 | Drugstore Girl | Nabeshima | |
| 2004 | Zebraman | Kani-Otoko | |
| 2004 | Lakeside Murder Case | Tomoharu Fujima | |
| 2005 | Tetsujin 28: The Movie | | |
| 2005 | The Great Yokai War | Screaming Farmer | |
| 2005 | Scrap Heaven | Detective Yabuta | |
| 2006 | Japan Sinks | Prof. Fukuhara | |
| 2006 | Memories of Matsuko | Kozo Kawajiri | |
| 2006 | The Go Master | Kensaku Segoe | Chinese film |
| 2007 | Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad | Doctor | |
| 2007 | Mōryō no Hako | Koshiro Mimasaka | |
| 2008 | All Around Us | | |
| 2008 | Tsukiji Uogashi Sandaime | Shojiro Sanada | |
| 2008 | Ishiuchi Jinjo Koto Shogakko: Hana wa chiredomo | Yoshio Ichikawa | |
| 2008 | Ikigami | Counselor | |
| 2008 | Asahiyama Zoo Story: Penguins in the Sky | Itsuro Usui | |
| 2008 | Ichi | Takeshi Hyoue | |
| 2008 | Happy Flight | Etsuko's father | |
| 2008 | The Chasing World | Doctor | |
| 2009 | Rain Fall | Tatsu Ishikura | |
| 2009 | John Rabe | General Iwane Matsui | German-Chinese-French film |
| 2009 | April Bride | Teishi Nagashima | |
| 2010 | Villain | | |
| 2010 | Raiou | Kakunoshi Enokido | |
| 2010 | Postcard | Ykichi Morikawa | |
| 2010 | Haru's Journey | | |
| 2010 | The Lone Scalpel | | |
| 2011 | Antoki no Inochi | | |
| 2011 | Isoroku | Mitsumasa Yonai | |
| 2011 | Karate-Robo Zaborgar | Dr. Akunomiya | |
| 2011 | In His Chart | | |
| 2012 | Gyakuten Saiban | The Judge | |
| 2013 | Unforgiven | Kingo Baba | |
| 2014 | 0.5 mm | | |
| 2015 | The Big Bee | | |
| 2015 | Journey to the Shore | | |
| 2016 | Shippu Rondo | | |
| 2016 | Shin Godzilla | The Chief Cabinet Secretary | |
| 2016 | Black Widow Business | | |
| 2017 | Survival Family | Shigeomi Sasaki | |
| 2017 | Nariyuki na Tamashii | | |
| 2017 | Mukoku | Seppō Mitsumura | |
| 2017 | Lu Over the Wall | Kai's grandfather (voice) | |
| 2018 | Evil and the Mask | Detective Aida | |
| 2018 | Recall | Nomura | |
| 2018 | Color Me True | Tadashi Honda | |
| 2018 | Shoplifters | | |
| 2018 | Oz Land | Miyagawa | |
| 2019 | The Promised Land | Gorō Fujiki | |
| 2019 | Iwane: Sword of Serenity | | |
| 2019 | Show Me the Way to the Station | | |
| 2019 | They Say Nothing Stays the Same | | Lead role |
| 2020 | Nōten Paradise | | |
| 2020 | Family Bond | | |
| 2020 | Stardust Over the Town | | |
| 2020 | I Never Shot Anyone | | |
| 2020 | The Legacy of Dr. Death: Black File | | |
| 2020 | Nosari: Impermanent Eternity | | |
| 2020 | Living in the Sky | | |
| 2020 | Independence of Japan | Jōji Matsumoto | |
| 2020 | Underdog | | |
| 2021 | The Master Plan | | |
| 2021 | Baragaki: Unbroken Samurai | Marujū Tenshu | |
| 2021 | Utsusemi no Mori | | |
| 2021 | The Great Yokai War: Guardians | Old man | |
| 2021 | Inori | | |
| 2022 | A Man | Norio Omiura | |
| 2022 | Noise | Shōkichi Yokota | |
| 2022 | Wandering | | |
| 2022 | No Place to Go | Homeless | |
| 2022 | The Setting Sun | Dr. Miyake | |
| 2023 | Yudo: The Way of the Bath | Hermit | |
| 2023 | Umami | The Salaryman | Japanese-French film |
| 2023 | Shylock's Children | Hajime Sawazaki | |
| 2023 | Egoist | Yoshio Saito | |
| 2023 | Do Unto Others | | |
| 2023 | September 1923 | | |
| 2023 | Ripples | Tarō Kadokura | |
| 2023 | Hard Days | | |
| 2023 | Ai no Komuragaeri | Hiroshi Saionji | |
| 2023 | The Innocent Game | Nagura | |
| 2024 | Don't Lose Your Head! | Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu | |
| 2024 | Samurai Detective Onihei: Blood for Blood | | |
| 2024 | Maru | | |
| 2024 | God of Curling | | |
| 2025 | Muromachi Outsiders | Master Karasaki | |
| 2025 | The Boy and the Dog | Yaichi Katano | |
| 2026 | Bakumatsu Hippocrates-tachi | | |
| TBA | Rental Family | | |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 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 |
| 2009–11 | Clouds Over the Hill | Nogi Maresuke | |
| 2012 | Man of Destiny | Masayoshi Kodaira | |
| 2012–17 | Folktales from Japan | Narrator | |
| 2013 | The Partner | Ōkuma Shigenobu | TV movie |
| 2017 | A Life | Toranosuke Danjō | |
| 2017 | Frankenstein's Love | Toshifumi Tsurumaru | |
| 2017 | Silver and Gold | Hitoshi Kuramae | |
| 2018 | Segodon | Ryu Samin | Taiga drama |
| 2018 | Good Doctor | Akira Shiga | |
| 2019 | Castle of Sand | Chiyokichi | TV movie |
| 2020 | Hanzawa Naoki | Keiji Minobe | Season 2 |
| 2021 | Bullets, Bones and Blocked Noses | Chōsuke | Miniseries |
| 2022 | Teen Regime | Prime Minister Tsuguaki Washida | Miniseries |
| 2022 | Lost Man Found | Himself | |

### Japanese dub

| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
| 2024 | Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman | The owner | | |

## Honours

* Medal with Purple Ribbon (2011)
* Order of the Rising Sun, 4th Class, Gold Rays with Rosette (2019)