Akira Emoto

Akira Emoto in Zatoichi

Akira Emoto (柄本明, Emoto Akira) is a Japanese actor and director. He is the husband of actress Kazue Tsunogae and father of actor Tasuku Emoto.

Profile

• Name: Akira Emoto (柄本明, Emoto Akira)
• Birth date: November 3, 1948
• Birthplace: Ginza, Tokyo, Japan
• Blood type: B
• Height: 5' 8" (173cm)

Filmography

Actor

• [1979-10-06] Mr. Dilemma Man: Lunatic for Lust ... Dilemman
• [1980] Disciples of Hippocrates ... Kenji Kato
• [1981] Sailor Suit and Machine Gun ... Kuroki
• [1982] Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san
• [1982] Dotonbori River ... Ishizuka
• [1982] Suspicion ... Shigekazu Akitani
• [1983-08-05] Double Bed
• [1984] Location ... Konno
• [1984] Make-up ... Kikuo Tsutano
• [1985] Capone Cries a Lot ... Ushiemon
• [1985] Congratulatory Speech ... Yasuhei Higashida
• [1985] Ikite Mitai mo Ichido: Shinjuku Basu Hoka Jiken ... Hirofumi Maruyama
• [1985] Nidaime wa Christian ... Detective Kumashiro
• [1986] Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies ... Director Saeki
• [1987] Seishun Kakeochi-hen
• [1987] The Great Department Store Robbery
• [1987] The Heartbreak Yakuza ... Shoji Kato
• [1988] Angel Guts: Red Vertigo ... Yakuza
• [1988] Revolver ... Keisuke Mineya
• [1988] The Silk Road
• [1988] The Yen Family ... Shinichi Amemiya
• [1989] Bakayaro! 2: Shiawase ni Naritai ... Yasushi Yorigai (Episode 3)
• [1989] Beijing Watermelon ... Mr. Teramoto, the Shopkeeper
• [1989] Fancy Dance ... Masoho's boss
• [1989] Tora-san 41: Tora-san Goes to Vienna
• [1990] Battle Heater
• [1990] Maria no Ibukuro ... Eshima
• [1990] Roar of the Crowd
• [1990] Universal Laws ... Nagayama
• [1991] Asatte Dance
• [1991] Bakumatsu Jyunjyoden ... Kogorou Katsura
• [1991] Goodbye Mama
• [1991] Last Frankenstein
• [1992] Manhattan Bridge
• [1992] Sumo Do, Sumo Don't ... Professor Tokichi Anayama
• [1992] Yamai wa Kikara: Byoin e Iko 2 ... Toshio Takakura
• [1993] Ahiru no Uta ga Kikoete Kuru yo ... Ryousuke Kaji
• [1993] Private Lessons II ... Oba
• [1994] The Friends ... Nagatomo
• [1994-12-10] Godzilla vs. Space Godzilla ... Major Akira Yuki
• [1995] Maborosi ... Yoshihiro
• [1996] Free and Easy 8 ... Yukawa
• [1996] Niji o Tsukamu Otoko ... Sato
• [1996] Shall We Dance? ... Toru Miwa
• [1997] Abduction ... Tachibana (chief superintendent)
• [1997] Body and Soul
• [1997] Mi mo Kokoro mo ... Yoshihiko Sekiya
• [1997] The Eel ... Tamotsu Takasaki
• [1997] The Key ... Anzai Soichiro
• [1998] Dr. Akagi ... Dr. Fuu Akagi
• [1998] Love Letter ... Ito
• [1999] Kaizokuban Bootleg Film ... Tatsuo
• [1999] Round About Midnight
• [1999] Second Chance ... (Episode 3)
• [1999] Will to Live ... Doctor
• [1999] Yodogawa Nagaharu Monogatari: Kobe-hen: Sainara ... Matashichi, Nagaharu's father
• [2000] Another Heaven
• [2000] Kaza-hana ... Master of hot spring hotel
• [2000] Nagisa
• [2000] The City of Lost Souls ... Kuwata
• [2000] Zawa-zawa Shimokita-sawa ... Artist
• [2001] Onmyoji ... Fujiwara no Motokata
• [2001] Prince Shotoku ... Anahobe no miko
• [2001] Turn ... Matsubara
• [2001] Waterboys ... Mama-san of 'Okama Bar'
• [2002] Barber's Sorrow ... Sakaguchi
• [2002] Koinu Dan no Monogatari
• [2002] KT ... Hiroshi Uchiyama
• [2002] 11'09"01 - September 11 ... (segment Japan)
• [2003] Doppelganger
• [2003] Drugstore Girl ... Koji Nabeshima
• [2003] Hana ... Hiroshi Torigoe
• [2003] Owl
• [2003] Makai Tensho: Samurai Resurrection
• [2003] Sayonara, Kuro ... Shuzo Hanazono
• [2003] Worst by Chance ... Shigeharu Kaneshiro
• [2003] Zatoichi (2003) ... Tavern Owner Pops
• [2004] Lakeside Murder Case ... Tomoharu Fujima
• [2004] Niwatori wa Hadashi da ... Taizo Kuchiki
• [2004] River of First Love ... Hidejiro Tasaki
• [2004] The Hunter and the Hunted ... Neko
• [2004] The Motive ... Yoshifumi Katakura
• [2004] Tsuki to Cherry ... Sakamoto
• [2004] Zebraman ... Kani-Otoko
• [2005] Blue Canary ... Sakabe
• [2005] It's Only Talk
• [2005] Koi wa Go-Shichi-Go! ... Grandfather
• [2005] Scrap Heaven
• [2005] Tetsujin 28
• [2005] The Great Yokai War ... Screaming Farmer
• [2005] The Samurai I Loved
• [2005] The Suspect: Muroi Shinji
• [2006] Doomsday: The Sinking of Japan ... Prof. Fukuhara
• [2006] Memories of Matsuko ... Tsunehiro Kawajiri
• [2006] Starfish Hotel ... Mr. Trickster
• [2006] The Go Master ... Kensaku Segoe
• [2006] The Summer of Stickleback
• [2007] Life Can Be So Wonderful ... Haeo
• [2007] The Shadow Spirit
• [2007] Shindo ... Hisashi Kikuna
• [2007] Three for the Road
• [2007] Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad
• [2007] Go Seigen Kiwami no Kifu
• [2008] Real Onigocco
• [2008] The Real Tiggy
• [2008] All Around Us
• [2008] Last Game: Saigo no Soukeisen ... Suishu Tobita
• [2008] The Taste of Fish
• [2008] Kimi no Tomodachi
• [2008] The Most Beautiful Night in the World
• [2008] Ichi
• [2008] Takada Wataru Teki Zero
• [2008] Ikigami
• [2008] Hanawa Chiredomo
• [2009] Asahiyama Dobutsuen Monogatari

Director

• [1993] Sky Cannot Be This Blue

External Links

• Akira Emoto at the Internet Movie Database
• Akira Emoto at the Japanese Movie Database
• Akira Emoto article at Japanese Wikipedia