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.
Known For
| Birth Location | Chūō, Tokyo, Japan |
|---|---|
| Born | 1948-11-03 |
Movies
2023
September 1923
as Teiji Igusa
2023
2023
Ripples
as Taro Kadokura
2023
Hard Days
as Yutaka Senba
2023
2023
Do Unto Others
as Shosaku Shiba
2023
Yudo: The Way of the Bath
as regular customer
2023
Shylock's Children
as Hajime Sawazaki
2023
Egoist
as Yoshio Saito
2023
Umami
as Salaryman
2023
A Man
as Norio Komiura
2022
The Setting Sun
as Dr. Miyake
2022
2022
Wandering
as Agata
2022
海の見える理髪店
as 老店主
2022
Noise
as Shoji
2022
Baragaki: Unbroken Samurai
as Shop Owner
2021
2021
The Great Yokai War: Guardians
as old man
2021
The End of the Tiny World
as Kawabata
2021
Underdog: Part One
as Sakuro
2020
Wonderful Paradise
as Homeless
2020
Living in the Sky
as Concierge Kondo
2020
I Never Shot Anyone
as Takashi Renjo
2020
Stardust Over The Town
as Kumabe Rokuzo
2020
The Promised Land
as Goro Fujiki
2019
They Say Nothing Stays the Same
as Toichi
2019
It Feels So Good
as Kenji's father (voice)
2019
Iwane: Sword of Serenity
as Urakusai
2019
2019
Castle of Sand
as Chiyokichi
2019
BON-UTA, A Song from Home
as (voice)
2019
Oz Land
as Boss
2018
Recall
as Seiji Nomura
2018
Shoplifters
as Yoritsugu Kawado
2018
Color Me True
as Tadashi Honda
2018
Evil and The Mask
as Detective Aida
2018
Mukoku
as Seppo Mitsumura
2017
Neko Ninja
as Kariyazaki
2017
Lu Over the Wall
as Ashimoto's Grandfather (voice)
2017
The Dog Bridegroom
as Kenkichi Okumura
2017
Random Lives
as Hanamura
2017
Survival Family
as Sasaki Shigeomi
2016
Shippu Rondo
as Masaomi Togo
2016
Sniper
as Tatsuyuki Miyata
2016
Black Widow Business
as Jun Sakurada
2016
A Grain of Wheat
as Honda
2016
Shin Godzilla
as Ryuta Azuma : Chief Cabinet Secretary
2016
The Mohican Comes Home
as Osamu Tamura
2016
A Living Promise
as Zenzo Takeda
2016
Journey to the Shore
as Mr. Hoshitani
2015
The Big Bee
as Murofushi
2015
The Pearls of the Stone Man
as Kumaji Ueda
2015
Vampire in Love
as Sojiro
2015
GARO -Gold Storm- Sho
as Priest Soutatsu
2015
2015
A House on a Hill
as Yoshitarō Terashima
2014
0.5 mm
as Takeshi Sasaki
2014
Cold
as Jin Ichinose
2014
Time Trip App
as Ryuzo Yanagita
2014
Oh! Father
as Hayashi Tomita
2014
Wood Job!
as Toshiro Yamane
2014
2014
Sleeping Forest
as Daisuke Ota
2014
2013
2013
Unforgiven
as Kingo Baba
2013
The War and a Woman
as client of woman
2013
Yellow Elephant
as Arechi
2013
Humanoid Monster, Bem
as Kao no nai otoko
2012
2012
The Life of Budori Gusuko
as Narrator / Dr. Kūbō (voice)
2012
Casting Blossoms to the Sky
as Seijiro Nose
2012
A Sower of Seeds
as Shuzo Morikawa
2012
Ace Attorney
as Saibancho (Judge)
2012
2011
Life Back Then
as Masashi Inoue
2011
Karate-Robo Zaborgar
as Dr. Akunomiya
2011
Shikei Kijun
as Kyusaku Tsushima
2011
In His Chart
as Doctor
2011
2011
2011
Postcard
as Yukichi Morikawa, the Father-in-Law
2010
Cast Me If You Can
as Homeless guy
2010
The Lightning Tree
as Kakunoshi Enokido
2010
Sakurada Gate Incident
as Magojiro Kaneko
2010
Heaven's Story
as Souichi
2010
Villain
as Yoshio Ishibashi
2010
2010
2010
A Lone Scalpel
as Matsuo Okawa
2010
Haru's Journey
as Michio Nakai
2010
After the Flowers
as Soan Nagai
2010
Golden Slumber
as Hodogaya Yasushi
2010
Yona Yona Penguin
as Jii (voice)
2009
Boku to Mama No Kiiroi Jitensha
as Shotaro
2009
April Bride
as Teishi Nagashima
2009
Rain Fall
as Tatsu Ishikura
2009
John Rabe
as Matsui Iwane
2009
Asahiyama Zoo Story: Penguins in the Sky
as Itsuro Usui
2009
Happy Flight
as Saito
2008
2008
Teacher and Three Children
as Yoshio Ichikawa
2008
Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit
as Counselor
2008
All Around Us
as kunimasa Yasuda
2008
The Taste of Fish
as Shojiro Sanada
2008
The Most Beautiful Night In The World
as Journalist
2008
The Chasing World
as Doctor
2008
The Shadow Spirit
as mimasaka koushirou
2007
Prodigy
as Hisashi Kikuna
2007
Life Can Be So Wonderful
as Haeo
2007
2007
The Go Master
as Kensaku Segoe
2007
Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad
as Doctor from Sasazuka Clinic
2007
Starfish Hotel
as Mr. Trickster
2007
2006
2006
2006
Memories of Matsuko
as Tsunehiro Kawajiri
2006
Scrap Heaven
as Detective Yabuta
2005
The Suspect: Muroi Shinji
as Seigo Tsuda
2005
2005
2005
Love Is Five Seven Five
as Grandfather
2005
Tetsujin 28: The Movie
as Yunosuke Otsuka
2005
Moon and Cherry
as Sakamoto
2004
The Motive
as Yoshifumi Katakura
2004
River of First Love
as Hidejiro Tasaki
2004
Drugstore Girl
as Koji Nabeshima
2004
2004
2004
The Lakeside Murder Case
as Tomoharu Fujima
2004
The Hunter and the Hunted
as Neko
2004
Doppelganger
as Murakami
2003
Worst by Chance
as Shigeharu Kaneshiro
2003
Zatoichi
as Pub Owner
2003
Farewell, Kuro
as Shuzo Hanazono
2003
Teacher's suitcase
as Sensei/Matsumoto Harutsuna
2003
2003
2002
11'09''01 September 11
as Sakichi Furuhashi (segment "Japan")
2002
KT
as Hiroshi Uchiyama
2002
Turn
as Matsubara
2001
Waterboys
as Mama
2001
The City of Lost Souls
as Kuwata
2000
Kaza-hana
as Hot Spring Inn Owner
2000
The Whispered City
as Artist
2000
2000
Another Heaven
as Doctor Akagi
2000
Kaizokuban Bootleg Film
as Tatsuo
1999
The Nagaharu Yodogawa Story: A Cineaste's Life in Kobe
as Matashichi
1999
Round About Midnight
as Totsuka
1999
Will to Live
as Doctor
1999
Legend of the Cat Monster
as Ryohei Shimura / Joji Tamura
1998
1998
Dr. Akagi
as Dr. Fuu Akagi
1998
The Key
as Soichiro Anzai
1997
1997
1997
The Eel
as Tamotsu Takasaki
1997
1996
Free and Easy 8
as Yukawa
1996
Shall We Dance?
as Detective Miwa
1996
Maborosi
as Yoshihiro
1995
Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla
as Major Akira Yuki
1994
The Friends
as Nagatomo
1994
Private Lessons II
as Oba
1993
1992
Sumo Do, Sumo Don't
as Professor Tokichi Anayama
1992
A Naive History of the Bakumatsu Era
as Kogoro Katsura
1991
1991
1991
The Last Frankenstein
as Prof. Sarusawa
1991
1990
1990
1990
1990
Fancy Dance
as Masoho's boss
1989
Beijing Watermelon
as Mr. Teramoto
1989
Battle Heater
as Riichi Hama
1989
Tora-san Goes to Vienna
as Hyoma Sakaguchi
1989
Mottomo Abunai Deka
as Maeo
1989
Revolver
as Keisuke Mineya
1988
1988
The Yen Family
as Shinichi Amemiya
1988
Angel Guts: Red Vertigo
as Yakuza
1988
1987
A Tale of Young Elopement
as Matsuda
1987
Congratulatory Speech
as Yasuhei Higashida
1985
The Second Is a Christian
as Kumashiro
1985
I Want To Live Once More: Shinjuku Bus Fire Incident
as Hirofumi Maruyama
1985
Capone Cries a Lot
as Ushiemon
1985
Location
as Konno
1984
Make-Up
as Kikuo Tsutano
1984
Double Bed
as Tôru Yamazaki(山崎徹)
1983
1982
Suspicion
as Shigekazu Akitani
1982
Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san
as Kondo
1982
Lovers Lost
as Ishizuka
1982
Sailor Suit and Machine Gun
as Detective Kuroki
1981
Masked Crusader, Mr. Jirenman
as Kantarô Iwata
1979
Fujio Akatsuka's Gag Porno: Once More With Feeling
as Daigorô Hatayama
1979
Movies
Sky Cannot Be This Blue
Director
1993