Acting

Akira Emoto

Also Known As: 柄本明, エモトアキラ, エモトアキラ

Birth Date

November 3, 1948

(77 years old)

Place of Birth

Chuo, Tokyo, Japan

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Biography

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.

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AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo

Absolute Zero

Ten Count to the Future

Folktales from Japan

Kumokiri Nizaemon

Segodon

Hanzawa Naoki

The Private Detective Mike

Rental Family

Shin Godzilla

Owl

Clouds Over the Hill

Scandal Eve

Bedtime Eyes

Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit

Shoplifters

The Secret Lives of Kyoto Folk

The New Chronicle of Lord Nobunaga: Classmates are Warriors

Water Boys

Yanchakure