Acting
Akira Emoto
- Titles
- 190movies67TV shows
- Career
Active from 1979 to 2025, busiest in 2010 with 8 main titles.
- Leading roles
- 44top three billing
- Average score
65/100
- Highest rated
Maborosi87/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 80 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Melancholy6.2average 4.7
- Pathos6.5average 5.2
- Psychological6.5average 5.6
- Catharsis6.0average 5.1
- Wonder4.0average 3.4
- Social Commentary5.4average 4.9
- Wholesome3.8average 3.3
- Coming of Age3.4average 3.0
Rarely in their work
- Pop Culture1.4, average 2.2
- Situational Comedy2.0, average 2.7
- Physical Comedy1.8, average 2.4
- Violence3.6, average 4.2
Main genres
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Recurring tags
- Character-Driven 21
- Japanese Cinema 20
- Political Intrigue 10
- Japanese Drama 7
- Coming-of-Age 7
- Social Commentary 6
- Heartwarming 5
- Melancholy 5
- Moral Ambiguity 4
- Historical Drama 4
- Character-Driven Narrative 4
- Slice of Life 4
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
- HHani MituhashiEditorShall We Dance?, Sumo Do, Sumo Don't, Life Back Then, April Bride, River of First Love, +4 more
Rena TanakaActorIsoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet, Yona Yona Penguin, The Suspect: Muroi Shinji, The Taste of Fish, The Shadow Spirit, +3 more
Haruhiko AraiWriterIt Feels So Good, Double Bed, The War and a Woman, KT, Body and Soul, +2 more
Koji YakushoActorThe Eel, Doppelgänger, Shall We Dance?, Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet, The Lakeside Murder Case, +1 more
BengalActorFujio Akatsuka's Gag Porno: In the Mood Once Again, Beijing Watermelon, Golden Slumber, Teacher's suitcase, Capone Cries a Lot, +1 more
Jun MurakamiActorThey Say Nothing Stays the Same, The War and a Woman, BON-UTA, A Song from Home, The Lightning Tree, Oh! Father
Naoto TakenakaActorShall We Dance?, Angel Guts: Red Vertigo, Mibu Gishiden: Shinsengumi de Ichiban Tsuyokatta Otoko, Banjo no Himawari, Sumo Do, Sumo Don't
Masahiko TsugawaActor0.5 mm, Mibu Gishiden: Shinsengumi de Ichiban Tsuyokatta Otoko, Postcard, A Naive History of the Bakumatsu Era, Cast Me If You Can
Noriko EguchiActorRipples, The War and a Woman, The Taste of Fish, Moon & Cherry, Cast Me If You Can
Shinobu OtakeActorRound About Midnight, Teacher and Three Children, Postcard, Will to Live, A Tale of Young Elopement
Mitsuko BaishoActorThe Eel, Postcard, Turn, All Around Us
Midori KiuchiActor0.5 mm, Maborosi, Teacher's suitcase, The Yen Family
Movies and TV shows
2542020s
48 titles · average score 69
as Kikuo Hasegawa
as Motoji Kanesaki
as Yaichi Katano
as Teacher
TV show · as Keisuke Takamine
as Yutaka Senba
as Yoshio Saito
as Taro Kadokura
as Salaryman
as Kawabata
TV show · as Kawabata
as Shop Owner
2010s
91 titles · average score 68
as Kenji's Father (voice)
TV show
as Ashimoto's Grandfather (voice)
TV show · as Danjo Toranosuke
as Kariyazaki
as Osamu Tamura
as Takeshi Sasaki
as Kingo Baba
TV show
as Magojiro Kaneko
2000s
62 titles · average score 63
as Teishi Nagashima
as Tatsu Ishikura
as kunimasa Yasuda
as Yoshio Ichikawa
as Kensaku Segoe
as Tsunehiro Kawajiri
TV show · as Hideyoshi Toyotomi
as Tomoharu Fujima
as Koji Nabeshima
as Murakami
1990s
27 titles · average score 71
as Tatsuo
as Dr. Fuu Akagi
as Tamotsu Takasaki
as Soichiro Anzai
as Sekiya/Reiko's lover-Aya's ex
as Detective Miwa
as Yoshihiro
as Nagatomo
as Narrator (voice)
as Professor Tokichi Anayama
as Prof. Sarusawa
TV show · as Moronao Kô-no
1980s
24 titles · average score 66
as Riichi Hama
as Mr. Teramoto
as Maeo
as Yakuza
as Shinichi Amemiya
as Keisuke Mineya
as Kumashiro
as Ushiemon
as Ryohei Shimura / Joji Tamura
as Tôru Yamazaki
as Ishizuka
as Shigekazu Akitani
1970s
2 titles
as Daigorô Hatayama
as Kantarô Iwata