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Acting

Akira Emoto

Career: Active from 1979 to 2025, busiest in 2010 with 8 main titles.

Leading roles: 44
top three billing

Average score: 66/100

Highest rated: Maborosi
87/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 82 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Akira Emoto Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Pop Culture
1.4, average 2.2
Situational Comedy
2.0, average 2.7
Physical Comedy
1.8, average 2.4

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character-Driven 21
Japanese Cinema 20
Political Intrigue 10
Coming-of-Age 7
Social Commentary 6
Japanese Drama 6
Melancholy 5
Character Study 5
Heartwarming 4
Intrigue 4
Psychological Thriller 4
Melancholic Tone 4

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

255

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

Upcoming

1 title

あなたが欲しい－I WANT YOU－

TV show

2020s

48 titles · average score 69

Rental Family

77

as Kikuo Hasegawa

The Final Piece

as Motoji Kanesaki

The Boy and the Dog

as Yaichi Katano

Maru

as Teacher

Shinjuku Field Hospital

TV show · as Keisuke Takamine

Hard Days

63

as Yutaka Senba

Egoist

65

as Yoshio Saito

Ripples

66

as Taro Kadokura

Umami

57

as Salaryman

A Man

82

as Norio Komiura

The Master Plan

as Kawabata

Re: The End of the Tiny World - Half a Year Later

TV show · as Kawabata

2010s

91 titles · average score 68

It Feels So Good

66

as Kenji's Father (voice)

They Say Nothing Stays the Same

56

as Toichi

Banjo no Himawari

TV show

Lu Over the Wall

69

as Ashimoto's Grandfather (voice)

A Life: A Love

69

TV show · as Danjo Toranosuke

The Mohican Comes Home

61

as Osamu Tamura

Unforgiven

83

as Kingo Baba

Folktales from Japan

TV show

Ace Attorney

63

as Saibancho (Judge)

Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet

67

as Yoneuchi

Sakurada Gate Incident

as Magojiro Kaneko

Golden Slumber

71

as Hodogaya Yasushi

2000s

62 titles · average score 63

April Bride

55

as Teishi Nagashima

Rain Fall

37

as Tatsu Ishikura

All Around Us

72

as kunimasa Yasuda

Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit

74

as Counselor

Teacher and Three Children

as Yoshio Ichikawa

The Go Master

54

as Kensaku Segoe

Life Can Be So Wonderful

as Haeo

Memories of Matsuko

83

as Tsunehiro Kawajiri

Love and Glory

TV show · as Hideyoshi Toyotomi

The Lakeside Murder Case

63

as Tomoharu Fujima

Drugstore Girl

as Koji Nabeshima

Doppelgänger

66

as Murakami

1990s

27 titles · average score 72

Kaizokuban Bootleg Film

as Tatsuo

Dr. Akagi

82

as Dr. Fuu Akagi

The Eel

70

as Tamotsu Takasaki

The Key

as Soichiro Anzai

Body and Soul

as Sekiya/Reiko's lover-Aya's ex

Shall We Dance?

77

as Detective Miwa

Maborosi

87

as Yoshihiro

The Friends

48

as Nagatomo

When Cinema Reflects the Times: Hou Hsiao-Hsien and Edward Yang

as Narrator (voice)

Sumo Do, Sumo Don't

73

as Professor Tokichi Anayama

Taiheiki

TV show · as Moronao Kô-no

The Last Frankenstein

as Prof. Sarusawa

1980s

24 titles · average score 66

Battle Heater

as Riichi Hama

Beijing Watermelon

71

as Mr. Teramoto

Angel Guts: Red Vertigo

58

as Yakuza

The Yen Family

as Shinichi Amemiya

Revolver

as Keisuke Mineya

The Second Is a Christian

as Kumashiro

Capone Cries a Lot

as Ushiemon

Location

as Konno

Legend of the Cat Monster

as Ryohei Shimura / Joji Tamura

Double Bed

as Tôru Yamazaki

Suspicion

70

as Shigekazu Akitani

Lovers Lost

64

as Ishizuka

1970s

2 titles

Masked Crusader, Mr. Jirenman

as Kantarô Iwata

Fujio Akatsuka's Gag Porno: In the Mood Once Again

as Daigorô Hatayama