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Akira Emoto

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Akira Emoto

Born Nov 3, 1948 · 77 years312 titles 245 movies · 67 TV
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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.

Also known as

柄本 明 · エモトアキラ · エモト アキラ

Born

Nov 3, 1948

Chuo, Tokyo, Japan

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Roles across career

Titles counted once; a person can act and direct on the same film (roles merged).

311

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Career timeline

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1979 3 title(s)

1980 1 title(s)

1981 1 title(s)

1982 4 title(s)

1983 3 title(s)

1984 3 title(s)

1985 4 title(s)

1986 1 title(s)

1987 4 title(s)

1988 6 title(s)

1989 6 title(s)

1990 5 title(s)

1991 5 title(s)

1992 3 title(s)

1993 5 title(s)

1994 2 title(s)

1995 2 title(s)

1996 3 title(s)

1997 4 title(s)

1998 3 title(s)

1999 6 title(s)

2000 5 title(s)

2001 4 title(s)

2002 6 title(s)

2003 10 title(s)

2004 10 title(s)

2005 8 title(s)

2006 7 title(s)

2007 8 title(s)

2008 11 title(s)

2009 7 title(s)

2010 16 title(s)

2011 9 title(s)

2012 9 title(s)

2013 11 title(s)

2014 9 title(s)

2015 9 title(s)

2016 10 title(s)

2017 11 title(s)

2018 7 title(s)

2019 12 title(s)

2020 7 title(s)

2021 9 title(s)

2022 13 title(s)

2023 13 title(s)

2024 6 title(s)

2025 7 title(s)

2026 4 title(s)