As Actor
Round About Midnight
1999
6.8
Akira Emoto
Acting
Born
November 3, 1948
Place of Birth
Chūō, Tokyo, Japan
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.
The Filmography
As Actor
Will to Live
1999
6.3
As Actor
Dr. Akagi
1998
6.6
As Actor
Body and Soul
1997
1.0
As Actor
The Key
1997
4.9
As Actor
The Eel
1997
6.9
As Actor
Shall We Dance?
1996
7.3
As Actor
Maborosi
1995
7.4
As Actor
Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla
1994
6.8
As Actor
The Friends
1994
7.4
As Actor
When Cinema Reflects the Times: Hou Hsiao-Hsien and Edward Yang
1993
6.7
As Actor
Private Lessons II
1993
2.7
As Actor
Yamai wa kikara: Byôin e ikô 2
1992
2.0
As Actor
Sumo Do, Sumo Don't
1992
6.7
As Actor
A Naive History of the Bakumatsu Era
1991
7.0
As Actor
The Last Frankenstein
1991
6.0
As Actor
Beijing Watermelon
1989
6.3
As Actor
Battle Heater
1989
7.2
As Actor
Harimao
1989
8.0
As Actor
Mottomo Abunai Deka
1989
8.0