Akira Emoto
Akira Emoto
Akira Emoto has appeared in 11 movies on CringeMDb. 4 contain sex scenes, nudity or sexual violence, and 7 do not.
- Most recent parent-safe movie: Rental Family (2025)
- Most recent with adult content: Shoplifters (2018)
Born November 3, 1948 · Known for acting
36.4% Featured Movie Cringe Score (11 movies)
Akira Emoto Movie Credits
Certified Parent-Safe
Zatoichi
...as Pub Owner
The Great Yokai War
Rain Fall
...as Tatsu Ishikura
Rental Family
...as Kikuo Hasegawa
Doppelgänger
...as Murakami
Lu Over the Wall
...as Ashimoto's Grandfather (voice)
Shall We Dance?
...as Detective Miwa
Certified Cringeworthy
The City of Lost Souls
...as Kuwata
ICHI
Another Heaven
...as Doctor Akagi
Shoplifters
...as Yoritsugu Kawado
About Akira Emoto
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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