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Portrait of Akira Emoto

Acting

Akira Emoto

  • Born Nov. 3, 1948
  • Chuo, Tokyo, Japan
  • 78 years old

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 …

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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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Yoshihiro

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Tsunehiro Kawajiri

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Detective Miwa

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Ashimoto's Grandfather (voice)

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Tamotsu Takasaki

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Matsui Iwane

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Sakichi Furuhashi (segment "Japan")

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Saibancho (Judge)

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Toshiro Yamane

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Kitahara the Crab Man

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Kingo Baba

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Norio Komiura

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Hoshitani

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Yoneuchi

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Takeshi Sasaki

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Saito

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Doctor Akagi

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Professor Fukuhara

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Totsuka

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Tomoharu Fujima

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Shinichi Amemiya

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Tatsuo

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Concierge Kondo

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Priest Shinto

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Detective Yabuta

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Boss

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Motoji Kanesaki

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Kumaji Ueda

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Toichi

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Sakuro

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Riichi Hama

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Daigorô Hatayama

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Priest Soutatsu

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Hiroshi Bojo

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Souichi

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Bomber

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Oba

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Ryu Samin

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Heizo Harada

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Shuzo Hanazono

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Tsurumaru

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Hideyoshi Toyotomi

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Seppo Mitsumura

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Masaomi Togo

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Kumabe Rokuzo

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Mr. Trickster

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Prof. Sarusawa

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client of woman

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Mama (of a bar)

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Teishi Nagashima

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Detective Aida

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Genshiro

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Maeo

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Sakuro

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Homeless

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Haeo

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Konno

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Grandfather

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Hayashi Tomita

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Kawato Kozo

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