--- name: "Akira Emoto" canonical: "https://film.one/person/akira-emoto" fi1m_id: "akira-emoto" imdb_id: "nm0256628" tmdb_id: 13283 wikidata_id: "Q873921" roles: ["Actor"] born: "3 November 1948" reviewed_on_fi1m: 3 average_fi1m_score: 74 average_as: "actor" average_over: 3 updated: "2026-09-28T21:05:29.574559+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Akira Emoto ## Identity Akira Emoto - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/akira-emoto - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** akira-emoto - **IMDb ID:** nm0256628 - **TMDB ID:** 13283 - **Wikidata ID:** Q873921 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akira_Emoto, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q873921, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0256628/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/13283 Actor. Born 3 November 1948 in Chuo, Tokyo, Japan. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 3 November 1948, Chuo, Tokyo, Japan - **Active:** 1994–present - **Also known as:** 柄本 明, エモトアキラ, エモト アキラ - **Average Fi1m score:** 74, as actor, over 3 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 82 (2), 2020s 58 (1) - **Fi1m against the critics:** 74 to 70 across 3 titles - **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 1 under 60 - **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second - **Genres:** Drama 2, Action 1, Comedy 1, Crime 1, Horror 1, Science Fiction 1 - **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films - **Box office:** $173m across 3 films with figures - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akira_Emoto, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q873921, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0256628/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/13283 ## Streaming the US now - **Disney+:** [*Rental Family*](https://film.one/film/rental-family.md) (58) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Akira Emoto is a Japanese actor. He was born on 3 November 1948 in Chūō, Tokyo. Emoto is known for roles including Yoritsugu Kawado in *Shoplifters* (2018), Ryuta Azuma in *Shin Godzilla* (2016), the pub owner in *Zatoichi* (2003) and Major Akira Yuki in *Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla* (1994). He won the Japan Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in *Dr. Akagi* (1998). He played Kikuo Hasegawa in *Rental Family* (2025). He is the father of actors Tasuku Emoto and Tokio Emoto. *Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org.* ## On Fi1m (3) - *Rental Family* (2025), Fi1m 58, as Kikuo Hasegawa — [page](https://film.one/film/rental-family.md) - *Shoplifters* (2018), Fi1m 89, as Yoritsugu Kawado — [page](https://film.one/film/shoplifters.md) - *Shin Godzilla* (2016), Fi1m 74, as Ryuta Azuma : Chief Cabinet Secretary — [page](https://film.one/film/shin-godzilla.md) ## Complete filmography (309) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Kyoto Hippocrates* (2026), Actor - *Convenience Store Kyodai* (2026), series, as Umeda Shohei - *無垢なる証人* (2026), series, as Hiroki Oyagi - *The Imaginary Dog and the Lying Cat* (2026), Actor - *One Last Throw* (2025), as Kawato Kozo - *Rental Family* (2025), as Kikuo Hasegawa — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/rental-family.md) - *Scandal Eve* (2025), series, as Shigeru Kodama - *The Final Piece* (2025), as Motoji Kanesaki - *The Way of The Prison Guard* (2025), Actor - *The Boy and the Dog* (2025), as Yaichi Katano - *Samurai Fury* (2025), Actor - *The God of Curling* (2024), as Susumu Komiyama - *Maru* (2024), as Teacher - *Shinjuku Field Hospital* (2024), series, as Keisuke Takamine - *JK to Roppozensho* (2024), series, as 桜木倫太郎 - *Don't Lose Your Head!* (2024), as Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu - *The Innocent Game* (2023), Actor - *満天のゴール* (2023), series, as トクじい - *September 1923* (2023), as Teiji Igusa - *Goal of the Sky* (2023), Actor - *Ripples* (2023), as Taro Kadokura - *Hard Days* (2023), as Yutaka Senba - *Touken Ranbu: The Movie -Dawn-* (2023), as Fujiwara no Michinaga - *Do Unto Others* (2023), as Shosaku Shiba - *Yudo* (2023), as regular customer - *Shylock's Children* (2023), as Hajime Sawazaki - *Egoist* (2023), as Yoshio Saito - *Umami* (2023), as Salaryman - *Get Ready!* (2023), series, as Hiroshi Bojo - *A Man* (2022), as Norio Komiura - *The Setting Sun* (2022), as Dr. Miyake - *Japanese Style* (2022), series, as Hifuji Umekoshi - *No Place to Go* (2022), as Bomber - *Goodbye My Dear* (2022), series, as Hiroshi Yamawaki - *The New Chronicle of Lord Nobunaga: Classmates are Warriors* (2022), series, as Yotaro Befunokami - *混声の森* (2022), series, Actor - *The Wandering Moon* (2022), as Agata - *Barber Shop with a View of the Sea* (2022), as 老店主 - *Teen Regime* (2022), series, as Washida Tsuguaki - *Ten Count to the Future* (2022), series, as Kenzo Ashiya - *Noise* (2022), as Shoji - *Girls, Guns and Gangsters: Shinji Somai & Sailor Suit & Machine Gun* (2021), Actor - *Baragaki: Unbroken Samurai* (2021), as Shop Owner - *Bullets, Bones and Blocked Noses* (2021), series, as Hadashi no Tyosuke(裸足のチョウスケ) - *祈り ―幻に長崎を想う刻―* (2021), Actor - *The Great Yokai War: Guardians* (2021), as old man, Old Man - *Utsusemi no mori* (2021), as Police Inspector Kariya Shinichi - *The Master Plan* (2021), as Kawabata - *Re: The End of the Tiny World - Half a Year Later* (2021), series, as Kawabata - *てにあまる* (2021), series, Actor - *Underdog: Part One* (2020), as Sakuro - *Underdog: Part Two* (2020), as Sakuro - *Wonderful Paradise* (2020), as Homeless - *Living in the Sky* (2020), as Concierge Kondo - *Nosari: Impermanent Eternity* (2020), Actor - *I Never Shot Anyone* (2020), as Takashi Renjo - *Stardust over the Town* (2020), as Kumabe Rokuzo - *Finding Light at the Darkness Festival* (2019), Actor - *The Promised Land* (2019), as Goro Fujiki - *Show Me the Way to the Station* (2019), Actor - *They Say Nothing Stays the Same* (2019), as Toichi - *Banjo no Himawari* (2019), series, Actor - *It Feels So Good* (2019), as Kenji's Father (voice) - *Iwane: Sword of Serenity* (2019), as Urakusai - *Villain: Perpetrator Chase Investigation* (2019), series, as 铃本茂树 - *Godot of the Emotos* (2019), Actor - *In Hand* (2019), series, Actor - *Castle of Sand* (2019), as Chiyokichi - *BON-UTA, A Song from Home* (2019), as (voice) - *Oz Land* (2018), as Boss - *Good Doctor* (2018), series, as Akira Shiga - *Recall* (2018), as Seiji Nomura - *Shoplifters* (2018), as Yoritsugu Kawado — Fi1m 89, [page](https://film.one/film/shoplifters.md) - *Color Me True* (2018), as Tadashi Honda - *Evil and The Mask* (2018), as Detective Aida - *Segodon* (2018), series, as Ryu Samin - *Solitary Gourmet New Year's Eve Special ~Final Meal! Setouchi Business Trip~* (2017), Actor - *Home Sweet Tokyo* (2017), series, as [Ramen Shop Owner] - *Mukoku* (2017), as Seppo Mitsumura - *Neko Ninja* (2017), as Kariyazaki - *Lu Over the Wall* (2017), as Ashimoto's Grandfather (voice) - *The Dog Bridegroom* (2017), as Kenkichi Okumura - *Frankenstein's Love* (2017), series, as Tsurumaru - *Survival Family* (2017), as Sasaki Shigeomi - *Random Lives* (2017), as Hanamura - *A Life: A Love* (2017), series, as Danjo Toranosuke - *Silver and Gold* (2017), series, as Hitoshi Kuramae - *Shippu Rondo* (2016), as Masaomi Togo - *Sniper* (2016), as Tatsuyuki Miyata - *Black Widow Business* (2016), as Jun Sakurada - *A Grain of Wheat* (2016), as Honda - *Shin Godzilla* (2016), as Ryuta Azuma : Chief Cabinet Secretary — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/shin-godzilla.md) - *The Mohican Comes Home* (2016), as Osamu Tamura - *Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit* (2016), series, as Sfar - *Arashi no Namida* (2016), series, Actor - *Love That Makes You Cry* (2016), series, as Masahiko Hayashida - *A Living Promise* (2016), as Zenzo Takeda - *Journey to the Shore* (2015), as Hoshitani - *The Big Bee* (2015), as Murofushi - *The Pearls of the Stone Man* (2015), as Kumaji Ueda - *Vampire in Love* (2015), as Sojiro - *GARO: Gold Storm Flight* (2015), as Priest Soutatsu - *Living Rights* (2015), Actor - *Present for You* (2015), Actor - *The Secret Lives of Kyoto Folk* (2015), series, Actor - *新 法廷荒らし 猪狩文助〜終の棲家〜* (2015), series, Actor - *A House on a Hill* (2014), as Yoshitarō Terashima - *0.5 mm* (2014), as Takeshi Sasaki - *Cold* (2014), as Jin Ichinose - *Time Trip App* (2014), as Ryuzo Yanagita - *Oh! Father* (2014), as Hayashi Tomita - *Wood Job!* (2014), as Toshiro Yamane - *The Long Goodbye* (2014), series, as Heizo Harada - *A Woman from Ashio* (2014), series, Actor - *Sleeping Forest* (2014), as Daisuke Ota - *Olympic Ransom* (2013), series, Actor - *Fly, Dakota, Fly!* (2013), Actor - *The Partner* (2013), as Ōkuma Shigenobu - *Unforgiven* (2013), as Kingo Baba - *Ask This of Rikyu* (2013), Actor - *Hanzawa Naoki* (2013), series, as Keiji Minobe - *The War and a Woman* (2013), as client of woman - *Kumokiri Nizaemon* (2013), series, Actor - *Yellow Elephant* (2013), as Arechi - *Black Kite* (2013), series, as Kaiun - *Banana, Gloves and Whale Shark* (2013), as Lawyer - *Humanoid Monster, Bem* (2012), as Kao no nai otoko - *One Day in January* (2012), Actor - *疑惑* (2012), series, Actor - *Platinum Town* (2012), series, Actor - *The Life of Budori Gusuko* (2012), as Narrator / Dr. Kūbō (voice) - *Casting Blossoms to the Sky* (2012), as Seijiro Nose - *Folktales from Japan* (2012), series, Actor - *A Sower of Seeds* (2012), as Shuzo Morikawa - *Ace Attorney* (2012), as Saibancho (Judge) - *Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet* (2011), as Yoneuchi - *Life Back Then* (2011), as Masashi Inoue - *Humanoid Monster Bem* (2011), series, as Nameless Man - *Karate-Robo Zaborgar* (2011), as Dr. Akunomiya - *HUNTER - Women After Reward Money* (2011), series, as Shogo Ooiwa - *Shikei Kijun* (2011), as Kyusaku Tsushima - *In His Chart* (2011), as Doctor - *Ninja Kids!!!* (2011), Actor - *A Honeymoon in Hell: Mr. & Mrs. Oki's Fabulous Trip* (2011), as wet guy - *Postcard* (2010), as Yukichi Morikawa, the Father-in-Law - *Cast Me If You Can* (2010), as Homeless guy - *The Lightning Tree* (2010), as Kakunoshi Enokido - *Mori no Asagao* (2010), series, as Keizukuri Hukahori - *Sakurada Gate Incident* (2010), as Magojiro Kaneko - *Ekeb of Dekye* (2010), as Soichi Yanagimachi - *Heaven's Story* (2010), as Souichi - *Naze Kimi wa Zetsubo to Tatakaeta noka* (2010), series, Actor - *Villain* (2010), as Yoshio Ishibashi - *Hutch the Honeybee* (2010), Actor - *A Crowd of Three* (2010), Actor - *A Lone Scalpel* (2010), as Matsuo Okawa - *Haru's Journey* (2010), as Michio Nakai - *Absolute Zero* (2010), series, as Sosuke Kagami - *After the Flowers* (2010), as Soan Nagai - *Golden Slumber* (2010), as Hodogaya Yasushi - *Yona Yona Penguin* (2009), as Jii (voice) - *Clouds Over the Hill* (2009), series, as 乃木知幸介 - *Boku to Mama No Kiiroi Jitensha* (2009), as Shotaro - *April Bride* (2009), as Teishi Nagashima - *Rain Fall* (2009), as Tatsu Ishikura - *John Rabe* (2009), as Matsui Iwane - *Asahiyama Zoo Story: Penguins in the Sky* (2009), as Itsuro Usui - *Happy Flight* (2008), as Saito - *ICHI* (2008), Actor - *Ties of Shooting Stars* (2008), series, as Togami Masayuki - *Teacher and Three Children* (2008), as Yoshio Ichikawa - *Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit* (2008), as Counselor - *The Cycling Genius Is Coming!* (2008), Actor - *Your Friend* (2008), Actor - *All Around Us* (2008), as kunimasa Yasuda - *The Taste of Fish* (2008), as Shojiro Sanada - *The Most Beautiful Night In The World* (2008), as Journalist - *The Chasing World* (2008), as Doctor - *The Shadow Spirit* (2007), as mimasaka koushirou - *Prodigy* (2007), as Hisashi Kikuna - *Life Can Be So Wonderful* (2007), as Haeo - *Three for the Road* (2007), Actor - *The Go Master* (2007), as Kensaku Segoe - *Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad* (2007), as Doctor from Sasazuka Clinic - *愛の流刑地* (2007), series, as 北冈耕造 - *Starfish Hotel* (2007), as Mr. Trickster - *The Happiness* (2006), Actor - *The Summer of Stickleback* (2006), Actor - *Japan Sinks* (2006), as Professor Fukuhara - *It's Only Talk* (2006), Actor - *Memories of Matsuko* (2006), as Tsunehiro Kawajiri - *Tokumei! Keiji Dongame* (2006), series, Actor - *Love and Glory* (2006), series, as Hideyoshi Toyotomi - *Scrap Heaven* (2005), as Detective Yabuta - *Haru and Natsu* (2005), series, as Kotaro Nakayama - *The Suspect: Muroi Shinji* (2005), as Seigo Tsuda - *The Great Yokai War* (2005), Actor - *For the coming day* (2005), Actor - *Love Is Five Seven Five* (2005), as Grandfather - *Tetsujin 28: The Movie* (2005), as Yunosuke Otsuka - *The Lakeside Murder Case* (2005), as Tomoharu Fujima - *Moon & Cherry* (2004), as Sakamoto - *The Motive* (2004), as Yoshifumi Katakura - *River of First Love* (2004), as Hidejiro Tasaki - *Chicken Is Barefoot* (2004), Actor - *Drugstore Girl* (2004), as Koji Nabeshima - *Zebraman* (2004), as Kitahara the Crab Man - *Winning Pass* (2004), Actor - *The Hunter and the Hunted* (2004), as Neko - *竜馬がゆく* (2004), series, Actor - *Hana* (2003), as Hiroshi Torigoe - *Doppelgänger* (2003), as Murakami - *Worst by Chance* (2003), as Shigeharu Kaneshiro - *Zatoichi* (2003), as Pub Owner - *Love & War of a Samurai* (2003), series, Actor - *Farewell, Kuro* (2003), as Shuzo Hanazono - *Water Boys* (2003), series, as Mama (of a bar) - *Samurai Resurrection* (2003), as Nobutsuna Matsudaira - *Teacher's suitcase* (2003), as Sensei/Matsumoto Harutsuna - *Owl* (2003), Actor - *Mibu Gishiden: Shinsengumi de Ichiban Tsuyokatta Otoko* (2002), series, Actor - *Barber's Sorrow* (2002), as Sakaguchi - *AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo* (2002), series, as Hyoue Yarikura - *September 11* (2002), as Sakichi Furuhashi (segment "Japan") - *The Private Detective Mike* (2002), series, Actor - *KT* (2002), as Hiroshi Uchiyama - *Prince Shotoku* (2001), series, as Anahobe no miko - *Turn* (2001), as Matsubara - *Waterboys* (2001), as Mama - *Kaza-hana* (2001), as Hot Spring Inn Owner - *The City of Lost Souls* (2000), as Kuwata - *The Whispered City* (2000), as Toyohashi, sculptor - *Nagisa* (2000), as Priest Shinto - *Another Heaven* (2000), as Doctor Akagi - *As the River Flows* (2000), Actor - *Kaizokuban Bootleg Film* (1999), as Tatsuo - *The Nagaharu Yodogawa Story: A Cineaste's Life in Kobe* (1999), as Matashichi - *Round About Midnight* (1999), as Totsuka - *Out - Tsumatachi no Hanzai* (1999), series, Actor - *Will to Live* (1999), as Doctor - *Genroku Ryoran* (1999), series, as Genshiro - *Yanchakure* (1998), series, as 水嶋钦一 - *Love Letter* (1998), Actor - *Dr. Akagi* (1998), as Dr. Fuu Akagi - *The Key* (1997), as Soichiro Anzai - *Body and Soul* (1997), as Sekiya/Reiko's lover-Aya's ex - *Abduction* (1997), as Chief Superintendent Tachibana - *The Eel* (1997), as Tamotsu Takasaki - *The Rainbow Seeker* (1996), Actor - *Free and Easy 8* (1996), as Yukawa - *Shall We Dance?* (1996), as Detective Miwa - *Maborosi* (1995), as Yoshihiro - *Eighth Shogun Yoshimune* (1995), series, as Tokugawa Munenao - *Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla* (1994), as Major Akira Yuki - *The Friends* (1994), as Nagatomo - *I Can Hear the Duck Singing* (1993), Actor - *When Cinema Reflects the Times: Hou Hsiao-Hsien and Edward Yang* (1993), as Narrator (voice) - *Private Lessons II* (1993), as Oba - *Sky Cannot Be This Blue* (1993), Director - *Family Court Judge* (1993), series, as Shibuya Naomasa - *Yamai wa kikara: Byôin e ikô 2* (1992), Actor - *Manhattan Kiss* (1992), Actor - *Sumo Do, Sumo Don't* (1992), as Professor Tokichi Anayama - *A Naive History of the Bakumatsu Era* (1991), as Kogoro Katsura - *Dance till Tomorrow* (1991), Actor - *The Last Frankenstein* (1991), as Prof. Sarusawa - *Goodbye Mama* (1991), Actor - *Taiheiki* (1991), series, as Moronao Kô-no - *Betrayal Tomorrow* (1990), Actor - *Maria's Stomach* (1990), Actor - *Roar of the Crowd* (1990), Actor - *ホットドッグ* (1990), series, as 大田原輝 - *Universal Laws* (1990), Actor - *Fancy Dance* (1989), as Masoho's boss - *Beijing Watermelon* (1989), as Mr. Teramoto - *Battle Heater* (1989), as Riichi Hama - *Tora-san Goes to Vienna* (1989), as 坂口兵馬 - *Harimao* (1989), as Army Major - *Mottomo Abunai Deka* (1989), as Maeo - *あじさい色のレディ* (1988), Actor - *Revolver* (1988), as Keisuke Mineya - *あそびにおいでョ!* (1988), series, Actor - *The Silk Road* (1988), Actor - *The Yen Family* (1988), as Shinichi Amemiya - *Angel Guts: Red Vertigo* (1988), as Yakuza - *The Great Department Store Robbery* (1987), Actor - *The Heartbreak Yakuza* (1987), Actor - *Bedtime Eyes* (1987), Actor - *A Tale of Young Elopement* (1987), as Matsuda - *Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies* (1986), Actor - *Congratulatory Speech* (1985), as Yasuhei Higashida - *The Second Is a Christian* (1985), as Kumashiro - *I Want To Live Once More: Shinjuku Bus Fire Incident* (1985), as Hirofumi Maruyama - *Capone Cries a Lot* (1985), as Ushiemon - *水曜ドラマスペシャル* (1984), series, Actor - *Location* (1984), as Konno - *Make-Up* (1984), as Kikuo Tsutano - *Legend of the Cat Monster* (1983), as Ryohei Shimura / Joji Tamura - *Double Bed* (1983), as Tôru Yamazaki - *Amagi Pass* (1983), Actor - *The Man from Shimizu* (1982), Actor - *Suspicion* (1982), as Shigekazu Akitani - *Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san* (1982), as Kondo - *Lovers Lost* (1982), as Ishizuka - *Sailor Suit and Machine Gun* (1981), as Detective Kuroki - *Disciples of Hippocrates* (1980), Actor - *Masked Crusader, Mr. Jirenman* (1979), as Kantarô Iwata - *Shimo-ochiai Yakitori Movie* (1979), Actor - *Fujio Akatsuka's Gag Porno: In the Mood Once Again* (1979), as Daigorô Hatayama ## Gallery - ![柄本明さん(旭日小綬章) (2019)](https://film.one/media/person/7362/gallery-1fa8afbdf6f3.jpg) 柄本明さん(旭日小綬章) (2019) — 文部科学省, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Akira_Emoto.jpg/1280px-Akira_Emoto.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![柄本明さん(旭日小綬章) (2019)](https://film.one/media/person/7362/gallery-b384947be619.jpg) 柄本明さん(旭日小綬章) (2019) — 文部科学省, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Akira_Emoto_cropped.jpg/1280px-Akira_Emoto_cropped.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Akira Emoto](https://film.one/media/person/7362/gallery-389cfd7cea0f.jpg) Akira Emoto — Dick Thomas Johnson from Tokyo, Japan, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Yokohama_International_Film_Festival_2023_Emoto_Akira_%2853090639156%29.jpg/1280px-Yokohama_International_Film_Festival_2023_Emoto_Akira_%2853090639156%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Akira Emoto](https://film.one/media/person/7362/gallery-8d2cbbc2b1b5.jpg) Akira Emoto — Image via TMDB ## Awards ### Other awards — 3 won - The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette 2019: The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette (won) - Medal with Purple Ribbon 2011: Medal with Purple Ribbon (won) - Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Supporting Actor 1983: Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Supporting Actor (won) *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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