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.
Known For
Shin Godzilla
(2016)
Ryuta Azuma : Chief Cabinet Secretary
John Rabe
(2009)
Matsui Iwane
Shoplifters
(2018)
Yoritsugu Kawado
Lu Over the Wall
(2017)
Ashimoto's Grandfather (voice)
Hard Days
(2023)
Yutaka Senba
Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla
(1994)
Major Akira Yuki
Wood Job!
(2014)
Toshiro Yamane
11'09''01 September 11
(2002)
Sakichi Furuhashi (segment "Japan")
Survival Family
(2016)
Sasaki Shigeomi
Memories of Matsuko
(2006)
Tsunehiro Kawajiri
Zatoichi
(2003)
Pub Owner
Shall We Dance?
(1996)
Detective Miwa
ICHI
(2008)
Bedtime Eyes
(1987)
The Eel
(1997)
Tamotsu Takasaki
It Feels So Good
(2019)
Kenji's father (voice)
Full Filmography
Acting
Shimoochiai Yakitori Movie
(1979)
Fujio Akatsuka's Gag Porno: Once More With Feeling
(1979)
Daigorô Hatayama
Masked Crusader, Mr. Jirenman
(1979)
Kantarô Iwata
Disciples of Hippocrates
(1980)
Sailor Suit and Machine Gun
(1981)
Detective Kuroki
Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san
(1982)
Kondo
The Man from Shimizu
(1982)
Lovers Lost
(1982)
Ishizuka
Suspicion
(1982)
Shigekazu Akitani
Double Bed
(1983)
Tôru Yamazaki
Make-Up
(1984)
Kikuo Tsutano
Location
(1984)
Konno
I Want To Live Once More: Shinjuku Bus Fire Incident
(1985)
Hirofumi Maruyama
Congratulatory Speech
(1985)
Yasuhei Higashida
The Second Is a Christian
(1985)
Kumashiro
Capone Cries a Lot
(1985)
Ushiemon
A Tale of Young Elopement
(1987)
Matsuda
Bedtime Eyes
(1987)
The Great Department Store Robbery
(1987)
The Heartbreak Yakuza
(1987)
The Silk Road
(1988)
Angel Guts: Red Vertigo
(1988)
Yakuza
The Yen Family
(1988)
Shinichi Amemiya
Revolver
(1988)
Keisuke Mineya
Tora-san Goes to Vienna
(1989)
Hyoma Sakaguchi
Battle Heater
(1989)
Riichi Hama
Beijing Watermelon
(1989)
Mr. Teramoto
Fancy Dance
(1989)
Masoho's boss
Mottomo Abunai Deka
(1989)
Maeo
Maria's Stomach
(1990)
Universal Laws
(1990)
Betrayal tomorrow
(1990)
Roar of the Crowd
(1990)
Goodbye Mama
(1991)
A Naive History of the Bakumatsu Era
(1991)
Kogoro Katsura
The Last Frankenstein
(1991)
Prof. Sarusawa
Dance till Tomorrow
(1991)
Sumo Do, Sumo Don't
(1992)
Professor Tokichi Anayama
Yamai wa kikara: Byôin e ikô 2
(1992)
Manhattan Kiss
(1992)
Private Lessons II
(1993)
Oba
I Can Hear the Duck Singing
(1993)
The Friends
(1994)
Nagatomo
Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla
(1994)
Major Akira Yuki
Maborosi
(1995)
Yoshihiro
Shall We Dance?
(1996)
Detective Miwa
Free and Easy 8
(1996)
Yukawa
The Rainbow Seeker
(1996)
The Eel
(1997)
Tamotsu Takasaki
The Key
(1997)
Soichiro Anzai
Body and Soul
(1997)
Abduction
(1997)
Love Letter
(1998)
Dr. Akagi
(1998)
Dr. Fuu Akagi
Legend of the Cat Monster
(1998)
Ryohei Shimura / Joji Tamura
Will to Live
(1999)
Doctor
Round About Midnight
(1999)
Totsuka
Kaizokuban Bootleg Film
(1999)
Tatsuo
The Nagaharu Yodogawa Story: A Cineaste's Life in Kobe
(1999)
Matashichi
Nagisa
(2000)
The City of Lost Souls
(2000)
Kuwata
The Whispered City
(2000)
Artist
Kaza-hana
(2000)
Hot Spring Inn Owner
Another Heaven
(2000)
Doctor Akagi
Turn
(2001)
Matsubara
Waterboys
(2001)
Mama
Barber's Sorrow
(2002)
KT
(2002)
Hiroshi Uchiyama
11'09''01 September 11
(2002)
Sakichi Furuhashi (segment "Japan")
Teacher's suitcase
(2003)
Sensei/Matsumoto Harutsuna
Farewell, Kuro
(2003)
Shuzo Hanazono
Owl
(2003)
Worst by Chance
(2003)
Shigeharu Kaneshiro
Zatoichi
(2003)
Pub Owner
Doppelganger
(2003)
Murakami
Moon and Cherry
(2004)
Sakamoto
The Lakeside Murder Case
(2004)
Tomoharu Fujima
The Motive
(2004)
Yoshifumi Katakura
Drugstore Girl
(2004)
Koji Nabeshima
The Hunter and the Hunted
(2004)
Neko
River of First Love
(2004)
Hidejiro Tasaki
Winning Pass
(2004)
Zebraman
(2004)
For the coming day
(2005)
Scrap Heaven
(2005)
Detective Yabuta
The Great Yokai War
(2005)
Tetsujin 28: The Movie
(2005)
Yunosuke Otsuka
The Suspect: Muroi Shinji
(2005)
Seigo Tsuda
Love Is Five Seven Five
(2005)
Grandfather
Japan Sinks
(2006)
It's Only Talk
(2006)
The Happiness
(2006)
The Summer of Stickleback
(2006)
Memories of Matsuko
(2006)
Tsunehiro Kawajiri
Prodigy
(2007)
Hisashi Kikuna
Life Can Be So Wonderful
(2007)
Haeo
The Go Master
(2007)
Kensaku Segoe
Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad
(2007)
Doctor from Sasazuka Clinic
The Shadow Spirit
(2007)
mimasaka koushirou
Three for the Road
(2007)
Starfish Hotel
(2007)
Mr. Trickster
All Around Us
(2008)
kunimasa Yasuda
The Cycling Genius Is Coming!
(2008)
ICHI
(2008)
Teacher and Three Children
(2008)
Yoshio Ichikawa
The Most Beautiful Night In The World
(2008)
Journalist
The Taste of Fish
(2008)
Shojiro Sanada
Happy Flight
(2008)
Saito
The Chasing World
(2008)
Doctor
Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit
(2008)
Counselor
Boku to Mama No Kiiroi Jitensha
(2009)
Shotaro
Asahiyama Zoo Story: Penguins in the Sky
(2009)
Itsuro Usui
John Rabe
(2009)
Matsui Iwane
Yona Yona Penguin
(2009)
Jii (voice)
April Bride
(2009)
Teishi Nagashima
Rain Fall
(2009)
Tatsu Ishikura
Hutch the Honeybee
(2010)
Heaven's Story
(2010)
Souichi
After the Flowers
(2010)
Soan Nagai
Postcard
(2010)
Yukichi Morikawa, the Father-in-Law
The Lightning Tree
(2010)
Kakunoshi Enokido
Cast Me If You Can
(2010)
Homeless guy
A Lone Scalpel
(2010)
Matsuo Okawa
Haru's Journey
(2010)
Michio Nakai
Golden Slumber
(2010)
Hodogaya Yasushi
Sakurada Gate Incident
(2010)
Magojiro Kaneko
Villain
(2010)
Yoshio Ishibashi
A Crowd of Three
(2010)
A Honeymoon in Hell: Mr. & Mrs. Oki's Fabulous Trip
(2011)
wet guy
Shikei Kijun
(2011)
Kyusaku Tsushima
Ninja Kids!!!
(2011)
Life Back Then
(2011)
Masashi Inoue
Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet
(2011)
Yoneuchi
Karate-Robo Zaborgar
(2011)
Dr. Akunomiya
In His Chart
(2011)
Doctor
The Life of Budori Gusuko
(2012)
Narrator / Dr. Kūbō (voice)
Humanoid Monster, Bem
(2012)
Kao no nai otoko
Casting Blossoms to the Sky
(2012)
Seijiro Nose
One Day in January
(2012)
Ace Attorney
(2012)
Saibancho (Judge)
A Sower of Seeds
(2012)
Shuzo Morikawa
Fly, Dakota, Fly!
(2013)
Banana, Gloves and Whale Shark
(2013)
Present for You
(2013)
Yellow Elephant
(2013)
Arechi
The War and a Woman
(2013)
client of woman
Unforgiven
(2013)
Kingo Baba
A House on a Hill
(2014)
Yoshitarō Terashima
Sleeping Forest
(2014)
Daisuke Ota
Time Trip App
(2014)
Ryuzo Yanagita
Cold
(2014)
Jin Ichinose
Oh! Father
(2014)
Hayashi Tomita
Wood Job!
(2014)
Toshiro Yamane
0.5 mm
(2014)
Takeshi Sasaki
A Woman from Ashio
(2014)
The Pearls of the Stone Man
(2015)
Kumaji Ueda
The Big Bee
(2015)
Murofushi
GARO -Gold Storm- Sho
(2015)
Priest Soutatsu
Vampire in Love
(2015)
Sojiro
Journey to the Shore
(2015)
Mr. Hoshitani
Living Rights
(2015)
Shippu Rondo
(2016)
Masaomi Togo
Shin Godzilla
(2016)
Ryuta Azuma : Chief Cabinet Secretary
Black Widow Business
(2016)
Jun Sakurada
A Living Promise
(2016)
Zenzo Takeda
The Mohican Comes Home
(2016)
Osamu Tamura
Sniper
(2016)
Tatsuyuki Miyata
Survival Family
(2016)
Sasaki Shigeomi
A Grain of Wheat
(2016)
Honda
Lu Over the Wall
(2017)
Ashimoto's Grandfather (voice)
Mukoku
(2017)
Seppo Mitsumura
Random Lives
(2017)
Hanamura
Neko Ninja
(2017)
Kariyazaki
Kodokunogurume ōmisoka supesharu ~ tabe-osame! Setouchi shutchō-hen ~
(2017)
The Dog Bridegroom
(2017)
Kenkichi Okumura
Oz Land
(2018)
Boss
Recall
(2018)
Seiji Nomura
Shoplifters
(2018)
Yoritsugu Kawado
Evil and The Mask
(2018)
Detective Aida
Color Me True
(2018)
Tadashi Honda
It Feels So Good
(2019)
Kenji's father (voice)
BON-UTA, A Song from Home
(2019)
(voice)
Godot of the Emotos
(2019)
They Say Nothing Stays the Same
(2019)
Toichi
The Promised Land
(2019)
Goro Fujiki
Castle of Sand
(2019)
Chiyokichi
Show Me the Way to the Station
(2019)
Iwane: Sword of Serenity
(2019)
Urakusai
I Never Shot Anyone
(2020)
Takashi Renjo
Wonderful Paradise
(2020)
Homeless
Living in the Sky
(2020)
Concierge Kondo
Underdog: Part One
(2020)
Sakuro
Stardust Over The Town
(2020)
Kumabe Rokuzo
Nosari: Impermanent Eternity
(2020)
The End of the Tiny World
(2021)
Kawabata
The Great Yokai War: Guardians
(2021)
old man
Baragaki: Unbroken Samurai
(2021)
Shop Owner
Girls, Guns and Gangsters: Shinji Somai & Sailor Suit & Machine Gun
(2021)
祈り ―幻に長崎を想う刻―
(2021)
A Man
(2022)
Norio Komiura
The Setting Sun
(2022)
Dr. Miyake
Wandering
(2022)
Agata
海の見える理髪店
(2022)
老店主
Noise
(2022)
Shoji
No Place to Go
(2022)
Egoist
(2023)
Yoshio Saito
Ripples
(2023)
Taro Kadokura
Yudo: The Way of the Bath
(2023)
regular customer
Shylock's Children
(2023)
Hajime Sawazaki
Do Unto Others
(2023)
Shosaku Shiba
Umami
(2023)
Salaryman
Manten no Goal
(2023)
Hard Days
(2023)
Yutaka Senba
September 1923
(2023)
Teiji Igusa
Houtei Yugi
(2023)
Touken Ranbu 2
(2023)
Muromachi Burai
(2025)
Directing