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
Shoplifters
(2018)
Yoritsugu Kawado
It Feels So Good
(2019)
Kenji's father (voice)
Hard Days
(2023)
Yutaka Senba
John Rabe
(2009)
Matsui Iwane
Zatoichi
(2003)
Pub Owner
Lu Over the Wall
(2017)
Ashimoto's Grandfather (voice)
Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla
(1994)
Major Akira Yuki
Maborosi
(1995)
Yoshihiro
Survival Family
(2016)
Sasaki Shigeomi
ICHI
(2008)
Memories of Matsuko
(2006)
Tsunehiro Kawajiri
The Great Yokai War
(2005)
Lovers Lost
(1982)
Ishizuka
Color Me True
(2018)
Tadashi Honda
Shall We Dance?
(1996)
Detective Miwa
Full Filmography
Acting
Masked Crusader, Mr. Jirenman
(1979)
Kantarô Iwata
Shimoochiai Yakitori Movie
(1979)
Fujio Akatsuka's Gag Porno: Once More With Feeling
(1979)
Daigorô Hatayama
Disciples of Hippocrates
(1980)
Sailor Suit and Machine Gun
(1981)
Detective Kuroki
Lovers Lost
(1982)
Ishizuka
Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san
(1982)
Kondo
Suspicion
(1982)
Shigekazu Akitani
The Man from Shimizu
(1982)
Double Bed
(1983)
Tôru Yamazaki
Location
(1984)
Konno
Make-Up
(1984)
Kikuo Tsutano
Capone Cries a Lot
(1985)
Ushiemon
The Second Is a Christian
(1985)
Kumashiro
Congratulatory Speech
(1985)
Yasuhei Higashida
I Want To Live Once More: Shinjuku Bus Fire Incident
(1985)
Hirofumi Maruyama
The Heartbreak Yakuza
(1987)
Bedtime Eyes
(1987)
A Tale of Young Elopement
(1987)
Matsuda
The Great Department Store Robbery
(1987)
Angel Guts: Red Vertigo
(1988)
Yakuza
The Yen Family
(1988)
Shinichi Amemiya
Revolver
(1988)
Keisuke Mineya
The Silk Road
(1988)
Beijing Watermelon
(1989)
Mr. Teramoto
Fancy Dance
(1989)
Masoho's boss
Battle Heater
(1989)
Riichi Hama
Tora-san Goes to Vienna
(1989)
Hyoma Sakaguchi
Mottomo Abunai Deka
(1989)
Maeo
Maria's Stomach
(1990)
Universal Laws
(1990)
Betrayal tomorrow
(1990)
Roar of the Crowd
(1990)
The Last Frankenstein
(1991)
Prof. Sarusawa
Dance till Tomorrow
(1991)
Goodbye Mama
(1991)
A Naive History of the Bakumatsu Era
(1991)
Kogoro Katsura
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)
Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla
(1994)
Major Akira Yuki
The Friends
(1994)
Nagatomo
Maborosi
(1995)
Yoshihiro
The Rainbow Seeker
(1996)
Free and Easy 8
(1996)
Yukawa
Shall We Dance?
(1996)
Detective Miwa
The Eel
(1997)
Tamotsu Takasaki
Abduction
(1997)
Body and Soul
(1997)
The Key
(1997)
Soichiro Anzai
Dr. Akagi
(1998)
Dr. Fuu Akagi
Legend of the Cat Monster
(1998)
Ryohei Shimura / Joji Tamura
Love Letter
(1998)
Kaizokuban Bootleg Film
(1999)
Tatsuo
Will to Live
(1999)
Doctor
Round About Midnight
(1999)
Totsuka
The Nagaharu Yodogawa Story: A Cineaste's Life in Kobe
(1999)
Matashichi
The City of Lost Souls
(2000)
Kuwata
Nagisa
(2000)
The Whispered City
(2000)
Artist
Kaza-hana
(2000)
Hot Spring Inn Owner
Another Heaven
(2000)
Doctor Akagi
Turn
(2001)
Matsubara
Waterboys
(2001)
Mama
KT
(2002)
Hiroshi Uchiyama
Barber's Sorrow
(2002)
11'09''01 September 11
(2002)
Sakichi Furuhashi (segment "Japan")
Zatoichi
(2003)
Pub Owner
Worst by Chance
(2003)
Shigeharu Kaneshiro
Owl
(2003)
Farewell, Kuro
(2003)
Shuzo Hanazono
Doppelganger
(2003)
Murakami
Teacher's suitcase
(2003)
Sensei/Matsumoto Harutsuna
The Motive
(2004)
Yoshifumi Katakura
River of First Love
(2004)
Hidejiro Tasaki
Drugstore Girl
(2004)
Koji Nabeshima
The Lakeside Murder Case
(2004)
Tomoharu Fujima
Moon and Cherry
(2004)
Sakamoto
The Hunter and the Hunted
(2004)
Neko
Winning Pass
(2004)
Zebraman
(2004)
The Suspect: Muroi Shinji
(2005)
Seigo Tsuda
Scrap Heaven
(2005)
Detective Yabuta
Love Is Five Seven Five
(2005)
Grandfather
Tetsujin 28: The Movie
(2005)
Yunosuke Otsuka
The Great Yokai War
(2005)
For the coming day
(2005)
The Happiness
(2006)
It's Only Talk
(2006)
Japan Sinks
(2006)
The Summer of Stickleback
(2006)
Memories of Matsuko
(2006)
Tsunehiro Kawajiri
Starfish Hotel
(2007)
Mr. Trickster
The Shadow Spirit
(2007)
mimasaka koushirou
The Go Master
(2007)
Kensaku Segoe
Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad
(2007)
Doctor from Sasazuka Clinic
Life Can Be So Wonderful
(2007)
Haeo
Three for the Road
(2007)
Prodigy
(2007)
Hisashi Kikuna
Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit
(2008)
Counselor
The Chasing World
(2008)
Doctor
The Taste of Fish
(2008)
Shojiro Sanada
The Most Beautiful Night In The World
(2008)
Journalist
The Cycling Genius Is Coming!
(2008)
All Around Us
(2008)
kunimasa Yasuda
Teacher and Three Children
(2008)
Yoshio Ichikawa
Happy Flight
(2008)
Saito
ICHI
(2008)
Rain Fall
(2009)
Tatsu Ishikura
April Bride
(2009)
Teishi Nagashima
John Rabe
(2009)
Matsui Iwane
Asahiyama Zoo Story: Penguins in the Sky
(2009)
Itsuro Usui
Yona Yona Penguin
(2009)
Jii (voice)
Boku to Mama No Kiiroi Jitensha
(2009)
Shotaro
Villain
(2010)
Yoshio Ishibashi
Sakurada Gate Incident
(2010)
Magojiro Kaneko
Golden Slumber
(2010)
Hodogaya Yasushi
Haru's Journey
(2010)
Michio Nakai
The Lightning Tree
(2010)
Kakunoshi Enokido
Cast Me If You Can
(2010)
Homeless guy
Postcard
(2010)
Yukichi Morikawa, the Father-in-Law
After the Flowers
(2010)
Soan Nagai
A Lone Scalpel
(2010)
Matsuo Okawa
Heaven's Story
(2010)
Souichi
Hutch the Honeybee
(2010)
A Crowd of Three
(2010)
In His Chart
(2011)
Doctor
Karate-Robo Zaborgar
(2011)
Dr. Akunomiya
Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet
(2011)
Yoneuchi
Life Back Then
(2011)
Masashi Inoue
Ninja Kids!!!
(2011)
A Honeymoon in Hell: Mr. & Mrs. Oki's Fabulous Trip
(2011)
wet guy
Shikei Kijun
(2011)
Kyusaku Tsushima
Ace Attorney
(2012)
Saibancho (Judge)
Humanoid Monster, Bem
(2012)
Kao no nai otoko
A Sower of Seeds
(2012)
Shuzo Morikawa
Casting Blossoms to the Sky
(2012)
Seijiro Nose
The Life of Budori Gusuko
(2012)
Narrator / Dr. Kūbō (voice)
One Day in January
(2012)
Unforgiven
(2013)
Kingo Baba
Yellow Elephant
(2013)
Arechi
The War and a Woman
(2013)
client of woman
Present for You
(2013)
Fly, Dakota, Fly!
(2013)
Banana, Gloves and Whale Shark
(2013)
0.5 mm
(2014)
Takeshi Sasaki
Wood Job!
(2014)
Toshiro Yamane
Oh! Father
(2014)
Hayashi Tomita
Cold
(2014)
Jin Ichinose
Time Trip App
(2014)
Ryuzo Yanagita
Sleeping Forest
(2014)
Daisuke Ota
A House on a Hill
(2014)
Yoshitarō Terashima
A Woman from Ashio
(2014)
Journey to the Shore
(2015)
Mr. Hoshitani
Vampire in Love
(2015)
Sojiro
GARO -Gold Storm- Sho
(2015)
Priest Soutatsu
The Big Bee
(2015)
Murofushi
The Pearls of the Stone Man
(2015)
Kumaji Ueda
Living Rights
(2015)
The Mohican Comes Home
(2016)
Osamu Tamura
Black Widow Business
(2016)
Jun Sakurada
Shin Godzilla
(2016)
Ryuta Azuma : Chief Cabinet Secretary
Shippu Rondo
(2016)
Masaomi Togo
A Living Promise
(2016)
Zenzo Takeda
A Grain of Wheat
(2016)
Honda
Survival Family
(2016)
Sasaki Shigeomi
Sniper
(2016)
Tatsuyuki Miyata
Mukoku
(2017)
Seppo Mitsumura
Lu Over the Wall
(2017)
Ashimoto's Grandfather (voice)
Random Lives
(2017)
Hanamura
Neko Ninja
(2017)
Kariyazaki
Kodokunogurume ōmisoka supesharu ~ tabe-osame! Setouchi shutchō-hen ~
(2017)
The Dog Bridegroom
(2017)
Kenkichi Okumura
Color Me True
(2018)
Tadashi Honda
Evil and The Mask
(2018)
Detective Aida
Shoplifters
(2018)
Yoritsugu Kawado
Recall
(2018)
Seiji Nomura
Oz Land
(2018)
Boss
Iwane: Sword of Serenity
(2019)
Urakusai
Castle of Sand
(2019)
Chiyokichi
They Say Nothing Stays the Same
(2019)
Toichi
The Promised Land
(2019)
Goro Fujiki
Show Me the Way to the Station
(2019)
Godot of the Emotos
(2019)
It Feels So Good
(2019)
Kenji's father (voice)
BON-UTA, A Song from Home
(2019)
(voice)
Nosari: Impermanent Eternity
(2020)
Living in the Sky
(2020)
Concierge Kondo
Underdog: Part One
(2020)
Sakuro
Stardust Over The Town
(2020)
Kumabe Rokuzo
I Never Shot Anyone
(2020)
Takashi Renjo
Wonderful Paradise
(2020)
Homeless
Baragaki: Unbroken Samurai
(2021)
Shop Owner
The Great Yokai War: Guardians
(2021)
old man
The End of the Tiny World
(2021)
Kawabata
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
Noise
(2022)
Shoji
Wandering
(2022)
Agata
海の見える理髪店
(2022)
老店主
No Place to Go
(2022)
The Setting Sun
(2022)
Dr. Miyake
Umami
(2023)
Salaryman
Shylock's Children
(2023)
Hajime Sawazaki
Yudo: The Way of the Bath
(2023)
regular customer
Ripples
(2023)
Taro Kadokura
Egoist
(2023)
Yoshio Saito
Do Unto Others
(2023)
Shosaku Shiba
Hard Days
(2023)
Yutaka Senba
Manten no Goal
(2023)
September 1923
(2023)
Teiji Igusa
Touken Ranbu 2
(2023)
Houtei Yugi
(2023)
Muromachi Burai
(2025)
Directing