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Noise

as

2022
Wandering

as Agata

2022
海の見える理髪店

as 老店主

2022
Living in the Sky

as Concierge Kondo

2020
The Promised Land

as Goro Fujiki

2019
Shoplifters

as

2018
Oz Land

as Boss

2018
Lu Over the Wall

as Ashimoto's Grandfather (voice)

2018
0.5 mm

as Takeshi Sasaki

2014
Ace Attorney

as Saibancho (Judge)

2012
Golden Slumber

as Hodogaya Yasushi

2010
John Rabe

as

2009
Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit

as Counselor

2008
The Chasing World

as Doctor

2008
Starfish Hotel

as Mr. Trickster

2007
Akira Emoto Akira Emoto

Birthday

1948-11-03

Place of Birth

Chūō, Tokyo, Japan

Biography

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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