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Akira Emoto
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.
153 titles
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Rental Family
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Action, Adventure, Drama
Zatoichi
2003
Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
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1994
Drama
Maborosi
1995
Comedy, Drama
Memories of Matsuko
2006
Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Shall We Dance?
1996
Adventure, Animated, Family, Fantasy, Music
Lu Over the Wall
2017
Crime, Drama
The Eel
1997
Crime, Drama, Mystery
Ace Attorney
2012
Comedy, Drama
Wood Job!
2014
Action, Crime, Drama, Western
Unforgiven
2013
Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A Man
2022
Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Hard Days
2023
Action, Comedy, Mystery
Golden Slumber
2010
Drama, Romance
It Feels So Good
2019
Comedy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Doppelgänger
2003
History, War
Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet
2011
Drama
0.5 mm
2014
Drama
Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit
2008
Comedy, Drama
Umami
2023
Drama, Fantasy, Romance
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2018
Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Japan Sinks
2006
Comedy, Drama, History
Dr. Akagi
1998
Drama, Horror, Thriller
Angel Guts: Red Vertigo
1988
Drama
Wandering
2022
Drama, Romance
Vampire in Love
2015
Comedy
Sumo Do, Sumo Don't
1992
Drama
The Friends
1994
Drama
Ripples
2023
Animated, Drama, Fantasy
The Life of Budori Gusuko
2012
Drama, Romance
Egoist
2023
Comedy, Family, Mystery
Ties of Shooting Stars
2008
Drama
All Around Us
2008
Drama
It's Only Talk
2006
Crime, Drama
The Promised Land
2019
Drama, Romance
Yellow Elephant
2013
Drama
A Lone Scalpel
2010
Drama
Haru's Journey
2010
Drama, Romance
Lovers Lost
1982
Drama, History
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2023
Drama, History
The Silk Road
1988
Drama
The Boy and the Dog
2025
Drama, Fantasy
Turn
2001
Drama, Family
Black Kite
2013
Crime, Drama, Thriller
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1999
Drama
The Key
1997
Action, Comedy, Drama
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1985
Crime, Drama, Mystery
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1982
Drama, Family
Good Doctor
2018
Crime, Mystery
The Lakeside Murder Case
2005
Crime, Drama, Mystery
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2023
Crime, Drama, Mystery
Villain: Perpetrator Chase Investigation
2019
Drama, Mystery
The Final Piece
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Drama
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1989
Drama
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2015
Comedy, Crime, Drama
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Drama, Romance
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Drama
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2017
Comedy
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Drama
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Drama, Sci-Fi
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Adventure, Animated, Family
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Action, Comedy
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Documentary
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Comedy
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Drama
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1997
Crime, Thriller
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2007
Comedy, Drama
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2019
Prince Shotoku
2001
Action, Drama, Mystery
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2021
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2014
Comedy
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1992
Drama
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2026
Action, Drama, Thriller
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1997
Comedy
Location
1984
Sci-Fi
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2011
Drama, Fantasy, Horror
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1983
Drama
Maru
2024
Drama
Goodbye Mama
1991
Adventure, Comedy, History, War
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1989
Comedy, Drama
The Nagaharu Yodogawa Story: A Cineaste's Life in Kobe
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Romance
Love Letter
1998
Documentary
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Comedy
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2013
Drama
A Sower of Seeds
2012
Mystery
Utsusemi no mori
2021
Comedy
Masked Crusader, Mr. Jirenman
1979
Drama
Universal Laws
1990
Drama
The Great Department Store Robbery
1987
Drama
Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies
1986
Comedy
The Rainbow Seeker
1996
The Cycling Genius Is Coming!
2008
Drama
Roar of the Crowd
1990
Crime, Drama
I Want To Live Once More: Shinjuku Bus Fire Incident
1985
Drama, Horror
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1991
Comedy, Horror
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Horror, Mystery
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2007
Comedy, Romance
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Comedy, Drama
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2004
Comedy
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2016
Drama, Mystery, Thriller
The End of the Tiny World
2021
Comedy
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1979
Comedy, Romance
Drugstore Girl
2004
Drama
In His Chart
2011
Drama
I Can Hear the Duck Singing
1993
Drama, Mystery
A House on a Hill
2014
Adventure, Drama, Family
Boku to Mama No Kiiroi Jitensha
2009
Drama, Family, Mystery
Humanoid Monster, Bem
2012
Drama, Romance, War
Postcard
2010
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1992
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1985
Drama
The War and a Woman
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Random Lives
2017
Drama
Life Back Then
2011
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1988
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2007
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1985
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Drama
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Romance
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Present for You
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Drama
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1987
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Drama
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1987
Documentary
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1990
Comedy, Drama
The Taste of Fish
2008
Comedy, Drama
Dance till Tomorrow
1991
Drama
The Whispered City
2000
Cold
2014
Drama, Family, Romance
River of First Love
2004
Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
The Chasing World
2008
Drama
Living Rights
2015
Drama
The Most Beautiful Night In The World
2008
Music
Stardust over the Town
2020
Drama
Teacher and Three Children
2008
Comedy, Drama
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1991
Crime, Drama, Mystery
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2018
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Wonderful Paradise
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