Personal details
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Born
3 novembre 1948 (77)
Place of birth
Chuo, Tokyo, Japan
Also known as
柄本 明 · エモトアキラ · エモト アキラ
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.
Conosciuto per
7.7
Film
Rental Family
Kikuo Hasegawa
2025
7.5
Series
Ten Count to the Future
Kenzo Ashiya
2022
7.2
Film
Shin Godzilla
Ryuta Azuma : Chief Cabinet Secretary
2016
5.0
Film
The Key
Soichiro Anzai
1997
0.0
Series
A Woman from Ashio
2014
8.1
Series
Lost Man Found
Himself
2022
8.3
Series
Hanzawa Naoki
Keiji Minobe
2013–2020
7.0
Film
Congratulatory Speech
Yasuhei Higashida
1985
0.0
Series
Yanchakure
水嶋钦一
1998–1999
9.0
Series
Folktales from Japan
2012–
6.6
Film
It Feels So Good
Kenji's Father (voice)
2019
6.8
Film
ICHI
2008
8.0
Series
HUNTER - Women After Reward Money
Shogo Ooiwa
2011
8.1
Series
Good Doctor
Akira Shiga
2018
6.3
Film
The Great Yokai War
2005
7.8
Film
Shoplifters
Yoritsugu Kawado
2018
6.0
Film
Tetsujin 28: The Movie
Yunosuke Otsuka
2005
6.9
Film
The Eel
Tamotsu Takasaki
1997
6.4
Film
September 11
Sakichi Furuhashi (segment "Japan")
2002
8.1
Series
Love That Makes You Cry
Masahiko Hayashida
2016
7.0
Film
Nagisa
Priest Shinto
2000
8.5
Series
Black Kite
Kaiun
2013
6.9
Film
Lu Over the Wall
Ashimoto's Grandfather (voice)
2017
6.0
Series
The New Chronicle of Lord Nobunaga: Classmates are Warriors
Yotaro Befunokami
2022
7.2
Film
Zatoichi
Pub Owner
2003
7.0
Series
Humanoid Monster Bem
Nameless Man
2011
0.0
Series
Taiheiki
Moronao Kô-no
1991–1992
6.7
Film
KT
Hiroshi Uchiyama
2002
7.5
Film
Shall We Dance?
Detective Miwa
1996
6.8
Series
The Long Goodbye
Heizo Harada
2014–2015
8.0
Series
Shinjuku Field Hospital
Keisuke Takamine
2024
8.0
Series
Convenience Store Kyodai
Umeda Shohei
2026
7.8
Series
Haru and Natsu
Kotaro Nakayama
2005
7.8
Series
Genroku Ryoran
Genshiro
1999
7.0
Series
A Life: A Love
Danjo Toranosuke
2017
7.6
Series
Ties of Shooting Stars
Togami Masayuki
2008
9.0
Film
Worst by Chance
Shigeharu Kaneshiro
2003
7.0
Series
Love and Glory
Hideyoshi Toyotomi
2006
7.5
Series
Teen Regime
Washida Tsuguaki
2022
7.8
Film
Memories of Matsuko
Tsunehiro Kawajiri
2006
3.7
Film
I Want To Live Once More: Shinjuku Bus Fire Incident
Hirofumi Maruyama
1985
7.3
Film
Survival Family
Sasaki Shigeomi
2017
4.7
Film
Bedtime Eyes
1987
8.2
Series
Villain: Perpetrator Chase Investigation
铃本茂树
2019
8.0
Film
Samurai Fury
2025
6.7
Film
Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla
Major Akira Yuki
1994
5.1
Film
Double Bed
Tôru Yamazaki
1983
7.0
Series
Frankenstein's Love
Tsurumaru
2017
9.0
Series
Re: The End of the Tiny World - Half a Year Later
Kawabata
2021
8.0
Series
Mibu Gishiden: Shinsengumi de Ichiban Tsuyokatta Otoko
2002
6.0
Series
Tokumei! Keiji Dongame
2006
6.0
Series
Japanese Style
Hifuji Umekoshi
2022
6.5
Series
Platinum Town
2012
10.0
Series
Mori no Asagao
Keizukuri Hukahori
2010
8.0
Series
Banjo no Himawari
2019
6.5
Film
September 1923
Teiji Igusa
2023
8.0
Series
Out - Tsumatachi no Hanzai
1999
7.5
Series
Prince Shotoku
Anahobe no miko
2001
8.0
Series
Love & War of a Samurai
2003
6.6
Film
Hard Days
Yutaka Senba
2023
6.4
Film
Owl
2003
6.5
Film
The Wandering Moon
Agata
2022
8.5
Film
Black Widow Business
Jun Sakurada
2016
6.2
Film
The Great Yokai War: Guardians
old man
2021
6.0
Film
The Promised Land
Goro Fujiki
2019
5.9
Film
Noise
Shoji
2022
7.1
Film
A Man
Norio Komiura
2022
7.1
Film
Yudo: The Way of the Bath
regular customer
2023
6.8
Film
They Say Nothing Stays the Same
Toichi
2019
7.6
Film
Do Unto Others
Shosaku Shiba
2023
6.8
Film
Recall
Seiji Nomura
2018
7.7
Film
The Master Plan
Kawabata
2021
7.8
Film
Iwane: Sword of Serenity
Urakusai
2019
7.0
Film
Egoist
Yoshio Saito
2023
9.4
Film
The Final Piece
Motoji Kanesaki
2025
7.1
Film
The Boy and the Dog
Yaichi Katano
2025
6.8
Film
Mukoku
Seppo Mitsumura
2017
5.7
Film
Umami
Salaryman
2023
7.0
Film
Underdog: Part Two
Sakuro
2020
6.5
Film
Ripples
Taro Kadokura
2023
7.2
Film
Underdog: Part One
Sakuro
2020
6.5
Film
Show Me the Way to the Station
2019
5.9
Film
The Mohican Comes Home
Osamu Tamura
2016
6.0
Film
Maru
Teacher
2024
6.4
Film
The Suspect: Muroi Shinji
Seigo Tsuda
2005
7.0
Film
I Never Shot Anyone
Takashi Renjo
2020
4.5
Film
Neko Ninja
Kariyazaki
2017
7.4
Film
Oz Land
Boss
2018
7.4
Film
Shylock's Children
Hajime Sawazaki
2023
5.0
Film
Touken Ranbu: The Movie -Dawn-
Fujiwara no Michinaga
2023
5.6
Film
Kaza-hana
Hot Spring Inn Owner
2001
8.7
Film
Castle of Sand
Chiyokichi
2019
7.2
Film
Evil and The Mask
Detective Aida
2018
7.5
Film
Color Me True
Tadashi Honda
2018
6.5
Film
Don't Lose Your Head!
Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu
2024
7.7
Film
Living in the Sky
Concierge Kondo
2020
6.0
Film
Shippu Rondo
Masaomi Togo
2016
5.3
Film
The Innocent Game
2023
6.0
Film
Stardust over the Town
Kumabe Rokuzo
2020
6.0
Film
No Place to Go
Bomber
2022
6.0
Film
The Setting Sun
Dr. Miyake
2022
8.0
Film
The Way of The Prison Guard
2025
10.0
Film
Solitary Gourmet New Year's Eve Special ~Final Meal! Setouchi Business Trip~
2017
7.0
Film
One Last Throw
Kawato Kozo
2025
6.7
Film
Wonderful Paradise
Homeless
2020
2.5
Film
Nosari: Impermanent Eternity
2020
7.2
Film
BON-UTA, A Song from Home
(voice)
2019
Acting credits 107 titles
Convenience Store Kyodai
as Umeda Shohei
8.0
2026
The Boy and the Dog
as Yaichi Katano
7.1
2025
Rental Family
as Kikuo Hasegawa
7.7
2025
The Final Piece
as Motoji Kanesaki
9.4
2025
The Way of The Prison Guard
8.0
2025
Samurai Fury
8.0
2025
One Last Throw
as Kawato Kozo
7.0
2025
Maru
as Teacher
6.0
2024
Shinjuku Field Hospital
as Keisuke Takamine
8.0
2024
Don't Lose Your Head!
as Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu
6.5
2024
The Innocent Game
5.3
2023
Ripples
as Taro Kadokura
6.5
2023
Hard Days
as Yutaka Senba
6.6
2023
Egoist
as Yoshio Saito
7.0
2023
September 1923
as Teiji Igusa
6.5
2023
Umami
as Salaryman
5.7
2023
Shylock's Children
as Hajime Sawazaki
7.4
2023
Do Unto Others
as Shosaku Shiba
7.6
2023
Touken Ranbu: The Movie -Dawn-
as Fujiwara no Michinaga
5.0
2023
Yudo: The Way of the Bath
as regular customer
7.1
2023
Japanese Style
as Hifuji Umekoshi
6.0
2022
Teen Regime
as Washida Tsuguaki
7.5
2022
The Wandering Moon
as Agata
6.5
2022
Ten Count to the Future
as Kenzo Ashiya
7.5
2022
A Man
as Norio Komiura
7.1
2022
The Setting Sun
as Dr. Miyake
6.0
2022
No Place to Go
as Bomber
6.0
2022
Noise
as Shoji
5.9
2022
Lost Man Found
as Himself
8.1
2022
The New Chronicle of Lord Nobunaga: Classmates are Warriors
as Yotaro Befunokami
6.0
2022
Re: The End of the Tiny World - Half a Year Later
as Kawabata
9.0
2021
The Master Plan
as Kawabata
7.7
2021
The Great Yokai War: Guardians
as old man
6.2
2021
Wonderful Paradise
as Homeless
6.7
2020
Stardust over the Town
as Kumabe Rokuzo
6.0
2020
Living in the Sky
as Concierge Kondo
7.7
2020
Underdog: Part Two
as Sakuro
7.0
2020
I Never Shot Anyone
as Takashi Renjo
7.0
2020
Underdog: Part One
as Sakuro
7.2
2020
Nosari: Impermanent Eternity
2.5
2020
They Say Nothing Stays the Same
as Toichi
6.8
2019
BON-UTA, A Song from Home
as (voice)
7.2
2019
Banjo no Himawari
8.0
2019
It Feels So Good
as Kenji's Father (voice)
6.6
2019
Villain: Perpetrator Chase Investigation
as 铃本茂树
8.2
2019
The Promised Land
as Goro Fujiki
6.0
2019
Iwane: Sword of Serenity
as Urakusai
7.8
2019
Castle of Sand
as Chiyokichi
8.7
2019
Show Me the Way to the Station
6.5
2019
Evil and The Mask
as Detective Aida
7.2
2018
Oz Land
as Boss
7.4
2018
Color Me True
as Tadashi Honda
7.5
2018
Good Doctor
as Akira Shiga
8.1
2018
Recall
as Seiji Nomura
6.8
2018
Shoplifters
as Yoritsugu Kawado
7.8
2018
Neko Ninja
as Kariyazaki
4.5
2017
Lu Over the Wall
as Ashimoto's Grandfather (voice)
6.9
2017
A Life: A Love
as Danjo Toranosuke
7.0
2017
Solitary Gourmet New Year's Eve Special ~Final Meal! Setouchi Business Trip~
10.0
2017
Frankenstein's Love
as Tsurumaru
7.0
2017
Mukoku
as Seppo Mitsumura
6.8
2017
Survival Family
as Sasaki Shigeomi
7.3
2017
The Mohican Comes Home
as Osamu Tamura
5.9
2016
Love That Makes You Cry
as Masahiko Hayashida
8.1
2016
Shin Godzilla
as Ryuta Azuma : Chief Cabinet Secretary
7.2
2016
Shippu Rondo
as Masaomi Togo
6.0
2016
Black Widow Business
as Jun Sakurada
8.5
2016
A Woman from Ashio
0.0
2014
The Long Goodbye
as Heizo Harada
6.8
2014–2015
Black Kite
as Kaiun
8.5
2013
Hanzawa Naoki
as Keiji Minobe
8.3
2013–2020
Folktales from Japan
9.0
2012–
Platinum Town
6.5
2012
Humanoid Monster Bem
as Nameless Man
7.0
2011
HUNTER - Women After Reward Money
as Shogo Ooiwa
8.0
2011
Mori no Asagao
as Keizukuri Hukahori
10.0
2010
Ties of Shooting Stars
as Togami Masayuki
7.6
2008
ICHI
6.8
2008
Love and Glory
as Hideyoshi Toyotomi
7.0
2006
Tokumei! Keiji Dongame
6.0
2006
Memories of Matsuko
as Tsunehiro Kawajiri
7.8
2006
The Suspect: Muroi Shinji
as Seigo Tsuda
6.4
2005
Tetsujin 28: The Movie
as Yunosuke Otsuka
6.0
2005
Haru and Natsu
as Kotaro Nakayama
7.8
2005
The Great Yokai War
6.3
2005
Owl
6.4
2003
Love & War of a Samurai
8.0
2003
Zatoichi
as Pub Owner
7.2
2003
Worst by Chance
as Shigeharu Kaneshiro
9.0
2003
Mibu Gishiden: Shinsengumi de Ichiban Tsuyokatta Otoko
8.0
2002
KT
as Hiroshi Uchiyama
6.7
2002
September 11
as Sakichi Furuhashi (segment "Japan")
6.4
2002
Prince Shotoku
as Anahobe no miko
7.5
2001
Kaza-hana
as Hot Spring Inn Owner
5.6
2001
Nagisa
as Priest Shinto
7.0
2000
Out - Tsumatachi no Hanzai
8.0
1999
Genroku Ryoran
as Genshiro
7.8
1999
Yanchakure
as 水嶋钦一
0.0
1998–1999
The Key
as Soichiro Anzai
5.0
1997
The Eel
as Tamotsu Takasaki
6.9
1997
Shall We Dance?
as Detective Miwa
7.5
1996
Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla
as Major Akira Yuki
6.7
1994
Taiheiki
as Moronao Kô-no
0.0
1991–1992
Bedtime Eyes
4.7
1987
I Want To Live Once More: Shinjuku Bus Fire Incident
as Hirofumi Maruyama
3.7
1985
Congratulatory Speech
as Yasuhei Higashida
7.0
1985
Double Bed
as Tôru Yamazaki
5.1
1983