About

Known credits:
279
Birthday:
1948-11-03
Place of birth:
Chūō, Tokyo, Japan
Website:
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Akira Emoto

Overview

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

Acting
2025 Rental Family Actor N/A
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2025 The Way of The Prison Guard Actor N/A
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2025 The Boy and the Dog Actor Yaichi Katano 58
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2025 Muromachi Burai Actor 59
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2024 The God of Curling Actor Susumu Komiyama N/A
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2024 Maru Actor Teacher 58
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2024 Shinjuku Field Hospital Actor Keisuke Takamine 69
Fair
2024 JK to Roppozensho Actor 桜木倫太郎 N/A
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2024 Migawari Mission Actor Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu 58
Average
2023 The Innocent Game Actor 58
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2023 満天のゴール Actor トクじい N/A
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2023 September 1923 Actor Teiji Igusa 58
Average
2023 Goal of the Sky Actor N/A
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2023 Ripples Actor Taro Kadokura 58
Average
2023 Hard Days Actor Yutaka Senba 59
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2023 Unami Actor Salaryman N/A
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2023 Touken Ranbu 2 Actor Fujiwara no Michinaga 58
Average
2023 Do Unto Others Actor Shosaku Shiba 59
Average
2023 Yudo: The Way of the Bath Actor regular customer 58
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2023 Shylock's Children Actor Hajime Sawazaki 58
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2023 Egoist Actor Yoshio Saito 59
Average
2023 Umami Actor Salaryman 58
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2022 A Man Actor Norio Komiura 60
Fair
2022 The Setting Sun Actor Dr. Miyake 58
Average
2022 Japanese Style Actor Hifuji Umekoshi 69
Fair
2022 No Place to Go Actor 58
Average
2022 The New Chronicle of Lord Nobunaga: Classmates are Warriors Actor Yotaro Befunokami 69
Fair
2022 混声の森 Actor N/A
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2022 Lost Man Found Actor Himself 70
Good
2022 Wandering Actor Agata 58
Average
2022 海の見える理髪店 Actor 老店主 N/A
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2022 Teen Regime Actor Washida Tsuguaki 69
Fair
2022 Ten Count to the Future Actor Kenzo Ashiya 70
Good
2022 Noise Actor Shoji 58
Average
2021 Girls, Guns and Gangsters: Shinji Somai & Sailor Suit & Machine Gun Actor N/A
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2021 Baragaki: Unbroken Samurai Actor Shop Owner 58
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2021 Bullets, Bones and Blocked Noses Actor Hadashi no Tyosuke(裸足のチョウスケ) N/A
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2021 祈り ―幻に長崎を想う刻― Actor N/A
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2021 The Great Yokai War: Guardians Actor old man 59
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2021 The End of the Tiny World Actor Kawabata 58
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2021 Re: The End of the Tiny World - Half a Year Later Actor Kawabata 70
Good
2021 てにあまる Actor N/A
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2020 Underdog: Part Two Actor Sakuro 58
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2020 Underdog: Part One Actor Sakuro 58
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2020 Wonderful Paradise Actor Homeless 58
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2020 Living in the Sky Actor Concierge Kondo 58
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2020 Nosari: Impermanent Eternity Actor 58
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2020 I Never Shot Anyone Actor Takashi Renjo 58
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2020 Stardust Over The Town Actor Kumabe Rokuzo 58
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2019 Finding Light at the Darkness Festival Actor N/A
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2019 The Promised Land Actor Goro Fujiki 58
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2019 Show Me the Way to the Station Actor 58
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2019 They Say Nothing Stays the Same Actor Toichi 58
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2019 Banjo no Himawari Actor 70
Good
2019 It Feels So Good Actor Kenji's Father (voice) 59
Average
2019 Iwane: Sword of Serenity Actor Urakusai 58
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2019 Villain: Perpetrator Chase Investigation Actor 铃本茂树 69
Fair
2019 Godot of the Emotos Actor N/A
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2019 Castle of Sand Actor Chiyokichi 58
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2019 BON-UTA, A Song from Home Actor (voice) 59
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2018 Oz Land Actor Boss 58
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2018 Good Doctor Actor Akira Shiga 70
Good
2018 Recall Actor Seiji Nomura 58
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2018 Shoplifters Actor Yoritsugu Kawado 74
Good
2018 Color Me True Actor Tadashi Honda 59
Average
2018 Evil and The Mask Actor Detective Aida 58
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2017 Solitary Gourmet New Year's Eve Special ~Final Meal! Setouchi Business Trip~ Actor 58
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2017 Mukoku Actor Seppo Mitsumura 58
Average
2017 Neko Ninja Actor Kariyazaki 58
Average
2017 Lu Over the Wall Actor Ashimoto's Grandfather (voice) 61
Fair
2017 The Dog Bridegroom Actor Kenkichi Okumura N/A
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2017 Frankenstein's Love Actor Tsurumaru 69
Fair
2017 Random Lives Actor Hanamura N/A
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2017 A Life Actor Danjo Toranosuke 69
Fair
2016 Survival Family Actor Sasaki Shigeomi 61
Fair
2016 Shippu Rondo Actor Masaomi Togo 58
Average
2016 Sniper Actor Tatsuyuki Miyata N/A
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2016 Black Widow Business Actor Jun Sakurada 58
Average
2016 A Grain of Wheat Actor Honda N/A
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2016 Shin Godzilla Actor Ryuta Azuma : Chief Cabinet Secretary 68
Fair
2016 The Mohican Comes Home Actor Osamu Tamura 58
Average
2016 Arashi no Namida - Watakushitachi ni Asu wa Aru Actor N/A
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2016 Love That Makes You Cry Actor Masahiko Hayashida 70
Good
2016 A Living Promise Actor Zenzo Takeda N/A
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2015 Journey to the Shore Actor Hoshitani 59
Average
2015 The Big Bee Actor Murofushi 58
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2015 The Pearls of the Stone Man Actor Kumaji Ueda 58
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2015 Vampire in Love Actor Sojiro 59
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2015 GARO -Gold Storm- Sho Actor Priest Soutatsu 58
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2015 Living Rights Actor N/A
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2015 新 法廷荒らし 猪狩文助〜終の棲家〜 Actor N/A
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2014 A House on a Hill Actor Yoshitarō Terashima N/A
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2014 0.5 mm Actor Takeshi Sasaki 59
Average
2014 Cold Actor Jin Ichinose N/A
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2014 Time Trip App Actor Ryuzo Yanagita 58
Average
2014 Oh! Father Actor Hayashi Tomita 58
Average
2014 Wood Job! Actor Toshiro Yamane 60
Fair
2014 The Long Goodbye Actor Heizo Harada 69
Fair
2014 A Woman from Ashio Actor 59
Average
2014 Sleeping Forest Actor Daisuke Ota 59
Average
2013 Olympic Ransom Actor N/A
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2013 Fly, Dakota, Fly! Actor N/A
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2013 Present for You Actor N/A
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2013 Unforgiven Actor Kingo Baba 60
Fair
2013 Hanzawa Naoki Actor Keiji Minobe 76
Good
2013 The War and a Woman Actor client of woman 58
Average
2013 Yellow Elephant Actor Arechi 58
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2013 Black Kite Actor Kaiun 70
Good
2013 Banana, Gloves and Whale Shark Actor N/A
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2012 Humanoid Monster, Bem Actor Kao no nai otoko 58
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2012 One Day in January Actor N/A
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2012 Platinum Town Actor N/A
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2012 The Life of Budori Gusuko Actor Narrator / Dr. Kūbō (voice) 58
Average
2012 Casting Blossoms to the Sky Actor Seijiro Nose 58
Average
2012 Folktales from Japan Actor 69
Fair
2012 A Sower of Seeds Actor Shuzo Morikawa N/A
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2012 Ace Attorney Actor Saibancho (Judge) 59
Average
2011 Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet Actor Yoneuchi 59
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2011 Life Back Then Actor Masashi Inoue 58
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2011 Humanoid Monster Bem Actor Nameless Man 69
Fair
2011 Karate-Robo Zaborgar Actor Dr. Akunomiya 58
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2011 HUNTER - Women After Reward Money Actor Shogo Ooiwa 69
Fair
2011 Shikei Kijun Actor Kyusaku Tsushima N/A
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2011 In His Chart Actor Doctor 58
Average
2011 Ninja Kids!!! Actor 58
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2011 A Honeymoon in Hell: Mr. & Mrs. Oki's Fabulous Trip Actor wet guy 58
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2010 Postcard Actor Yukichi Morikawa, the Father-in-Law 58
Average
2010 Cast Me If You Can Actor Homeless guy 59
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2010 The Lightning Tree Actor Kakunoshi Enokido 58
Average
2010 Mori no Asagao Actor Keizukuri Hukahori 70
Good
2010 Sakurada Gate Incident Actor Magojiro Kaneko 58
Average
2010 Elevator to the Gallows Actor 58
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2010 Heaven's Story Actor Souichi 58
Average
2010 Naze Kimi wa Zetsubo to Tatakaeta noka Actor N/A
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2010 Villain Actor Yoshio Ishibashi 59
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2010 Hutch the Honeybee Actor 58
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2010 A Crowd of Three Actor 58
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2010 A Lone Scalpel Actor Matsuo Okawa 58
Average
2010 Haru's Journey Actor Michio Nakai 58
Average
2010 Absolute Zero Actor Sosuke Kagami 70
Good
2010 After the Flowers Actor Soan Nagai 58
Average
2010 Golden Slumber Actor Hodogaya Yasushi 59
Average
2009 Yona Yona Penguin Actor Jii (voice) 58
Average
2009 Boku to Mama No Kiiroi Jitensha Actor Shotaro N/A
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2009 April Bride Actor Teishi Nagashima 58
Average
2009 Rain Fall Actor Tatsu Ishikura 57
Average
2009 John Rabe Actor Matsui Iwane 61
Fair
2009 Asahiyama Zoo Story: Penguins in the Sky Actor Itsuro Usui 59
Average
2008 Happy Flight Actor Saito 58
Average
2008 ICHI Actor 60
Fair
2008 Ties of Shooting Stars Actor Togami Masayuki 70
Good
2008 Teacher and Three Children Actor Yoshio Ichikawa 58
Average
2008 Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit Actor Counselor 59
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2008 The Cycling Genius Is Coming! Actor N/A
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2008 The Taste of Fish Actor Shojiro Sanada 58
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2008 All Around Us Actor kunimasa Yasuda 59
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2008 The Most Beautiful Night In The World Actor Journalist 58
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2008 The Chasing World Actor Doctor 58
Average
2007 The Shadow Spirit Actor mimasaka koushirou 58
Average
2007 Prodigy Actor Hisashi Kikuna 58
Average
2007 Life Can Be So Wonderful Actor Haeo 58
Average
2007 Three for the Road Actor 58
Average
2007 The Go Master Actor Kensaku Segoe 58
Average
2007 Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad Actor Doctor from Sasazuka Clinic 58
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2007 Starfish Hotel Actor Mr. Trickster 59
Average
2006 The Happiness Actor N/A
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2006 The Summer of Stickleback Actor N/A
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2006 Japan Sinks Actor 58
Average
2006 It's Only Talk Actor 58
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2006 Memories of Matsuko Actor Tsunehiro Kawajiri 63
Fair
2006 Tokumei! Keiji Dongame Actor N/A
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2006 Love and Glory Actor Hideyoshi Toyotomi 69
Fair
2005 Scrap Heaven Actor Detective Yabuta 58
Average
2005 Haru and Natsu Actor Kotaro Nakayama 69
Fair
2005 The Suspect: Muroi Shinji Actor Seigo Tsuda 58
Average
2005 The Great Yokai War Actor 59
Average
2005 For the coming day Actor N/A
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2005 Love Is Five Seven Five Actor Grandfather 58
Average
2005 Tetsujin 28: The Movie Actor Yunosuke Otsuka 58
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2004 Moon and Cherry Actor Sakamoto 59
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2004 The Motive Actor Yoshifumi Katakura 58
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2004 River of First Love Actor Hidejiro Tasaki 58
Average
2004 Takada Wataru Teki Actor Self N/A
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2004 Drugstore Girl Actor Koji Nabeshima 58
Average
2004 Zebraman Actor Kitahara the Crab Man 59
Average
2004 Winning Pass Actor N/A
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2004 The Lakeside Murder Case Actor Tomoharu Fujima 58
Average
2004 The Hunter and the Hunted Actor Neko N/A
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2004 竜馬がゆく Actor N/A
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2003 Hana Actor Hiroshi Torigoe N/A
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2003 Doppelganger Actor Murakami 59
Average
2003 Worst by Chance Actor Shigeharu Kaneshiro N/A
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2003 Zatoichi Actor Pub Owner 67
Fair
2003 Farewell, Kuro Actor Shuzo Hanazono 58
Average
2003 Samurai Resurrection Actor Nobutsuna Matsudaira 58
Average
2003 Teacher's suitcase Actor Sensei/Matsumoto Harutsuna 58
Average
2003 Owl Actor 59
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2002 Mibu Gishiden: Shinsengumi de Ichiban Tsuyokatta Otoko Actor N/A
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2002 Barber's Sorrow Actor N/A
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2002 11 Minutes 9 Secondes 1 Image Actor Sakichi Furuhashi (segment "Japan") 59
Average
2002 KT Actor Hiroshi Uchiyama 58
Average
2001 Prince Shotoku Actor Anahobe no miko 69
Fair
2001 Turn Actor Matsubara 58
Average
2001 Waterboys Actor Mama 59
Average
2001 Kaza-hana Actor Hot Spring Inn Owner 58
Average
2000 The City of Lost Souls Actor Kuwata 59
Average
2000 The Whispered City Actor Artist 58
Average
2000 Nagisa Actor Priest 58
Average
2000 Another Heaven Actor Doctor Akagi 58
Average
1999 Kaizokuban Bootleg Film Actor Tatsuo 58
Average
1999 The Nagaharu Yodogawa Story: A Cineaste's Life in Kobe Actor Matashichi N/A
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1999 Round About Midnight Actor Totsuka 58
Average
1999 Out - Tsumatachi no Hanzai Actor 69
Fair
1999 Will to Live Actor Doctor 58
Average
1999 Genroku Ryoran Actor Genshiro 69
Fair
1998 Yanchakure Actor 水嶋钦一 N/A
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1998 Love Letter Actor N/A
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1998 Dr. Akagi Actor Dr. Fuu Akagi 58
Average
1997 Body and Soul Actor 58
Average
1997 The Key Actor Soichiro Anzai 58
Average
1997 Abduction Actor N/A
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1997 The Eel Actor Tamotsu Takasaki 60
Fair
1996 The Rainbow Seeker Actor N/A
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1996 Free and Easy 8 Actor Yukawa 59
Average
1996 Shall We Dance? Actor Detective Miwa 62
Fair
1995 Maborosi Actor Yoshihiro 62
Fair
1995 Eighth Shogun Yoshimune Actor Tokugawa Munenao N/A
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1994 Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla Actor Major Akira Yuki 61
Fair
1994 The Friends Actor Nagatomo 59
Average
1993 I Can Hear the Duck Singing Actor N/A
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1993 When Cinema Reflects the Times: Hou Hsiao-Hsien and Edward Yang Actor Narrator (voice) 58
Average
1993 Private Lessons II Actor Oba 58
Average
1993 Family Court Judge Actor Shibuya Naomasa N/A
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1992 Yamai wa kikara: Byôin e ikô 2 Actor 59
Average
1992 Manhattan Kiss Actor N/A
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1992 Sumo Do, Sumo Don't Actor Professor Tokichi Anayama 59
Average
1991 A Naive History of the Bakumatsu Era Actor Kogoro Katsura 58
Average
1991 Dance till Tomorrow Actor N/A
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1991 Goodbye Mama Actor N/A
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1991 The Last Frankenstein Actor Prof. Sarusawa 58
Average
1991 Taiheiki Actor Moronao Kô-no N/A
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1990 Betrayal tomorrow Actor N/A
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1990 Maria's Stomach Actor N/A
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1990 Roar of the Crowd Actor N/A
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1990 Universal Laws Actor N/A
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1989 Fancy Dance Actor Masoho's boss 58
Average
1989 Beijing Watermelon Actor Mr. Teramoto 58
Average
1989 Battle Heater Actor Riichi Hama 58
Average
1989 Tora-san Goes to Vienna Actor Hyoma Sakaguchi 58
Average
1989 Harimao Actor Army Major 59
Average
1989 Mottomo Abunai Deka Actor Maeo 59
Average
1988 Revolver Actor Keisuke Mineya 58
Average
1988 The Silk Road Actor 58
Average
1988 The Yen Family Actor Shinichi Amemiya 58
Average
1988 Angel Guts: Red Vertigo Actor Yakuza 58
Average
1987 The Great Department Store Robbery Actor N/A
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1987 The Heartbreak Yakuza Actor 58
Average
1987 Bedtime Eyes Actor 58
Average
1987 A Tale of Young Elopement Actor Matsuda N/A
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1985 Congratulatory Speech Actor Yasuhei Higashida N/A
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1985 The Second Is a Christian Actor Kumashiro 58
Average
1985 I Want To Live Once More: Shinjuku Bus Fire Incident Actor Hirofumi Maruyama 58
Average
1985 Capone Cries a Lot Actor Ushiemon 58
Average
1984 Location Actor Konno 58
Average
1984 Make-Up Actor Kikuo Tsutano N/A
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1983 Legend of the Cat Monster Actor Ryohei Shimura / Joji Tamura N/A
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1983 Double Bed Actor Tôru Yamazaki 58
Average
1983 Amagi Pass Actor 58
Average
1982 The Man from Shimizu Actor N/A
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1982 Suspicion Actor Shigekazu Akitani 58
Average
1982 Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san Actor Kondo 58
Average
1982 Lovers Lost Actor Ishizuka 59
Average
1981 Sailor Suit and Machine Gun Actor Detective Kuroki 59
Average
1980 Disciples of Hippocrates Actor 58
Average
1979 Masked Crusader, Mr. Jirenman Actor Kantarô Iwata N/A
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1979 Shimo-ochiai Yakitori Movie Actor N/A
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1979 Fujio Akatsuka's Gag Porno: In the Mood Once Again Actor Daigorô Hatayama 58
Average
KYOTO HIPPOCRATES Actor N/A
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Directing
1993 Sky Cannot Be This Blue Directing Director N/A
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