is a Japanese actor.
Career In 1999, he won the Japanese Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in the title role 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.
Personal life
His wife was the actress Kazue who died in 2018, and he is the father of the actors Tasuku Emoto and Tokio Emoto.
Selected filmography
Film YearTitleRoleNotesRef.1980Disciples of Hippocrates Katō1981Sailor Suit and Machine Gun Kuroki1982Dotonbori RiverIshizukaHearts and Flowers for Tora-san KondōSuspicionShigekazu Akitani1983Amagi Goe1984Kesho Kikuo Tsutano Konno1985Capone Cries a Lot UshiemonIkite mitai mō ichido: Shinjuku Basu Hōka Jiken Hirofumi MaruyamaNidaime wa ChristianDetective Kumashiro1986Final Take Director Saeki1987Bedtime Eyes OoguroThe Heartbreak Yakuza Shoji Kato 1988Angel Guts: Red Vertigo YakuzaKimurake no Hitobito Shinichi Amemiya The Silk Road1989Tora-San Goes to Vienna Heiba Sakaguchi1990Uchū no hōsoku Nagayama 1991Bakumatsu Junjoden Katsura Kogorō1992Sumo Do, Sumo Don'tProfessor Tokichi Anayama 1993Ahiru no Uta ga Kikoete kuru yoRyosuke Kaji1994Natsu no niwa NagatomoGodzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla Major Akira Yuki 1995Maborosi Yoshihiro1996Shall We Dance? Toru MiwaTsuribaka Nisshi 8 Yukawa1997The EelTamotsu Takasaki1998Dr. AkagiDr. Fuu AkagiLead role1999Kaizokuban Bootleg FilmTatsuo2000Another Heaven The City of Lost Souls Kuwata2001Turn MatsubaraWaterboys Mama-sanOnmyoji Fujiwara no Motokata2002KT Hiroshi Uchiyama11'09"01 September 11 segment "Japan"2003Owl2003Samurai Resurrection Zatōichi Tavern Owner PopsDrugstore Girl Nabeshima2004Zebraman Kani-OtokoLakeside Murder CaseTomoharu Fujima2005Tetsujin 28: The Movie The Great Yokai War Screaming FarmerScrap Heaven Detective Yabuta2006Japan Sinks Prof. FukuharaMemories of Matsuko Kozo KawajiriThe Go Master Kensaku SegoeChinese film2007Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad DoctorMōryō no Hako Koshiro Mimasaka2008All Around Us Tsukiji Uogashi Sandaime Shojiro SanadaIshiuchi Jinjo Koto Shogakko: Hana wa chiredomo Yoshio IchikawaIkigamiCounselorAsahiyama Zoo Story: Penguins in the SkyItsuro UsuiIchi Takeshi HyoueHappy Flight Etsuko's fatherThe Chasing World Doctor2009Rain Fall Tatsu IshikuraJohn Rabe General Iwane MatsuiGerman-Chinese-French filmApril Bride Teishi Nagashima2010Villain Raiou Kakunoshi EnokidoPostcard Ykichi MorikawaHaru's Journey The Lone Scalpel 2011Antoki no Inochi IsorokuMitsumasa YonaiKarate-Robo ZaborgarDr. AkunomiyaIn His Chart 2012Gyakuten Saiban The JudgeA Sower of Seeds2013UnforgivenKingo Baba20140.5 mm2015The Big BeeJourney to the Shore2016Shippu RondoShin GodzillaThe Chief Cabinet SecretaryBlack Widow Business2017Survival FamilyShigeomi SasakiNariyuki na TamashiiMukokuSeppō MitsumuraLu Over the WallKai's grandfather (voice)2018Evil and the MaskDetective AidaRecallNomuraColor Me TrueTadashi HondaShopliftersOz LandMiyagawa2019The Promised LandGorō FujikiIwane: Sword of Serenity Show Me the Way to the Station They Say Nothing Stays the Same Lead role 2020Nōten ParadiseFamily BondStardust Over the TownI Never Shot AnyoneThe Legacy of Dr. Death: Black FileNosari: Impermanent EternityLiving in the SkyIndependence of JapanJōji MatsumotoUnderdog2021The Master PlanBaragaki: Unbroken SamuraiMarujū TenshuUtsusemi no MoriThe Great Yokai War: GuardiansOld manInori2022A ManNorio OmiuraNoiseShōkichi YokotaWanderingNo Place to GoHomelessThe Setting SunDr. Miyake2023Yudo: The Way of the BathHermitUmamiThe SalarymanJapanese-French filmShylock's ChildrenHajime SawazakiEgoistYoshio SaitoDo Unto OthersSeptember 1923RipplesTarō KadokuraHard DaysAi no KomuragaeriHiroshi SaionjiThe Innocent GameNagura2024Don't Lose Your Head!Yanagisawa YoshiyasuSamurai Detective Onihei: Blood for BloodMaruCurling Dream2025Muromachi OutsidersMaster KarasakiThe Boy and the DogYaichi KatanoRental FamilyKikuo HasegawaAmerican filmOne Last ThrowKozo KawatoThe Final PieceMotoji Kanesaki2026Kyoto HippocratesThe Imaginary Dog and the Lying CatThe Hikikomori ExtractionKimi no Oto
Television YearTitleRoleNotesRef.1991Taiheiki Kō no MoronaoTaiga drama1995Hachidai Shōgun Yoshimune Tokugawa MunenaoTaiga drama1999Genroku Ryōran Shindō GenshirōTaiga drama2006Kōmyō ga Tsuji Toyotomi HideyoshiTaiga drama2009–11Clouds Over the Hill Nogi Maresuke2012Man of DestinyMasayoshi Kodaira2012–17Folktales from JapanNarrator2013The PartnerŌkuma ShigenobuTV movie 2017A LifeToranosuke DanjōFrankenstein's LoveToshifumi TsurumaruSilver and GoldHitoshi Kuramae2018Segodon Ryu SaminTaiga dramaGood DoctorAkira Shiga2019Castle of Sand ChiyokichiTV movie2020Hanzawa Naoki Keiji MinobeSeason 22021Bullets, Bones and Blocked NosesChōsukeMiniseries2022Teen RegimePrime Minister Tsuguaki WashidaMiniseriesLost Man Found Himself 2025Scandal EveShigeru Kodama2026Song of the SamuraiNagakura Shinpachi (old)Rosanjin's StoveShigeru YoshidaMiniseries2027The Shogunate RebelTokugawa NariakiTaiga drama
Japanese dub Year Title Role Notes Ref.2024Blind Willow, Sleeping WomanThe owner2025Zootopia 2JesúsAnimated film
Honours Medal with Purple Ribbon (2011) Order of the Rising Sun, 4th Class, Gold Rays with Rosette (2019)
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