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.
Movies
Zatoichi Pub Owner
Umami Salaryman
Hard Days Yutaka Senba
The Great Department Store Robbery
The Eel Tamotsu Takasaki
A Crowd of Three
Noise Shoji
The Life of Budori Gusuko Narrator / Dr. Kūbō (voice)
Turn Matsubara
The Great Yokai War
Banana, Gloves and Whale Shark
Living Rights
Rain Fall Tatsu Ishikura
The City of Lost Souls Kuwata
ICHI
Villain Yoshio Ishibashi
Kaizokuban Bootleg Film Tatsuo
Sakurada Gate Incident Magojiro Kaneko
Girls, Guns and Gangsters: Shinji Somai & Sailor Suit & Machine Gun
The Suspect: Muroi Shinji Seigo Tsuda
Worst by Chance Shigeharu Kaneshiro
Betrayal tomorrow
One Day in January
Golden Slumber Hodogaya Yasushi
Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla Major Akira Yuki
Dr. Akagi Dr. Fuu Akagi
Maborosi Yoshihiro
The Chasing World Doctor
Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit Counselor
Sumo Do, Sumo Don't Professor Tokichi Anayama
The Silk Road
I Want To Live Once More: Shinjuku Bus Fire Incident Hirofumi Maruyama
Starfish Hotel Mr. Trickster
In His Chart Doctor
Manhattan Kiss
April Bride Teishi Nagashima
Ace Attorney Saibancho (Judge)
Karate-Robo Zaborgar Dr. Akunomiya
Goal of the Sky
Haru's Journey Michio Nakai
For the coming day
Unforgiven Kingo Baba
The Setting Sun Dr. Miyake
The Motive Yoshifumi Katakura
The Friends Nagatomo
September 1923 Teiji Igusa
Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet Yoneuchi
Lovers Lost Ishizuka
Wandering Agata
Cast Me If You Can Homeless guy
BON-UTA, A Song from Home (voice)
The Lightning Tree Kakunoshi Enokido
A Woman from Ashio
Yellow Elephant Arechi
祈り ―幻に長崎を想う刻―
Touken Ranbu 2
海の見える理髪店 老店主
The Innocent Game
The War and a Woman client of woman
Private Lessons II Oba
The Taste of Fish Shojiro Sanada
The Shadow Spirit mimasaka koushirou
Owl
KT Hiroshi Uchiyama
The Most Beautiful Night In The World Journalist
Will to Live Doctor
Wood Job! Toshiro Yamane
0.5 mm Takeshi Sasaki
John Rabe Matsui Iwane
Fujio Akatsuka's Gag Porno: In the Mood Once Again Daigorô Hatayama
Life Back Then Masashi Inoue
Oh! Father Hayashi Tomita
Postcard Yukichi Morikawa, the Father-in-Law
Farewell, Kuro Shuzo Hanazono
The Lakeside Murder Case Tomoharu Fujima
Barber's Sorrow
Shylock's Children Hajime Sawazaki
The Last Frankenstein Prof. Sarusawa
The Whispered City Artist
The Happiness
All Around Us kunimasa Yasuda
Ninja Kids!!!
Present for You
Memories of Matsuko Tsunehiro Kawajiri
Yudo: The Way of the Bath regular customer
River of First Love Hidejiro Tasaki
The Go Master Kensaku Segoe
After the Flowers Soan Nagai
Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad Doctor from Sasazuka Clinic
Abduction
Beijing Watermelon Mr. Teramoto
It's Only Talk
Life Can Be So Wonderful Haeo
Cold Jin Ichinose
The Rainbow Seeker
Moon and Cherry Sakamoto
Japan Sinks
The Cycling Genius Is Coming!
Yamai wa kikara: Byôin e ikô 2
Time Trip App Ryuzo Yanagita
Humanoid Monster, Bem Kao no nai otoko
Asahiyama Zoo Story: Penguins in the Sky Itsuro Usui
I Can Hear the Duck Singing
A Lone Scalpel Matsuo Okawa
Roar of the Crowd
Scrap Heaven Detective Yabuta
Heaven's Story Souichi
Fancy Dance Masoho's boss
Journey to the Shore Mr. Hoshitani
Vampire in Love Sojiro
Egoist Yoshio Saito
Rental Family
Ripples Taro Kadokura
A House on a Hill Yoshitarō Terashima
Sleeping Forest Daisuke Ota
The Man from Shimizu
Round About Midnight Totsuka
Love Letter
Do Unto Others Shosaku Shiba
GARO -Gold Storm- Sho Priest Soutatsu
Angel Guts: Red Vertigo Yakuza
Capone Cries a Lot Ushiemon
No Place to Go
Nagisa
Muromachi Burai
Drugstore Girl Koji Nabeshima
Sailor Suit and Machine Gun Detective Kuroki
The Mohican Comes Home Osamu Tamura
The Big Bee Murofushi
The Summer of Stickleback
Shin Godzilla Ryuta Azuma : Chief Cabinet Secretary
Maria's Stomach
The Second Is a Christian Kumashiro
When Cinema Reflects the Times: Hou Hsiao-Hsien and Edward Yang (voice)
Migawari Mission Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu
Doppelganger Murakami
Black Widow Business Jun Sakurada
Battle Heater Riichi Hama
Tora-san Goes to Vienna Hyoma Sakaguchi
Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san Kondo
Hana Hiroshi Torigoe
The Yen Family Shinichi Amemiya
The Pearls of the Stone Man Kumaji Ueda
Elevator to the Gallows
Shippu Rondo Masaomi Togo
A Honeymoon in Hell: Mr. & Mrs. Oki's Fabulous Trip wet guy
Harimao Army Major
Dance till Tomorrow
Maru
Kaza-hana Hot Spring Inn Owner
Fly, Dakota, Fly!
Lu Over the Wall Ashimoto's Grandfather (voice)
Location Konno
Mukoku Seppo Mitsumura
Waterboys Mama
A Living Promise Zenzo Takeda
Revolver Keisuke Mineya
Random Lives Hanamura
Suspicion Shigekazu Akitani
Double Bed Tôru Yamazaki
Color Me True Tadashi Honda
Teacher and Three Children Yoshio Ichikawa
The Hunter and the Hunted Neko
A Grain of Wheat Honda
Mottomo Abunai Deka Maeo
Free and Easy 8 Yukawa
Another Heaven Doctor Akagi
Evil and The Mask Detective Aida
Shikei Kijun Kyusaku Tsushima
Shoplifters Yoritsugu Kawado
Neko Ninja Kariyazaki
The Heartbreak Yakuza
Hutch the Honeybee
Recall Seiji Nomura
Love Is Five Seven Five Grandfather
Bedtime Eyes
11’09”01—September 11 Sakichi Furuhashi (segment "Japan")
Iwane: Sword of Serenity Urakusai
Goodbye Mama
A Tale of Young Elopement Matsuda
Sniper Tatsuyuki Miyata
Survival Family Sasaki Shigeomi
Yona Yona Penguin Jii (voice)
Masked Crusader, Mr. Jirenman Kantarô Iwata
Castle of Sand Chiyokichi
A Sower of Seeds Shuzo Morikawa
Oz Land Boss
They Say Nothing Stays the Same Toichi
The Promised Land Goro Fujiki
Winning Pass
Body and Soul
Three for the Road
Casting Blossoms to the Sky Seijiro Nose
Show Me the Way to the Station
Universal Laws
The Key Soichiro Anzai
Disciples of Hippocrates
The Nagaharu Yodogawa Story: A Cineaste's Life in Kobe Matashichi
Shall We Dance? Detective Miwa
Shimoochiai Yakitori Movie
Make-Up Kikuo Tsutano
Nosari: Impermanent Eternity
Congratulatory Speech Yasuhei Higashida
Baragaki: Unbroken Samurai Shop Owner
Legend of the Cat Monster Ryohei Shimura / Joji Tamura
Boku to Mama No Kiiroi Jitensha Shotaro
Living in the Sky Concierge Kondo
Godot of the Emotos
Underdog: Part One Sakuro
Happy Flight Saito
Stardust Over The Town Kumabe Rokuzo
Zebraman
Teacher's suitcase Sensei/Matsumoto Harutsuna
The Great Yokai War: Guardians old man
Kodokunogurume ōmisoka supesharu ~ tabe-osame! Setouchi shutchō-hen ~
It Feels So Good Kenji's Father (voice)
The Dog Bridegroom Kenkichi Okumura
Tetsujin 28: The Movie Yunosuke Otsuka
The End of the Tiny World Kawabata
I Never Shot Anyone Takashi Renjo
Wonderful Paradise Homeless
A Naive History of the Bakumatsu Era Kogoro Katsura
A Man Norio Komiura
Prodigy Hisashi Kikuna
Shows
Genroku Ryoran Genshiro
Banjo no Himawari
Water Boys Mama (of a bar)
Re: The End of the Tiny World - Half a Year Later Kawabata
Tokumei! Keiji Dongame
Love and Glory Hideyoshi Toyotomi
Out - Tsumatachi no Hanzai
Segodon Ryu Samin
Bullets, Bones and Blocked Noses Hadashi no Tyosuke(裸足のチョウスケ)
The Private Detective Mike
The Long Goodbye Heizo Harada
Home Sweet Tokyo [Ramen Shop Owner]
Ties of Shooting Stars Togami Masayuki
Haru and Natsu Kotaro Nakayama
てにあまる
HUNTER - Women After Reward Money Shogo Ooiwa
オリンピックの身代金
Love That Makes You Cry Masahiko Hayashida
A Life Danjo Toranosuke
Frankenstein's Love Tsurumaru
Family Court Judge Shibuya Naomasa
満天のゴール トクじい
Ten Count to the Future Kenzo Ashiya
In Hand
水曜ドラマスペシャル
Silver and Gold Hitoshi Kuramae
Absolute Zero Sosuke Kagami
Good Doctor Akira Shiga
Teen Regime Washida Tsuguaki
The Honest Realtor Tetsuo Kishi
AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo Hyoue Yarikura
Folktales from Japan
混声の森
Kumokiri Nizaemon
Yanchakure 水嶋钦一
Humanoid Monster Bem Nameless Man
Black Kite Kaiun
The New Chronicle of Lord Nobunaga: Classmates are Warriors Yotaro Befunokami
Goodbye My Dear Hiroshi Yamawaki
Japanese Style Hifuji Umekoshi
Lost Man Found Himself
Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit Sfar
Prince Shotoku Anahobe no miko
新 法廷荒らし 猪狩文助〜終の棲家〜
Platinum Town
Mori no Asagao Keizukuri Hukahori
Villain: Perpetrator Chase Investigation 铃本茂树
竜馬がゆく
Get Ready! Hiroshi Bojo
JK to Roppozensho 桜木倫太郎
Shinjuku Field Hospital Keisuke Takamine
Naze Kimi wa Zetsubo to Tatakaeta noka
Mibu Gishiden: Shinsengumi de Ichiban Tsuyokatta Otoko
Hanzawa Naoki Keiji Minobe
Taiheiki Moronao Kô-no
Eighth Shogun Yoshimune Tokugawa Munenao
