Akira EmotoAkira Emoto is a Japanese actor.CareerIn 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 lifeHis wife was the actress Kazue who died in 2018, and he is the father of the actors Tasuku Emoto and Tokio Emoto.HonoursMedal with Purple Ribbon Order of the Rising Sun, 4th Class, Gold Rays with Rosette