Akira Emoto (柄本 明, Emoto Akira, born 3 November 1948) is a Japanese actor.

[1] 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.

[2] His wife is the actress Kazue Tsunogae, and he is the father of the actors Tasuku Emoto and Tokio Emoto.

[3] This article about a Japanese film actor is a stub.