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.
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.
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Filmography (Movies)
The Imaginary Dog and the Lying Cat
Character:
Release Date:09/01/2026
One Last Throw
Character:
Release Date:28/11/2025
Rental Family
Character:Kikuo Hasegawa
Release Date:20/11/2025
The Final Piece
Character:Motoji Kanesaki
Release Date:31/10/2025
Kyoto Hippocrates
Character:
Release Date:24/10/2025
The Way of The Prison Guard
Character:
Release Date:21/06/2025
The Boy and the Dog
Character:Yaichi Katano
Release Date:20/03/2025
Samurai Fury
Character:
Release Date:17/01/2025
The God of Curling
Character:Susumu Komiyama
Release Date:08/11/2024
Maru
Character:Teacher
Release Date:18/10/2024
Rotting
Character:
Release Date:29/04/2024
Don't Lose Your Head!
Character:Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu
Release Date:09/02/2024
The Innocent Game
Character:
Release Date:10/11/2023
September 1923
Character:Teiji Igusa
Release Date:01/09/2023
Goal of the Sky
Character:
Release Date:15/07/2023
Ripples
Character:Taro Kadokura
Release Date:26/05/2023
Hard Days
Character:Yutaka Senba
Release Date:19/05/2023
Touken Ranbu 2
Character:Fujiwara no Michinaga
Release Date:31/03/2023
Do Unto Others
Character:Shosaku Shiba
Release Date:24/03/2023
Yudo: The Way of the Bath
Character:regular customer
Release Date:23/02/2023
Shylock's Children
Character:Hajime Sawazaki
Release Date:17/02/2023
Egoist
Character:Yoshio Saito
Release Date:10/02/2023
Umami
Character:Salaryman
Release Date:09/02/2023
A Man
Character:Norio Komiura
Release Date:18/11/2022
The Setting Sun
Character:Dr. Miyake
Release Date:04/11/2022
No Place to Go
Character:Bomber
Release Date:08/10/2022
Wandering
Character:Agata
Release Date:13/05/2022
Barber Shop with a View of the Sea
Character:老店主
Release Date:09/05/2022
Noise
Character:Shoji
Release Date:27/01/2022
Girls, Guns and Gangsters: Shinji Somai & Sailor Suit & Machine Gun
Character:
Release Date:17/11/2021
Baragaki: Unbroken Samurai
Character:Shop Owner
Release Date:15/10/2021
祈り ―幻に長崎を想う刻―
Character:
Release Date:20/08/2021
The Great Yokai War: Guardians
Character:old man
Release Date:01/07/2021
The Great Yokai War: Guardians
Character:Old Man
Release Date:01/07/2021
空蝉の森
Character:Police Inspector kariya shinichi
Release Date:05/02/2021
The End of the Tiny World
Character:Kawabata
Release Date:29/01/2021
Underdog: Part One
Character:Sakuro
Release Date:27/11/2020
Underdog: Part Two
Character:Sakuro
Release Date:27/11/2020
Wonderful Paradise
Character:Homeless
Release Date:20/11/2020
Living in the Sky
Character:Concierge Kondo
Release Date:23/10/2020
Nosari: Impermanent Eternity
Character:
Release Date:11/07/2020
I Never Shot Anyone
Character:Takashi Renjo
Release Date:03/07/2020
Stardust Over The Town
Character:Kumabe Rokuzo
Release Date:06/03/2020
Finding Light at the Darkness Festival
Character:
Release Date:25/10/2019
The Promised Land
Character:Goro Fujiki
Release Date:18/10/2019
Show Me the Way to the Station
Character:
Release Date:18/10/2019
They Say Nothing Stays the Same
Character:Toichi
Release Date:13/09/2019
It Feels So Good
Character:Kenji's Father (voice)
Release Date:23/08/2019
Iwane: Sword of Serenity
Character:Urakusai
Release Date:17/05/2019
Godot of the Emotos
Character:
Release Date:20/04/2019
Castle of Sand
Character:Chiyokichi
Release Date:28/03/2019
BON-UTA, A Song from Home
Character:(voice)
Release Date:15/02/2019
Oz Land
Character:Boss
Release Date:26/10/2018
Recall
Character:Seiji Nomura
Release Date:15/06/2018
Shoplifters
Character:Yoritsugu Kawado
Release Date:02/06/2018
Color Me True
Character:Tadashi Honda
Release Date:10/02/2018
Evil and The Mask
Character:Detective Aida
Release Date:13/01/2018
Solitary Gourmet New Year's Eve Special ~Final Meal! Setouchi Business Trip~
Character:
Release Date:31/12/2017
Mukoku
Character:Seppo Mitsumura
Release Date:03/06/2017
Neko Ninja
Character:Kariyazaki
Release Date:20/05/2017
Lu Over the Wall
Character:Ashimoto's Grandfather (voice)
Release Date:19/05/2017
The Dog Bridegroom
Character:Kenkichi Okumura
Release Date:13/05/2017
Survival Family
Character:Sasaki Shigeomi
Release Date:11/02/2017
Random Lives
Character:Hanamura
Release Date:28/01/2017
Shippu Rondo
Character:Masaomi Togo
Release Date:26/11/2016
Sniper
Character:Tatsuyuki Miyata
Release Date:02/10/2016
Black Widow Business
Character:Jun Sakurada
Release Date:27/08/2016
A Grain of Wheat
Character:Honda
Release Date:26/08/2016
Shin Godzilla
Character:Ryuta Azuma : Chief Cabinet Secretary
Release Date:29/07/2016
The Mohican Comes Home
Character:Osamu Tamura
Release Date:09/04/2016
A Living Promise
Character:Zenzo Takeda
Release Date:09/01/2016
Journey to the Shore
Character:Hoshitani
Release Date:30/09/2015
The Big Bee
Character:Murofushi
Release Date:12/09/2015
The Pearls of the Stone Man
Character:Kumaji Ueda
Release Date:20/06/2015
Vampire in Love
Character:Sojiro
Release Date:17/04/2015
GARO -Gold Storm- Sho
Character:Priest Soutatsu
Release Date:28/03/2015
Living Rights
Character:
Release Date:07/03/2015
Present for You
Character:
Release Date:07/02/2015
A House on a Hill
Character:Yoshitarō Terashima
Release Date:06/12/2014
0.5 mm
Character:Takeshi Sasaki
Release Date:08/11/2014
Cold
Character:Jin Ichinose
Release Date:27/09/2014
Time Trip App
Character:Ryuzo Yanagita
Release Date:26/07/2014
Oh! Father
Character:Hayashi Tomita
Release Date:24/05/2014
Wood Job!
Character:Toshiro Yamane
Release Date:10/05/2014
A Woman from Ashio
Character:
Release Date:18/01/2014
Sleeping Forest
Character:Daisuke Ota
Release Date:02/01/2014
Fly, Dakota, Fly!
Character:
Release Date:05/10/2013
The Partner
Character:Ōkuma Shigenobu
Release Date:29/09/2013
Unforgiven
Character:Kingo Baba
Release Date:13/09/2013
The War and a Woman
Character:client of woman
Release Date:27/04/2013
Yellow Elephant
Character:Arechi
Release Date:02/02/2013
Banana, Gloves and Whale Shark
Character:Lawyer
Release Date:01/01/2013
Humanoid Monster, Bem
Character:Kao no nai otoko
Release Date:15/12/2012
One Day in January
Character:
Release Date:17/11/2012
The Life of Budori Gusuko
Character:Narrator / Dr. Kūbō (voice)
Release Date:07/07/2012
Casting Blossoms to the Sky
Character:Seijiro Nose
Release Date:12/05/2012
A Sower of Seeds
Character:Shuzo Morikawa
Release Date:03/03/2012
Ace Attorney
Character:Saibancho (Judge)
Release Date:11/02/2012
Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet
Character:Yoneuchi
Release Date:23/12/2011
Life Back Then
Character:Masashi Inoue
Release Date:19/11/2011
Karate-Robo Zaborgar
Character:Dr. Akunomiya
Release Date:15/10/2011
Shikei Kijun
Character:Kyusaku Tsushima
Release Date:25/09/2011
In His Chart
Character:Doctor
Release Date:27/08/2011
Ninja Kids!!!
Character:
Release Date:23/07/2011
A Honeymoon in Hell: Mr. & Mrs. Oki's Fabulous Trip
Character:wet guy
Release Date:14/05/2011
Postcard
Character:Yukichi Morikawa, the Father-in-Law
Release Date:27/10/2010
Cast Me If You Can
Character:Homeless guy
Release Date:23/10/2010
The Lightning Tree
Character:Kakunoshi Enokido
Release Date:22/10/2010
Sakurada Gate Incident
Character:Magojiro Kaneko
Release Date:16/10/2010
Ekeb of Dekye
Character:Soichi Yanagimachi
Release Date:09/10/2010
Heaven's Story
Character:Souichi
Release Date:02/10/2010
Villain
Character:Yoshio Ishibashi
Release Date:11/09/2010
Hutch the Honeybee
Character:
Release Date:28/07/2010
A Crowd of Three
Character:
Release Date:12/06/2010
A Lone Scalpel
Character:Matsuo Okawa
Release Date:05/06/2010
Haru's Journey
Character:Michio Nakai
Release Date:22/05/2010
After the Flowers
Character:Soan Nagai
Release Date:13/03/2010
Golden Slumber
Character:Hodogaya Yasushi
Release Date:30/01/2010
Yona Yona Penguin
Character:Jii (voice)
Release Date:23/12/2009
Boku to Mama No Kiiroi Jitensha
Character:Shotaro
Release Date:22/08/2009
April Bride
Character:Teishi Nagashima
Release Date:09/05/2009
Rain Fall
Character:Tatsu Ishikura
Release Date:24/04/2009
John Rabe
Character:Matsui Iwane
Release Date:02/04/2009
Asahiyama Zoo Story: Penguins in the Sky
Character:Itsuro Usui
Release Date:07/02/2009
Happy Flight
Character:Saito
Release Date:15/11/2008
ICHI
Character:
Release Date:25/10/2008
Teacher and Three Children
Character:Yoshio Ichikawa
Release Date:27/09/2008
Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit
Character:Counselor
Release Date:26/09/2008
The Cycling Genius Is Coming!
Character:
Release Date:06/09/2008
The Taste of Fish
Character:Shojiro Sanada
Release Date:07/06/2008
All Around Us
Character:kunimasa Yasuda
Release Date:07/06/2008
The Most Beautiful Night In The World
Character:Journalist
Release Date:24/05/2008
The Chasing World
Character:Doctor
Release Date:22/02/2008
The Shadow Spirit
Character:mimasaka koushirou
Release Date:21/12/2007
Prodigy
Character:Hisashi Kikuna
Release Date:20/09/2007
Life Can Be So Wonderful
Character:Haeo
Release Date:15/09/2007
Three for the Road
Character:
Release Date:11/07/2007
The Go Master
Character:Kensaku Segoe
Release Date:24/05/2007
Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad
Character:Doctor from Sasazuka Clinic
Release Date:14/04/2007
Starfish Hotel
Character:Mr. Trickster
Release Date:03/02/2007
The Happiness
Character:
Release Date:23/11/2006
The Summer of Stickleback
Character:
Release Date:14/10/2006
Japan Sinks
Character:Professor Fukuhara
Release Date:15/07/2006
It's Only Talk
Character:
Release Date:10/06/2006
Memories of Matsuko
Character:Tsunehiro Kawajiri
Release Date:27/05/2006
Scrap Heaven
Character:Detective Yabuta
Release Date:08/10/2005
The Suspect: Muroi Shinji
Character:Seigo Tsuda
Release Date:27/08/2005
The Great Yokai War
Character:
Release Date:06/08/2005
For the coming day
Character:
Release Date:06/05/2005
Love Is Five Seven Five
Character:Grandfather
Release Date:26/03/2005
Tetsujin 28: The Movie
Character:Yunosuke Otsuka
Release Date:19/03/2005
The Lakeside Murder Case
Character:Tomoharu Fujima
Release Date:22/01/2005
Moon and Cherry
Character:Sakamoto
Release Date:25/12/2004
The Motive
Character:Yoshifumi Katakura
Release Date:18/12/2004
River of First Love
Character:Hidejiro Tasaki
Release Date:13/11/2004
Takada Wataru Teki
Character:Self
Release Date:03/04/2004
Drugstore Girl
Character:Koji Nabeshima
Release Date:07/02/2004
Zebraman
Character:Kitahara the Crab Man
Release Date:30/01/2004
Winning Pass
Character:
Release Date:24/01/2004
The Hunter and the Hunted
Character:Neko
Release Date:17/01/2004
Hana
Character:Hiroshi Torigoe
Release Date:01/11/2003
Doppelganger
Character:Murakami
Release Date:27/09/2003
Worst by Chance
Character:Shigeharu Kaneshiro
Release Date:13/09/2003
Zatoichi
Character:Pub Owner
Release Date:06/09/2003
Farewell, Kuro
Character:Shuzo Hanazono
Release Date:01/07/2003
Samurai Resurrection
Character:Nobutsuna Matsudaira
Release Date:26/04/2003
Teacher's suitcase
Character:Sensei/Matsumoto Harutsuna
Release Date:11/03/2003
Owl
Character:
Release Date:07/02/2003
Barber's Sorrow
Character:
Release Date:09/11/2002
September 11
Character:Sakichi Furuhashi (segment "Japan")
Release Date:04/09/2002
KT
Character:Hiroshi Uchiyama
Release Date:03/05/2002
Turn
Character:Matsubara
Release Date:13/10/2001
Waterboys
Character:Mama
Release Date:15/09/2001
Kaza-hana
Character:Hot Spring Inn Owner
Release Date:27/01/2001
The City of Lost Souls
Character:Kuwata
Release Date:15/09/2000
The Whispered City
Character:Artist
Release Date:07/07/2000
Nagisa
Character:Priest
Release Date:10/06/2000
Another Heaven
Character:Doctor Akagi
Release Date:29/04/2000
Kaizokuban Bootleg Film
Character:Tatsuo
Release Date:01/12/1999
The Nagaharu Yodogawa Story: A Cineaste's Life in Kobe
Character:Matashichi
Release Date:07/11/1999
Round About Midnight
Character:Totsuka
Release Date:06/11/1999
Will to Live
Character:Doctor
Release Date:15/01/1999
Love Letter
Character:
Release Date:23/05/1998
Dr. Akagi
Character:Dr. Fuu Akagi
Release Date:17/05/1998
Body and Soul
Character:
Release Date:18/10/1997
The Key
Character:Soichiro Anzai
Release Date:18/10/1997
Abduction
Character:
Release Date:07/06/1997
The Eel
Character:Tamotsu Takasaki
Release Date:12/05/1997
The Rainbow Seeker
Character:
Release Date:28/12/1996
Free and Easy 8
Character:Yukawa
Release Date:10/08/1996
Shall We Dance?
Character:Detective Miwa
Release Date:27/01/1996
Maborosi
Character:Yoshihiro
Release Date:01/10/1995
Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla
Character:Major Akira Yuki
Release Date:10/12/1994
The Friends
Character:Nagatomo
Release Date:12/03/1994
I Can Hear the Duck Singing
Character:
Release Date:11/09/1993
When Cinema Reflects the Times: Hou Hsiao-Hsien and Edward Yang
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:01/09/1993
Private Lessons II
Character:Oba
Release Date:06/03/1993
Yamai wa kikara: Byôin e ikô 2
Character:
Release Date:19/12/1992
Manhattan Kiss
Character:
Release Date:13/06/1992
Sumo Do, Sumo Don't
Character:Professor Tokichi Anayama
Release Date:15/01/1992
A Naive History of the Bakumatsu Era
Character:Kogoro Katsura
Release Date:06/07/1991
Dance till Tomorrow
Character:
Release Date:22/06/1991
The Last Frankenstein
Character:Prof. Sarusawa
Release Date:20/04/1991
Goodbye Mama
Character:
Release Date:20/04/1991
Betrayal Tomorrow
Character:
Release Date:14/09/1990
Maria's Stomach
Character:
Release Date:21/07/1990
Roar of the Crowd
Character:
Release Date:09/06/1990
Universal Laws
Character:
Release Date:27/01/1990
Fancy Dance
Character:Masoho's boss
Release Date:23/12/1989
Beijing Watermelon
Character:Mr. Teramoto
Release Date:18/11/1989
Battle Heater
Character:Riichi Hama
Release Date:03/11/1989
Tora-san Goes to Vienna
Character:Hyoma Sakaguchi
Release Date:05/08/1989
Harimao
Character:Army Major
Release Date:03/06/1989
Mottomo Abunai Deka
Character:Maeo
Release Date:22/04/1989
Revolver
Character:Keisuke Mineya
Release Date:22/10/1988
The Silk Road
Character:
Release Date:25/06/1988
The Yen Family
Character:Shinichi Amemiya
Release Date:14/05/1988
Angel Guts: Red Vertigo
Character:Yakuza
Release Date:07/05/1988
The Great Department Store Robbery
Character:
Release Date:26/12/1987
The Heartbreak Yakuza
Character:
Release Date:12/09/1987
Bedtime Eyes
Character:
Release Date:25/04/1987
A Tale of Young Elopement
Character:Matsuda
Release Date:07/02/1987
Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies
Character:
Release Date:02/08/1986
Congratulatory Speech
Character:Yasuhei Higashida
Release Date:28/12/1985
The Second Is a Christian
Character:Kumashiro
Release Date:14/09/1985
I Want To Live Once More: Shinjuku Bus Fire Incident
Character:Hirofumi Maruyama
Release Date:02/03/1985
Capone Cries a Lot
Character:Ushiemon
Release Date:16/02/1985
Location
Character:Konno
Release Date:22/09/1984
Make-Up
Character:Kikuo Tsutano
Release Date:02/05/1984
Legend of the Cat Monster
Character:Ryohei Shimura / Joji Tamura
Release Date:30/08/1983
Double Bed
Character:Tôru Yamazaki
Release Date:05/08/1983
Amagi Pass
Character:
Release Date:19/02/1983
The Man from Shimizu
Character:
Release Date:28/12/1982
Suspicion
Character:Shigekazu Akitani
Release Date:11/09/1982
Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san
Character:Kondo
Release Date:07/08/1982
Lovers Lost
Character:Ishizuka
Release Date:12/06/1982
Sailor Suit and Machine Gun
Character:Detective Kuroki
Release Date:19/12/1981
Disciples of Hippocrates
Character:
Release Date:21/11/1980
Masked Crusader, Mr. Jirenman
Character:Kantarô Iwata
Release Date:06/10/1979
Shimo-ochiai Yakitori Movie
Character:
Release Date:23/06/1979
Fujio Akatsuka's Gag Porno: In the Mood Once Again
Character:Daigorô Hatayama
Release Date:31/03/1979
Television Appearances
Scandal Eve
Character:
Shinjuku Field Hospital
Character:Keisuke Takamine
JK to Roppozensho
Character:桜木倫太郎
満天のゴール
Character:トクじい
Get Ready!
Character:Hiroshi Bojo
Japanese Style
Character:Hifuji Umekoshi
Goodbye My Dear
Character:Hiroshi Yamawaki
The New Chronicle of Lord Nobunaga: Classmates are Warriors
Character:Yotaro Befunokami
混声の森
Character:
Lost Man Found
Character:Himself
Teen Regime
Character:Washida Tsuguaki
Ten Count to the Future
Character:Kenzo Ashiya
Bullets, Bones and Blocked Noses
Character:Hadashi no Tyosuke(裸足のチョウスケ)
Re: The End of the Tiny World - Half a Year Later
Character:Kawabata
てにあまる
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Banjo no Himawari
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Villain: Perpetrator Chase Investigation
Character:铃本茂树
In Hand
Character:
Good Doctor
Character:Akira Shiga
Segodon
Character:Ryu Samin
Home Sweet Tokyo
Character:[Ramen Shop Owner]
Frankenstein's Love
Character:Tsurumaru
A Life
Character:Danjo Toranosuke
Silver and Gold
Character:Hitoshi Kuramae
Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit
Character:Sfar
Arashi no Namida
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Love That Makes You Cry
Character:Masahiko Hayashida
新 法廷荒らし 猪狩文助〜終の棲家〜
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The Long Goodbye
Character:Heizo Harada
A Woman from Ashio
Character:
Olympic Ransom
Character:
Hanzawa Naoki
Character:Keiji Minobe
Kumokiri Nizaemon
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Black Kite
Character:Kaiun
疑惑
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Platinum Town
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Folktales from Japan
Character:
Humanoid Monster Bem
Character:Nameless Man
HUNTER - Women After Reward Money
Character:Shogo Ooiwa
Mori no Asagao
Character:Keizukuri Hukahori
Naze Kimi wa Zetsubo to Tatakaeta noka
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Absolute Zero
Character:Sosuke Kagami
Clouds Over the Hill
Character:乃木知幸介
Ties of Shooting Stars
Character:Togami Masayuki
愛の流刑地
Character:北冈耕造
Tokumei! Keiji Dongame
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Love and Glory
Character:Hideyoshi Toyotomi
Haru and Natsu
Character:Kotaro Nakayama
竜馬がゆく
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Love & War of a Samurai
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Water Boys
Character:Mama (of a bar)
Mibu Gishiden: Shinsengumi de Ichiban Tsuyokatta Otoko
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AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo
Character:Hyoue Yarikura
The Private Detective Mike
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Prince Shotoku
Character:Anahobe no miko
Out - Tsumatachi no Hanzai
Character:
Genroku Ryoran
Character:Genshiro
Yanchakure
Character:水嶋钦一
Eighth Shogun Yoshimune
Character:Tokugawa Munenao
Family Court Judge
Character:Shibuya Naomasa
Taiheiki
Character:Moronao Kô-no
ホットドッグ
Character:大田原輝
あそびにおいでョ!
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水曜ドラマスペシャル
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