Known For
Acting
Born
Oct 07, 1923
Died
Jan 24, 2004
Place of Birth
Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Credits
130 titles
Tomio Aoki
Biography
Tomio Aoki (October 7, 1923 in Yokohama, Japan – January 24, 2004 in Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan) aka Tokkan Kozō was a Japanese film actor. Aoki became famous as a child actor after debuting at the age of six in silent films directed by Yasujirō Ozu. His leading role in Ozu's 1929 short comedy Tokkan kozo gave Aoki his nickname. I Was Born, But... (1932), Passing Fancy (1933) and An Inn in Tokyo (1935) were three other Ozu films in which Aoki had notable roles. Aoki disappeared from Japanese cinema in 1940, at the age of 16, but returned to film acting in Kon Ichikawa's The Burmese Harp (1956). During the 1960s he appeared in films for directors Seijun Suzuki and Teruo Ishii before retiring again in 1972. He again returned to the screen in 1995 in Makoto Shinozaki's Okaeri, and appeared in Suzuki's Pistol Opera (2001). He continued appearing in films, and in short comedies by Shinozaki until his death in 2004. He shared the Best Actor award at the French Three Continents Festival with two of his co-stars for Shinozaki's Not Forgotten (2000). By the time of his death, at the age of 80, Aoki had performed in over 300 films. Description above from the Wikipedia article Tomio Aoki, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography
Walking With The Dog
突貫ジジイ 第5話 ある実験
Deka Matsuri
Pistol Opera
Not Forgotten
Ito
Welcome Home
Man at Park
The Shadow on the Wall
Street person
Blood for Blood
Terasaki
Stray Cat Rock: Delinquent Girl Boss
Greatest Boss of Japan
Rising Dragon: Red-Hot Iron Skin
Savage Wolf Pack
The Will to Live
The Reckless One
Shin yūkyōden
Love Eternal
A World For Two
In Tears
Born Under Crossed Stars
Seishun zenki: Aoi kajitsu
Chivalrous Life
The Call of Blood
Barbershop Owner
Intentions of Murder
Neighbor
The Sound of Waves
Employee
The Bride is Fifteen
Fight of the Gamblers
The Incorrigible
Ore wa Jigoku no Butaichou
Youth of the Beast
Terumi Matsui
Modern Children
The Guys Who Put Money on Me
Hayasaki
The Young and Bad
Jūdan no arashi
Last Round
Solo Traveler
Taiyō no yō ni akaruku
Facing to the Clouds
Foundry Town
Worker A
Seinen no isu
A Rampage Full of Dreams
Black Dice
Kimagure tosei
The Rambler Goes North
Million Dollar Smash-and-Grab
The Wind-of-Youth Group Crosses the Mountain Pass
Sampei
Joe of Aces: Give and Take
Ōatari hyappatsuhyakuchū
The Famous Wanderer
Pigs and Battleships
Kyuro
Shōjo