Tomio Aoki
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- October 7, 1923
- Died
- January 24, 2004 (aged 80)
- Birthplace
- Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
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
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Filmography
Walking With The Dog
Movie
Deka Matsuri
Movie
突貫ジジイ 第5話 ある実験
Movie
Pistol Opera
Movie
Not Forgotten
Movie · as Ito
Welcome Home
Movie · as Man at Park
The Shadow on the Wall
Movie · as Street person
Blood for Blood
Movie · as Terasaki
Greatest Boss of Japan
Movie
Stray Cat Rock: Delinquent Girl Boss
Movie
Savage Wolf Pack
Movie
Rising Dragon: Red-Hot Iron Skin
Movie
The Will to Live
Movie
The Reckless One
Movie
Love Eternal
Movie
A World For Two
Movie
Shin yūkyōden
Movie
Chivalrous Life
Movie
Born Under Crossed Stars
Movie
Seishun zenki: Aoi kajitsu
Movie
In Tears
Movie
Intentions of Murder
Movie · as Neighbor
The Sound of Waves
Movie · as Employee
The Call of Blood
Movie · as Barbershop Owner
The Bride is Fifteen
Movie
Modern Children
Movie
Ore wa Jigoku no Butaichou
Movie
Fight of the Gamblers
Movie
Youth of the Beast
Movie · as Terumi Matsui
The Incorrigible
Movie
Kimagure tosei
Movie
Black Dice
Movie
A Rampage Full of Dreams
Movie
Seinen no isu
Movie
Foundry Town
Movie · as Worker A
Facing to the Clouds
Movie
The Rambler Goes North
Movie
Taiyō no yō ni akaruku
Movie
Solo Traveler
Movie
Last Round
Movie
Jūdan no arashi
Movie
The Young and Bad
Movie
The Guys Who Put Money on Me
Movie · as Hayasaki
Pigs and Battleships
Movie · as Kyuro
Ōatari hyappatsuhyakuchū
Movie
The Wind-of-Youth Group Crosses the Mountain Pass
Movie · as Sampei
The Rambler under the Southern Cross
Movie
Keiji monogatari jazu wa kurutchai nē
Movie
Shōjo
Movie
Million Dollar Smash-and-Grab
Movie
Joe of Aces: Give and Take
Movie
The Famous Wanderer
Movie
Jungle Block
Movie
The Rambler Rides Again
Movie
Intimidation
Movie
金語楼の俺は殺し屋だ
Movie
The Rambler in the Sunset
Movie
Return of the Vagabond
Movie
Take Aim at the Police Van
Movie · as Clerk of Inn
The Guitarist and the Rancher
Movie
Lone Wolf
Movie · as Miyamoto
Tokyo Mighty Guy
Movie
My Hometown is the Wild West
Movie
Yakuza sensei
Movie
The Brawler
Movie · as The regular tailor
Break Down that Wall
Movie · as Aioi Station policeman A
Crazy Jailbreak
Movie · as Takeuchi
A Man Explodes
Movie
Yuganda tsuki
Movie · as Bota-san
The Rambling Guitarist
Movie
The Sky Is Mine
Movie
The Perfect Game
Movie · as Janitor at bank
Fangs of Night
Movie
Underworld Beauty
Movie · as Artisan
Nishi Ginza Station
Movie
A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
Movie
The Eagle and the Hawk
Movie · as Shin
I Am Waiting
Movie · as Shibata's henchman
Temptation
Movie · as Painter
Jûnana-sai no teikô
Movie
Joshiryōsai
Movie
The Burmese Harp
Movie · as Oyama
The Thick-Walled Room
Movie
Suzaki Paradise: Red Light District
Movie · as Ice Man
Pure Emotions of the Sea
Movie · as Sailor B
Frankie the Milkman
Movie
Lunar Eclipse
Movie
Passion and Rifle Bullets
Movie
Burden of Love
Movie · as Red District Businessman
Dancing Girls of Izu
Movie
A Japanese Tragedy
Movie
Surging Waves
Movie
Five Siblings
Movie
Kokumin no chikai
Movie
What Did the Lady Forget?
Movie · as Tomio
Forget Love for Now
Movie · as Kotarô (as Tokkan Kozô)
Children in the Wind
Movie · as Circus Boy
A Star Athlete
Movie
The Only Son
Movie · as Tomibo, Otaka's son
Mother's Love Letter
Movie
A Hero of Tokyo
Movie · as Kanichi as a boy
Burden of Life
Movie
The Groom Talks in His Sleep
Movie · as Boy at liquor shop
An Inn in Tokyo
Movie · as Zenko
Him, Her, and the Boys
Movie · as Don-ko
An Innocent Maid
Movie · as Tomibô
If You Throw This Child Away
Movie
A Story of Floating Weeds
Movie · as Tomio
Street Without End
Movie · as Bellboy
Eclipse
Movie · as Shigeru, Ôsaki's brother
With a Single Sword Bale
Movie
Apart from You
Movie · as Terugiku's younger brother
Passing Fancy
Movie · as Tomio
The Cheerleading Captain's Love
Movie
I Was Born, But...
Movie · as Keiji
No Blood Relation
Movie · as Neighbour's child
Crying to the Blue Sky
Movie
Chocolate Girl
Movie
The Loyal 47 Ronin
Movie · as boss of the children (as Tokkan Kozô)
The Lady and the Beard
Movie · as Prefectural Referee (uncredited)
The Strength of a Moustache
Movie
A Buddhist Mass for Goemon Ishikawa
Movie
Hard Times
Movie · as Masao
Mr. and Mrs. Swordplay
Movie · as Kurô, Child
I Flunked, But...
Movie · as Landlady's Son
Walk Cheerfully
Movie
The Luck Which Touched the Leg
Movie · as First son
The Tale of Kinuyo
Movie
A Straightforward Boy
Movie · as Tetsubo
The Life of an Office Worker
Movie · as Third son