Tomio Aoki
Acting
Born 1923-10-07
Died 2004-01-24
Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
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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.
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Filmography
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Modern Children
The Will to Live
Him, Her, and the Boys
Walking With The Dog
With a Single Sword Bale
Five Siblings
The Luck Which Touched the Leg
The Guitarist and the Rancher
Frankie the Milkman
Forget Love for Now
The Rambler Rides Again
Burden of Love
Mother's Love Letter
The Rambler in the Sunset
Jûnana-sai no teikô
The Burmese Harp
The Only Son
Pigs and Battleships
Mr. and Mrs. Swordplay
Intentions of Murder
I Was Born, But...
Yakuza sensei
The Thick-Walled Room
Stray Cat Rock: Delinquent Girl Boss
Walk Cheerfully
Youth of the Beast
I Am Waiting
A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
Take Aim at the Police Van
A Japanese Tragedy
A Story of Floating Weeds
An Innocent Maid
The Rambling Guitarist
The Incorrigible
What Did the Lady Forget?
Break Down that Wall
Pistol Opera
Jungle Block
A Star Athlete
Foundry Town
Kokumin no chikai
Savage Wolf Pack
Nishi Ginza Station
Tokyo Mighty Guy
Temptation
The Call of Blood
Fight of the Gamblers
Apart from You
The Sound of Waves
The Rambler under the Southern Cross
The Eagle and the Hawk
Suzaki Paradise: Red Light District
Street Without End
Welcome Home
Million Dollar Smash-and-Grab
The Famous Wanderer
The Wind-of-Youth Group Crosses the Mountain Pass
Passing Fancy
An Inn in Tokyo
Underworld Beauty
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