Tomio Aoki

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: Acting

Born: Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, 1923-10-07

Died: 2004-01-24

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1929	The Life of an Office Worker	Third son	0
2	1929	A Straightforward Boy	Tetsubo	57
3	1930	Mr. and Mrs. Swordplay	Kurô, Child	0
4	1930	Walk Cheerfully		61
5	1930	I Flunked, But...	Landlady's son	61
6	1930	Hard Times	Masao	0
7	1930	A Buddhist Mass for Goemon Ishikawa		0
8	1930	The Luck Which Touched the Leg	First son	0
9	1931	The Lady and the Beard	Prefectural Referee (uncredited)	59
10	1931	The Strength of a Moustache		0
11	1932	The Loyal 47 Ronin	boss of the children (as Tokkan Kozô)	0
12	1932	Crying to the Blue Sky		0
13	1932	I Was Born, But...	Keiji	75
14	1932	Chocolate Girl		0
15	1932	No Blood Relation	Neighbour's child	71
16	1933	Apart from You	Shôkiku's younger brother	69
17	1933	Passing Fancy	Tomio	66
18	1934	Street Without End	Bellboy	66
19	1934	With a Single Sword Bale		0
20	1934	Eclipse	Shigeru, Ôsaki's brother	0
21	1934	A Story of Floating Weeds	Tomio	71
22	1935	The Groom Talks in His Sleep	Boy at liquor shop	60
23	1935	An Innocent Maid	Tomibô	0
24	1935	A Hero of Tokyo	Kanichi as a boy	50
25	1935	Mother's Love Letter		0
26	1935	Him, Her, and the Boys	Don-ko	0
27	1935	If You Throw This Child Away		0
28	1935	An Inn in Tokyo	Zenko	69
29	1935	Burden of Life		64
30	1936	The Only Son	Tomio	74
31	1937	What Did the Lady Forget?	Tomio	64
32	1937	A Star Athlete		60
33	1937	Forget Love for Now	Kotarô (as Tokkan Kozô)	70
34	1937	Children in the Wind	Circus Boy	76
35	1938	Kokumin no chikai		0
36	1939	Five Siblings		0
37	1939	Surging Waves		0
38	1953	A Japanese Tragedy		56
39	1954	Dancing Girls of Izu		0
40	1955	Burden of Love	Red District Businessman	68
41	1955	Passion and Rifle Bullets		0
42	1956	The Burmese Harp	Oyama	79
43	1956	Pure Emotions of the Sea	Sailor B	0
44	1956	Suzaki Paradise: Red Light District	Ice Man	70
45	1956	The Thick-Walled Room		71
46	1956	Frankie the Milkman		90
47	1957	Joshiryōsai		0
48	1957	A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era		72
49	1957	Jûnana-sai no teikô		0
50	1957	Temptation	Painter	80
51	1957	The Eagle and the Hawk	Shin	57
52	1957	I Am Waiting	Shibata's henchman	65
53	1958	Fangs of Night		50
54	1958	Underworld Beauty	Artisan	54
55	1958	Nishi Ginza Station		56
56	1958	The Perfect Game	Janitor at bank	62
57	1959	Crazy Jailbreak	Takeuchi	0
58	1959	A Man Explodes		0
59	1959	Break Down that Wall	Aioi Station policeman A	70
60	1959	Yuganda tsuki	Bota-san	0
61	1959	The Rambling Guitarist		62
62	1959	The Sky Is Mine		0
63	1960	The Guitarist and the Rancher		0
64	1960	Take Aim at the Police Van	Clerk of Inn	62
65	1960	Intimidation		71
66	1960	Return of the Vagabond		50
67	1960	Jungle Block		70
68	1960	The Rambler in the Sunset		0
69	1960	The Tokyo Mighty Guy		64
70	1960	金語楼の俺は殺し屋だ		0
71	1960	Lone Wolf	Miyamoto	0
72	1960	The Rambler Rides Again		0
73	1960	Ore no furusato wa dai seibu		0
74	1961	The Rambler under the Southern Cross		0
75	1961	Keiji monogatari jazu wa kurutchai nē		0
76	1961	Shōjo		0
77	1961	Pigs and Battleships	Kyuro	71
78	1961	Ōatari hyappatsuhyakuchū		0
79	1961	Joe of Aces: Give and Take		0
80	1961	The Wind-of-Youth Group Crosses the Mountain Pass		57
81	1961	Million Dollar Smash-and-Grab		0
82	1962	The Rambler Goes North		0
83	1962	Kimagure tosei		0
84	1962	Black Dice		0
85	1962	Yume ga ippai abarenbō		0
86	1962	Seinen no isu		0
87	1962	Foundry Town	Worker A	76
88	1962	Facing to the Clouds		0
89	1962	Taiyō no yō ni akaruku		0
90	1962	Hitori tabi		0
91	1962	Moeru minamijūjisei		0
92	1962	Jūdan no arashi		0
93	1962	The Young and Bad		0
94	1962	The Guys Who Put Money on Me	Hayasaki	50
95	1963	Modern Children		0
96	1963	Youth of the Beast	Terumi Matsui	69
97	1963	Ore wa Jigoku no Butaichou		0
98	1963	The Incorrigible		63
99	1963	Fight of the Gamblers		60
100	1964	Hanayome wa jū go-sai		0
101	1964	The Sound of Waves	Employee	0
102	1964	Intentions of Murder	Neighbor	72
103	1964	The Call of Blood	Barbershop Owner	60
104	1965	Chivalrous Life		0
105	1965	Seishun zenki: Aoi kajitsu		0
106	1965	Born Under Crossed Stars		64
107	1966	A World For Two		0
108	1966	Love Eternal		0
109	1967	The Will to Live		0
110	1969	Savage Wolf Pack		58
111	1969	Rising Dragon: Red-Hot Iron Skin		0
112	1970	Greatest Boss Of Japan		0
113	1971	Blood for Blood		70
114	1972	The Shadow on the Wall	Street person	0
115	1995	Welcome Home	Man at Park	62
116	2000	Not Forgotten	Ito	40
117	2001	Pistol Opera		62
118	2003	Deka Matsuri		0
119	2004	Walking With The Dog		0

Tomio Aoki

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