
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.
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Acting (111 movies)

Pigs and Battleships
1961

Jungle Block
1960

The Burmese Harp
1956

I Was Born, But...
1932

Love Eternal
1966

Deka Matsuri
2003

Kimagure tosei
1962

A Story of Floating Weeds
1934

Black Dice
1962

Yume ga ippai abarenbō
1962

Seinen no isu
1962

Foundry Town
1962

Apart from You
1933

Ōatari hyappatsuhyakuchū
1961

Facing to the Clouds
1962

Break Down that Wall
1959

No Blood Relation
1932

What Did the Lady Forget?
1937

The Rambler Goes North
1962

A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
1957

Street Without End
1934

Taiyō no yō ni akaruku
1962

The Perfect Game
1958

The Shadow on the Wall
1972

Passing Fancy
1933

The Rambler Rides Again
1960

The Thick-Walled Room
1956

Greatest Boss Of Japan
1970

Modern Children
1963

Mother's Love Letter
1935

Forget Love for Now
1937

Kokumin no chikai
1938

Welcome Home
1995

Five Siblings
1939

Hitori tabi
1962

Crazy Jailbreak
1959

Last Round
1962

A Straightforward Boy
1929

Ore wa Jigoku no Butaichou
1963

A Man Explodes
1959

Jūdan no arashi
1962

Fangs of Night
1958

Yuganda tsuki
1959

Blood for Blood
1971

Dancing Girls of Izu
1954

Hard Times
1930

Mr. and Mrs. Swordplay
1930

A Hero of Tokyo
1935

I Flunked, But...
1930

The Lady and the Beard
1931

Eclipse
1934

Chivalrous Life
1965

Intimidation
1960

Walk Cheerfully
1930

Burden of Life
1935

Walking With The Dog
2004

A World For Two
1966

An Inn in Tokyo
1935

Savage Wolf Pack
1969

Fight of the Gamblers
1963

Born Under Crossed Stars
1965

Suzaki Paradise: Red Light District
1956

The Wind-of-Youth Group Crosses the Mountain Pass
1961

The Eagle and the Hawk
1957

Children in the Wind
1937

The Rambler in the Sunset
1960

The Rambling Guitarist
1959

Pure Emotions of the Sea
1956

The Rambler under the Southern Cross
1961

Intentions of Murder
1964

The Young and Bad
1962

Return of the Vagabond
1960

The Guys Who Put Money on Me
1962

The Will to Live
1967

Take Aim at the Police Van
1960

Pistol Opera
2001

Youth of the Beast
1963

Underworld Beauty
1958

Passion and Rifle Bullets
1955

A Japanese Tragedy
1953

The Only Son
1936

Burden of Love
1955

The Sound of Waves
1964

I Am Waiting
1957

The Loyal 47 Ronin
1932

The Life of an Office Worker
1929

The Luck Which Touched the Leg
1930

An Innocent Maid
1935

The Call of Blood
1964

Temptation
1957

The Guitarist and the Rancher
1960

The Sky Is Mine
1959

Lone Wolf
1960

A Star Athlete
1937

The Incorrigible
1963

Frankie the Milkman
1956

Jûnana-sai no teikô
1957

Nishi Ginza Station
1958

The Tokyo Mighty Guy
1960

Rising Dragon: Red-Hot Iron Skin
1969
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