Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1923-10-07
Day of Death
2004-01-24
Place of Birth
Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
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.
Filmography (130)
Walking With The Dog
2004
突貫ジジイ 第5話 ある実験
2003
Deka Matsuri
2003
Pistol Opera
2001Not Forgotten
2000
Welcome Home
1995
The Shadow on the Wall
1972
Blood for Blood
1971
Stray Cat Rock: Delinquent Girl Boss
1970
Greatest Boss of Japan
1970
Rising Dragon: Red-Hot Iron Skin
1969
Savage Wolf Pack
1969
The Will to Live
1967
The Reckless One
1967
