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
Most Rating	2.218
Birthday	1923-10-07
Place of Birth	Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Also Known As	Томио Аоки, 突貫小僧,

A Buddhist Mass for Goemon Ishikawa

Pigs and Battleships

Jungle Block

The Burmese Harp

I Was Born, But...

Love Eternal

Deka Matsuri

Kimagure tosei

A Story of Floating Weeds

Black Dice

Yume ga ippai abarenbō

Seinen no isu

Foundry Town

Apart from You

Ōatari hyappatsuhyakuchū

Facing to the Clouds

Break Down that Wall

No Blood Relation

What Did the Lady Forget?

The Rambler Goes North

A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era

Street Without End

Taiyō no yō ni akaruku

The Perfect Game

The Shadow on the Wall

Passing Fancy

The Rambler Rides Again

The Thick-Walled Room

Greatest Boss Of Japan

Surging Waves

Modern Children

Mother's Love Letter

Forget Love for Now

Not Forgotten

Welcome Home

Kokumin no chikai

Five Siblings

Hitori tabi

Crazy Jailbreak

Moeru minamijūjisei

A Straightforward Boy

Ore wa Jigoku no Butaichou

A Man Explodes

Jūdan no arashi

Fangs of Night

ゆがんだ月

Blood For Blood

Dancing Girls of Izu

Hard Times

Mr. and Mrs. Swordplay

A Hero of Tokyo

I Flunked, But...

The Lady and the Beard

Eclipse

Chivalrous Life

Intimidation

Walk Cheerfully

The Strength of a Moustache

Crying to the Blue Sky

Chocolate Girl

Burden of Life

The Groom Talks in His Sleep

Walking With The Dog

金語楼の俺は殺し屋だ

A World For Two

An Inn in Tokyo

Savage Wolf Pack

Fight of the Gamblers

Born Under Crossed Stars

Suzaki Paradise: Red Light District

Him, Her, and the Boys

The Wind-of-Youth Group Crosses the Mountain Pass

The Eagle and the Hawk

Children in the Wind

The Rambler in the Sunset

The Rambling Guitarist

Pure Emotions of the Sea

The Rambler under the Southern Cross

Intentions of Murder

The Young and Bad