Tomio Aoki
Acting • Born 1923-10-07 – Died 2004-01-24
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
129 credits
A Buddhist Mass for Goemon Ishikawa
Movie • 1930
Pigs and Battleships
Movie • 1961
Kyuro
Jungle Block
Movie • 1960
The Burmese Harp
Movie • 1956
Oyama
I Was Born, But...
Movie • 1932
Keiji
Love Eternal
Movie • 1966
Deka Matsuri
Movie • 2003
Kimagure tosei
Movie • 1962
A Story of Floating Weeds
Movie • 1934
Tomio
Black Dice
Movie • 1962
A Rampage Full of Dreams
Movie • 1962
Seinen no isu
Movie • 1962
Foundry Town
Movie • 1962
Worker A
Apart from You
Movie • 1933
Shôkiku's younger brother
Ōatari hyappatsuhyakuchū
Movie • 1961
Facing to the Clouds
Movie • 1962
Break Down that Wall
Movie • 1959
Aioi Station policeman A
No Blood Relation
Movie • 1932
Neighbour's child
What Did the Lady Forget?
Movie • 1937
Tomio
The Rambler Goes North
Movie • 1962
A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
Movie • 1957
Street Without End
Movie • 1934
Bellboy
Taiyō no yō ni akaruku
Movie • 1962
The Perfect Game
Movie • 1958
Janitor at bank
The Shadow on the Wall
Movie • 1972
Street person
Passing Fancy
Movie • 1933
Tomio
The Rambler Rides Again
Movie • 1960
The Thick-Walled Room
Movie • 1956
Greatest Boss of Japan
Movie • 1970
Surging Waves
Movie • 1939
Modern Children
Movie • 1963
Mother's Love Letter
Movie • 1935
Forget Love for Now
Movie • 1937
Kotarô (as Tokkan Kozô)
Not Forgotten
Movie • 2000
Ito
Welcome Home
Movie • 1995
Man at Park
Kokumin no chikai
Movie • 1938
Five Siblings
Movie • 1939
Solo Traveler
Movie • 1962
Crazy Jailbreak
Movie • 1959
Takeuchi
Last Round
Movie • 1962
A Straightforward Boy
Movie • 1929
Tetsubo
Ore wa Jigoku no Butaichou
Movie • 1963
A Man Explodes
Movie • 1959
Jūdan no arashi
Movie • 1962
Fangs of Night
Movie • 1958
Yuganda tsuki
Movie • 1959
Bota-san
Blood for Blood
Movie • 1971
Terasaki
Dancing Girls of Izu
Movie • 1954
Hard Times
Movie • 1930
Masao
Mr. and Mrs. Swordplay
Movie • 1930
Kurô, Child
A Hero of Tokyo
Movie • 1935
Kanichi as a boy
I Flunked, But...
Movie • 1930
Landlady's Son
The Lady and the Beard
Movie • 1931
Prefectural Referee (uncredited)
Eclipse
Movie • 1934
Shigeru, Ôsaki's brother
Chivalrous Life
Movie • 1965
Intimidation
Movie • 1960
Walk Cheerfully
Movie • 1930
The Strength of a Moustache
Movie • 1931
Crying to the Blue Sky
Movie • 1932
Chocolate Girl
Movie • 1932
Burden of Life
Movie • 1935
The Groom Talks in His Sleep
Movie • 1935
Boy at liquor shop
Walking With The Dog
Movie • 2004
金語楼の俺は殺し屋だ
Movie • 1960
A World For Two
Movie • 1966
An Inn in Tokyo
Movie • 1935
Zenko
Savage Wolf Pack
Movie • 1969
Fight of the Gamblers
Movie • 1963
Born Under Crossed Stars
Movie • 1965
Suzaki Paradise: Red Light District
Movie • 1956
Ice Man
Him, Her, and the Boys
Movie • 1935
Don-ko
The Wind-of-Youth Group Crosses the Mountain Pass
Movie • 1961
The Eagle and the Hawk
Movie • 1957
Shin
Children in the Wind
Movie • 1937
Circus Boy
The Rambler in the Sunset
Movie • 1960
The Rambling Guitarist
Movie • 1959
Pure Emotions of the Sea
Movie • 1956
Sailor B
The Rambler under the Southern Cross
Movie • 1961
Intentions of Murder
Movie • 1964
Neighbor
The Young and Bad
Movie • 1962
Return of the Vagabond
Movie • 1960
The Guys Who Put Money on Me
Movie • 1962
Hayasaki
The Will to Live
Movie • 1967
Take Aim at the Police Van
Movie • 1960
Clerk of Inn
Pistol Opera
Movie • 2001
Youth of the Beast
Movie • 1963
Terumi Matsui
Underworld Beauty
Movie • 1958
Artisan
Passion and Rifle Bullets
Movie • 1955
The Only Son
Movie • 1936
Tomio
A Japanese Tragedy
Movie • 1953
Burden of Love
Movie • 1955
Red District Businessman
The Sound of Waves
Movie • 1964
Employee
I Am Waiting
Movie • 1957
Shibata's henchman
The Loyal 47 Ronin
Movie • 1932
boss of the children (as Tokkan Kozô)
The Life of an Office Worker
Movie • 1929
Third son
The Luck Which Touched the Leg
Movie • 1930
First son
An Innocent Maid
Movie • 1935
Tomibô
The Call of Blood
Movie • 1964
Barbershop Owner
Temptation
Movie • 1957
Painter
The Guitarist and the Rancher
Movie • 1960
The Sky Is Mine
Movie • 1959
Lone Wolf
Movie • 1960
Miyamoto
A Star Athlete
Movie • 1937
The Incorrigible
Movie • 1963
Frankie the Milkman
Movie • 1956
Jûnana-sai no teikô
Movie • 1957
Nishi Ginza Station
Movie • 1958
Tokyo Mighty Guy
Movie • 1960
If You Throw This Child Away
Movie • 1935
With a Single Sword Bale
Movie • 1934
Rising Dragon: Red-Hot Iron Skin
Movie • 1969
Keiji monogatari jazu wa kurutchai nē
Movie • 1961
Shōjo
Movie • 1961
Million Dollar Smash-and-Grab
Movie • 1961
Seishun zenki: Aoi kajitsu
Movie • 1965
Joe of Aces: Give and Take
Movie • 1961
Joshiryōsai
Movie • 1957
My Hometown is the Wild West
Movie • 1960
The Bride is Fifteen
Movie • 1964
Shin yūkyōden
Movie • 1966
The Reckless One
Movie • 1967
The Tale of Kinuyo
Movie • 1930
The Cheerleading Captain's Love
Movie • 1933
でかんしょ風来坊
Movie • 1961
突貫ジジイ 第5話 ある実験
Movie • 2003
Lunar Eclipse
Movie • 1956
Stray Cat Rock: Delinquent Girl Boss
Movie • 1970
In Tears
Movie • 1965
Yakuza sensei
Movie • 1960