Tomio Aoki
Acting
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.
Born: October 7, 1923
Place of Birth: Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Known For
Filmography
as Man at Park
as Street person
as Barbershop Owner
as Neighbor
as Employee
as Terumi Matsui
as Hayasaki
as Worker A
as Kyuro
as Miyamoto
as Clerk of Inn
as Bota-san
as Aioi Station policeman A
as Takeuchi
as Janitor at bank
as Artisan
as Shibata's henchman
as Shin
as Painter
as Ice Man
as Sailor B
as Oyama
as Red District Businessman
as Circus Boy
as Kotarô (as Tokkan Kozô)
as Tomio
as Tomio
as Zenko
as Kanichi as a boy
as Tomibô
as Tomio
as Shigeru, Ôsaki's brother
as Bellboy
as Tomio
as Shôkiku's younger brother
as Neighbour's child
as boss of the children (as Tokkan Kozô)
as Keiji
as Prefectural Referee (uncredited)
as First son
as Masao
as Landlady's Son
as Kurô, Child
as Tetsubo
as Third son