Tomio Aoki

Known for ActingBorn 1923-10-07Died 2004-01-24Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan

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.Read more

Movies & web series

The Will to Live

Million Dollar Smash-and-Grab

The Rambler Rides Again

The Luck Which Touched the Leg

Walking With The Dog

Pure Emotions of the Sea

Dancing Girls of Izu

Crying to the Blue Sky

A Buddhist Mass for Goemon Ishikawa

The Tale of Kinuyo

The Shadow on the Wall

Frankie the Milkman

Rising Dragon: Red-Hot Iron Skin

Temptation

Foundry Town

Five Siblings

Kokumin no chikai

The Burmese Harp

The Cheerleading Captain's Love

Chocolate Girl

Hard Times

Mr. and Mrs. Swordplay

The Guys Who Put Money on Me

Break Down that Wall

I Was Born, But...

A Star Athlete

The Groom Talks in His Sleep

The Incorrigible

Children in the Wind

The Only Son

Intimidation

The Thick-Walled Room

Pigs and Battleships

Blood for Blood

No Blood Relation

Intentions of Murder

The Sound of Waves

Burden of Love

Welcome Home

Jungle Block

Yakuza sensei

Suzaki Paradise: Red Light District

A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era

A Story of Floating Weeds

Youth of the Beast

The Rambling Guitarist

An Inn in Tokyo

Tokyo Mighty Guy