Tomio Aoki
Known for: Acting
Born: October 7, 1923
Died: January 24, 2004
Place of birth: Yokohama, 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.
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Filmography
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9.0
Walking With The Dog
2004
NR
突貫ジジイ 第5話 ある実験
2003
NR
Deka Matsuri
2003
6.1
Pistol Opera
20014.3
Not Forgotten
2000
6.7
Welcome Home
1995
8.5
The Shadow on the Wall
1972
7.0
Blood for Blood
1971
6.0
Stray Cat Rock: Delinquent Girl Boss
1970
NR
Greatest Boss of Japan
1970
8.0
Rising Dragon: Red-Hot Iron Skin
1969
6.0
Savage Wolf Pack
1969
10.0
The Will to Live
1967
NR
The Reckless One
1967
NR
Shin yūkyōden
1966
NR
Love Eternal
1966
NR
A World For Two
1966
NR
In Tears
1965
6.6
Born Under Crossed Stars
1965
NR
Seishun zenki: Aoi kajitsu
1965
NR
Chivalrous Life
1965
5.8
The Call of Blood
1964
7.0
Intentions of Murder
1964
7.0
The Sound of Waves
1964
NR
The Bride is Fifteen
1964
6.0
Fight of the Gamblers
1963
7.2
The Incorrigible
1963
NR
Ore wa Jigoku no Butaichou
1963
7.0
Youth of the Beast
1963
NR
Modern Children
1963
7.5
The Guys Who Put Money on Me
1962
NR
The Young and Bad
1962
NR
Jūdan no arashi
1962
NR
Last Round
1962
NR
Solo Traveler
1962
NR
Taiyō no yō ni akaruku
1962
NR
Facing to the Clouds
1962
NR
Seinen no isu
1962
7.8
Foundry Town
1962
NR
A Rampage Full of Dreams
1962
NR
Black Dice
1962
NR
Kimagure tosei
1962
NR
The Rambler Goes North
1962
10.0
Million Dollar Smash-and-Grab
1961
6.6
The Wind-of-Youth Group Crosses the Mountain Pass
1961
NR
Joe of Aces: Give and Take
1961
NR
Ōatari hyappatsuhyakuchū
1961
NR
The Famous Wanderer
1961
7.1
Pigs and Battleships
1961
NR
Shōjo
1961
NR
Keiji monogatari jazu wa kurutchai nē
1961
NR
The Rambler under the Southern Cross
1961
NR
My Hometown is the Wild West
1960
10.0
The Rambler Rides Again
1960
7.0
Yakuza sensei
1960
NR
Lone Wolf
1960NR
金語楼の俺は殺し屋だ
1960
NR
The Brawler
1960
6.8
Tokyo Mighty Guy
1960
NR
The Rambler in the Sunset
1960
7.0
Jungle Block
1960
5.0
Return of the Vagabond
1960
7.2
Intimidation
1960
6.2
Take Aim at the Police Van
1960
NR
The Guitarist and the Rancher
1960
NR
The Sky Is Mine
1959
6.9
The Rambling Guitarist
1959
NR
Yuganda tsuki
1959
7.5
Break Down that Wall
1959
NR
A Man Explodes
1959
NR
Crazy Jailbreak
1959
6.2
The Perfect Game
1958
5.5
Nishi Ginza Station
1958
5.9
Underworld Beauty
1958
5.0
Fangs of Night
1958
6.5
I Am Waiting
1957
6.1
The Eagle and the Hawk
1957
8.0
Temptation
1957
NR
Jûnana-sai no teikô
1957
7.0
A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
1957
NR
Joshiryōsai
1957
NR
Lunar Eclipse
1956
8.5
Frankie the Milkman
1956
7.2
The Thick-Walled Room
1956
7.0
Suzaki Paradise: Red Light District
1956
9.0
Pure Emotions of the Sea
1956
7.8
The Burmese Harp
1956
NR
Passion and Rifle Bullets
1955
7.1
Burden of Love
1955
9.0
Dancing Girls of Izu
1954
5.8
A Japanese Tragedy
1953NR
Surging Waves
1939
8.0
Five Siblings
1939
8.0
Kokumin no chikai
1938
7.4
Children in the Wind
1937
7.0
Forget Love for Now
1937
7.5
A Star Athlete
1937
6.3
What Did the Lady Forget?
1937
7.4
The Only Son
1936
6.6
Burden of Life
1935
7.1
An Inn in Tokyo
1935NR
If You Throw This Child Away
1935NR
Him, Her, and the Boys
1935
NR
Mother's Love Letter
1935
7.0
A Hero of Tokyo
1935
7.0
An Innocent Maid
19357.5
The Groom Talks in His Sleep
1935
7.2
A Story of Floating Weeds
1934
NR
Eclipse
19347.0
With a Single Sword Bale
1934
6.6
Street Without End
1934
6.6
Passing Fancy
1933
7.0
Apart from You
19338.0
The Cheerleading Captain's Love
1933
7.3
No Blood Relation
1932
NR
The Loyal 47 Ronin
19328.0
Chocolate Girl
1932
7.5
I Was Born, But...
19329.0
Crying to the Blue Sky
19327.0
The Strength of a Moustache
1931
6.0
The Lady and the Beard
1931
9.0
The Tale of Kinuyo
1930
10.0
The Luck Which Touched the Leg
19309.0
A Buddhist Mass for Goemon Ishikawa
1930
8.0
Hard Times
1930
5.9
I Flunked, But...
1930
6.1
Walk Cheerfully
1930
8.0
Mr. and Mrs. Swordplay
1930
5.8
A Straightforward Boy
1929
7.0
The Life of an Office Worker
1929