TA
Tomio Aoki
Actor
Died January 24, 2004 (80 years)
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.
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
Filmography
| 2004 | |
| 2001 | |
| 2000 | Not Forgotten · as Ito |
| 1995 | Okaeri · as Man At Park |
| 1974 | The Family · as Cast |
| 1972 | White Skin Glimmering in the Darkness · as Street Person |
| 1971 | |
| 1971 | Stray Cat Rock: Beat '71 · as Cast |
| 1970 | Stray Cat Rock: Sex Hunter · as Cast |
| 1970 | Stray Cat Rock: Delinquent Girl Boss · as Cast |
| 1969 | Bloody Territories · as Cast |
| 1969 | |
| 1968 | Otoko no okite · as Chinno |
| 1966 | |
| 1966 | Akai glass · as Cast |
| 1966 | |
| 1965 | |
| 1965 | Ashita wa sakô hana sakô · as Ogata |
| 1964 | Our Blood Will Not Forgive · as Barbershop Owner |
| 1964 | Intentions of Murder · as Neighbor |
| 1964 | Shiosai · as Employee |
| 1964 | The Hunter's Diary · as Cast |
| 1963 | The Insect Woman · as Cast |
| 1963 | |
| 1963 | Kiriko no tango · as Seiji Sayama |
| 1963 | Ore wa jigoku no butaichô · as Cast |
| 1963 | Youth of the Beast · as Terumi Matsui |
| 1962 | The Guys Who Put Money on Me · as Hayasaki |
| 1962 | Garasu no Jonî: Yajû no yô ni miete · as Cast |
| 1962 | Salary man monogatari: Teki wa ikuman aritotemo · as Torakichi |
| 1962 | |
| 1962 | I Hate But Love · as Cast |
| 1962 | |
| 1962 | Foundry Town · as Worker A |
| 1962 | |
| 1961 | Million Dollar Smash-and-Grab · as Trainer |
| 1961 | |
| 1961 | Kogenji · as Cast |
| 1961 | Pigs and Battleships · as Kyuro |
| 1960 | |
| 1960 | Yakuza sensei · as Cast |
| 1960 | Kenka Tarô · as Tailor |
| 1960 | |
| 1960 | |
| 1960 | |
| 1960 | Ajisai no uta · as Policeman |
| 1960 | |
| 1960 | Take Aim at the Police Van · as Clerk Of Inn |
| 1960 | Kizu darake no okite · as Cast |
| 1960 | |
| 1959 | |
| 1959 | Kaitei kara kita onna · as Fisherman B |
| 1959 | Sono kabe o kudake · as Aioi Station Policeman A |
| 1959 | |
| 1959 | Kurutta datsugoku · as Takeuchi |
| 1959 | Onna o wasurero · as Postman |
| 1958 | The Perfect Game · as Janitor At Bank |
| 1958 | |
| 1958 | Stolen Desire · as Cast |
| 1958 | Underworld Beauty · as Artisan |
| 1958 | Rusty Knife · as Cast |
| 1958 | Kokoro to nikutai no tabi · as Cast |
| 1957 | I Am Waiting · as Shibata's Henchman |
| 1957 | The Eagle and the Hawk · as Shin |
| 1957 | Temptation · as Painter |
| 1957 | |
| 1957 | Joshiryôsai · as Cast |
| 1956 | The Burmese Harp · as Oyama |
| 1956 | |
| 1956 | |
| 1956 | Suzaki Paradise: Red Light District · as Ice Man |
| 1955 | Burden of Love · as Red District Businessman |
| 1954 | |
| 1953 | |
| 1953 | Shin Tokyo koshin-kyoku · as Cast |
| 1952 | Carmen Falls in Love · as Cast |
| 1952 | Yôkina wataridori · as Cast |
| 1937 | Children in the Wind · as Circus Boy |
| 1937 | |
| 1937 | Forget Love for Now · as Kotarô (as Tokkan Kozô) |
| 1937 | What Did the Lady Forget? · as Tomio |
| 1936 | The Only Son · as Tomio |
| 1935 | |
| 1935 | An Inn in Tokyo · as Zenko |
| 1935 | A Hero of Tokyo · as Kanichi As A Boy |
| 1935 | An Innocent Maid · as Tomibô |
| 1934 | A Story of Floating Weeds · as Tomio |
| 1934 | Street Without End · as Bellboy |
| 1933 | Passing Fancy · as Tomio |
| 1933 | Apart from You · as Shôkiku's Younger Brother |
| 1932 | No Blood Relation · as Neighbour's Child |
| 1932 | I Was Born, But... · as Keiji |
| 1931 | The Lady and the Beard · as Prefectural Referee (uncredited) |
| 1930 | I Flunked, But... · as Landlady's Son |
| 1930 | |
| 1929 | A Straightforward Boy · as Tetsubo |