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