Tomio Aoki
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Film
The Burmese Harp
Oyama
1956
Film
The Only Son
Tomibo, Otaka's son
1936
Film
Intentions of Murder
Neighbor
1964
Film
Modern Children
1963
Film
Pigs and Battleships
Kyuro
1961
Film
A Japanese Tragedy
1953
Film
Take Aim at the Police Van
Clerk of Inn
1960
Film
A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
1957
Film
Pistol Opera
2001
Film
Suzaki Paradise: Red Light District
Ice Man
1956
Film
What Did the Lady Forget?
Tomio
1937
Film
Intimidation
1960
Film
I Am Waiting
Shibata's henchman
1957
Film
I Was Born, But...
Keiji
1932
Film
A Story of Floating Weeds
Tomio
1934
Film
The Rambler Rides Again
1960
Film
Walking With The Dog
2004
Film
No Blood Relation
Neighbour's child
1932
Film
Mother's Love Letter
1935
Film
The Sound of Waves
Employee
1964
Film
Break Down that Wall
Aioi Station policeman A
1959
Film
The Thick-Walled Room
1956
Film
Stray Cat Rock: Delinquent Girl Boss
1970
Film
I Flunked, But...
Landlady's Son
1930
Film
Love Eternal
1966
Film
The Rambler Goes North
1962
Film
Burden of Life
1935
Film
Street Without End
Bellboy
1934
Film
Five Siblings
1939
Film
Foundry Town
Worker A
1962
Not Forgotten
Ito
2000
Film
Seishun zenki: Aoi kajitsu
1965
Film
Eclipse
Shigeru, Ôsaki's brother
1934
Film
Youth of the Beast
Terumi Matsui
1963
Film
Underworld Beauty
Artisan
1958
Film
Fangs of Night
1958
Film
Jungle Block
1960
Film
Facing to the Clouds
1962
Film
Deka Matsuri
2003
Film
Passing Fancy
Tomio
1933
Film
The Eagle and the Hawk
Shin
1957
Film
Blood for Blood
Terasaki
1971
Film
An Inn in Tokyo
Zenko
1935
Film
Walk Cheerfully
1930
With a Single Sword Bale
1934
Film
A Straightforward Boy
Tetsubo
1929
Film
Yuganda tsuki
Bota-san
1959
Film
Born Under Crossed Stars
1965
Film
The Luck Which Touched the Leg
First son
1930
Film
The Perfect Game
Janitor at bank
1958
Film
The Rambler under the Southern Cross
1961
Film
Joshiryōsai
1957
Film
In Tears
1965
Film
The Rambler in the Sunset
1960
Film
Million Dollar Smash-and-Grab
1961
Film
Fight of the Gamblers
1963
Film
The Call of Blood
Barbershop Owner
1964
Film
Dancing Girls of Izu
1954
Film
An Innocent Maid
Tomibô
1935
Film
The Guitarist and the Rancher
1960
Film
A Rampage Full of Dreams
1962
Film
Savage Wolf Pack
1969
Film
Last Round
1962
Film
Forget Love for Now
Kotarô (as Tokkan Kozô)
1937
Film
The Loyal 47 Ronin
boss of the children (as Tokkan Kozô)
1932
Film
Ore wa Jigoku no Butaichou
1963
Film
The Guys Who Put Money on Me
Hayasaki
1962
Film
Lunar Eclipse
1956
Film
The Rambling Guitarist
1959
Him, Her, and the Boys
Don-ko
1935
Film
Frankie the Milkman
1956
Film
The Will to Live
1967
Film
Greatest Boss of Japan
1970
Film
Welcome Home
Man at Park
1995
Film
The Life of an Office Worker
Third son
1929
Film
Temptation
Painter
1957
Film
Chivalrous Life
1965
Film
Apart from You
Shôkiku's younger brother
1933
Film
The Young and Bad
1962
Film
Rising Dragon: Red-Hot Iron Skin
1969
Film
Seinen no isu
1962
Film
The Reckless One
1967
Film
The Bride is Fifteen
1964
Film
The Shadow on the Wall
Street person
1972
Film
Passion and Rifle Bullets
1955
Film
Joe of Aces: Give and Take
1961
Film
Burden of Love
Red District Businessman
1955
Film
A World For Two
1966
Film
Tokyo Mighty Guy
1960
Film
Solo Traveler
1962
The Strength of a Moustache
1931
Film
Hard Times
Masao
1930
Film
Children in the Wind
Circus Boy
1937
Film
A Hero of Tokyo
Kanichi as a boy
1935
The Groom Talks in His Sleep
Boy at liquor shop
1935
Film
My Hometown is the Wild West
1960
Film
Mr. and Mrs. Swordplay
Kurô, Child
1930
Film
The Wind-of-Youth Group Crosses the Mountain Pass
Sampei
1961
Film
A Man Explodes
1959
Chocolate Girl
1932
Film
Jûnana-sai no teikô
1957
Film
Kimagure tosei
1962
Film
The Sky Is Mine
1959
Film
Nishi Ginza Station
1958
Film
Shōjo
1961
Film
Shin yūkyōden
1966
Film
Jūdan no arashi
1962
Film
The Incorrigible
1963
Film
Return of the Vagabond
1960
Film
The Lady and the Beard
Prefectural Referee (uncredited)
1931
Film
Keiji monogatari jazu wa kurutchai nē
1961
If You Throw This Child Away
1935
Film
Ōatari hyappatsuhyakuchū
1961
Film
A Star Athlete
1937
Film
Taiyō no yō ni akaruku
1962
Film
Pure Emotions of the Sea
Sailor B
1956
Surging Waves
1939
Crying to the Blue Sky
1932
Film
Crazy Jailbreak
Takeuchi
1959
Film
Lone Wolf
Miyamoto
1960
Film
The Brawler
The regular tailor
1960
Film
Black Dice
1962
A Buddhist Mass for Goemon Ishikawa
1930
Film
でかんしょ風来坊
1961
Film
突貫ジジイ 第5話 ある実験
2003
金語楼の俺は殺し屋だ
1960
The Cheerleading Captain's Love
1933
Film
Kokumin no chikai
1938
Film
The Tale of Kinuyo
1930
Film
Yakuza sensei
1960