Tomio Aoki

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1923-10-07 (81 years old)

Deathday

2004-01-24

Place of Birth

Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan

Tomio Aoki

Biography

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...

Acting

1956

1932

1962

Foundry Town

as Worker A

1933

Apart from You

as Shôkiku's younger brother

1959

Break Down that Wall

as Aioi Station policeman A

1932

No Blood Relation

as Neighbour's child

1934

1958

The Perfect Game

as Janitor at bank

1972

The Shadow on the Wall

as Street person

1933

1937

Forget Love for Now

as Kotarô (as Tokkan Kozô)

2000

1995

Welcome Home

as Man at Park

1959

Crazy Jailbreak

as Takeuchi

1929

1959

Yuganda tsuki

as Bota-san

1930

Hard Times

as Masao

1930

Mr. and Mrs. Swordplay

as Kurô, Child

1935

A Hero of Tokyo

as Kanichi as a boy

1930

I Flunked, But...

as Landlady's son

1931

The Lady and the Beard

as Prefectural Referee (uncredited)

1934

Eclipse

as Shigeru, Ôsaki's brother

1935

The Groom Talks in His Sleep

as Boy at liquor shop

1935

1937

1964

1960

1963

Youth of the Beast

as Terumi Matsui

1958

1936

The Only Son

as Tomio

1955

Burden of Love

as Red District Businessman

1964

1957

I Am Waiting

as Shibata's henchman

1932

The Loyal 47 Ronin

as boss of the children (as Tokkan Kozô)

1935

1964

The Call of Blood

as Barbershop Owner

1957

Temptation

as Painter

1960

Lone Wolf

as Miyamoto

1961

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