Tomio Aoki
Born October 07, 1923 (Age: 102)
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Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
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 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.
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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Not Forgotten
2000
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as Ito
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Age: 77
Blood for Blood
1971
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as Terasaki
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Age: 47
Greatest Boss of Japan
1970
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Age: 46
Rising Dragon: Red-Hot Iron Skin
1969
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Age: 45
Savage Wolf Pack
1969
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Age: 45
A World For Two
1966
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Age: 42
Seishun zenki: Aoi kajitsu
1965
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Age: 41
Chivalrous Life
1965
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Age: 41
The Bride is Fifteen
1964
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Age: 40
Fight of the Gamblers
1963
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Age: 40
Ore wa Jigoku no Butaichou
1963
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Age: 39
The Young and Bad
1962
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Age: 38
Jūdan no arashi
1962
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Age: 38
Last Round
1962
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Age: 38
Solo Traveler
1962
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Age: 38
Taiyō no yō ni akaruku
1962
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Age: 38
Facing to the Clouds
1962
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Age: 38
Seinen no isu
1962
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Age: 38
A Rampage Full of Dreams
1962
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Age: 38
Black Dice
1962
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Age: 38
Kimagure tosei
1962
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Age: 38
The Rambler Goes North
1962
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Age: 38
Million Dollar Smash-and-Grab
1961
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Age: 38
The Wind-of-Youth Group Crosses the Mountain Pass
1961
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Age: 37
Joe of Aces: Give and Take
1961
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Age: 37
Ōatari hyappatsuhyakuchū
1961
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Age: 37
でかんしょ風来坊
1961
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Age: 37
Pigs and Battleships
1961
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as Kyuro
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Age: 37
Shōjo
1961
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Age: 37
Keiji monogatari jazu wa kurutchai nē
1961
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Age: 37
The Rambler under the Southern Cross
1961
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Age: 37
My Hometown is the Wild West
1960
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Age: 37
Yakuza sensei
1960
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Age: 36
Lone Wolf
1960
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as Miyamoto
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Age: 36
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金語楼の俺は殺し屋だ
1960
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Age: 36
Tokyo Mighty Guy
1960
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Age: 36
The Rambler in the Sunset
1960
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Age: 36
Return of the Vagabond
1960
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Age: 36
The Guitarist and the Rancher
1960
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Age: 36
The Sky Is Mine
1959
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Age: 36
The Rambling Guitarist
1959
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Age: 36
Yuganda tsuki
1959
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as Bota-san
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Age: 35
Break Down that Wall
1959
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as Aioi Station policeman A
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Age: 35
A Man Explodes
1959
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Age: 35
Crazy Jailbreak
1959
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as Takeuchi
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Age: 35
Fangs of Night
1958
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Age: 34
Lunar Eclipse
1956
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Age: 33
Frankie the Milkman
1956
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Age: 33
Pure Emotions of the Sea
1956
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as Sailor B
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Age: 32
Passion and Rifle Bullets
1955
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Age: 31
Burden of Love
1955
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as Red District Businessman
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Age: 31
No Blood Relation
1932
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as Neighbour's child
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Age: 9
The Loyal 47 Ronin
1932
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as boss of the children (as Tokkan Kozô)
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Age: 9
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Chocolate Girl
1932
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Age: 8
I Was Born, But...
1932
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as Keiji
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Age: 8
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Crying to the Blue Sky
1932
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Age: 8
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The Strength of a Moustache
1931
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Age: 8
The Tale of Kinuyo
1930
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Age: 7
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A Buddhist Mass for Goemon Ishikawa
1930
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Age: 6