
Known for
Acting
Born
October 7, 1923
Birthplace
Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Died
January 24, 2004 (aged 80)
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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as Ito
1995
as Man at Park
1972
as Street person
1971
as Terasaki
1970
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1964
as Barbershop Owner
1964
as Neighbor
1964
as Employee
1964