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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.
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Sunday, October 7, 1923, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Saturday, January 24, 2004
Male
Works 76
1932
I Was Born, But...Keiji (as Tokkan-Kozou)
1933
Apart from YouShôkiku's younger brother
1934
A Story of Floating WeedsTomi-boh
1935
An Inn in TokyoZenko
1936
The Only Son
1937
What Did the Lady Forget?Tomio
1956
The Burmese HarpOyama
1956
The Thick-Walled Room
1956
Suzaki Paradise: Red Light DistrictIce Man
1957
A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
1958
Nishi Ginza Station
1961
Pigs and BattleshipsKyuro
1963
Youth of the BeastTerumi Matsui
1964
Intentions of Murder
2001
Pistol Opera
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