Tomio Aoki
Birthday: 1923-10-07
Place of Birth: 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.
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A Buddhist Mass for Goemon Ishikawa
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Pigs and Battleships
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Jungle Block
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The Burmese Harp
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I Was Born, But...
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Love Eternal
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Deka Matsuri
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A Story of Floating Weeds
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Foundry Town
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Apart from You
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Facing to the Clouds
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No Blood Relation
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What Did the Lady Forget?
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The Rambler Goes North
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A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
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Street Without End
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The Perfect Game
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The Shadow on the Wall
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Passing Fancy
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The Rambler Rides Again
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The Thick-Walled Room
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Greatest Boss Of Japan
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Mother's Love Letter
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Forget Love for Now
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Not Forgotten
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Welcome Home
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Kokumin no chikai
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Five Siblings
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A Man Explodes
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Fangs of Night
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Blood for Blood
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Dancing Girls of Izu
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A Hero of Tokyo
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I Flunked, But...
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The Lady and the Beard
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Eclipse
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Chivalrous Life
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Intimidation
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Walk Cheerfully
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The Strength of a Moustache
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Crying to the Blue Sky
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Burden of Life
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The Groom Talks in His Sleep
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Walking With The Dog
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A World For Two
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An Inn in Tokyo
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Savage Wolf Pack
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Fight of the Gamblers
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Born Under Crossed Stars
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Suzaki Paradise: Red Light District
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The Wind-of-Youth Group Crosses the Mountain Pass
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The Eagle and the Hawk
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Children in the Wind
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The Rambler in the Sunset
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The Rambling Guitarist
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Pure Emotions of the Sea
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The Rambler under the Southern Cross
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Intentions of Murder
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The Young and Bad
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Return of the Vagabond
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The Guys Who Put Money on Me
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Take Aim at the Police Van
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Pistol Opera
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Youth of the Beast
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Underworld Beauty
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Passion and Rifle Bullets
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The Only Son
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A Japanese Tragedy
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Burden of Love
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The Sound of Waves
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I Am Waiting
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The Loyal 47 Ronin
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The Life of an Office Worker
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The Luck Which Touched the Leg
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An Innocent Maid
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The Call of Blood
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Temptation
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The Guitarist and the Rancher
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A Star Athlete
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The Incorrigible
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Frankie the Milkman
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Jûnana-sai no teikô
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Nishi Ginza Station
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The Tokyo Mighty Guy
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Million Dollar Smash-and-Grab
A boxing melodrama. Two friends become boxers and begin training for the championship. These two b...
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Joe of Aces: Give and Take
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My Hometown is the Wild West
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The Bride is Fifteen
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Shin yūkyōden
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The Reckless One
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The Tale of Kinuyo
Japanese silent film from 1930. Directed by Heinosuke Gosho, the film marked a new stage in the arti...
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The Cheerleading Captain's Love
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突貫ジジイ 第5話 ある実験
In this compact, off-kilter vignette, a lone researcher conducts a small-scale “experiment” whose pr...
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Lunar Eclipse
A unique and controversial film directed by Umeji Inoue, based on the original story by Shintaro Ish...
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Stray Cat Rock: Delinquent Girl Boss
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