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Tomio Aoki
Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
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…
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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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Tomio Aoki, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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2004
Walking With The Dog
Movie
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2003
突貫ジジイ 第5話 ある実験
Movie
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2003
Deka Matsuri
Movie
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2001
Pistol Opera
Movie
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2000
Not Forgotten
Movie Ito
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1995
Welcome Home
Movie Man at Park
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1972
The Shadow on the Wall
Movie Street person
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1971
Blood for Blood
Movie Terasaki
- 1970
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1970
Greatest Boss of Japan
Movie
- 1969
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1969
Savage Wolf Pack
Movie
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1967
The Will to Live
Movie
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1967
The Reckless One
Movie
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1966
Shin yūkyōden
Movie
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1966
Love Eternal
Movie
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1966
A World For Two
Movie
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1965
In Tears
Movie
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1965
Born Under Crossed Stars
Movie
- 1965
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1965
Chivalrous Life
Movie
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1964
The Call of Blood
Movie Barbershop Owner
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1964
Intentions of Murder
Movie Neighbor
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1964
The Sound of Waves
Movie Employee
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1964
The Bride is Fifteen
Movie
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1963
Fight of the Gamblers
Movie
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1963
The Incorrigible
Movie
- 1963
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1963
Youth of the Beast
Movie Terumi Matsui
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1963
Modern Children
Movie
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1962
The Guys Who Put Money on Me
Movie Hayasaki
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1962
The Young and Bad
Movie
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1962
Jūdan no arashi
Movie
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1962
Last Round
Movie
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1962
Solo Traveler
Movie
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1962
Taiyō no yō ni akaruku
Movie
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1962
Facing to the Clouds
Movie
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1962
Foundry Town
Movie Worker A
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1962
Seinen no isu
Movie
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1962
A Rampage Full of Dreams
Movie
