Tomio Aoki
1923-10-07 ( 101 years old ) in 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 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.

Movies

Deka Matsuri 2003-01-11
Pistol Opera 2001-10-27
Not Forgotten 2000-12-23
Welcome Home 1995-02-10
Love Eternal 1966-07-09
Hitori tabi 1962-06-24
Seinen no isu 1962-04-08
Foundry Town 1962-04-08
Black Dice 1962-03-25
Kimagure tosei 1962-02-18
Shōjo 1961-01-15
Lone Wolf 1960-08-27
Jungle Block 1960-06-15
Intimidation 1960-03-23
Yuganda tsuki 1959-07-28
A Man Explodes 1959-04-28
Fangs of Night 1958-01-15
I Am Waiting 1957-10-22
Temptation 1957-09-22
Joshiryōsai 1957-02-06
Burden of Love 1955-03-18
Surging Waves 1939-10-13
Five Siblings 1939-07-20
A Star Athlete 1937-05-01
The Only Son 1936-09-15
Burden of Life 1935-12-10
Eclipse 1934-11-01
Passing Fancy 1933-09-07
Apart from You 1933-04-01
Chocolate Girl 1932-08-26
Hard Times 1930-05-02