TOMIO AOKI

ACTING

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.