Kiyoshi Atsumi
Biography
Kiyoshi Atsumi (渥美 清 Atsumi Kiyoshi), born Yasuo Tadokoro (田所 康雄 Tadokoro Yasuo, 10 March 1928 in Tokyo – 4 August 1996 in Tokyo), was a Japanese film actor. He started his career in 1951 as a comedian at a strip-show theater in Asakusa. After two years of fighting pulmonary tuberculosis, he made his debut on TV in 1956 and on film in 1957. His vivid performance of a lovable, innocent man in a film “Dear Mr. Emperor” (Haikei Tenno-Heika-Sama) in 1963 established his reputation as an actor. Later he became the star of the highly popular Tora-san series of films, from the original Otoko wa Tsurai yo (translated in English as 'It's Tough being a Man') in 1969 to the 48th film released in 1995, the year before his death. The enduring success of the series made him synonymous with the Tora-san character, and many Japanese regarded his death as the death of Tora-san, not the death of Yasuo Tadokoro or Kiyoshi Atsumi.
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Movies (50)
Tora-san, Wish You Were Here
as Tora-san
2019
Tora-san's Tropical Fever Special Version
as Torajiro Kuruma(Tora-san)
1997
Tora-san to the Rescue
as Torajiro Kuruma(Tora-san)
1995
Tora-san's Easy Advice
as Torajiro Kuruma(Tora-san)
1994
Tora-san's Matchmaker
as Torajiro Kuruma(Tora-san)
1993
A Class to Remember
as (cameo)
1993
Tora-san Makes Excuses
as Tora
1992
Tora-san Confesses
as Torajiro Kuruma(Tora-san)
1991
Tora-san Takes a Vacation
as Torajiro Kuruma(Tora-san)
1990
Tora-san, My Uncle
as Torajiro Kuruma
1989
Tora-san Goes to Vienna
as Torajiro Kuruma
1989
Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial
as Torajiro Kuruma
1988
Downtown Heroes
1988
Tora-san Plays Daddy
as Torajiro Kuruma
1987
Tora-san Goes North
as Torajiro Kuruma
1987
Children on the Island
as Narrator (voice)
1987
Tora-san's Bluebird Fantasy
as Torajiro Kuruma
1986
Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies
as Kihachi
1986
Tora-san's Island Encounter
as Torajiro Kuruma
1985
Tora-san, the Go-Between
as Torajiro Kuruma
1985
Tora-san's Forbidden Love
as Torajiro Kuruma
1984
Marriage Counselor Tora-san
as Torajiro Kuruma
1984
Tora-san Goes Religious?
as Kuruma Torajiro
1983
Tora-san's Song of Love
as Torajiro Kuruma
1983
Tora-san, the Expert
as Torajiro Kuruma
1982
Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san
as Torajiro Kuruma
1982
Tora-san's Promise
as Torajiro Kuruma
1981
Tora-san's Love in Osaka
as Torajiro Kuruma
1981
Foster Daddy, Tora!
as Torajiro Kuruma
1980
Tora-san's Tropical Fever
1980
A Distant Cry from Spring
as Kondo
1980
Tora-san's Dream of Spring
as Kuruma Torajiro
1979
Tora-san, the Matchmaker
as Torajiro
1979
Talk of the Town Tora-san
as Tora
1978
August without Emperor
as Kubo
1978
Stage-Struck Tora-san
1978
Tora-san Plays Cupid
as Torajirō
1977
Village of Eight Gravestones
as Kosuke Kindaichi
1977
The Yellow Handkerchief
as Watanabe Kacho
1977
Tora-san Meets His Lordship
1977
田舎刑事 時間よ、とまれ
1977
Tora-san's Pure Love
as Torajiro
1976
Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset
as Torajiro Kuruma
1976
The Village
1976
Tora-san, the Intellectual
as Torajiro
1975
Friendship
1975
Tora-san Meets the Songstress Again
as Tora
1975
Tora-san's Lullaby
as Torajiro
1974
The Castle of Sand
as Movie Theater Manager
1974
Tora-san's Lovesick
as Torajiro
1974