Kiyoshi Atsumi
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.
Known For
Credits
- 2019 · Tora-san, Wish You Were Here as Tora-san
- 1997 · Tora-san's Tropical Fever Special Version as Torajiro Kuruma(Tora-san)
- 1995 · Tora-san to the Rescue as Torajiro Kuruma(Tora-san)
- 1994 · Tora-san's Easy Advice as Torajiro Kuruma(Tora-san)
- 1993 · Tora-san's Matchmaker as Torajiro Kuruma(Tora-san)
- 1993 · A Class to Remember as (cameo)
- 1992 · Tora-san Makes Excuses as
- 1991 · Tora-san Confesses as Torajiro Kuruma(Tora-san)
- 1990 · Tora-san Takes a Vacation as Torajiro Kuruma(Tora-san)
- 1989 · Tora-san, My Uncle as Torajiro Kuruma
- 1989 · Tora-san Goes to Vienna as Torajiro Kuruma
- 1988 · Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial as Torajiro Kuruma
- 1988 · Hope and Pain as
- 1987 · Tora-san Plays Daddy as Torajiro Kuruma
- 1987 · Tora-san Goes North as Torajiro Kuruma
- 1987 · Children on the Island as Narrator (voice)
- 1986 · Tora-san's Bluebird Fantasy as Torajiro Kuruma
- 1986 · Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies as Kihachi
- 1985 · Tora-san's Island Encounter as Torajiro Kuruma
- 1985 · Tora-san, the Go-Between as Torajiro Kuruma
- 1984 · Tora-san's Forbidden Love as Torajiro Kuruma
- 1984 · Marriage Counselor Tora-san as Torajiro Kuruma
- 1983 · Tora-san Goes Religious? as Kuruma Torajiro
- 1983 · Tora-san's Song of Love as Torajiro Kuruma
- 1982 · Tora-san, the Expert as Torajiro Kuruma
- 1982 · Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san as Torajiro Kuruma
- 1981 · Tora-san's Promise as Torajiro Kuruma
- 1981 · Tora-san's Love in Osaka as Torajiro Kuruma
- 1980 · Foster Daddy, Tora! as Torajiro Kuruma
- 1980 · Tora-san's Tropical Fever as
- 1980 · A Distant Cry from Spring as Kondo
- 1979 · Tora-san's Dream of Spring as Kuruma Torajiro
- 1979 · Tora-san, the Matchmaker as Torajiro
- 1978 · Talk of the Town Tora-san as Tora
- 1978 · August without Emperor as Kubo
- 1978 · Stage-Struck Tora-san as
- 1977 · 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 as
- 1977 · 田舎刑事 時間よ、とまれ as
- 1976 · Tora-san's Pure Love as Torajiro
- 1976 · Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset as Torajiro Kuruma
- 1976 · The Village as
- 1975 · Tora-san, the Intellectual as Torajiro
- 1975 · Tora-san Meets the Songstress Again as Tora
- 1974 · Tora-san's Lullaby as Torajiro
- 1974 · The Castle of Sand as Movie Theater Manager
- 1974 · Tora-san's Lovesick as Torajiro
- 1973 · Tora-san Loves an Artist as
- 1973 · Tora-san's Forget Me Not as Torajiro Kuruma
- 1972 · Tora-san's Dream-Come-True as Torajiro Kuruma
- 1972 · Home from the Sea as Matsushita
- 1972 · Tora-san's Dear Old Home as Torajiro Kuruma
- 1972 · My Voiceless Friends as Tamiji Nishiyama
- 1971 · Tora-san's Love Call as Torajiro Kuruma
- 1971 · Tora-san, the Good Samaritan as Torajirō Kuruma
- 1971 · Tora-san's Shattered Romance as Torajirô Kuruma
- 1970 · Where Spring Comes Late as Traveler
- 1970 · Tora-san's Runaway as Torajiro Kuruma
- 1970 · Charming Men as Okera Goro
- 1970 · Tora-san's Grand Scheme as Torajiro Kuruma
- 1970 · Tora! Tora! Tora! as Cook #1 (uncredited)
- 1970 · Tora-san, His Tender Love as Torajiro Kuruma
- 1969 · Tora-san's Cherished Mother as Torajiro Kuruma
- 1969 · Women Can't Be Beaten as
- 1969 · It's Tough Being a Man as Torajirô Kuruma
- 1968 · Scrap Collectors as
- 1968 · The Day the Sun Rose as
- 1968 · In Broad Daylight as Katsuji 'Watakatsu' Watanabe
- 1968 · It's Tough Being a Man as
- 1968 · It's Tough Being a Man (Television Drama DVD Edit Edition) as
- 1968 · Age of Japanese Guerrillas as
- 1968 · The Man Without a Map as Tashiro
- 1968 · 風来忍法帖 八方破れ as
- 1968 · Neon taiheiki as
- 1968 · New Year Trip as
- 1967 · Green Light to Joy as Yoshitaro Hirai
- 1967 · Traveling in Party as
- 1967 · Express Train as
- 1966 · Our Wonderful Years as Teiji Yoshida
- 1966 · Kutsukake Tokijiro: The Lonely Yakuza as Minobu no Asakichi
- 1966 · Gamblers' Luck as
- 1966 · The Betrayers Out! as
- 1965 · The Song of the Bwana Toshi as Toshi
- 1965 · 風来忍法帖 as
- 1964 · The Glamorous Ghost as Hospital Guard
- 1964 · I'm a Bodyguard as
- 1964 · Dear Mr. Prime Minister as Kakumaru
- 1964 · How to Make Money as
- 1964 · The Honest Fool as
- 1964 · To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2 as Zensuke Yamashita
- 1963 · Okashina yatsu as Kashô Sanyûtei
- 1963 · Onna yajikita-tatchi ryokō as
- 1963 · To Your Majesty, The Emperor as
- 1963 · Escape from Hell as Ichibei
- 1963 · Sing, Young People as Driver
- 1963 · Attack Squadron as
- 1962 · Aitsu bakari ga naze moteru as
- 1962 · Tōkyō sanosa musume as
- 1962 · Ottamage ningyo monogatari as
- 1962 · A Carpenter and Children as
- 1962 · The Ambitious Youth as Mitsuo Aoi
- 1962 · A Country Boss as Sasaki
- 1962 · Good Rascals as Ushi
- 1962 · Nippon no obaachan as
- 1962 · Jirocho' s Days of Youth: Whirlwind on the Tokaido as
- 1961 · Snow in the South Seas as
- 1961 · Jirocho’s Days of Youth: The Youngest Boss in the Tokai Region as
- 1961 · Obon, The Moll Dipper as
- 1960 · 若社長と爆発娘 as