Kiyoshi Atsumi
Acting
1928-03-10 · Tokyo, Japan
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.
Filmography
Tora-san, Wish You Were Here
2019 · Movie
Tora-san's Tropical Fever Special Version
1997 · Movie
Tora-san to the Rescue
1995 · Movie
Tora-san's Easy Advice
1994 · Movie
Tora-san's Matchmaker
1993 · Movie
A Class to Remember
1993 · Movie
Tora-san Makes Excuses
1992 · Movie
Tora-san Confesses
1991 · Movie
Tora-san Takes a Vacation
1990 · Movie
Tora-san, My Uncle
1989 · Movie
Tora-san Goes to Vienna
1989 · Movie
Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial
1988 · Movie
The Wives of Rokumeikan
1988 · Movie
Downtown Heroes
1988 · Movie
Tora-san Plays Daddy
1987 · Movie
Tora-san Goes North
1987 · Movie
Children on the Island
1987 · Movie
Tora-san's Bluebird Fantasy
1986 · Movie
Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies
1986 · Movie
Tora-san's Island Encounter
1985 · Movie
Tora-san, the Go-Between
1985 · Movie
Tora-san's Forbidden Love
1984 · Movie
Marriage Counselor Tora-san
1984 · Movie
Tora-san Goes Religious?
1983 · Movie
Tora-san's Song of Love
1983 · Movie
Tora-san, the Expert
1982 · Movie
Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san
1982 · Movie
Tora-san's Promise
1981 · Movie
Tora-san's Love in Osaka
1981 · Movie
Foster Daddy, Tora!
1980 · Movie
Tora-san's Tropical Fever
1980 · Movie
A Distant Cry from Spring
1980 · Movie
Tora-san's Dream of Spring
1979 · Movie
Tora-san, the Matchmaker
1979 · Movie
Talk of the Town Tora-san
1978 · Movie
August Without Emperor
1978 · Movie
Stage-Struck Tora-san
1978 · Movie
Tora-san Plays Cupid
1977 · Movie
Village of Eight Gravestones
1977 · Movie
The Yellow Handkerchief
1977 · Movie
Tora-san Meets His Lordship
1977 · Movie
田舎刑事 時間よ、とまれ
1977 · Movie
Tora-san's Pure Love
1976 · Movie
Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset
1976 · Movie
Tora-san, the Intellectual
1975 · Movie
Friendship
1975 · Movie
The Village
1975 · Movie
Tora-san Meets the Songstress Again
1975 · Movie
Tora-san's Lullaby
1974 · Movie
The Castle of Sand
1974 · Movie
Tora-san's Lovesick
1974 · Movie
Center of Tokyo
1974 · Movie
Tora-san Loves an Artist
1973 · Movie
Tora-san's Forget Me Not
1973 · Movie
Tora-san's Dream-Come-True
1972 · Movie
Home from the Sea
1972 · Movie
Tora-san's Dear Old Home
1972 · Movie
My Voiceless Friends
1972 · Movie
Tora-san's Love Call
1971 · Movie
Tora-san, the Good Samaritan
1971 · Movie
Tora-san's Shattered Romance
1971 · Movie
Where Spring Comes Late
1970 · Movie
Tora-san's Runaway
1970 · Movie
Charming Men
1970 · Movie
Live Again Tomorrow
1970 · Movie
おれの義姉さん
1970 · Series
Tora-san's Grand Scheme
1970 · Movie
Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970 · Movie
Tora-san, His Tender Love
1970 · Movie
Tora-san's Cherished Mother
1969 · Movie
Women Can't Be Beaten
1969 · Movie
Tora-san, Our Lovable Tramp
1969 · Movie
ひばり・橋の花と喧嘩
1969 · Movie
Big, Big Fellow
1969 · Movie
Scrap Collectors
1968 · Movie
The Day the Sun Rose
1968 · Movie
In Broad Daylight
1968 · Movie
It's Tough Being a Man
1968 · Series
It's Tough Being a Man (Television Drama DVD Edit Edition)
1968 · Movie
Age of Japanese Guerrillas
1968 · Movie
The Man Without a Map
1968 · Movie
Homeless Ninja Trick Book: Lose in All Directions
1968 · Movie
The Neon Taiheiki
1968 · Movie
New Year Trip
1968 · Movie
Green Light to Joy
1967 · Movie
Traveling in Party
1967 · Movie
Express Train
1967 · Movie
Our Wonderful Years
1966 · Movie
Ohana han
1966 · Movie
泣いてたまるか
1966 · Series
Tokijiro: Lone Yakuza
1966 · Movie
Gamblers' Luck
1966 · Movie
Izuko e
1966 · Movie
The Song of the Bwana Toshi
1966 · Movie
The Betrayers Out!
1966 · Movie
Homeless Ninja Trick Book
1965 · Movie
The Glamorous Ghost
1964 · Movie
I'm a Bodyguard
1964 · Movie
Dear Mr. Prime Minister
1964 · Movie
How to Make Money
1964 · Movie
The Honest Fool
1964 · Movie
To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2
1964 · Movie
Okashina yatsu
1963 · Movie
Onna yajikita-tatchi ryokō
1963 · Movie
To Your Majesty, The Emperor
1963 · Movie
Escape from Hell
1963 · Movie
Sing, Young People!
1963 · Movie
Attack Squadron
1963 · Movie
Aitsu bakari ga naze moteru
1962 · Movie
Tōkyō sanosa musume
1962 · Movie
Ottamage ningyo monogatari
1962 · Movie
A Carpenter and Children
1962 · Movie
The Ambitious Youth
1962 · Movie
A Country Boss
1962 · Movie
Good Rascals
1962 · Movie
Jirocho' s Days of Youth: Whirlwind on the Tokaido
1962 · Movie
Nippon no obaachan
1962 · Movie
Snow in the South Seas
1961 · Movie
Jirocho’s Days of Youth: The Youngest Boss in the Tokai Region
1961 · Movie
Obon's Dipping Contest
1961 · Movie
Red Flowers of Hell
1961 · Movie
Obon, The Moll Dipper
1961 · Movie
Mizu tamari
1961 · Movie
The Troubles of Wimpy Women Soldiers
1961 · Movie
Aces Wild
1961 · Movie
Count on Me
1960 · Movie
若社長と爆発娘
1960 · Movie
Otora-san's Business is Booming
1958 · Movie