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.
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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Filmography (Movies)
Tora-san, Wish You Were Here
Character:Tora-san
Release Date:27/12/2019
Tora-san's Tropical Fever Special Version
Character:Torajiro Kuruma(Tora-san)
Release Date:22/11/1997
Tora-san to the Rescue
Character:Torajiro Kuruma(Tora-san)
Release Date:23/12/1995
Tora-san's Easy Advice
Character:Torajiro Kuruma(Tora-san)
Release Date:23/12/1994
Tora-san's Matchmaker
Character:Torajiro Kuruma(Tora-san)
Release Date:25/12/1993
A Class to Remember
Character:(cameo)
Release Date:06/11/1993
Tora-san Makes Excuses
Character:Tora
Release Date:26/12/1992
Tora-san Confesses
Character:Torajiro Kuruma(Tora-san)
Release Date:23/12/1991
Tora-san Takes a Vacation
Character:Torajiro Kuruma(Tora-san)
Release Date:22/12/1990
Tora-san, My Uncle
Character:Torajiro Kuruma
Release Date:27/12/1989
Tora-san Goes to Vienna
Character:Torajiro Kuruma
Release Date:05/08/1989
Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial
Character:Torajiro Kuruma
Release Date:24/12/1988
Downtown Heroes
Character:
Release Date:06/08/1988
Tora-san Plays Daddy
Character:Torajiro Kuruma
Release Date:26/12/1987
Tora-san Goes North
Character:Torajiro Kuruma
Release Date:15/08/1987
Children on the Island
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:11/07/1987
Tora-san's Bluebird Fantasy
Character:Torajiro Kuruma
Release Date:20/12/1986
Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies
Character:Kihachi
Release Date:02/08/1986
Tora-san's Island Encounter
Character:Torajiro Kuruma
Release Date:28/12/1985
Tora-san, the Go-Between
Character:Torajiro Kuruma
Release Date:03/08/1985
Tora-san's Forbidden Love
Character:Torajiro Kuruma
Release Date:28/12/1984
Marriage Counselor Tora-san
Character:Torajiro Kuruma
Release Date:04/08/1984
Tora-san Goes Religious?
Character:Kuruma Torajiro
Release Date:28/12/1983
Tora-san's Song of Love
Character:Torajiro Kuruma
Release Date:06/08/1983
Tora-san, the Expert
Character:Torajiro Kuruma
Release Date:28/12/1982
Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san
Character:Torajiro Kuruma
Release Date:07/08/1982
Tora-san's Promise
Character:Torajiro Kuruma
Release Date:28/12/1981
Tora-san's Love in Osaka
Character:Torajiro Kuruma
Release Date:08/08/1981
Foster Daddy, Tora!
Character:Torajiro Kuruma
Release Date:27/12/1980
Tora-san's Tropical Fever
Character:Tora
Release Date:02/08/1980
A Distant Cry from Spring
Character:Kondo
Release Date:15/03/1980
Tora-san's Dream of Spring
Character:Kuruma Torajiro
Release Date:28/12/1979
Tora-san, the Matchmaker
Character:Torajiro
Release Date:04/08/1979
Talk of the Town Tora-san
Character:Tora
Release Date:27/12/1978
August Without Emperor
Character:Kubo
Release Date:23/09/1978
Stage-Struck Tora-san
Character:
Release Date:05/08/1978
Tora-san Plays Cupid
Character:Torajirō
Release Date:24/12/1977
Village of Eight Gravestones
Character:Kosuke Kindaichi
Release Date:29/10/1977
The Yellow Handkerchief
Character:Watanabe Kacho
Release Date:30/09/1977
Tora-san Meets His Lordship
Character:
Release Date:06/08/1977
田舎刑事 時間よ、とまれ
Character:
Release Date:02/07/1977
Tora-san's Pure Love
Character:Torajiro
Release Date:25/12/1976
Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset
Character:Torajiro Kuruma
Release Date:23/07/1976
Tora-san, the Intellectual
Character:Torajiro
Release Date:27/12/1975
Friendship
Character:
Release Date:29/11/1975
The Village
Character:
Release Date:25/10/1975
Tora-san Meets the Songstress Again
Character:Tora
Release Date:19/08/1975
Tora-san's Lullaby
Character:Torajiro
Release Date:28/12/1974
The Castle of Sand
Character:Movie Theater Manager
Release Date:19/10/1974
Tora-san's Lovesick
Character:Torajiro
Release Date:10/08/1974
Tokyo do mannaka
Character:Kinnosuke
Release Date:01/06/1974
Tora-san Loves an Artist
Character:
Release Date:25/12/1973
Tora-san's Forget Me Not
Character:Torajiro Kuruma
Release Date:04/01/1973
Tora-san's Dream-Come-True
Character:Torajiro Kuruma
Release Date:29/12/1972
Home from the Sea
Character:Matsushita
Release Date:28/10/1972
Tora-san's Dear Old Home
Character:Torajiro Kuruma
Release Date:05/08/1972
My Voiceless Friends
Character:Tamiji Nishiyama
Release Date:29/04/1972
Tora-san's Love Call
Character:Torajiro Kuruma
Release Date:29/12/1971
Tora-san, the Good Samaritan
Character:Torajirō Kuruma
Release Date:28/04/1971
Tora-san's Shattered Romance
Character:Torajirô Kuruma
Release Date:15/01/1971
Where Spring Comes Late
Character:Traveler
Release Date:24/10/1970
Tora-san's Runaway
Character:Torajiro Kuruma
Release Date:26/08/1970
Charming Men
Character:Okera Goro
Release Date:13/06/1970
Live Again Tomorrow
Character:木村
Release Date:27/05/1970
Tora-san's Grand Scheme
Character:Torajiro Kuruma
Release Date:26/02/1970
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Character:Cook #1 (uncredited)
Release Date:26/01/1970
Tora-san, His Tender Love
Character:Torajiro Kuruma
Release Date:15/01/1970
Tora-san's Cherished Mother
Character:Torajiro Kuruma
Release Date:14/11/1969
Women Can't Be Beaten
Character:
Release Date:01/10/1969
Tora-san, Our Lovable Tramp
Character:Torajirô Kuruma
Release Date:27/08/1969
ひばり・橋の花と喧嘩
Character:参竜斉清山
Release Date:05/07/1969
Big, Big Fellow
Character:Matsujiro Minamida
Release Date:26/04/1969
Scrap Collectors
Character:
Release Date:28/11/1968
The Day the Sun Rose
Character:
Release Date:23/11/1968
In Broad Daylight
Character:Katsuji 'Watakatsu' Watanabe
Release Date:26/10/1968
It's Tough Being a Man (Television Drama DVD Edit Edition)
Character:
Release Date:03/10/1968
Age of Japanese Guerrillas
Character:
Release Date:30/08/1968
The Man Without a Map
Character:Tashiro
Release Date:01/06/1968
風来忍法帖 八方破れ
Character:
Release Date:08/05/1968
Neon taiheiki
Character:
Release Date:13/04/1968
New Year Trip
Character:
Release Date:03/01/1968
Green Light to Joy
Character:Yoshitaro Hirai
Release Date:06/12/1967
Traveling in Party
Character:
Release Date:12/11/1967
Express Train
Character:
Release Date:03/06/1967
Our Wonderful Years
Character:Teiji Yoshida
Release Date:30/09/1966
Ohana han
Character:
Release Date:30/07/1966
Tokijiro: Lone Yakuza
Character:Minobu no Asakichi
Release Date:01/04/1966
Gamblers' Luck
Character:
Release Date:19/03/1966
Izuko e
Character:
Release Date:16/03/1966
The Betrayers Out!
Character:
Release Date:15/01/1966
The Song of the Bwana Toshi
Character:Toshi
Release Date:05/07/1965
風来忍法帖
Character:
Release Date:16/05/1965
The Glamorous Ghost
Character:Hospital Guard
Release Date:03/10/1964
I'm a Bodyguard
Character:
Release Date:16/05/1964
Dear Mr. Prime Minister
Character:Kakumaru
Release Date:29/04/1964
How to Make Money
Character:
Release Date:01/02/1964
The Honest Fool
Character:
Release Date:15/01/1964
To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2
Character:Zensuke Yamashita
Release Date:01/01/1964
Okashina yatsu
Character:Kashô Sanyûtei
Release Date:01/11/1963
Onna yajikita-tatchi ryokō
Character:
Release Date:13/07/1963
To Your Majesty, The Emperor
Character:
Release Date:28/04/1963
Escape from Hell
Character:Ichibei
Release Date:27/01/1963
Sing, Young People!
Character:Driver
Release Date:06/01/1963
Attack Squadron
Character:
Release Date:03/01/1963
Aitsu bakari ga naze moteru
Character:
Release Date:18/11/1962
Tōkyō sanosa musume
Character:
Release Date:16/09/1962
Ottamage ningyo monogatari
Character:
Release Date:15/06/1962
A Carpenter and Children
Character:
Release Date:10/06/1962
The Ambitious Youth
Character:Mitsuo Aoi
Release Date:03/06/1962
A Country Boss
Character:Sasaki
Release Date:25/01/1962
Good Rascals
Character:Ushi
Release Date:14/01/1962
Nippon no obaachan
Character:
Release Date:03/01/1962
Jirocho' s Days of Youth: Whirlwind on the Tokaido
Character:
Release Date:03/01/1962
Snow in the South Seas
Character:
Release Date:29/09/1961
Jirocho’s Days of Youth: The Youngest Boss in the Tokai Region
Character:
Release Date:21/06/1961
Red Flowers of Hell
Character:
Release Date:03/05/1961
Obon, The Moll Dipper
Character:
Release Date:16/04/1961
腰抜け女兵騒動
Character:
Release Date:26/01/1961
Aces Wild
Character:
Release Date:09/01/1961
若社長と爆発娘
Character:
Release Date:06/03/1960
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