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.
Filmography (123 titles)
8.0MovieTora-san, Wish You Were Here
Tora-san (archive footage) · 2019
8.5MovieTora-san's Tropical Fever Special Version
Torajiro Kuruma(Tora-san) · 1997
7.8MovieTora-san to the Rescue
Torajiro Kuruma(Tora-san) · 1995
8.5MovieTora-san's Easy Advice
Torajiro Kuruma(Tora-san) · 1994
9.0MovieTora-san's Matchmaker
Torajiro Kuruma(Tora-san) · 1993
7.3MovieA Class to Remember
(cameo) · 1993
8.0MovieTora-san Makes Excuses
Tora · 1992
8.3MovieTora-san Confesses
Torajiro Kuruma(Tora-san) · 1991
7.7MovieTora-san Takes a Vacation
Torajiro Kuruma(Tora-san) · 1990
8.3MovieTora-san, My Uncle
Torajiro Kuruma · 1989
8.7MovieTora-san Goes to Vienna
Torajiro Kuruma · 1989
8.3MovieTora-san's Salad-Day Memorial
Torajiro Kuruma · 1988
MovieThe Wives of Rokumeikan
Narrator · 1988
8.6MovieDowntown Heroes
1988
8.3MovieTora-san Plays Daddy
Torajiro Kuruma · 1987
9.0MovieTora-san Goes North
Torajiro Kuruma · 1987
10.0MovieChildren on the Island
Narrator (voice) · 1987
7.3MovieTora-san's Bluebird Fantasy
Torajiro Kuruma · 1986
6.6MovieFinal Take: The Golden Age of Movies
Kihachi · 1986
8.3MovieTora-san's Island Encounter
Torajiro Kuruma · 1985
6.9MovieTora-san, the Go-Between
Torajiro Kuruma · 1985
8.0MovieTora-san's Forbidden Love
Torajiro Kuruma · 1984
8.0MovieMarriage Counselor Tora-san
Torajiro Kuruma · 1984
7.7MovieTora-san Goes Religious?
Kuruma Torajiro · 1983
8.3MovieTora-san's Song of Love
Torajiro Kuruma · 1983
8.7MovieTora-san, the Expert
Torajiro Kuruma · 1982
8.0MovieHearts and Flowers for Tora-san
Torajiro Kuruma · 1982
8.7MovieTora-san's Promise
Torajiro Kuruma · 1981
9.0MovieTora-san's Love in Osaka
Torajiro Kuruma · 1981
8.0MovieFoster Daddy, Tora!
Torajiro Kuruma · 1980