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.
Personal info
Gender
Male
Birthday
1928-03-10
Place of birth
Tokyo, Japan
Images
Cast
The Yellow Handkerchief
1977
6.80
In Broad Daylight
1968
0.00
Aitsu bakari ga naze moteru
1962
0.00
Neon taiheiki
1968
0.00
Okashina yatsu
1963
0.00
Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970
7.15
The Man Without a Map
1968
6.50
Escape from Hell
1963
6.20
Tora-san's Cherished Mother
1969
6.80
Tora-san Loves an Artist
1973
8.00
Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset
1976
9.00
Tora-san's Grand Scheme
1970
7.40
Home from the Sea
1972
7.10
A Class to Remember
1993
7.50
Tora-san's Forget Me Not
1973
8.00
Ottamage ningyo monogatari
1962
0.00
Tora-san Goes Religious?
1983
8.00
Tora-san, His Tender Love
1970
7.00
Onna yajikita-tatchi ryokō
1963
0.00
Tora-san's Shattered Romance
1971
7.20
Tora-san's Dream of Spring
1979
8.00
Tora-san's Runaway
1970
7.80
Tora-san, the Good Samaritan
1971
7.80
Tokijiro: Lone Yakuza
1966
6.60
Tora-san's Dear Old Home
1972
7.50
Tora-san's Forbidden Love
1984
8.00
Tora-san's Love Call
1971
8.00
Tora-san's Dream-Come-True
1972
7.60
Tora-san's Lovesick
1974
7.30
Children on the Island
1987
0.00
Tora-san's Lullaby
1974
7.50
Tora-san, the Intellectual
1975
7.70
Tora-san's Pure Love
1976
8.50
Tora-san Meets His Lordship
1977
8.50
田舎刑事 時間よ、とまれ
1977
0.00
Tōkyō sanosa musume
1962
0.00
Tora-san Plays Cupid
1977
7.70
August without Emperor
1978
7.00
Tora-san, My Uncle
1989
8.70
Tora-san Makes Excuses
1992
8.00
The Song of the Bwana Toshi
1965
0.00
Stage-Struck Tora-san
1978
8.00
Tora-san's Tropical Fever
1980
8.00
Talk of the Town Tora-san
1978
9.00
It's Tough Being a Man
1969
8.10
Tora-san, the Matchmaker
1979
8.50
Dear Mr. Prime Minister
1964
0.00
Tora-san Confesses
1991
8.00
Charming Men
1970
0.00
Our Wonderful Years
1966
0.00
Attack Squadron
1963
6.00
Express Train
1967
6.00
New Year Trip
1968
0.00
Traveling in Party
1967
6.00
The Glamorous Ghost
1964
6.00
若社長と爆発娘
1960
0.00
Tora-san Goes North
1987
8.70
Tora-san's Promise
1981
8.00
Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial
1988
8.50
Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san
1982
8.00
Marriage Counselor Tora-san
1984
8.00
Tora-san Goes to Vienna
1989
8.00
Tora-san's Island Encounter
1985
8.00
Tora-san Plays Daddy
1987
9.00
Tora-san Takes a Vacation
1990
8.00
Tora-san, the Go-Between
1985
6.50
Tora-san's Easy Advice
1994
8.00
Tora-san, the Expert
1982
8.50
Tora-san's Song of Love
1983
8.00
Tora-san's Bluebird Fantasy
1986
7.50
Tora-san to the Rescue
1995
7.00
Tora-san's Matchmaker
1993
8.50
Tora-san's Love in Osaka
1981
8.50
Foster Daddy, Tora!
1980
7.50
風来忍法帖 八方破れ
1968
0.00
風来忍法帖
1965
0.00
Green Light to Joy
1967
0.00
The Day the Sun Rose
1968
7.00
The Ambitious Youth
1962
0.00
Age of Japanese Guerrillas
1968
0.00
The Village
1976
6.70
A Distant Cry from Spring
1980
7.20
Snow in the South Seas
1961
0.00
The Betrayers Out!
1966
0.00
A Country Boss
1962
0.00
Sing, Young People
1963
5.80
Village of Eight Gravestones
1977
6.70
How to Make Money
1964
0.00
Downtown Heroes
1988
8.40
Scrap Collectors
1968
0.00
Good Rascals
1962
6.00
Obon, The Moll Dipper
1961
0.00
Where Spring Comes Late
1970
7.50
Gamblers' Luck
1966
7.00
Tora-san, Wish You Were Here
2019
8.00
Women Can't Be Beaten
1969
0.00
Nippon no obaachan
1962
0.00
A Carpenter and Children
1962
0.00
The Honest Fool
1964
0.00
My Voiceless Friends
1972
0.00
The Castle of Sand
1974
7.40
To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2
1964
0.00
To Your Majesty, The Emperor
1963
0.00
I'm a Bodyguard
1964
0.00
腰抜け女兵騒動
1961
0.00
Big, Big Fellow
1969
0.00
Aces Wild
1961
0.00
Friendship
1975
0.00
Ohana han
1966
0.00
Tokyo do mannaka
1974
0.00