Kiyoshi Atsumi
Known for Acting · 123 credits
- Born
- 1928-03-10
- Died
- 1996-08-04
- Place of birth
- Tokyo, Japan
- Also known as
- Yasuo Tadokoro · 寅さん · Киёси Ацуми
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.
Known For
TV Shows (2)
Movies (121)
Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970
as Cook #1 (uncredited)
Tora-san's Dear Old Home
1972
as Torajiro Kuruma
The Yellow Handkerchief
1977
as Watanabe Kacho
The Castle of Sand
1974
as Movie Theater Manager
August Without Emperor
1978
as Kubo
Village of Eight Gravestones
1977
as Kosuke Kindaichi
Tora-san Meets the Songstress Again
1975
as Tora
A Distant Cry from Spring
1980
as Kondo
Tora-san Goes North
1987
as Torajiro Kuruma
Tora-san's Promise
1981
as Torajiro Kuruma
The Day the Sun Rose
1968
Tora-san's Love in Osaka
1981
as Torajiro Kuruma
Tora-san's Pure Love
1976
as Torajiro
Tora-san, My Uncle
1989
as Torajiro Kuruma
Attack Squadron
1963
Tora-san's Matchmaker
1993
as Torajiro Kuruma(Tora-san)
Tora-san, Our Lovable Tramp
1969
as Torajirô Kuruma
Tora-san's Island Encounter
1985
as Torajiro Kuruma
Marriage Counselor Tora-san
1984
as Torajiro Kuruma
Tora-san Plays Daddy
1987
as Torajiro Kuruma
Sing, Young People!
1963
as Driver
Tora-san Goes to Vienna
1989
as Torajiro Kuruma
Tora-san, Wish You Were Here
2019
as Tora-san (archive footage)
The Man Without a Map
1968
as Tashiro
Tora-san, His Tender Love
1970
as Torajiro Kuruma
Women Can't Be Beaten
1969
Tora-san's Lullaby
1974
as Torajiro
Where Spring Comes Late
1970
as Traveler
Tora-san, the Expert
1982
as Torajiro Kuruma
Tora-san's Love Call
1971
as Torajiro Kuruma
Tora-san's Shattered Romance
1971
as Torajirô Kuruma
A Class to Remember
1993
as (cameo)
Tora-san's Forbidden Love
1984
as Torajiro Kuruma
Tora-san's Dream of Spring
1979
as Kuruma Torajiro
Tora-san's Cherished Mother
1969
as Torajiro Kuruma
My Voiceless Friends
1972
as Tamiji Nishiyama
Tora-san Takes a Vacation
1990
as Torajiro Kuruma(Tora-san)
To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2
1964
as Zensuke Yamashita
Center of Tokyo
1974
as Kinnosuke
Tora-san's Song of Love
1983
as Torajiro Kuruma
Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies
1986
as Kihachi
Tora-san to the Rescue
1995
as Torajiro Kuruma(Tora-san)
Downtown Heroes
1988
Talk of the Town Tora-san
1978
as Tora
Tora-san's Dream-Come-True
1972
as Torajiro Kuruma
Foster Daddy, Tora!
1980
as Torajiro Kuruma
Escape from Hell
1963
as Ichibei
Children on the Island
1987
as Narrator (voice)
Tora-san's Runaway
1970
as Torajiro Kuruma
Age of Japanese Guerrillas
1968
Tora-san, the Good Samaritan
1971
as Torajirō Kuruma
Tora-san, the Go-Between
1985
as Torajiro Kuruma
Neon taiheiki
1968
Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san
1982
as Torajiro Kuruma
Good Rascals
1962
as Ushi
Gamblers' Luck
1966
Tora-san Makes Excuses
1992
as Tora
Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset
1976
as Torajiro Kuruma
Tora-san Loves an Artist
1973
Jirocho’s Days of Youth: The Youngest Boss in the Tokai Region
1961
Tora-san's Grand Scheme
1970
as Torajiro Kuruma
Tora-san Meets His Lordship
1977
Snow in the South Seas
1961
The Glamorous Ghost
1964
as Hospital Guard
The Honest Fool
1964
Tora-san, the Intellectual
1975
as Torajiro
Home from the Sea
1972
as Matsushita
Stage-Struck Tora-san
1978
Tora-san Confesses
1991
as Torajiro Kuruma(Tora-san)
Scrap Collectors
1968
Tora-san's Forget Me Not
1973
as Torajiro Kuruma
It's Tough Being a Man (Television Drama DVD Edit Edition)
1968
Aitsu bakari ga naze moteru
1962
Big, Big Fellow
1969
as Matsujiro Minamida
Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial
1988
as Torajiro Kuruma
Dear Mr. Prime Minister
1964
as Kakumaru
A Carpenter and Children
1962
The Ambitious Youth
1962
as Mitsuo Aoi
The Village
1975
Tora-san Plays Cupid
1977
as Torajirō
The Betrayers Out!
1966
To Your Majesty, The Emperor
1963
若社長と爆発娘
1960
Tora-san's Tropical Fever
1980
as Tora
Tora-san's Bluebird Fantasy
1986
as Torajiro Kuruma
Red Flowers of Hell
1961
Nippon no obaachan
1962
Tora-san Goes Religious?
1983
as Kuruma Torajiro
Ohana han
1966
Tokijiro: Lone Yakuza
1966
as Minobu no Asakichi
Traveling in Party
1967
Tora-san's Tropical Fever Special Version
1997
as Torajiro Kuruma(Tora-san)
Tora-san, the Matchmaker
1979
as Torajiro
Charming Men
1970
as Okera Goro
Tora-san's Lovesick
1974
as Torajiro
How to Make Money
1964
Tora-san's Easy Advice
1994
as Torajiro Kuruma(Tora-san)
In Broad Daylight
1968
as Katsuji 'Watakatsu' Watanabe
I'm a Bodyguard
1964
New Year Trip
1968
風来忍法帖
1965
Jirocho' s Days of Youth: Whirlwind on the Tokaido
1962
腰抜け女兵騒動
1961
Friendship
1975
Obon, The Moll Dipper
1961
Tōkyō sanosa musume
1962
A Country Boss
1962
as Sasaki
Green Light to Joy
1967
as Yoshitaro Hirai
Express Train
1967
The Song of the Bwana Toshi
1965
as Toshi
Our Wonderful Years
1966
as Teiji Yoshida
Ottamage ningyo monogatari
1962
Aces Wild
1961
田舎刑事 時間よ、とまれ
1977
Okashina yatsu
1963
as Kashô Sanyûtei
Izuko e
1966
The Wives of Rokumeikan
1988
as Narrator
Onna yajikita-tatchi ryokō
1963
ひばり・橋の花と喧嘩
1969
as 参竜斉清山
風来忍法帖 八方破れ
1968
About 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-sa… With 123 credits spanning from 1960 to 2019, Kiyoshi Atsumi has appeared in 121 films and 2 TV shows.
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Most Popular Kiyoshi Atsumi Movies
- Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970) — as Cook #1 (uncredited)
- Tora-san's Dear Old Home (1972) — as Torajiro Kuruma
- The Yellow Handkerchief (1977) — as Watanabe Kacho
- The Castle of Sand (1974) — as Movie Theater Manager
- August Without Emperor (1978) — as Kubo
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