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.
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Movies (126)
Tora-san, Wish You Were Here
2019 · 寅次郎 (存档胶片)
Tora-san's Tropical Fever Special Version
1997 · 寅次郎
Tora-san to the Rescue
1995 · 寅次郎
Tora-san's Easy Advice
1994 · 寅次郎
Tora-san's Matchmaker
1993 · 寅次郎
A Class to Remember
1993 · (cameo)
Tora-san Makes Excuses
1992 · 寅次郎
Tora-san Confesses
1991 · 寅次郎
Tora-san Takes a Vacation
1990 · 寅次郎
Tora-san, My Uncle
1989 · 寅次郎
Tora-san Goes to Vienna
1989 · 寅次郎
Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial
1988 · 寅次郎
The Wives of Rokumeikan
1988 · Narrator
Downtown Heroes
1988
Tora-san Plays Daddy
1987 · 寅次郎
Tora-san Goes North
1987 · Torajiro Kuruma
Children on the Island
1987 · Narrator (voice)
Tora-san's Bluebird Fantasy
1986 · 寅次郎
Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies
1986 · Kihachi
Tora-san's Island Encounter
1985 · 寅次郎
Tora-san, the Go-Between
1985 · 寅次郎
Tora-san's Forbidden Love
1984 · 寅次郎
Marriage Counselor Tora-san
1984 · 寅次郎
Tora-san Goes Religious?
1983 · 寅次郎
Tora-san's Song of Love
1983 · 寅次郎
Tora-san, the Expert
1982 · 寅次郎
Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san
1982 · 寅次郎
Tora-san's Promise
1981 · 寅次郎
Tora-san's Love in Osaka
1981 · 寅次郎
Foster Daddy, Tora!
1980 · 寅次郎
Tora-san's Tropical Fever
1980 · 寅次郎
A Distant Cry from Spring
1980 · Kondo
Tora-san's Dream of Spring
1979 · 寅次郎
Tora-san, the Matchmaker
1979 · 寅次郎
Talk of the Town Tora-san
1978 · 寅次郎
August Without Emperor
1978 · Kubo
Stage-Struck Tora-san
1978 · 寅次郎
Tora-san Plays Cupid
1977 · 寅次郎
Village of Eight Gravestones
1977 · Kosuke Kindaichi
The Yellow Handkerchief
1977 · Watanabe Kacho
Tora-san Meets His Lordship
1977 · 寅次郎
田舎刑事 時間よ、とまれ
1977
Tora-san's Pure Love
1976 · 寅次郎
Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset
1976 · 寅次郎
Tora-san, the Intellectual
1975 · 寅次郎
Friendship
1975
The Village
1975
Tora-san Meets the Songstress Again
1975 · 寅次郎
Tora-san's Lullaby
1974 · 寅次郎
The Castle of Sand
1974 · Movie Theater Manager
Tora-san's Lovesick
1974 · 寅次郎
Center of Tokyo
1974 · Kinnosuke
Tora-san Loves an Artist
1973 · 寅次郎
Tora-san's Forget Me Not
1973 · 寅次郎
Tora-san's Dream-Come-True
1972 · 寅次郎
Home from the Sea
1972 · Matsushita
Tora-san's Dear Old Home
1972 · 寅次郎
My Voiceless Friends
1972 · Tamiji Nishiyama
Tora-san's Love Call
1971 · 寅次郎
Tora-san, the Good Samaritan
1971 · 寅次郎
Tora-san's Shattered Romance
1971 · 寅次郎
Where Spring Comes Late
1970 · Traveler
Tora-san's Runaway
1970 · 寅次郎
Charming Men
1970 · Okera Goro
Live Again Tomorrow
1970 · 木村
Tora-san's Grand Scheme
1970 · 寅次郎
Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970 · Cook #1 (uncredited)
Tora-san, His Tender Love
1970 · 寅次郎
Tora-san's Cherished Mother
1969 · 寅次郎
Women Can't Be Beaten
1969
Tora-san, Our Lovable Tramp
1969 · 寅次郎
ひばり・橋の花と喧嘩
1969 · 参竜斉清山
Big, Big Fellow
1969 · Matsujiro Minamida
Scrap Collectors
1968
The Day the Sun Rose
1968
In Broad Daylight
1968 · Katsuji 'Watakatsu' Watanabe
It's Tough Being a Man (Television Drama DVD Edit Edition)
1968
Age of Japanese Guerrillas
1968
The Man Without a Map
1968 · Tashiro
Homeless Ninja Trick Book: Lose in All Directions
1968
The Neon Taiheiki
1968
New Year Trip
1968
Green Light to Joy
1967 · Yoshitaro Hirai
Traveling in Party
1967
Express Train
1967
Our Wonderful Years
1966 · Teiji Yoshida
Ohana han
1966
Tokijiro: Lone Yakuza
1966 · Minobu no Asakichi
Gamblers' Luck
1966
Izuko e
1966
The Song of the Bwana Toshi
1966 · Toshi
The Betrayers Out!
1966
Homeless Ninja Trick Book
1965
The Glamorous Ghost
1964 · Hospital Guard
I'm a Bodyguard
1964
Dear Mr. Prime Minister
1964 · Kakumaru
How to Make Money
1964
The Honest Fool
1964
To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2
1964 · Zensuke Yamashita
Okashina yatsu
1963 · Kashô Sanyûtei
Onna yajikita-tatchi ryokō
1963
To Your Majesty, The Emperor
1963
Escape from Hell
1963 · Ichibei
Sing, Young People!
1963 · Driver
Attack Squadron
1963 · Petty Officer Tange
Aitsu bakari ga naze moteru
1962
Tōkyō sanosa musume
1962
Ottamage ningyo monogatari
1962
A Carpenter and Children
1962
The Ambitious Youth
1962 · Mitsuo Aoi
A Country Boss
1962 · Sasaki
Good Rascals
1962 · Ushi
Nippon no obaachan
1962
Jirocho' s Days of Youth: Whirlwind on the Tokaido
1962
Snow in the South Seas
1961
Jirocho’s Days of Youth: The Youngest Boss in the Tokai Region
1961
Obon's Dipping Contest
1961
Tōshi reijō
1961
Red Flowers of Hell
1961
Obon, The Moll Dipper
1961
Mizu tamari
1961
The Troubles of Wimpy Women Soldiers
1961
Aces Wild
1961
Count on Me
1960
若社長と爆発娘
1960
Otora-san's Business is Booming
1958
