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Kiyoshi Atsumi
Born · March 10, 1928
Died · August 4, 1996 (68 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Tokyo, Japan
Bio
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.
Tora-san, Wish You Were Here
Tora-san
8.0
2019
Tora-san's Tropical Fever Special Version
Torajiro Kuruma(Tora-san)
8.0
1997
Tora-san to the Rescue
Torajiro Kuruma(Tora-san)
7.0
1995
Tora-san's Easy Advice
Torajiro Kuruma(Tora-san)
8.0
1994
Tora-san's Matchmaker
Torajiro Kuruma(Tora-san)
8.5
1993
A Class to Remember
(cameo)
7.5
1993
Tora-san Makes Excuses
8.0
1992
Tora-san Confesses
Torajiro Kuruma(Tora-san)
8.0
1991
Tora-san Takes a Vacation
Torajiro Kuruma(Tora-san)
8.0
1990
Tora-san, My Uncle
Torajiro Kuruma
8.7
1989
Tora-san Goes to Vienna
Torajiro Kuruma
8.0
1989
Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial
Torajiro Kuruma
8.5
1988
Hope and Pain
8.4
1988
Tora-san Plays Daddy
Torajiro Kuruma
9.0
1987
Tora-san Goes North
Torajiro Kuruma
8.7
1987
Children on the Island
Narrator (voice)
0.0
1987
Tora-san's Bluebird Fantasy
Torajiro Kuruma
7.5
1986
Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies
Kihachi
6.1
1986
Tora-san's Island Encounter
Torajiro Kuruma
8.0
1985
Tora-san, the Go-Between
Torajiro Kuruma
6.5
1985
Tora-san's Forbidden Love
Torajiro Kuruma
8.0
1984
Marriage Counselor Tora-san
Torajiro Kuruma
8.0
1984
Tora-san Goes Religious?
Kuruma Torajiro
8.0
1983
Tora-san's Song of Love
Torajiro Kuruma
8.0
1983
Tora-san, the Expert
Torajiro Kuruma
8.5
1982
Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san
Torajiro Kuruma
8.0
1982
Tora-san's Promise
Torajiro Kuruma
8.0
1981
Tora-san's Love in Osaka
Torajiro Kuruma
8.5
1981
Foster Daddy, Tora!
Torajiro Kuruma
7.5
1980
Tora-san's Tropical Fever
8.0
1980
A Distant Cry from Spring
Kondo
7.2
1980
Tora-san's Dream of Spring
Kuruma Torajiro
8.0
1979
Tora-san, the Matchmaker
Torajiro
8.5
1979
Talk of the Town Tora-san
Tora
9.0
1978
August without Emperor
Kubo
7.0
1978
Stage-Struck Tora-san
8.0
1978
Tora-san Plays Cupid
Torajirō
7.7
1977
Village of Eight Gravestones
Kosuke Kindaichi
6.6
1977
The Yellow Handkerchief
Watanabe Kacho
6.7
1977
Tora-san Meets His Lordship
8.5
1977
田舎刑事 時間よ、とまれ
0.0
1977
Tora-san's Pure Love
Torajiro
8.5
1976
Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset
Torajiro Kuruma
9.0
1976
The Village
6.7
1976
Tora-san, the Intellectual
Torajiro
7.7
1975
Tora-san Meets the Songstress Again
Tora
8.0
1975
Tora-san's Lullaby
Torajiro
7.5
1974
The Castle of Sand
Movie Theater Manager
7.3
1974
Tora-san's Lovesick
Torajiro
7.3
1974
Tora-san Loves an Artist
8.0
1973
Tora-san's Forget Me Not
Torajiro Kuruma
8.0
1973
Tora-san's Dream-Come-True
Torajiro Kuruma
7.6
1972
Home from the Sea
Matsushita
7.1
1972
Tora-san's Dear Old Home
Torajiro Kuruma
7.5
1972
My Voiceless Friends
Tamiji Nishiyama
0.0
1972
Tora-san's Love Call
Torajiro Kuruma
8.0
1971
Tora-san, the Good Samaritan
Torajirō Kuruma
7.8
1971
Tora-san's Shattered Romance
Torajirô Kuruma
7.2
1971
Where Spring Comes Late
Traveler
7.3
1970
Tora-san's Runaway
Torajiro Kuruma
7.8
1970
Charming Men
Okera Goro
0.0
1970
Tora-san's Grand Scheme
Torajiro Kuruma
7.4
1970
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Cook #1 (uncredited)
7.2
1970
Tora-san, His Tender Love
Torajiro Kuruma
7.0
1970
Tora-san's Cherished Mother
Torajiro Kuruma
6.8
1969
Women Can't Be Beaten
0.0
1969
It's Tough Being a Man
Torajirô Kuruma
8.1
1969
Scrap Collectors
0.0
1968
The Day the Sun Rose
7.0
1968
In Broad Daylight
Katsuji 'Watakatsu' Watanabe
0.0
1968
It's Tough Being a Man (Television Drama DVD Edit Edition)
0.0
1968
It's Tough Being a Man
(26 episodes)
0.0
1968
Age of Japanese Guerrillas
0.0
1968
The Man Without a Map
Tashiro
6.5
1968
風来忍法帖 八方破れ
0.0
1968
Neon taiheiki
0.0
1968
New Year Trip
0.0
1968
Green Light to Joy
Yoshitaro Hirai
0.0
1967
Traveling in Party
6.0
1967
Express Train
6.0
1967
Our Wonderful Years
Teiji Yoshida
0.0
1966
Kutsukake Tokijiro: The Lonely Yakuza
Minobu no Asakichi
6.6
1966
Gamblers' Luck
7.0
1966
The Betrayers Out!
0.0
1966
The Song of the Bwana Toshi
Toshi
0.0
1965
風来忍法帖
0.0
1965
The Glamorous Ghost
Hospital Guard
6.0
1964
I'm a Bodyguard
0.0
1964
Dear Mr. Prime Minister
Kakumaru
0.0
1964
How to Make Money
0.0
1964
The Honest Fool
0.0
1964
To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2
Zensuke Yamashita
0.0
1964
Okashina yatsu
Kashô Sanyûtei
0.0
1963
Onna yajikita-tatchi ryokō
0.0
1963
To Your Majesty, The Emperor
0.0
1963
Escape from Hell
Ichibei
6.2
1963
Sing, Young People
Driver
5.8
1963
Attack Squadron
6.0
1963
Aitsu bakari ga naze moteru
0.0
1962
Tōkyō sanosa musume
0.0
1962
Ottamage ningyo monogatari
0.0
1962
A Carpenter and Children
0.0
1962
The Ambitious Youth
Mitsuo Aoi
0.0
1962
A Country Boss
Sasaki
0.0
1962
Good Rascals
Ushi
6.0
1962
Nippon no obaachan
0.0
1962
Jirocho' s Days of Youth: Whirlwind on the Tokaido
0.0
1962
Snow in the South Seas
0.0
1961
Jirocho’s Days of Youth: The Youngest Boss in the Tokai Region
0.0
1961
Obon, The Moll Dipper
0.0
1961
腰抜け女兵騒動
0.0
1961
若社長と爆発娘
0.0
1960