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