Kiyoshi Atsumi

Acting

Born Mar 10, 1928

From Tokyo, Japan

Died Aug 04, 1996

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.

Kiyoshi Atsumi

Known For

A Distant Cry from Spring

Tora! Tora! Tora!

The Castle of Sand

August Without Emperor

Attack Squadron

Village of Eight Gravestones

Tora-san Goes Religious?

The Yellow Handkerchief

Tora-san, the Go-Between

Tora-san's Love in Osaka

Filmography — Acting

A Distant Cry from Spring

Tora! Tora! Tora!

The Castle of Sand

August Without Emperor

Attack Squadron

Village of Eight Gravestones

Tora-san Goes Religious?

The Yellow Handkerchief

Tora-san, the Go-Between

Tora-san's Love in Osaka

Tora-san, Our Lovable Tramp

Traveling in Party

Tora-san Plays Daddy

Tora-san's Tropical Fever

Tora-san's Dream of Spring

Tora-san Meets the Songstress Again

A Carpenter and Children

Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies

Tora-san's Pure Love

Sing, Young People!

Tora-san Goes to Vienna

Tora-san, the Expert

Marriage Counselor Tora-san

Tora-san, the Good Samaritan

The Man Without a Map

Tora-san's Love Call

Where Spring Comes Late

Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial

Tora-san to the Rescue

Foster Daddy, Tora!

Tora-san, Wish You Were Here

Tora-san Goes North

Snow in the South Seas

Talk of the Town Tora-san

Tora-san's Lullaby

To Your Majesty, The Emperor

Tora-san's Shattered Romance

Tora-san Plays Cupid

Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san

Tora-san's Tropical Fever Special Version

New Year Trip

The Honest Fool

Tora-san's Runaway

Downtown Heroes

Tora-san Takes a Vacation

Tora-san Confesses

Tora-san, My Uncle

Stage-Struck Tora-san

Tora-san's Dream-Come-True

A Country Boss

Tora-san's Bluebird Fantasy

Tora-san, the Matchmaker

Tora-san Meets His Lordship

Tora-san's Forbidden Love

Escape from Hell

Tokijiro: Lone Yakuza

Jirocho' s Days of Youth: Whirlwind on the Tokaido

Tora-san's Song of Love

Good Rascals

Home from the Sea

Tora-san's Easy Advice

The Village

Ohana han

Tora-san's Island Encounter

My Voiceless Friends

The Ambitious Youth

A Class to Remember

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