Kiyoshi Atsumi
Acting · Born Mar 10, 1928 · Died Aug 4, 1996 (68) · 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
Films
Tora-san, Wish You Were Here
20198.0
Tora-san's Tropical Fever Special Version
19978.5
Tora-san to the Rescue
19957.8
Tora-san's Easy Advice
19948.5
Tora-san's Matchmaker
19939.0
A Class to Remember
19937.4
Tora-san Makes Excuses
19928.0
Tora-san Confesses
19917.8
Tora-san Takes a Vacation
19907.7
Tora-san, My Uncle
19898.2
Tora-san Goes to Vienna
19898.7
Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial
19888.3
The Wives of Rokumeikan
1988
Downtown Heroes
19888.6
Tora-san Plays Daddy
19878.3
Tora-san Goes North
19879.0
Children on the Island
198710.0
Tora-san's Bluebird Fantasy
19867.3
Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies
19866.6
Tora-san's Island Encounter
19858.3
Tora-san, the Go-Between
19856.9
Tora-san's Forbidden Love
19848.0
Marriage Counselor Tora-san
19848.0
Tora-san Goes Religious?
19837.7
Tora-san's Song of Love
19838.3
Tora-san, the Expert
19828.7
Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san
19828.0
Tora-san's Promise
19818.7
Tora-san's Love in Osaka
19819.0
Foster Daddy, Tora!
19808.0
Tora-san's Tropical Fever
19808.3
A Distant Cry from Spring
19807.4
Tora-san's Dream of Spring
19798.2
Tora-san, the Matchmaker
19798.7
Talk of the Town Tora-san
19788.0
August Without Emperor
19787.2
Stage-Struck Tora-san
19788.2
Tora-san Plays Cupid
19778.0
Village of Eight Gravestones
19777.0
The Yellow Handkerchief
19777.0
Tora-san Meets His Lordship
19778.8
田舎刑事 時間よ、とまれ
1977
Tora-san's Pure Love
19769.2
Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset
19768.8
Tora-san, the Intellectual
19758.2
Friendship
1975
The Village
19757.4
Tora-san Meets the Songstress Again
19758.2
Tora-san's Lullaby
19747.8
The Castle of Sand
19747.3
Tora-san's Lovesick
19748.0
Center of Tokyo
1974
Tora-san Loves an Artist
19738.4
Tora-san's Forget Me Not
19738.4
Tora-san's Dream-Come-True
19728.3
Home from the Sea
19727.2
Tora-san's Dear Old Home
19728.3
My Voiceless Friends
19729.0
Tora-san's Love Call
19718.4
Tora-san, the Good Samaritan
19718.0
Tora-san's Shattered Romance
19717.7
Where Spring Comes Late
19707.7
Tora-san's Runaway
19708.0
Charming Men
19709.0
Live Again Tomorrow
1970
Tora-san's Grand Scheme
19707.7
Tora! Tora! Tora!
19707.2
Tora-san, His Tender Love
19707.4
Tora-san's Cherished Mother
19696.8
Women Can't Be Beaten
19697.5
Tora-san, Our Lovable Tramp
19697.8
ひばり・橋の花と喧嘩
1969
Big, Big Fellow
1969
Scrap Collectors
19688.0
In Broad Daylight
19687.0
It's Tough Being a Man (Television Drama DVD Edit Edition)
1968
Age of Japanese Guerrillas
19688.0
The Man Without a Map
19686.7
Homeless Ninja Trick Book: Lose in All Directions
1968
The Neon Taiheiki
19689.0
New Year Trip
19687.0
Green Light to Joy
19678.0
Traveling in Party
19676.0
Express Train
19676.0
Our Wonderful Years
19667.0
Ohana han
1966
Tokijiro: Lone Yakuza
19667.2
Gamblers' Luck
19667.2
Izuko e
19667.0
The Song of the Bwana Toshi
19667.0
The Betrayers Out!
1966
Homeless Ninja Trick Book
19658.0
The Glamorous Ghost
19647.0
I'm a Bodyguard
19648.0
Dear Mr. Prime Minister
1964
How to Make Money
1964
The Honest Fool
19648.0
To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2
1964
Okashina yatsu
1963
Onna yajikita-tatchi ryokō
1963
To Your Majesty, The Emperor
1963
Escape from Hell
19636.8
Sing, Young People!
19636.2
Attack Squadron
19637.0
Aitsu bakari ga naze moteru
1962
Tōkyō sanosa musume
1962
Ottamage ningyo monogatari
1962
A Carpenter and Children
19627.5
The Ambitious Youth
19628.0
A Country Boss
1962
Good Rascals
19626.0
Nippon no obaachan
19627.0
Jirocho' s Days of Youth: Whirlwind on the Tokaido
1962
Snow in the South Seas
19619.0
Jirocho’s Days of Youth: The Youngest Boss in the Tokai Region
19617.0
Obon's Dipping Contest
1961
Red Flowers of Hell
19617.0
Obon, The Moll Dipper
196110.0
Mizu tamari
1961
The Troubles of Wimpy Women Soldiers
1961
Aces Wild
19618.0
Count on Me
1960
Otora-san's Business is Booming
1958
