Kiyoshi Atsumi
Known for Acting · 123 credits
- Born
- 1928-03-10
- Died
- 1996-08-04
- Place of birth
- Tokyo, Japan
- Also known as
- Yasuo Tadokoro · 寅さん · Киёси Ацуми
Biography
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
TV Shows (2)
Movies (121)
Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970
as Cook #1 (uncredited)
The Yellow Handkerchief
1977
as Watanabe Kacho
August Without Emperor
1978
as Kubo
The Castle of Sand
1974
as Movie Theater Manager
A Distant Cry from Spring
1980
as Kondo
Village of Eight Gravestones
1977
as Kosuke Kindaichi
Tora-san, My Uncle
1989
as Torajiro Kuruma
Tora-san, Our Lovable Tramp
1969
as Torajirô Kuruma
Tora-san's Love Call
1971
as Torajiro Kuruma
Tora-san Plays Daddy
1987
as Torajiro Kuruma
Tora-san, Wish You Were Here
2019
as Tora-san (archive footage)
Attack Squadron
1963
Marriage Counselor Tora-san
1984
as Torajiro Kuruma
Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies
1986
as Kihachi
Tokijiro: Lone Yakuza
1966
as Minobu no Asakichi
Talk of the Town Tora-san
1978
as Tora
Tora-san's Love in Osaka
1981
as Torajiro Kuruma
Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset
1976
as Torajiro Kuruma
Snow in the South Seas
1961
Tora-san's Pure Love
1976
as Torajiro
Tora-san's Runaway
1970
as Torajiro Kuruma
Tora-san, the Expert
1982
as Torajiro Kuruma
Tora-san's Lullaby
1974
as Torajiro
Tora-san's Forbidden Love
1984
as Torajiro Kuruma
Tora-san Goes to Vienna
1989
as Torajiro Kuruma
A Carpenter and Children
1962
Tora-san Goes Religious?
1983
as Kuruma Torajiro
Tora-san Meets His Lordship
1977
Tora-san's Bluebird Fantasy
1986
as Torajiro Kuruma
My Voiceless Friends
1972
as Tamiji Nishiyama
Where Spring Comes Late
1970
as Traveler
Escape from Hell
1963
as Ichibei
Sing, Young People!
1963
as Driver
Tora-san's Dream of Spring
1979
as Kuruma Torajiro
Tora-san, the Go-Between
1985
as Torajiro Kuruma
Aces Wild
1961
Tora-san Goes North
1987
as Torajiro Kuruma
A Country Boss
1962
as Sasaki
Tora-san to the Rescue
1995
as Torajiro Kuruma(Tora-san)
Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial
1988
as Torajiro Kuruma
The Man Without a Map
1968
as Tashiro
Downtown Heroes
1988
Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san
1982
as Torajiro Kuruma
若社長と爆発娘
1960
The Ambitious Youth
1962
as Mitsuo Aoi
Tora-san Makes Excuses
1992
as Tora
A Class to Remember
1993
as (cameo)
Tora-san, the Good Samaritan
1971
as Torajirō Kuruma
The Day the Sun Rose
1968
Express Train
1967
New Year Trip
1968
The Glamorous Ghost
1964
as Hospital Guard
Ottamage ningyo monogatari
1962
Big, Big Fellow
1969
as Matsujiro Minamida
Children on the Island
1987
as Narrator (voice)
To Your Majesty, The Emperor
1963
Tora-san Takes a Vacation
1990
as Torajiro Kuruma(Tora-san)
In Broad Daylight
1968
as Katsuji 'Watakatsu' Watanabe
Tora-san's Shattered Romance
1971
as Torajirô Kuruma
Foster Daddy, Tora!
1980
as Torajiro Kuruma
Tora-san's Tropical Fever Special Version
1997
as Torajiro Kuruma(Tora-san)
Tora-san, the Intellectual
1975
as Torajiro
Tora-san's Island Encounter
1985
as Torajiro Kuruma
To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2
1964
as Zensuke Yamashita
The Betrayers Out!
1966
Red Flowers of Hell
1961
Tora-san's Song of Love
1983
as Torajiro Kuruma
Tora-san Plays Cupid
1977
as Torajirō
Tora-san's Promise
1981
as Torajiro Kuruma
Jirocho' s Days of Youth: Whirlwind on the Tokaido
1962
Age of Japanese Guerrillas
1968
Good Rascals
1962
as Ushi
Tora-san, His Tender Love
1970
as Torajiro Kuruma
Tora-san's Grand Scheme
1970
as Torajiro Kuruma
Stage-Struck Tora-san
1978
Tora-san Confesses
1991
as Torajiro Kuruma(Tora-san)
Tora-san's Dream-Come-True
1972
as Torajiro Kuruma
Okashina yatsu
1963
as Kashô Sanyûtei
Aitsu bakari ga naze moteru
1962
Tōkyō sanosa musume
1962
Onna yajikita-tatchi ryokō
1963
Center of Tokyo
1974
as Kinnosuke
Tora-san's Cherished Mother
1969
as Torajiro Kuruma
Tora-san's Dear Old Home
1972
as Torajiro Kuruma
Tora-san's Tropical Fever
1980
as Tora
Tora-san's Easy Advice
1994
as Torajiro Kuruma(Tora-san)
Ohana han
1966
I'm a Bodyguard
1964
風来忍法帖
1965
Tora-san Meets the Songstress Again
1975
as Tora
Home from the Sea
1972
as Matsushita
Friendship
1975
How to Make Money
1964
Tora-san's Matchmaker
1993
as Torajiro Kuruma(Tora-san)
Our Wonderful Years
1966
as Teiji Yoshida
Tora-san Loves an Artist
1973
The Honest Fool
1964
Tora-san, the Matchmaker
1979
as Torajiro
Jirocho’s Days of Youth: The Youngest Boss in the Tokai Region
1961
Gamblers' Luck
1966
Izuko e
1966
Tora-san's Lovesick
1974
as Torajiro
The Village
1975
Obon, The Moll Dipper
1961
Traveling in Party
1967
Tora-san's Forget Me Not
1973
as Torajiro Kuruma
Charming Men
1970
as Okera Goro
It's Tough Being a Man (Television Drama DVD Edit Edition)
1968
Nippon no obaachan
1962
腰抜け女兵騒動
1961
Women Can't Be Beaten
1969
Dear Mr. Prime Minister
1964
as Kakumaru
The Wives of Rokumeikan
1988
as Narrator
The Song of the Bwana Toshi
1965
as Toshi
Green Light to Joy
1967
as Yoshitaro Hirai
風来忍法帖 八方破れ
1968
田舎刑事 時間よ、とまれ
1977
Neon taiheiki
1968
Live Again Tomorrow
1970
as 木村
Scrap Collectors
1968
About 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-sa… With 123 credits spanning from 1960 to 2019, Kiyoshi Atsumi has appeared in 121 films and 2 TV shows.
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Most Popular Kiyoshi Atsumi Movies
- Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970) — as Cook #1 (uncredited)
- The Yellow Handkerchief (1977) — as Watanabe Kacho
- August Without Emperor (1978) — as Kubo
- The Castle of Sand (1974) — as Movie Theater Manager
- A Distant Cry from Spring (1980) — as Kondo
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