Kiyoshi Atsumi
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
Tora! Tora! Tora!
It's Tough Being a Man
The Castle of Sand
The Yellow Handkerchief
Village of Eight Gravestones
August Without Emperor
Where Spring Comes Late
A Distant Cry from Spring
All Movies (121)
- Tora-san, Wish You Were Here2019 · as Tora-san (archive footage)
- Tora-san's Tropical Fever Special Version1997 · as Torajiro Kuruma(Tora-san)
- Tora-san to the Rescue1995 · as Torajiro Kuruma(Tora-san)
- Tora-san's Easy Advice1994 · as Torajiro Kuruma(Tora-san)
- Tora-san's Matchmaker1993 · as Torajiro Kuruma(Tora-san)
- A Class to Remember1993 · as (cameo)
- Tora-san Makes Excuses1992 · as Tora
- Tora-san Confesses1991 · as Torajiro Kuruma(Tora-san)
- Tora-san Takes a Vacation1990 · as Torajiro Kuruma(Tora-san)
- Tora-san, My Uncle1989 · as Torajiro Kuruma
- Tora-san Goes to Vienna1989 · as Torajiro Kuruma
- Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial1988 · as Torajiro Kuruma
- The Wives of Rokumeikan1988 · as Narrator
- Downtown Heroes1988
- Tora-san Plays Daddy1987 · as Torajiro Kuruma
- Tora-san Goes North1987 · as Torajiro Kuruma
- Children on the Island1987 · as Narrator (voice)
- Tora-san's Bluebird Fantasy1986 · as Torajiro Kuruma
- Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies1986 · as Kihachi
- Tora-san's Island Encounter1985 · as Torajiro Kuruma
- Tora-san, the Go-Between1985 · as Torajiro Kuruma
- Tora-san's Forbidden Love1984 · as Torajiro Kuruma
- Marriage Counselor Tora-san1984 · as Torajiro Kuruma
- Tora-san Goes Religious?1983 · as Kuruma Torajiro
- Tora-san's Song of Love1983 · as Torajiro Kuruma
- Tora-san, the Expert1982 · as Torajiro Kuruma
- Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san1982 · as Torajiro Kuruma
- Tora-san's Promise1981 · as Torajiro Kuruma
- Tora-san's Love in Osaka1981 · as Torajiro Kuruma
- Foster Daddy, Tora!1980 · as Torajiro Kuruma
- Tora-san's Tropical Fever1980 · as Tora
- A Distant Cry from Spring1980 · as Kondo
- Tora-san's Dream of Spring1979 · as Kuruma Torajiro
- Tora-san, the Matchmaker1979 · as Torajiro
- Talk of the Town Tora-san1978 · as Tora
- August Without Emperor1978 · as Kubo
- Stage-Struck Tora-san1978
- Tora-san Plays Cupid1977 · as Torajirō
- Village of Eight Gravestones1977 · as Kosuke Kindaichi
- The Yellow Handkerchief1977 · as Watanabe Kacho
- Tora-san Meets His Lordship1977
- 田舎刑事 時間よ、とまれ1977
- Tora-san's Pure Love1976 · as Torajiro
- Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset1976 · as Torajiro Kuruma
- Tora-san, the Intellectual1975 · as Torajiro
- Friendship1975
- The Village1975
- Tora-san Meets the Songstress Again1975 · as Tora
- Tora-san's Lullaby1974 · as Torajiro
- The Castle of Sand1974 · as Movie Theater Manager
- Tora-san's Lovesick1974 · as Torajiro
- Center of Tokyo1974 · as Kinnosuke
- Tora-san Loves an Artist1973
- Tora-san's Forget Me Not1973 · as Torajiro Kuruma
- Tora-san's Dream-Come-True1972 · as Torajiro Kuruma
- Home from the Sea1972 · as Matsushita
- Tora-san's Dear Old Home1972 · as Torajiro Kuruma
- My Voiceless Friends1972 · as Tamiji Nishiyama
- Tora-san's Love Call1971 · as Torajiro Kuruma
- Tora-san, the Good Samaritan1971 · as Torajirō Kuruma
- Tora-san's Shattered Romance1971 · as Torajirô Kuruma
- Where Spring Comes Late1970 · as Traveler
- Tora-san's Runaway1970 · as Torajiro Kuruma
- Charming Men1970 · as Okera Goro
- Live Again Tomorrow1970 · as 木村
- Tora-san's Grand Scheme1970 · as Torajiro Kuruma
- Tora! Tora! Tora!1970 · as Cook #1 (uncredited)
- Tora-san, His Tender Love1970 · as Torajiro Kuruma
- Tora-san's Cherished Mother1969 · as Torajiro Kuruma
- Women Can't Be Beaten1969
- Tora-san, Our Lovable Tramp1969 · as Torajirô Kuruma
- ひばり・橋の花と喧嘩1969 · as 参竜斉清山
- Big, Big Fellow1969 · as Matsujiro Minamida
- Scrap Collectors1968
- The Day the Sun Rose1968
- In Broad Daylight1968 · as Katsuji 'Watakatsu' Watanabe
- It's Tough Being a Man (Television Drama DVD Edit Edition)1968
- Age of Japanese Guerrillas1968
- The Man Without a Map1968 · as Tashiro
- 風来忍法帖 八方破れ1968
- Neon taiheiki1968
- New Year Trip1968
- Green Light to Joy1967 · as Yoshitaro Hirai
- Traveling in Party1967
- Express Train1967
- Our Wonderful Years1966 · as Teiji Yoshida
- Ohana han1966
- Tokijiro: Lone Yakuza1966 · as Minobu no Asakichi
- Gamblers' Luck1966
- Izuko e1966
- The Betrayers Out!1966
- The Song of the Bwana Toshi1965 · as Toshi
- 風来忍法帖1965
- The Glamorous Ghost1964 · as Hospital Guard
- I'm a Bodyguard1964
- Dear Mr. Prime Minister1964 · as Kakumaru
- How to Make Money1964
- The Honest Fool1964
- To Your Majesty, The Emperor 21964 · as Zensuke Yamashita
- Okashina yatsu1963 · as Kashô Sanyûtei
- Onna yajikita-tatchi ryokō1963
- To Your Majesty, The Emperor1963
- Escape from Hell1963 · as Ichibei
- Sing, Young People!1963 · as Driver
- Attack Squadron1963
- Aitsu bakari ga naze moteru1962
- Tōkyō sanosa musume1962
- Ottamage ningyo monogatari1962
- A Carpenter and Children1962
- The Ambitious Youth1962 · as Mitsuo Aoi
- A Country Boss1962 · as Sasaki
- Good Rascals1962 · as Ushi
- Nippon no obaachan1962
- Jirocho' s Days of Youth: Whirlwind on the Tokaido1962
- Snow in the South Seas1961
- Jirocho’s Days of Youth: The Youngest Boss in the Tokai Region1961
- Red Flowers of Hell1961
- Obon, The Moll Dipper1961
- 腰抜け女兵騒動1961
- Aces Wild1961
- 若社長と爆発娘1960
All TV Shows (2)
- おれの義姉さん1970
- It's Tough Being a Man1968