Kiyoshi Atsumi

Kiyoshi Atsumi

Known for
Acting
Born
March 10, 1928
Died
August 4, 1996 (aged 68)
Birthplace
Tokyo, Japan

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

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Filmography

2019
Tora-san, Wish You Were Here poster

Tora-san, Wish You Were Here

Movie · as 寅次郎 (存档胶片)

1997
Tora-san's Tropical Fever Special Version poster

Tora-san's Tropical Fever Special Version

Movie · as 寅次郎

1995
Tora-san to the Rescue poster

Tora-san to the Rescue

Movie · as 寅次郎

1994
Tora-san's Easy Advice poster

Tora-san's Easy Advice

Movie · as 寅次郎

1993
A Class to Remember poster

A Class to Remember

Movie · as (cameo)

1993
Tora-san's Matchmaker poster

Tora-san's Matchmaker

Movie · as 寅次郎

1992
Tora-san Makes Excuses poster

Tora-san Makes Excuses

Movie · as 寅次郎

1991
Tora-san Confesses poster

Tora-san Confesses

Movie · as 寅次郎

1990
Tora-san Takes a Vacation poster

Tora-san Takes a Vacation

Movie · as 寅次郎

1989
Tora-san, My Uncle poster

Tora-san, My Uncle

Movie · as 寅次郎

1989
Tora-san Goes to Vienna poster

Tora-san Goes to Vienna

Movie · as 寅次郎

1988
Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial poster

Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial

Movie · as 寅次郎

1988
Downtown Heroes poster

Downtown Heroes

Movie

1988
The Wives of Rokumeikan poster

The Wives of Rokumeikan

Movie · as Narrator

1987
Children on the Island poster

Children on the Island

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

1987
Tora-san Goes North poster

Tora-san Goes North

Movie · as Torajiro Kuruma

1987
Tora-san Plays Daddy poster

Tora-san Plays Daddy

Movie · as 寅次郎

1986
Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies poster

Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies

Movie · as Kihachi

1986
Tora-san's Bluebird Fantasy poster

Tora-san's Bluebird Fantasy

Movie · as 寅次郎

1985
Tora-san's Island Encounter poster

Tora-san's Island Encounter

Movie · as 寅次郎

1985
Tora-san, the Go-Between poster

Tora-san, the Go-Between

Movie · as 寅次郎

1984
Tora-san's Forbidden Love poster

Tora-san's Forbidden Love

Movie · as 寅次郎

1984
Marriage Counselor Tora-san poster

Marriage Counselor Tora-san

Movie · as 寅次郎

1983
Tora-san Goes Religious? poster

Tora-san Goes Religious?

Movie · as 寅次郎

1983
Tora-san's Song of Love poster

Tora-san's Song of Love

Movie · as 寅次郎

1982
Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san poster

Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san

Movie · as 寅次郎

1982
Tora-san, the Expert poster

Tora-san, the Expert

Movie · as 寅次郎

1981
Tora-san's Promise poster

Tora-san's Promise

Movie · as 寅次郎

1981
Tora-san's Love in Osaka poster

Tora-san's Love in Osaka

Movie · as 寅次郎

1980
Tora-san's Tropical Fever poster

Tora-san's Tropical Fever

Movie · as 寅次郎

1980
Foster Daddy, Tora! poster

Foster Daddy, Tora!

Movie · as 寅次郎

1980
A Distant Cry from Spring poster

A Distant Cry from Spring

Movie · as Kondo

1979
Tora-san's Dream of Spring poster

Tora-san's Dream of Spring

Movie · as 寅次郎

1979
Tora-san, the Matchmaker poster

Tora-san, the Matchmaker

Movie · as 寅次郎

1978
August Without Emperor poster

August Without Emperor

Movie · as Kubo

1978
Stage-Struck Tora-san poster

Stage-Struck Tora-san

Movie · as 寅次郎

1978
Talk of the Town Tora-san poster

Talk of the Town Tora-san

Movie · as 寅次郎

1977
The Yellow Handkerchief poster

The Yellow Handkerchief

Movie · as Watanabe Kacho

1977
Tora-san Meets His Lordship poster

Tora-san Meets His Lordship

Movie · as 寅次郎

1977
田舎刑事 時間よ、とまれ poster

田舎刑事 時間よ、とまれ

Movie

1977
Tora-san Plays Cupid poster

Tora-san Plays Cupid

Movie · as 寅次郎

1977
Village of Eight Gravestones poster

Village of Eight Gravestones

Movie · as Kosuke Kindaichi

1976
Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset poster

Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset

Movie · as 寅次郎

1976
Tora-san's Pure Love poster

Tora-san's Pure Love

Movie · as 寅次郎

1975
Tora-san Meets the Songstress Again poster

Tora-san Meets the Songstress Again

Movie · as 寅次郎

1975
Tora-san, the Intellectual poster

Tora-san, the Intellectual

Movie · as 寅次郎

1975
The Village poster

The Village

Movie

1975
Friendship poster

Friendship

Movie

1974
Tora-san's Lovesick poster

Tora-san's Lovesick

Movie · as 寅次郎

1974
Tora-san's Lullaby poster

Tora-san's Lullaby

Movie · as 寅次郎

1974
The Castle of Sand poster

The Castle of Sand

Movie · as Movie Theater Manager

1974
Center of Tokyo poster

Center of Tokyo

Movie · as Kinnosuke

1973
Tora-san Loves an Artist poster

Tora-san Loves an Artist

Movie · as 寅次郎

1973
Tora-san's Forget Me Not poster

Tora-san's Forget Me Not

Movie · as 寅次郎

1972
Home from the Sea poster

Home from the Sea

Movie · as Matsushita

1972
Tora-san's Dear Old Home poster

Tora-san's Dear Old Home

Movie · as 寅次郎

1972
Tora-san's Dream-Come-True poster

Tora-san's Dream-Come-True

Movie · as 寅次郎

1972
My Voiceless Friends poster

My Voiceless Friends

Movie · as Tamiji Nishiyama

1971
Tora-san's Shattered Romance poster

Tora-san's Shattered Romance

Movie · as 寅次郎

1971
Tora-san, the Good Samaritan poster

Tora-san, the Good Samaritan

Movie · as 寅次郎

1971
Tora-san's Love Call poster

Tora-san's Love Call

Movie · as 寅次郎

1970
Tora! Tora! Tora! poster

Tora! Tora! Tora!

Movie · as Cook #1 (uncredited)

1970
Tora-san's Grand Scheme poster

Tora-san's Grand Scheme

Movie · as 寅次郎

1970
Tora-san, His Tender Love poster

Tora-san, His Tender Love

Movie · as 寅次郎

1970
Tora-san's Runaway poster

Tora-san's Runaway

Movie · as 寅次郎

1970
Charming Men poster

Charming Men

Movie · as Okera Goro

1970
Where Spring Comes Late poster

Where Spring Comes Late

Movie · as Traveler

1970
Live Again Tomorrow poster

Live Again Tomorrow

Movie · as 木村

1970
おれの義姉さん

おれの義姉さん

TV · 27 eps

1969
Tora-san's Cherished Mother poster

Tora-san's Cherished Mother

Movie · as 寅次郎

1969
Tora-san, Our Lovable Tramp poster

Tora-san, Our Lovable Tramp

Movie · as 寅次郎

1969
Women Can't Be Beaten poster

Women Can't Be Beaten

Movie

1969
Big, Big Fellow poster

Big, Big Fellow

Movie · as Matsujiro Minamida

1969
ひばり・橋の花と喧嘩 poster

ひばり・橋の花と喧嘩

Movie · as 参竜斉清山

1968
In Broad Daylight poster

In Broad Daylight

Movie · as Katsuji 'Watakatsu' Watanabe

1968
The Neon Taiheiki poster

The Neon Taiheiki

Movie

1968
The Man Without a Map poster

The Man Without a Map

Movie · as Tashiro

1968
It's Tough Being a Man (Television Drama DVD Edit Edition) poster

It's Tough Being a Man (Television Drama DVD Edit Edition)

Movie

1968
New Year Trip poster

New Year Trip

Movie

1968
Homeless Ninja Trick Book: Lose  in All Directions poster

Homeless Ninja Trick Book: Lose in All Directions

Movie

1968
The Day the Sun Rose

The Day the Sun Rose

Movie

1968
Age of Japanese Guerrillas poster

Age of Japanese Guerrillas

Movie

1968
Scrap Collectors poster

Scrap Collectors

Movie

1968
It's Tough Being a Man poster

It's Tough Being a Man

TV · 26 eps

1967
Express Train poster

Express Train

Movie

1967
Traveling in Party poster

Traveling in Party

Movie

1967
Green Light to Joy poster

Green Light to Joy

Movie · as Yoshitaro Hirai

1966
Tokijiro: Lone Yakuza poster

Tokijiro: Lone Yakuza

Movie · as Minobu no Asakichi

1966
The Song of the Bwana Toshi poster

The Song of the Bwana Toshi

Movie · as Toshi

1966
Our Wonderful Years poster

Our Wonderful Years

Movie · as Teiji Yoshida

1966
The Betrayers Out! poster

The Betrayers Out!

Movie

1966
Gamblers' Luck poster

Gamblers' Luck

Movie

1966
Ohana han poster

Ohana han

Movie

1966
Izuko e poster

Izuko e

Movie

1966
泣いてたまるか poster

泣いてたまるか

TV · 1 ep

1965
Homeless Ninja Trick Book poster

Homeless Ninja Trick Book

Movie

1964
Dear Mr. Prime Minister poster

Dear Mr. Prime Minister

Movie · as Kakumaru

1964
The Glamorous Ghost poster

The Glamorous Ghost

Movie · as Hospital Guard

1964
How to Make Money poster

How to Make Money

Movie

1964
The Honest Fool poster

The Honest Fool

Movie

1964
To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2 poster

To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2

Movie · as Zensuke Yamashita

1964
I'm a Bodyguard poster

I'm a Bodyguard

Movie

1963
Okashina yatsu poster

Okashina yatsu

Movie · as Kashô Sanyûtei

1963
Escape from Hell poster

Escape from Hell

Movie · as Ichibei

1963
Onna yajikita-tatchi ryokō poster

Onna yajikita-tatchi ryokō

Movie

1963
Attack Squadron poster

Attack Squadron

Movie · as Petty Officer Tange

1963
Sing, Young People! poster

Sing, Young People!

Movie · as Driver

1963
To Your Majesty, The Emperor poster

To Your Majesty, The Emperor

Movie

1962
Aitsu bakari ga naze moteru poster

Aitsu bakari ga naze moteru

Movie

1962
Ottamage ningyo monogatari poster

Ottamage ningyo monogatari

Movie

1962
Tōkyō sanosa musume poster

Tōkyō sanosa musume

Movie

1962
The Ambitious Youth poster

The Ambitious Youth

Movie · as Mitsuo Aoi

1962
A Country Boss poster

A Country Boss

Movie · as Sasaki

1962
Good Rascals poster

Good Rascals

Movie · as Ushi

1962
Nippon no obaachan poster

Nippon no obaachan

Movie

1962
A Carpenter and Children poster

A Carpenter and Children

Movie

1962
Jirocho' s Days of Youth: Whirlwind on the Tokaido poster

Jirocho' s Days of Youth: Whirlwind on the Tokaido

Movie

1961
Jirocho’s Days of Youth: The Youngest Boss in the Tokai Region poster

Jirocho’s Days of Youth: The Youngest Boss in the Tokai Region

Movie

1961
Snow in the South Seas poster

Snow in the South Seas

Movie

1961
Obon, The Moll Dipper poster

Obon, The Moll Dipper

Movie

1961
The Troubles of Wimpy Women Soldiers poster

The Troubles of Wimpy Women Soldiers

Movie

1961
Aces Wild poster

Aces Wild

Movie

1961
Red Flowers of Hell poster

Red Flowers of Hell

Movie

1961
Mizu tamari poster

Mizu tamari

Movie

1961
Obon's Dipping Contest poster

Obon's Dipping Contest

Movie

1961
Tōshi reijō poster

Tōshi reijō

Movie

1960
若社長と爆発娘

若社長と爆発娘

Movie

1960
Count on Me poster

Count on Me

Movie

1958
Otora-san's Business is Booming poster

Otora-san's Business is Booming

Movie