Kiyoshi Atsumi
Known for: Acting
Born: March 10, 1928
Died: August 4, 1996
Place of birth: 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.
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Filmography
124 movies · 3 TV shows, newest first
8.0
Tora-san, Wish You Were Here
2019
8.5
Tora-san's Tropical Fever Special Version
1997
7.8
Tora-san to the Rescue
1995
8.5
Tora-san's Easy Advice
1994
9.0
Tora-san's Matchmaker
1993
7.3
A Class to Remember
1993
8.0
Tora-san Makes Excuses
1992
7.8
Tora-san Confesses
1991
7.7
Tora-san Takes a Vacation
1990
8.2
Tora-san, My Uncle
1989
8.7
Tora-san Goes to Vienna
1989
8.3
Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial
1988
NR
The Wives of Rokumeikan
1988
8.6
Downtown Heroes
1988
8.3
Tora-san Plays Daddy
1987
9.0
Tora-san Goes North
1987
10.0
Children on the Island
1987
7.3
Tora-san's Bluebird Fantasy
1986
6.6
Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies
1986
8.3
Tora-san's Island Encounter
1985
6.9
Tora-san, the Go-Between
1985
8.0
Tora-san's Forbidden Love
1984
8.0
Marriage Counselor Tora-san
1984
7.7
Tora-san Goes Religious?
1983
8.3
Tora-san's Song of Love
1983
8.7
Tora-san, the Expert
1982
8.0
Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san
1982
8.7
Tora-san's Promise
1981
9.0
Tora-san's Love in Osaka
1981
8.0
Foster Daddy, Tora!
1980
8.3
Tora-san's Tropical Fever
1980
7.4
A Distant Cry from Spring
1980
8.2
Tora-san's Dream of Spring
1979
8.7
Tora-san, the Matchmaker
1979
8.0
Talk of the Town Tora-san
1978
7.3
August Without Emperor
1978
8.2
Stage-Struck Tora-san
1978
8.0
Tora-san Plays Cupid
1977
7.0
Village of Eight Gravestones
1977
7.0
The Yellow Handkerchief
1977
8.8
Tora-san Meets His Lordship
1977
NR
田舎刑事 時間よ、とまれ
1977
9.2
Tora-san's Pure Love
1976
8.8
Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset
1976
8.2
Tora-san, the Intellectual
1975
NR
Friendship
1975
7.4
The Village
1975
8.2
Tora-san Meets the Songstress Again
1975
7.8
Tora-san's Lullaby
1974
7.4
The Castle of Sand
1974
8.0
Tora-san's Lovesick
1974
NR
Center of Tokyo
1974
8.4
Tora-san Loves an Artist
1973
8.4
Tora-san's Forget Me Not
1973
8.3
Tora-san's Dream-Come-True
1972
7.2
Home from the Sea
1972
8.3
Tora-san's Dear Old Home
1972
9.0
My Voiceless Friends
1972
8.4
Tora-san's Love Call
1971
8.0
Tora-san, the Good Samaritan
1971
7.7
Tora-san's Shattered Romance
1971
7.7
Where Spring Comes Late
1970
7.9
Tora-san's Runaway
1970
9.0
Charming Men
1970
NR
Live Again Tomorrow
1970NR
おれの義姉さん
1970
7.7
Tora-san's Grand Scheme
1970
7.2
Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970
7.4
Tora-san, His Tender Love
1970
6.8
Tora-san's Cherished Mother
1969
7.5
Women Can't Be Beaten
1969
7.8
Tora-san, Our Lovable Tramp
1969
NR
ひばり・橋の花と喧嘩
1969
NR
Big, Big Fellow
1969
8.0
Scrap Collectors
19688.0
The Day the Sun Rose
1968
7.0
In Broad Daylight
1968
NR
It's Tough Being a Man (Television Drama DVD Edit Edition)
1968
NR
It's Tough Being a Man
1968
8.0
Age of Japanese Guerrillas
1968
6.7
The Man Without a Map
1968
NR
風来忍法帖 八方破れ
1968
9.0
Neon taiheiki
1968
7.0
New Year Trip
1968
8.0
Green Light to Joy
1967
6.0
Traveling in Party
1967
6.0
Express Train
1967
7.0
Our Wonderful Years
1966
NR
Ohana han
1966
NR
泣いてたまるか
1966
7.2
Tokijiro: Lone Yakuza
1966
7.2
Gamblers' Luck
1966
7.0
Izuko e
1966
7.0
The Song of the Bwana Toshi
1966
NR
The Betrayers Out!
1966
8.0
風来忍法帖
1965
7.0
The Glamorous Ghost
1964
8.0
I'm a Bodyguard
1964
NR
Dear Mr. Prime Minister
1964
NR
How to Make Money
1964
8.0
The Honest Fool
1964
NR
To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2
1964
NR
Okashina yatsu
1963
NR
Onna yajikita-tatchi ryokō
1963
NR
To Your Majesty, The Emperor
1963
6.8
Escape from Hell
1963
6.2
Sing, Young People!
1963
7.0
Attack Squadron
1963
NR
Aitsu bakari ga naze moteru
1962
NR
Tōkyō sanosa musume
1962
NR
Ottamage ningyo monogatari
1962
7.5
A Carpenter and Children
1962
8.0
The Ambitious Youth
1962
NR
A Country Boss
1962
6.0
Good Rascals
1962
7.0
Nippon no obaachan
1962
NR
Jirocho' s Days of Youth: Whirlwind on the Tokaido
1962
9.0
Snow in the South Seas
1961
7.0
Jirocho’s Days of Youth: The Youngest Boss in the Tokai Region
1961
NR
Obon's Dipping Contest
1961
7.0
Red Flowers of Hell
1961
10.0
Obon, The Moll Dipper
1961
NR
Mizu tamari
1961
NR
腰抜け女兵騒動
1961
8.0
Aces Wild
1961NR
若社長と爆発娘
1960
NR
Otora-san's Business is Booming
1958