Kiyoshi Atsumi
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1928-03-10
Day of Death
1996-08-04 (68 years old)
Place of Birth
Tokyo, Japan
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
Acting
(2019)
Tora-san, Wish You Were Here
as Tora-san
(1997)
Tora-san's Tropical Fever Special Version
as Torajiro Kuruma(Tora-san)
(1995)
Tora-san to the Rescue
as Torajiro Kuruma(Tora-san)
(1994)
Tora-san's Easy Advice
as Torajiro Kuruma(Tora-san)
(1993)
A Class to Remember
as (cameo)
(1993)
Tora-san's Matchmaker
as Torajiro Kuruma(Tora-san)
(1992)
(1991)
Tora-san Confesses
as Torajiro Kuruma(Tora-san)
(1990)
Tora-san Takes a Vacation
as Torajiro Kuruma(Tora-san)
(1989)
Tora-san, My Uncle
as Torajiro Kuruma
(1989)
Tora-san Goes to Vienna
as Torajiro Kuruma
(1988)
(1988)
Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial
as Torajiro Kuruma
(1987)
Tora-san Plays Daddy
as Torajiro Kuruma
(1987)
Children on the Island
as Narrator (voice)
(1987)
Tora-san Goes North
as Torajiro Kuruma
(1986)
Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies
as Kihachi
(1986)
Tora-san's Bluebird Fantasy
as Torajiro Kuruma
(1985)
Tora-san, the Go-Between
as Torajiro Kuruma
(1985)
Tora-san's Island Encounter
as Torajiro Kuruma
(1984)
Marriage Counselor Tora-san
as Torajiro Kuruma
(1984)
Tora-san's Forbidden Love
as Torajiro Kuruma
(1983)
Tora-san Goes Religious?
as Kuruma Torajiro
(1983)
Tora-san's Song of Love
as Torajiro Kuruma
(1982)
Tora-san, the Expert
as Torajiro Kuruma
(1982)
Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san
as Torajiro Kuruma
(1981)
Tora-san's Love in Osaka
as Torajiro Kuruma
(1981)
Tora-san's Promise
as Torajiro Kuruma
(1980)
A Distant Cry from Spring
as Kondo
(1980)
(1980)
Foster Daddy, Tora!
as Torajiro Kuruma
(1979)
Tora-san's Dream of Spring
as Kuruma Torajiro
(1979)
Tora-san, the Matchmaker
as Torajiro
(1978)
August without Emperor
as Kubo
(1978)
Talk of the Town Tora-san
as Tora
(1978)
(1977)
The Yellow Handkerchief
as Watanabe Kacho
(1977)
Village of Eight Gravestones
as Kosuke Kindaichi
(1977)
(1977)
Tora-san Plays Cupid
as Torajirō
(1977)
(1976)
Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset
as Torajiro Kuruma
(1976)
Tora-san's Pure Love
as Torajiro
(1976)
(1975)
(1975)
Tora-san, the Intellectual
as Torajiro
(1975)
(1974)
The Castle of Sand
as Movie Theater Manager
(1974)
Tora-san's Lullaby
as Torajiro
(1974)
Tokyo do mannaka
as Kinnosuke
(1974)
Tora-san's Lovesick
as Torajiro
(1973)
(1973)
Tora-san's Forget Me Not
as Torajiro Kuruma
(1972)
Home from the Sea
as Matsushita
(1972)
My Voiceless Friends
as Tamiji Nishiyama
(1972)
Tora-san's Dear Old Home
as Torajiro Kuruma
(1972)
Tora-san's Dream-Come-True
as Torajiro Kuruma
(1971)
Tora-san, the Good Samaritan
as Torajirō Kuruma
(1971)
Tora-san's Love Call
as Torajiro Kuruma
(1971)
Tora-san's Shattered Romance
as Torajirô Kuruma
(1970)
Tora! Tora! Tora!
as Cook #1 (uncredited)
(1970)
Where Spring Comes Late
as Traveler
(1970)
Charming Men
as Okera Goro
(1970)
Tora-san, His Tender Love
as Torajiro Kuruma
(1970)
Tora-san's Runaway
as Torajiro Kuruma
(1970)
Tora-san's Grand Scheme
as Torajiro Kuruma
(1969)
It's Tough Being a Man
as Torajirô Kuruma
(1969)
Tora-san's Cherished Mother
as Torajiro Kuruma
(1969)
Big, Big Fellow
as Matsujiro Minamida
(1969)
(1968)
The Man Without a Map
as Tashiro
(1968)
(1968)
In Broad Daylight
as Katsuji 'Watakatsu' Watanabe
(1968)
(1968)
(1968)
(1968)
(1968)
(1968)
(1967)
(1967)
Green Light to Joy
as Yoshitaro Hirai
(1967)
(1966)
(1966)
Tokijiro: Lone Yakuza
as Minobu no Asakichi
(1966)
(1966)
(1966)
(1966)
Our Wonderful Years
as Teiji Yoshida
(1965)
(1965)
The Song of the Bwana Toshi
as Toshi
(1964)
(1964)
The Glamorous Ghost
as Hospital Guard
(1964)
To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2
as Zensuke Yamashita
(1964)
(1964)
Dear Mr. Prime Minister
as Kakumaru
(1964)
(1963)
(1963)
Escape from Hell
as Ichibei
(1963)
Sing, Young People
as Driver
(1963)
(1963)
Okashina yatsu
as Kashô Sanyûtei
(1963)
(1962)
A Country Boss
as Sasaki
(1962)
(1962)
Good Rascals
as Ushi
(1962)
(1962)
(1962)
(1962)
The Ambitious Youth
as Mitsuo Aoi
(1962)
(1962)
(1961)
(1961)
(1961)
(1961)
(1961)
(1961)
(1960)