Kiyoshi Atsumi
Acting
- Born:
- 1928-03-10
- Died:
- 1996-08-04
- Place of birth:
- 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
Filmography
Tora-san, Wish You Were Here
Tora-san's Tropical Fever Special Version
Tora-san to the Rescue
Tora-san's Easy Advice
Tora-san's Matchmaker
A Class to Remember
Tora-san Makes Excuses
Tora-san Confesses
Tora-san Takes a Vacation
Tora-san, My Uncle
Tora-san Goes to Vienna
Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial
The Wives of Rokumeikan
Downtown Heroes
Tora-san Plays Daddy
Tora-san Goes North
Children on the Island
Tora-san's Bluebird Fantasy
Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies
Tora-san's Island Encounter
Tora-san, the Go-Between
Tora-san's Forbidden Love
Marriage Counselor Tora-san
Tora-san Goes Religious?
Tora-san's Song of Love
Tora-san, the Expert
Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san
Tora-san's Promise
Tora-san's Love in Osaka
Foster Daddy, Tora!
Tora-san's Tropical Fever
A Distant Cry from Spring
Tora-san's Dream of Spring
Tora-san, the Matchmaker
Talk of the Town Tora-san
August Without Emperor
Stage-Struck Tora-san
Tora-san Plays Cupid
Village of Eight Gravestones
The Yellow Handkerchief
Tora-san Meets His Lordship
田舎刑事 時間よ、とまれ
Tora-san's Pure Love
Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset
Tora-san, the Intellectual
Friendship
The Village
Tora-san Meets the Songstress Again
Tora-san's Lullaby
The Castle of Sand
Tora-san's Lovesick
Center of Tokyo
Tora-san Loves an Artist
Tora-san's Forget Me Not
Tora-san's Dream-Come-True
Home from the Sea
Tora-san's Dear Old Home
My Voiceless Friends
Tora-san's Love Call
Tora-san, the Good Samaritan
Tora-san's Shattered Romance
Where Spring Comes Late
Tora-san's Runaway
Charming Men
Live Again Tomorrow
おれの義姉さん
Tora-san's Grand Scheme
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Tora-san, His Tender Love
Tora-san's Cherished Mother
Women Can't Be Beaten
Tora-san, Our Lovable Tramp
ひばり・橋の花と喧嘩
Big, Big Fellow
Scrap Collectors
The Day the Sun Rose
In Broad Daylight
It's Tough Being a Man (Television Drama DVD Edit Edition)
It's Tough Being a Man
Age of Japanese Guerrillas
The Man Without a Map
Homeless Ninja Trick Book: Lose in All Directions
The Neon Taiheiki
New Year Trip
Green Light to Joy
Traveling in Party
Express Train
Our Wonderful Years
Ohana han
泣いてたまるか
Tokijiro: Lone Yakuza
Gamblers' Luck
Izuko e
The Song of the Bwana Toshi
The Betrayers Out!
Homeless Ninja Trick Book
The Glamorous Ghost
I'm a Bodyguard
Dear Mr. Prime Minister
How to Make Money
The Honest Fool
To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2
Okashina yatsu
Onna yajikita-tatchi ryokō
To Your Majesty, The Emperor
Escape from Hell
Sing, Young People!
Attack Squadron
Aitsu bakari ga naze moteru
Tōkyō sanosa musume
Ottamage ningyo monogatari
A Carpenter and Children
The Ambitious Youth
A Country Boss
Good Rascals
Nippon no obaachan
Jirocho' s Days of Youth: Whirlwind on the Tokaido
Snow in the South Seas
Jirocho’s Days of Youth: The Youngest Boss in the Tokai Region
Obon's Dipping Contest
Red Flowers of Hell
Obon, The Moll Dipper
Mizu tamari
The Troubles of Wimpy Women Soldiers
Aces Wild
Count on Me
若社長と爆発娘
Otora-san's Business is Booming