Overview

Know for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
10 Mar, 1928 (97 years old)

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-san, Wish You Were Here
HD
115 min 2019

Tora-san, Wish You Were Here

Comedy
Tora-san's Tropical Fever Special Version
HD
106 min 1997

Tora-san's Tropical Fever Special Version

Drama
Tora-san to the Rescue
HD
107 min 1995

Tora-san to the Rescue

Comedy
Tora-san's Easy Advice
HD
101 min 1994

Tora-san's Easy Advice

Comedy
Tora-san's Matchmaker
HD
104 min 1993

Tora-san's Matchmaker

Comedy
Tora-san Makes Excuses
HD
101 min 1992

Tora-san Makes Excuses

Comedy

Acting

2019
Tora-san, Wish You Were Here
1997
Tora-san's Tropical Fever Special Version
1995
Tora-san to the Rescue
1994
Tora-san's Easy Advice
1993
Tora-san's Matchmaker
1992
Tora-san Makes Excuses
1991
Tora-san Confesses
1990
Tora-san Takes a Vacation
1989
Tora-san, My Uncle
1989
Tora-san Goes to Vienna
1988
Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial
1987
Tora-san Plays Daddy
1987
Tora-san Goes North
1986
Tora-san's Bluebird Fantasy
1986
Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies
1985
Tora-san's Island Encounter
1985
Tora-san, the Go-Between
1984
Tora-san's Forbidden Love
1984
Marriage Counselor Tora-san
1983
Tora-san Goes Religious?
1983
Tora-san's Song of Love
1982
Tora-san, the Expert
1982
Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san
1981
Tora-san's Promise
1981
Tora-san's Love in Osaka
1980
Foster Daddy, Tora!
1980
Tora-san's Tropical Fever
1979
Tora-san's Dream of Spring
1979
Tora-san, the Matchmaker
1978
Talk of the Town Tora-san
1978
Stage-Struck Tora-san
1977
Tora-san Plays Cupid
1977
Tora-san Meets His Lordship
1976
Tora-san's Pure Love
1976
Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset
1975
Tora-san, the Intellectual
1975
Tora-san Meets the Songstress Again
1974
Tora-san's Lullaby
1974
Tora-san's Lovesick
1973
Tora-san Loves an Artist
1973
Tora-san's Forget Me Not
1972
Tora-san's Dream-Come-True
1972
Tora-san's Dear Old Home
1971
Tora-san's Love Call
1971
Tora-san, the Good Samaritan
1971
Tora-san's Shattered Romance
1970
Tora-san's Runaway
1970
Tora-san's Grand Scheme
1970
Tora-san, His Tender Love
1969
Tora-san's Cherished Mother
1969
It's Tough Being a Man

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