Kiyoshi Atsumi
Actor, Producer
March 10, 1928 — August 4, 1996 (68 years)
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.
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
| 2019 | Tora-san, Welcome Back! · as Tora-San (archive Footage) |
| 1997 | Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro haibisukasu no hana tokubetsu-hen · 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 | Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro no endan · as Torajiro Kuruma(tora-San) |
| 1993 | A Class to Remember · as (cameo) |
| 1992 | Tora-San Makes Excuses · as Tora |
| 1991 | Tora-san Confesses · as Torajiro Kuruma(tora-San) |
| 1990 | Tora-san Takes a Vacation · as Torajiro Kuruma(tora-San) |
| 1989 | Otoko wa tsurai yo: Boku no ojisan · as Torajiro Kuruma |
| 1989 | Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro kokoro no tabiji · as Torajiro Kuruma |
| 1988 | Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial · as Torajiro Kuruma |
| 1988 | |
| 1987 | Tora-san Plays Daddy · as Torajiro Kuruma |
| 1987 | Tora-san Goes North · as Torajiro Kuruma |
| 1987 | Twenty-Four Eyes · as Narrator (voice) |
| 1986 | Otoko wa tsurai yo: Shiawase no aoi tori · as Torajiro Kuruma |
| 1986 | Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies · as Kihachi |
| 1985 | Tora-san's Island Encounter · as Torajiro Kuruma |
| 1985 | Tora-san, the Go-between · as Torajiro Kuruma |
| 1984 | Tora-san's Forbidden Love · as Torajiro Kuruma |
| 1984 | Marriage Counselor Tora-san · 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 Promise · as Torajiro Kuruma |
| 1981 | Tora-san's Love in Osaka · as Torajiro Kuruma |
| 1980 | Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro kamome uta · as Torajiro Kuruma |
| 1980 | Tora-san's Tropical Fever · as Tora |
| 1980 | A Distant Cry from Spring · as Kondo |
| 1979 | Tora-san's Dream of Spring · as Kuruma Torajiro |
| 1979 | Tora-san, the Matchmaker · as Torajiro |
| 1979 | Ore-tachi no kokyogaku · as Cast |
| 1978 | Talk of the Town Tora-san · as Tora |
| 1978 | August Without Emperor · as Kubo |
| 1978 | |
| 1977 | Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro gambare! · as Torajirō |
| 1977 | Village of Eight Gravestones · as Kosuke Kindaichi |
| 1977 | The Yellow Handkerchief · as Watanabe Kacho |
| 1977 | |
| 1976 | Tora-san's Heart of Gold · as Torajiro |
| 1976 | Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset · as Torajiro Kuruma |
| 1975 | Tora-san, the Intellectual · as Torajiro |
| 1975 | |
| 1975 | Tora-san's Rise and Fall · as Tora |
| 1974 | Tora-san's Lullaby · as Torajiro |
| 1974 | The Castle of Sand · as Movie Theater Manager |
| 1974 | Tora-san's Lovesick · as Torajiro |
| 1973 | |
| 1973 | Tora-san's Forget Me Not · as Torajiro Kuruma |
| 1972 | Tora-san's Dream-Come-True · as Torajiro Kuruma |
| 1972 | Home from the Sea · as Matsushita |
| 1972 | Tora-san's Dear Old Home · as Torajiro Kuruma |
| 1972 | Aa koe naki tomo · as Tamiji Nishiyama |
| 1971 | Tora-san's Love Call · as Torajiro Kuruma |
| 1971 | Tora-san, the Good Samaritan · as Torajirō Kuruma |
| 1971 | Tora-san's Shattered Romance · as Torajirô Kuruma |
| 1970 | Where Spring Comes Late · as Traveler |
| 1970 | Tora! Tora! Tora! · as Cook #1 (uncredited) |
| 1970 | Tora-san's Runaway · as Torajiro Kuruma |
| 1970 | Tora-san's Grand Scheme · as Torajiro Kuruma |
| 1970 | Tora-san, His Tender Love · as Torajiro Kuruma |
| 1969 | Tora-San's Cherished Mother · as Torajiro Kuruma |
| 1969 | |
| 1969 | Tora-san, Our Lovable Tramp · as Torajirô Kuruma |
| 1968 | Hakuchû dôdô · as Katsuji 'watakatsu' Watanabe |
| 1968 | The Man Without a Map · as Tashiro |
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| 1966 | Kutsukake Tokijiro: The Lonely Yakuza · as Minobu No AsakichiOn Plex |
| 1966 | |
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| 1964 | The Glamorous Ghost · as Hospital Guard |
| 1964 | Haikei sôri daijin sama · as Kakumaru |
| 1964 | |
| 1964 | Zoku Haikei Tenno Heika Sama · as Zensuke Yamashita |
| 1963 | Okashina yatsu · as Kashô Sanyûtei |
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| 1963 | Escape from Hell · as Ichibei |
| 1963 | Sing, Young People! · as Driver |
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| 1962 | |
| 1962 | Sarariman Isshin Tasuke · as Mitsuo Aoi |
| 1962 | Good Rascals · as Ushi |
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| 1961 |
| 1972 | Aa koe naki tomo · as Executive Producer |
| 1993 | Kurōzuappu gendai · as Self |