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Birthday: Mar 10, 1928
Place of Birth: Tokyo, Japan

Kiyoshi Atsumi

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.

Filmography
Movie Cast Year
The Yellow Handkerchief Watanabe Kacho 1977
In Broad Daylight Katsuji 'Watakatsu' Watanabe 1968
Aitsu bakari ga naze moteru 1962
Neon taiheiki 1968
Okashina yatsu Kashô Sanyûtei 1963
Tora! Tora! Tora! Cook #1 (uncredited) 1970
The Man Without a Map Tashiro 1968
Escape from Hell Ichibei 1963
Tora-san's Cherished Mother Torajiro Kuruma 1969
Tora-san Loves an Artist 1973
Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset Torajiro Kuruma 1976
Tora-san's Grand Scheme Torajiro Kuruma 1970
Home from the Sea Matsushita 1972
A Class to Remember (cameo) 1993
Tora-san's Forget Me Not Torajiro Kuruma 1973
Ottamage ningyo monogatari 1962
Tora-san Goes Religious? Kuruma Torajiro 1983
Tora-san, His Tender Love Torajiro Kuruma 1970
Onna yajikita-tatchi ryokō 1963
Tora-san's Shattered Romance Torajirô Kuruma 1971
Tora-san's Dream of Spring Kuruma Torajiro 1979
Tora-san's Runaway Torajiro Kuruma 1970
Tora-san, the Good Samaritan Torajirō Kuruma 1971
Tokijiro: Lone Yakuza Minobu no Asakichi 1966
Tora-san's Dear Old Home Torajiro Kuruma 1972
Tora-san's Forbidden Love Torajiro Kuruma 1984
Tora-san's Love Call Torajiro Kuruma 1971
Tora-san's Dream-Come-True Torajiro Kuruma 1972
Tora-san Meets the Songstress Again Tora 1975
Tora-san's Lovesick Torajiro 1974
Children on the Island Narrator (voice) 1987
Tora-san's Lullaby Torajiro 1974
Tora-san, the Intellectual Torajiro 1975
Tora-san's Pure Love Torajiro 1976
Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies Kihachi 1986
Tora-san Meets His Lordship 1977
田舎刑事 時間よ、とまれ 1977
Tora-san Plays Cupid Torajirō 1977
Tōkyō sanosa musume 1962
It's Tough Being a Man (Television Drama DVD Edit Edition) 1968
August without Emperor Kubo 1978
Tora-san, My Uncle Torajiro Kuruma 1989
Tora-san Makes Excuses 1992
The Song of the Bwana Toshi Toshi 1965
Stage-Struck Tora-san 1978
Tora-san's Tropical Fever 1980
Jirocho’s Days of Youth: The Youngest Boss in the Tokai Region 1961
Talk of the Town Tora-san Tora 1978
It's Tough Being a Man Torajirô Kuruma 1969
Tora-san, the Matchmaker Torajiro 1979
Dear Mr. Prime Minister Kakumaru 1964
Tora-san Confesses Torajiro Kuruma(Tora-san) 1991
Charming Men Okera Goro 1970
Our Wonderful Years Teiji Yoshida 1966
Attack Squadron 1963
Express Train 1967
New Year Trip 1968
Traveling in Party 1967
The Glamorous Ghost Hospital Guard 1964
若社長と爆発娘 1960
Tora-san Goes North Torajiro Kuruma 1987
Tora-san's Promise Torajiro Kuruma 1981
Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san Torajiro Kuruma 1982
Tora-san's Matchmaker Torajiro Kuruma(Tora-san) 1993
Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial Torajiro Kuruma 1988
Tora-san Plays Daddy Torajiro Kuruma 1987
Marriage Counselor Tora-san Torajiro Kuruma 1984
Tora-san Takes a Vacation Torajiro Kuruma(Tora-san) 1990
Tora-san's Island Encounter Torajiro Kuruma 1985
Tora-san Goes to Vienna Torajiro Kuruma 1989
Tora-san, the Expert Torajiro Kuruma 1982
Tora-san's Song of Love Torajiro Kuruma 1983
Tora-san's Bluebird Fantasy Torajiro Kuruma 1986
Tora-san's Easy Advice Torajiro Kuruma(Tora-san) 1994
Tora-san, the Go-Between Torajiro Kuruma 1985
Tora-san to the Rescue Torajiro Kuruma(Tora-san) 1995
Tora-san's Love in Osaka Torajiro Kuruma 1981
Foster Daddy, Tora! Torajiro Kuruma 1980
風来忍法帖 1965
風来忍法帖 八方破れ 1968
Green Light to Joy Yoshitaro Hirai 1967
The Day the Sun Rose 1968
The Ambitious Youth Mitsuo Aoi 1962
Age of Japanese Guerrillas 1968
Tora-san's Tropical Fever Special Version Torajiro Kuruma(Tora-san) 1997
The Village 1976
A Distant Cry from Spring Kondo 1980
Snow in the South Seas 1961
The Betrayers Out! 1966
Sing, Young People Driver 1963
A Country Boss Sasaki 1962
Village of Eight Gravestones Kosuke Kindaichi 1977
How to Make Money 1964
Downtown Heroes 1988
Scrap Collectors 1968
Good Rascals Ushi 1962
Obon, The Moll Dipper 1961
Where Spring Comes Late Traveler 1970
Gamblers' Luck 1966
Tora-san, Wish You Were Here Tora-san 2019
Women Can't Be Beaten 1969
Nippon no obaachan 1962
A Carpenter and Children 1962
The Honest Fool 1964
Jirocho' s Days of Youth: Whirlwind on the Tokaido 1962
My Voiceless Friends Tamiji Nishiyama 1972
The Castle of Sand Movie Theater Manager 1974
To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2 Zensuke Yamashita 1964
To Your Majesty, The Emperor 1963
I'm a Bodyguard 1964
腰抜け女兵騒動 1961
Big, Big Fellow Matsujiro Minamida 1969
Aces Wild 1961
Series Cast Year
It's Tough Being a Man 1968
おれの義姉さん 1970
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