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.
Movies
Tora-san, Wish You Were Here
Tora-san
Tora-san's Tropical Fever Special Version
Torajiro Kuruma(Tora-san)
Tora-san to the Rescue
Torajiro Kuruma(Tora-san)
Tora-san's Easy Advice
Torajiro Kuruma(Tora-san)
Tora-san's Matchmaker
Torajiro Kuruma(Tora-san)
A Class to Remember
(cameo)
Tora-san Makes Excuses
Tora
Tora-san Confesses
Torajiro Kuruma(Tora-san)
Tora-san Takes a Vacation
Torajiro Kuruma(Tora-san)
Tora-san, My Uncle
Torajiro Kuruma
Tora-san Goes to Vienna
Torajiro Kuruma
Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial
Torajiro Kuruma
Downtown Heroes
Tora-san Plays Daddy
Torajiro Kuruma
Tora-san Goes North
Torajiro Kuruma
Children on the Island
Narrator (voice)
Tora-san's Bluebird Fantasy
Torajiro Kuruma
Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies
Kihachi
Tora-san's Island Encounter
Torajiro Kuruma
Tora-san, the Go-Between
Torajiro Kuruma
Tora-san's Forbidden Love
Torajiro Kuruma
Marriage Counselor Tora-san
Torajiro Kuruma
Tora-san Goes Religious?
Kuruma Torajiro
Tora-san's Song of Love
Torajiro Kuruma
Tora-san, the Expert
Torajiro Kuruma
Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san
Torajiro Kuruma
Tora-san's Promise
Torajiro Kuruma
Tora-san's Love in Osaka
Torajiro Kuruma
Foster Daddy, Tora!
Torajiro Kuruma
Tora-san's Tropical Fever
A Distant Cry from Spring
Kondo
Tora-san's Dream of Spring
Kuruma Torajiro
Tora-san, the Matchmaker
Torajiro
Talk of the Town Tora-san
Tora
August without Emperor
Kubo
Stage-Struck Tora-san
Tora-san Plays Cupid
Torajirō
Village of Eight Gravestones
Kosuke Kindaichi
The Yellow Handkerchief
Watanabe Kacho
Tora-san Meets His Lordship
田舎刑事 時間よ、とまれ
Tora-san's Pure Love
Torajiro
Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset
Torajiro Kuruma
The Village
Tora-san, the Intellectual
Torajiro
Friendship
Tora-san Meets the Songstress Again
Tora
Tora-san's Lullaby
Torajiro
The Castle of Sand
Movie Theater Manager
Tora-san's Lovesick
Torajiro
Tokyo do mannaka
Kinnosuke
Tora-san Loves an Artist
Tora-san's Forget Me Not
Torajiro Kuruma
Tora-san's Dream-Come-True
Torajiro Kuruma
Home from the Sea
Matsushita
Tora-san's Dear Old Home
Torajiro Kuruma
My Voiceless Friends
Tamiji Nishiyama
Tora-san's Love Call
Torajiro Kuruma
Tora-san, the Good Samaritan
Torajirō Kuruma
Tora-san's Shattered Romance
Torajirô Kuruma
Where Spring Comes Late
Traveler
Tora-san's Runaway
Torajiro Kuruma
Charming Men
Okera Goro
明日また生きる
木村
Tora-san's Grand Scheme
Torajiro Kuruma
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Cook #1 (uncredited)
Tora-san, His Tender Love
Torajiro Kuruma
Tora-san's Cherished Mother
Torajiro Kuruma
Women Can't Be Beaten
It's Tough Being a Man
Torajirô Kuruma
ひばり・橋の花と喧嘩
参竜斉清山
Big, Big Fellow
Matsujiro Minamida
Scrap Collectors
The Day the Sun Rose
In Broad Daylight
Katsuji 'Watakatsu' Watanabe
It's Tough Being a Man (Television Drama DVD Edit Edition)
Age of Japanese Guerrillas
The Man Without a Map
Tashiro
風来忍法帖 八方破れ
Neon taiheiki
New Year Trip
Green Light to Joy
Yoshitaro Hirai
Traveling in Party
Express Train
Our Wonderful Years
Teiji Yoshida
Ohana han
Tokijiro: Lone Yakuza
Minobu no Asakichi
Gamblers' Luck
Izuko e
The Betrayers Out!
The Song of the Bwana Toshi
Toshi
風来忍法帖
The Glamorous Ghost
Hospital Guard
I'm a Bodyguard
Dear Mr. Prime Minister
Kakumaru
How to Make Money
The Honest Fool
To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2
Zensuke Yamashita
Okashina yatsu
Kashô Sanyûtei
Onna yajikita-tatchi ryokō
To Your Majesty, The Emperor
Escape from Hell
Ichibei
Sing, Young People!
Driver
Attack Squadron
Aitsu bakari ga naze moteru
Tōkyō sanosa musume
Ottamage ningyo monogatari
A Carpenter and Children
The Ambitious Youth
Mitsuo Aoi
A Country Boss
Sasaki
Good Rascals
Ushi
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
Red Flowers of Hell
Obon, The Moll Dipper
腰抜け女兵騒動
Aces Wild
若社長と爆発娘
