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.
Acted in 124
1990s
- 1997
- 1995
- 1994
- 1993
- 1992
- 1991
- 1990
1980s
- 1989
- 1988
- 1987
- 1986
- 1985
- 1984
- 1983
- 1982
- 1981
- 1980
1970s
- 1979
- 1978
- 1977
田舎刑事 時間よ、とまれ
Movie
- 1976
- 1975
Friendship
Movie
- 1974
Center of Tokyo
Kinnosuke
- 1973
- 1972
- 1971
- 1970
Live Again Tomorrow
木村
1960s
- 1969
Women Can't Be Beaten
Movie
- 1968
Scrap Collectors
Movie
In Broad Daylight
Katsuji 'Watakatsu' Watanabe
It's Tough Being a Man (Television Drama DVD Edit Edition)
Movie
It's Tough Being a Man
TV
Age of Japanese Guerrillas
Movie
The Man Without a Map
Tashiro
Homeless Ninja Trick Book: Lose in All Directions
Movie
The Neon Taiheiki
Movie
- 1967
Green Light to Joy
Yoshitaro Hirai
Express Train
Movie
- 1966
Our Wonderful Years
Teiji Yoshida
Ohana han
Movie
泣いてたまるか
TV
Tokijiro: Lone Yakuza
Minobu no Asakichi
Izuko e
Movie
- 1965
Homeless Ninja Trick Book
Movie
- 1964
The Glamorous Ghost
Hospital Guard
I'm a Bodyguard
Movie
Dear Mr. Prime Minister
Kakumaru
How to Make Money
Movie
To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2
Zensuke Yamashita
- 1963
Okashina yatsu
Kashô Sanyûtei
Onna yajikita-tatchi ryokō
Movie
Escape from Hell
Ichibei
Attack Squadron
Petty Officer Tange
- 1962
Aitsu bakari ga naze moteru
Movie
Tōkyō sanosa musume
Movie
Ottamage ningyo monogatari
Movie
The Ambitious Youth
Mitsuo Aoi
Good Rascals
Ushi
Nippon no obaachan
Movie
Jirocho' s Days of Youth: Whirlwind on the Tokaido
Movie
- 1961
Snow in the South Seas
Movie
Jirocho’s Days of Youth: The Youngest Boss in the Tokai Region
Movie
Obon's Dipping Contest
Movie
Tōshi reijō
Movie
Red Flowers of Hell
Movie
Obon, The Moll Dipper
Movie
Mizu tamari
Movie
The Troubles of Wimpy Women Soldiers
Movie
Aces Wild
Movie
- 1960
Count on Me
Movie
1950s
- 1958
Appearances2
1980s
- 1988
The Wives of Rokumeikan
Narrator
- 1987
Children on the Island
Narrator (voice)