About

Known credits:
116
Birthday:
1928-03-10
Place of birth:
Tokyo, Japan
Website:
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Kiyoshi Atsumi

Overview

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

Acting
2019 Tora-san, Wish You Were Here Actor Tora-san 58
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1997 Tora-san's Tropical Fever Special Version Actor Torajiro Kuruma(Tora-san) 59
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1995 Tora-san to the Rescue Actor Torajiro Kuruma(Tora-san) 59
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1994 Tora-san's Easy Advice Actor Torajiro Kuruma(Tora-san) 59
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1993 Tora-san's Matchmaker Actor Torajiro Kuruma(Tora-san) 59
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1993 A Class to Remember Actor (cameo) 58
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1992 Tora-san Makes Excuses Actor 59
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1991 Tora-san Confesses Actor Torajiro Kuruma(Tora-san) 58
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1990 Tora-san Takes a Vacation Actor Torajiro Kuruma(Tora-san) 58
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1989 Tora-san, My Uncle Actor Torajiro Kuruma 59
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1989 Tora-san Goes to Vienna Actor Torajiro Kuruma 59
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1988 Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial Actor Torajiro Kuruma N/A
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1988 Downtown Heroes Actor 59
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1987 Tora-san Plays Daddy Actor Torajiro Kuruma 59
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1987 Tora-san Goes North Actor Torajiro Kuruma 59
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1987 Children on the Island Actor Narrator (voice) N/A
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1986 Tora-san's Bluebird Fantasy Actor Torajiro Kuruma 59
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1986 Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies Actor Kihachi 58
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1985 Tora-san's Island Encounter Actor Torajiro Kuruma 59
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1985 Tora-san, the Go-Between Actor Torajiro Kuruma 59
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1984 Tora-san's Forbidden Love Actor Torajiro Kuruma 59
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1984 Marriage Counselor Tora-san Actor Torajiro Kuruma 59
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1983 Tora-san Goes Religious? Actor Kuruma Torajiro 59
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1983 Tora-san's Song of Love Actor Torajiro Kuruma 59
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1982 Tora-san, the Expert Actor Torajiro Kuruma 59
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1982 Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san Actor Torajiro Kuruma 59
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1981 Tora-san's Promise Actor Torajiro Kuruma 59
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1981 Tora-san's Love in Osaka Actor Torajiro Kuruma 59
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1980 Foster Daddy, Tora! Actor Torajiro Kuruma 59
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1980 Tora-san's Tropical Fever Actor 59
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1980 A Distant Cry from Spring Actor Kondo 59
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1979 Tora-san's Dream of Spring Actor Kuruma Torajiro 59
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1979 Tora-san, the Matchmaker Actor Torajiro 59
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1978 Talk of the Town Tora-san Actor Tora 59
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1978 August without Emperor Actor Kubo 59
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1978 Stage-Struck Tora-san Actor 59
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1977 Tora-san Plays Cupid Actor Torajirō 59
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1977 Village of Eight Gravestones Actor Kosuke Kindaichi 59
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1977 The Yellow Handkerchief Actor Watanabe Kacho 59
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1977 Tora-san Meets His Lordship Actor 59
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1977 田舎刑事　時間よ、とまれ Actor N/A
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1976 Tora-san's Pure Love Actor Torajiro 58
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1976 Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset Actor Torajiro Kuruma 59
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1976 The Village Actor 59
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1975 Tora-san, the Intellectual Actor Torajiro 59
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1975 Tora-san Meets the Songstress Again Actor Tora 59
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1974 Tora-san's Lullaby Actor Torajiro 59
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1974 The Castle of Sand Actor Movie Theater Manager 60
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1974 Tora-san's Lovesick Actor Torajiro 59
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1973 Tora-san Loves an Artist Actor 59
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1973 Tora-san's Forget Me Not Actor Torajiro Kuruma 59
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1972 Tora-san's Dream-Come-True Actor Torajiro Kuruma 59
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1972 Home from the Sea Actor Matsushita 59
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1972 Tora-san's Dear Old Home Actor Torajiro Kuruma 59
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1972 My Voiceless Friends Actor Tamiji Nishiyama N/A
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1971 Tora-san's Love Call Actor Torajiro Kuruma 59
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1971 Tora-san, the Good Samaritan Actor Torajirō Kuruma 59
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1971 Tora-san's Shattered Romance Actor Torajirô Kuruma 59
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1970 Where Spring Comes Late Actor Traveler 59
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1970 Tora-san's Runaway Actor Torajiro Kuruma 59
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1970 Charming Men Actor Okera Goro N/A
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1970 おれの義姉さん Actor N/A
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1970 Tora-san's Grand Scheme Actor Torajiro Kuruma 59
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1970 Tora! Tora! Tora! Actor Cook #1 (uncredited) 65
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1970 Tora-san, His Tender Love Actor Torajiro Kuruma 59
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1969 Tora-san's Cherished Mother Actor Torajiro Kuruma 59
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1969 Women Can't Be Beaten Actor N/A
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1969 It's Tough Being a Man Actor Torajirô Kuruma 59
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1969 Big, Big Fellow Actor Matsujiro Minamida N/A
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1968 Scrap Collectors Actor N/A
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1968 The Day the Sun Rose Actor 59
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1968 In Broad Daylight Actor Katsuji 'Watakatsu' Watanabe N/A
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1968 It's Tough Being a Man (Television Drama DVD Edit Edition) Actor N/A
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1968 It's Tough Being a Man Actor N/A
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1968 Age of Japanese Guerrillas Actor N/A
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1968 The Man Without a Map Actor Tashiro 59
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1968 風来忍法帖　八方破れ Actor N/A
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1968 Neon taiheiki Actor N/A
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1968 New Year Trip Actor N/A
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1967 Green Light to Joy Actor Yoshitaro Hirai N/A
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1967 Traveling in Party Actor 59
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1967 Express Train Actor 59
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1966 Our Wonderful Years Actor Teiji Yoshida N/A
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1966 Tokijiro: Lone Yakuza Actor Minobu no Asakichi 58
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1966 Gamblers' Luck Actor 59
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1966 The Betrayers Out! Actor N/A
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1965 The Song of the Bwana Toshi Actor Toshi N/A
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1965 風来忍法帖 Actor N/A
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1964 The Glamorous Ghost Actor Hospital Guard 58
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1964 I'm a Bodyguard Actor N/A
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1964 Dear Mr. Prime Minister Actor Kakumaru N/A
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1964 How to Make Money Actor N/A
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1964 The Honest Fool Actor N/A
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1964 To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2 Actor Zensuke Yamashita N/A
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1963 Okashina yatsu Actor Kashô Sanyûtei N/A
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1963 Onna yajikita-tatchi ryokō Actor N/A
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1963 To Your Majesty, The Emperor Actor N/A
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1963 Escape from Hell Actor Ichibei 59
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1963 Sing, Young People Actor Driver 58
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1963 Attack Squadron Actor 58
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1962 Aitsu bakari ga naze moteru Actor N/A
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1962 Tōkyō sanosa musume Actor N/A
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1962 Ottamage ningyo monogatari Actor N/A
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1962 A Carpenter and Children Actor 59
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1962 The Ambitious Youth Actor Mitsuo Aoi N/A
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1962 A Country Boss Actor Sasaki N/A
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1962 Good Rascals Actor Ushi 59
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1962 Jirocho' s Days of Youth: Whirlwind on the Tokaido Actor N/A
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1962 Nippon no obaachan Actor N/A
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1961 Snow in the South Seas Actor N/A
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1961 Jirocho’s Days of Youth: The Youngest Boss in the Tokai Region Actor N/A
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1961 Obon, The Moll Dipper Actor N/A
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1961 腰抜け女兵騒動 Actor N/A
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1961 Aces Wild Actor N/A
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1960 若社長と爆発娘 Actor N/A
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Otoko wa Tsurai yo series Actor Tora-san N/A
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