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.
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
120 titles
Tora-san to the Rescue
Red Flowers of Hell
The Village
Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial
Tōkyō sanosa musume
Tora-san Confesses
Tokijiro: Lone Yakuza
Tora-san Takes a Vacation
Jirocho’s Days of Youth: The Youngest Boss in the Tokai Region
Tora-san's Song of Love
Tora-san's Bluebird Fantasy
Tora-san Makes Excuses
The Betrayers Out!
Gamblers' Luck
Tora-san's Forget Me Not
Charming Men
腰抜け女兵騒動
The Honest Fool
Okashina yatsu
Tora-san's Island Encounter
Tora-san's Promise
Tora-san Loves an Artist
Tora-san Meets His Lordship
Home from the Sea
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