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Kiyoshi Atsumi Biography and Full Filmography - MovieWise

Quick Facts

Born:
1928-03-10

Birthplace:
Tokyo, Japan

Credits:
122 Total Roles

Kiyoshi Atsumi

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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.

Known For

Full Filmography

Year Title Role
2019 Tora-san, Wish You Were Here MOVIE Tora-san (archive footage)
1997 Tora-san's Tropical Fever Special Version MOVIE Torajiro Kuruma(Tora-san)
1995 Tora-san to the Rescue MOVIE Torajiro Kuruma(Tora-san)
1994 Tora-san's Easy Advice MOVIE Torajiro Kuruma(Tora-san)
1993 Tora-san's Matchmaker MOVIE Torajiro Kuruma(Tora-san)
1993 A Class to Remember MOVIE (cameo)
1992 Tora-san Makes Excuses MOVIE Tora
1991 Tora-san Confesses MOVIE Torajiro Kuruma(Tora-san)
1990 Tora-san Takes a Vacation MOVIE Torajiro Kuruma(Tora-san)
1989 Tora-san, My Uncle MOVIE Torajiro Kuruma

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