Kiyoshi Atsumi
Actor
- Born
- March 10, 1928 · Tokyo, Japan
- Died
- August 4, 1996 (age 68)
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.
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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
Tora! Tora! Tora!
January 26, 1970
The Castle of Sand
October 19, 1974
The Yellow Handkerchief
September 30, 1977
A Distant Cry from Spring
March 15, 1980
Tora-san, Our Lovable Tramp
August 27, 1969
The Man Without a Map
June 1, 1968
Where Spring Comes Late
October 24, 1970
Tora-san's Cherished Mother
November 14, 1969
The Village
October 25, 1975
Village of Eight Gravestones
October 29, 1977
Home from the Sea
October 28, 1972
Tora-san, His Tender Love
January 15, 1970
Acting125
- 2019Tora-san, Wish You Were Here as 寅次郎 (存档胶片)
- 1997Tora-san's Tropical Fever Special Version as 寅次郎
- 1995Tora-san to the Rescue as 寅次郎
- 1994Tora-san's Easy Advice as 寅次郎
- 1993Tora-san's Matchmaker as 寅次郎
- 1993A Class to Remember as (cameo)
- 1992Tora-san Makes Excuses as 寅次郎
- 1991Tora-san Confesses as 寅次郎
- 1990Tora-san Takes a Vacation as 寅次郎
- 1989Tora-san, My Uncle