Acting
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.
Filmography
Tora-san, Wish You Were Here
Film · 2019
Tora-san's Tropical Fever Special Version
Film · 1997
Tora-san to the Rescue
Film · 1995
Tora-san's Easy Advice
Film · 1994
A Class to Remember
Film · 1993
Tora-san's Matchmaker
Film · 1993
Tora-san Makes Excuses
Film · 1992
Tora-san Confesses
Film · 1991
Tora-san Takes a Vacation
Film · 1990
Tora-san, My Uncle
Film · 1989
Tora-san Goes to Vienna
Film · 1989
Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial
Film · 1988
Downtown Heroes
Film · 1988
The Wives of Rokumeikan
Film · 1988
Children on the Island
Film · 1987
Tora-san Goes North
Film · 1987
Tora-san Plays Daddy
Film · 1987
Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies
Film · 1986
Tora-san's Bluebird Fantasy
Film · 1986
Tora-san, the Go-Between
Film · 1985
Tora-san's Island Encounter
Film · 1985
Tora-san's Forbidden Love
Film · 1984
Marriage Counselor Tora-san
Film · 1984
Tora-san Goes Religious?
Film · 1983
Tora-san's Song of Love
Film · 1983
Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san
Film · 1982
Tora-san, the Expert
Film · 1982
Tora-san's Promise
Film · 1981
Tora-san's Love in Osaka
Film · 1981
Tora-san's Tropical Fever
Film · 1980
Foster Daddy, Tora!
Film · 1980
A Distant Cry from Spring
Film · 1980
Tora-san's Dream of Spring
Film · 1979
Tora-san, the Matchmaker
Film · 1979
August Without Emperor
Film · 1978
Stage-Struck Tora-san
Film · 1978
Talk of the Town Tora-san
Film · 1978
The Yellow Handkerchief
Film · 1977
Tora-san Meets His Lordship
Film · 1977
田舎刑事 時間よ、とまれ
Film · 1977
Tora-san Plays Cupid
Film · 1977
Village of Eight Gravestones
Film · 1977
Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset
Film · 1976
Tora-san's Pure Love
Film · 1976
Tora-san Meets the Songstress Again
Film · 1975
Tora-san, the Intellectual
Film · 1975
The Village
Film · 1975
Friendship
Film · 1975
Tora-san's Lovesick
Film · 1974
Tora-san's Lullaby
Film · 1974
The Castle of Sand
Film · 1974
Center of Tokyo
Film · 1974
Tora-san Loves an Artist
Film · 1973
Tora-san's Forget Me Not
Film · 1973
Home from the Sea
Film · 1972
Tora-san's Dear Old Home
Film · 1972
Tora-san's Dream-Come-True
Film · 1972
My Voiceless Friends
Film · 1972
Tora-san's Shattered Romance
Film · 1971
Tora-san, the Good Samaritan
Film · 1971
Tora-san's Love Call
Film · 1971
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Film · 1970
Tora-san's Grand Scheme
Film · 1970
Tora-san, His Tender Love
Film · 1970
Tora-san's Runaway
Film · 1970
Charming Men
Film · 1970
Where Spring Comes Late
Film · 1970
Live Again Tomorrow
Film · 1970
おれの義姉さん
Series · 1970
Tora-san's Cherished Mother
Film · 1969
Tora-san, Our Lovable Tramp
Film · 1969
Women Can't Be Beaten
Film · 1969
Big, Big Fellow
Film · 1969
ひばり・橋の花と喧嘩
Film · 1969
In Broad Daylight
Film · 1968
The Neon Taiheiki
Film · 1968
The Man Without a Map
Film · 1968
It's Tough Being a Man (Television Drama DVD Edit Edition)
Film · 1968
New Year Trip
Film · 1968
Homeless Ninja Trick Book: Lose in All Directions
Film · 1968
The Day the Sun Rose
Film · 1968
Age of Japanese Guerrillas
Film · 1968
Scrap Collectors
Film · 1968
It's Tough Being a Man
Series · 1968
Express Train
Film · 1967
Traveling in Party
Film · 1967
Green Light to Joy
Film · 1967
Tokijiro: Lone Yakuza
Film · 1966
The Song of the Bwana Toshi
Film · 1966
Our Wonderful Years
Film · 1966
The Betrayers Out!
Film · 1966
Gamblers' Luck
Film · 1966
Ohana han
Film · 1966
Izuko e
Film · 1966
泣いてたまるか
Series · 1966
Homeless Ninja Trick Book
Film · 1965
Dear Mr. Prime Minister
Film · 1964
The Glamorous Ghost
Film · 1964
How to Make Money
Film · 1964
The Honest Fool
Film · 1964
To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2
Film · 1964
I'm a Bodyguard
Film · 1964
Okashina yatsu
Film · 1963
Escape from Hell
Film · 1963
Onna yajikita-tatchi ryokō
Film · 1963
Attack Squadron
Film · 1963
Sing, Young People!
Film · 1963
To Your Majesty, The Emperor
Film · 1963
Aitsu bakari ga naze moteru
Film · 1962
Ottamage ningyo monogatari
Film · 1962
Tōkyō sanosa musume
Film · 1962
The Ambitious Youth
Film · 1962
A Country Boss
Film · 1962
Good Rascals
Film · 1962
Nippon no obaachan
Film · 1962
A Carpenter and Children
Film · 1962
Jirocho' s Days of Youth: Whirlwind on the Tokaido
Film · 1962
Jirocho’s Days of Youth: The Youngest Boss in the Tokai Region
Film · 1961
Snow in the South Seas
Film · 1961
Obon, The Moll Dipper
Film · 1961
The Troubles of Wimpy Women Soldiers
Film · 1961
Aces Wild
Film · 1961
Red Flowers of Hell
Film · 1961
Mizu tamari
Film · 1961
Obon's Dipping Contest
Film · 1961
若社長と爆発娘
Film · 1960
Count on Me
Film · 1960
Otora-san's Business is Booming
Film · 1958