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.

Cast

The Yellow Handkerchief

(Watanabe Kacho)

In Broad Daylight

(Katsuji 'Watakatsu' Watanabe)

Aitsu bakari ga naze moteru

The Neon Taiheiki

Okashina yatsu

(Kashô Sanyûtei)

Tora! Tora! Tora!

(Cook #1 (uncredited))

The Man Without a Map

(Tashiro)

Escape from Hell

(Ichibei)

Tora-san Loves an Artist

(寅次郎)

Tora-san's Cherished Mother

(寅次郎)

Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset

(寅次郎)

Tora-san's Grand Scheme

(寅次郎)

Home from the Sea

(Matsushita)

A Class to Remember

((cameo))

Tora-san's Forget Me Not

(寅次郎)

Ottamage ningyo monogatari

Tora-san Goes Religious?

(寅次郎)

Tora-san, His Tender Love

(寅次郎)

Onna yajikita-tatchi ryokō

Tora-san's Shattered Romance

(寅次郎)

Tora-san's Dream of Spring

(寅次郎)

Tora-san's Runaway

(寅次郎)

Tora-san, the Good Samaritan

(寅次郎)

Tokijiro: Lone Yakuza

(Minobu no Asakichi)

Tora-san's Dear Old Home

(寅次郎)

Tora-san's Forbidden Love

(寅次郎)

Tora-san's Love Call

(寅次郎)

Tora-san's Dream-Come-True

(寅次郎)

Tora-san Meets the Songstress Again

(寅次郎)

Tora-san's Lovesick

(寅次郎)

Children on the Island

(Narrator (voice))

Tora-san's Lullaby

(寅次郎)

Tora-san, the Intellectual

(寅次郎)

Tora-san's Pure Love

(寅次郎)

Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies

(Kihachi)

Tora-san Meets His Lordship

(寅次郎)

田舎刑事 時間よ、とまれ

Tora-san Plays Cupid

(寅次郎)

Tōkyō sanosa musume

It's Tough Being a Man (Television Drama DVD Edit Edition)

August Without Emperor

(Kubo)

Tora-san, My Uncle

(寅次郎)

Tora-san Makes Excuses

(寅次郎)

The Song of the Bwana Toshi

(Toshi)

Stage-Struck Tora-san

(寅次郎)

Tora-san's Tropical Fever

(寅次郎)

Jirocho’s Days of Youth: The Youngest Boss in the Tokai Region

Talk of the Town Tora-san

(寅次郎)

Tora-san, Our Lovable Tramp

(寅次郎)

Tora-san, the Matchmaker

(寅次郎)

Dear Mr. Prime Minister

(Kakumaru)

Tora-san Confesses

(寅次郎)

Charming Men

(Okera Goro)

Our Wonderful Years

(Teiji Yoshida)

Attack Squadron

(Petty Officer Tange)

Express Train

Traveling in Party

New Year Trip

The Glamorous Ghost

(Hospital Guard)

若社長と爆発娘

Tora-san Goes North

(Torajiro Kuruma)

Tora-san's Promise

(寅次郎)

Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san

(寅次郎)

Tora-san, the Expert

(寅次郎)

Tora-san's Song of Love

(寅次郎)

Marriage Counselor Tora-san

(寅次郎)

Tora-san, the Go-Between

(寅次郎)

Tora-san's Island Encounter

(寅次郎)

Tora-san's Bluebird Fantasy

(寅次郎)

Tora-san Plays Daddy

(寅次郎)

Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial

(寅次郎)

Tora-san Goes to Vienna

(寅次郎)

Tora-san Takes a Vacation

(寅次郎)

Tora-san's Matchmaker

(寅次郎)

Tora-san's Easy Advice

(寅次郎)

Tora-san to the Rescue

(寅次郎)

Foster Daddy, Tora!

(寅次郎)

Tora-san's Love in Osaka

(寅次郎)

Homeless Ninja Trick Book

Homeless Ninja Trick Book: Lose in All Directions

Green Light to Joy

(Yoshitaro Hirai)

The Day the Sun Rose

The Ambitious Youth

(Mitsuo Aoi)

Age of Japanese Guerrillas

Tora-san's Tropical Fever Special Version

(寅次郎)

The Village

A Distant Cry from Spring

(Kondo)

Snow in the South Seas

The Betrayers Out!

Sing, Young People!

(Driver)

A Country Boss

(Sasaki)

Village of Eight Gravestones

(Kosuke Kindaichi)

How to Make Money

Downtown Heroes

Scrap Collectors

Good Rascals

(Ushi)

Obon, The Moll Dipper

Where Spring Comes Late

(Traveler)

Gamblers' Luck

Tora-san, Wish You Were Here

(寅次郎 (存档胶片))

Women Can't Be Beaten

Nippon no obaachan

A Carpenter and Children

The Honest Fool

Jirocho' s Days of Youth: Whirlwind on the Tokaido

My Voiceless Friends

(Tamiji Nishiyama)

The Castle of Sand

(Movie Theater Manager)

To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2

(Zensuke Yamashita)

To Your Majesty, The Emperor

I'm a Bodyguard

The Troubles of Wimpy Women Soldiers

Big, Big Fellow

(Matsujiro Minamida)

Aces Wild

Friendship

Ohana han

Center of Tokyo

(Kinnosuke)

Red Flowers of Hell

Izuko e

ひばり・橋の花と喧嘩

(参竜斉清山)

Live Again Tomorrow

(木村)

The Wives of Rokumeikan

(Narrator)

Mizu tamari

Obon's Dipping Contest

Otora-san's Business is Booming

Count on Me

Tōshi reijō

It's Tough Being a Man

おれの義姉さん

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