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.
The Yellow Handkerchief
(Watanabe Kacho)
In Broad Daylight
(Katsuji 'Watakatsu' Watanabe)
Aitsu bakari ga naze moteru
Neon taiheiki
Okashina yatsu
(Kashô Sanyûtei)
Tora! Tora! Tora!
(Cook #1 (uncredited))
The Man Without a Map
(Tashiro)
Escape from Hell
(Ichibei)
Tora-san's Cherished Mother
(Torajiro Kuruma)
Tora-san Loves an Artist
Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset
(Torajiro Kuruma)
Tora-san's Grand Scheme
(Torajiro Kuruma)
Home from the Sea
(Matsushita)
A Class to Remember
((cameo))
Tora-san's Forget Me Not
(Torajiro Kuruma)
Ottamage ningyo monogatari
Tora-san Goes Religious?
(Kuruma Torajiro)
Tora-san, His Tender Love
(Torajiro Kuruma)
Onna yajikita-tatchi ryokō
Tora-san's Shattered Romance
(Torajirô Kuruma)
Tora-san's Dream of Spring
(Kuruma Torajiro)
Tora-san's Runaway
(Torajiro Kuruma)
Tora-san, the Good Samaritan
(Torajirō Kuruma)
Tokijiro: Lone Yakuza
(Minobu no Asakichi)
Tora-san's Dear Old Home
(Torajiro Kuruma)
Tora-san's Forbidden Love
(Torajiro Kuruma)
Tora-san's Love Call
(Torajiro Kuruma)
Tora-san's Dream-Come-True
(Torajiro Kuruma)
Tora-san Meets the Songstress Again
(Tora)
Tora-san's Lovesick
(Torajiro)
Children on the Island
(Narrator (voice))
Tora-san's Lullaby
(Torajiro)
Tora-san, the Intellectual
(Torajiro)
Tora-san's Pure Love
(Torajiro)
Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies
(Kihachi)
Tora-san Meets His Lordship
田舎刑事 時間よ、とまれ
Tora-san Plays Cupid
(Torajirō)
Tōkyō sanosa musume
It's Tough Being a Man (Television Drama DVD Edit Edition)
August without Emperor
(Kubo)
Tora-san, My Uncle
(Torajiro Kuruma)
Tora-san Makes Excuses
The Song of the Bwana Toshi
(Toshi)
Stage-Struck Tora-san
Tora-san's Tropical Fever
Jirocho’s Days of Youth: The Youngest Boss in the Tokai Region
Talk of the Town Tora-san
(Tora)
It's Tough Being a Man
(Torajirô Kuruma)
Tora-san, the Matchmaker
(Torajiro)
Dear Mr. Prime Minister
(Kakumaru)
Tora-san Confesses
(Torajiro Kuruma(Tora-san))
Charming Men
(Okera Goro)
Our Wonderful Years
(Teiji Yoshida)
Attack Squadron
Express Train
New Year Trip
Traveling in Party
The Glamorous Ghost
(Hospital Guard)
若社長と爆発娘
Tora-san Goes North
(Torajiro Kuruma)
Tora-san's Promise
(Torajiro Kuruma)
Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san
(Torajiro Kuruma)
Tora-san's Matchmaker
(Torajiro Kuruma(Tora-san))
Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial
(Torajiro Kuruma)
Tora-san Plays Daddy
(Torajiro Kuruma)
Marriage Counselor Tora-san
(Torajiro Kuruma)
Tora-san Takes a Vacation
(Torajiro Kuruma(Tora-san))
Tora-san's Island Encounter
(Torajiro Kuruma)
Tora-san Goes to Vienna
(Torajiro Kuruma)
Tora-san, the Expert
(Torajiro Kuruma)
Tora-san's Song of Love
(Torajiro Kuruma)
Tora-san's Bluebird Fantasy
(Torajiro Kuruma)
Tora-san's Easy Advice
(Torajiro Kuruma(Tora-san))
Tora-san, the Go-Between
(Torajiro Kuruma)
Tora-san to the Rescue
(Torajiro Kuruma(Tora-san))
Tora-san's Love in Osaka
(Torajiro Kuruma)
Foster Daddy, Tora!
(Torajiro Kuruma)
風来忍法帖
風来忍法帖 八方破れ
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
(Torajiro Kuruma(Tora-san))
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
(Tora-san)
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
腰抜け女兵騒動
Big, Big Fellow
(Matsujiro Minamida)
Aces Wild
It's Tough Being a Man