Kiyoshi Atsumi
b. 1928 — d. 1996 (aged 68)
Tokyo - Japan
Actor
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
Filmography
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★ 6.3
Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro haibisukasu no hana tokubetsu-hen
1997 Actor
Torajiro Kuruma
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★ 7.1
Tora-san to the Rescue
1995 Actor
Torajiro Kuruma
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Atsumi Kiyoshi no Tora-san kinzoku 25 nen
1995 Self
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★ 6.3
Tora-san's Easy Advice
1994 Actor
Torajiro Kuruma
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★ 6.6
Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro no endan
1993 Actor
Torajiro Kuruma
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★ 6.5
Tora-San Makes Excuses
1992 Actor
Torajiro Kuruma
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★ 6.4
Tora-san Confesses
1991 Actor
Torajiro Kuruma
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★ 6.8
Tora-san Takes a Vacation
1990 Actor
Torajiro Kuruma
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★ 6.3
Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro kokoro no tabiji
1989 Actor
Torajiro Kuruma
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★ 6.9
Otoko wa tsurai yo: Boku no ojisan
1989 Actor
Torajiro Kuruma
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★ 6.5
Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial
1988 Actor
Torajiro Kuruma
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★ 6.6
Hope and Pain
1988 Actor
Havaosuke the dormitory cook
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★ 7.0
Tora-san Goes North
1987 Actor
Torajirô Kuruma
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★ 6.7
Tora-san Plays Daddy
1987 Actor
Torajiro Kuruma
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★ 7.4
Twenty-Four Eyes
1987 Actor
Narrator
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★ 7.0
Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies
1986 Actor
Kihachi
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★ 6.0
Otoko wa tsurai yo: Shiawase no aoi tori
1986 Actor
Torajiro Kuruma
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★ 6.4
Tora-san's Island Encounter
1985 Actor
Torajiro Kuruma
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★ 6.4
Tora-san, the Go-between
1985 Actor
Torajirô Kuruma
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★ 6.4
Tora-san's Forbidden Love
1984 Actor
Torajirô Kuruma
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★ 6.2
Marriage Counselor Tora-san
1984 Actor
Torajiro Kuruma
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★ 7.0
Tora-san Goes Religious?
1983 Actor
Torajiro Kuruma
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★ 6.4
Tora-san's Song of Love
1983 Actor
Torajirô Kuruma
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★ 6.6
Tora-san, the Expert
1982 Actor
Torajirô Kuruma
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★ 6.7
Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san
1982 Actor
Torajiro Kuruma
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The 5th Annual Japan Academy Awards
1982 Self
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★ 6.8
Tora-san's Love in Osaka
1981 Actor
Torajirô Kuruma
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★ 6.5
Tora-san's Promise
1981 Actor
Torajiro Kuruma
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The 4th Annual Japan Academy Awards
1981 Self
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★ 7.0
Tora-san's Tropical Fever
1980 Actor
Torajiro Kuruma
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★ 6.6
Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro kamome uta
1980 Actor
Torajiro Kuruma
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★ 7.9
Tennou no ryouriban
1980 Actor
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★ 6.8
Tora-san's Dream of Spring
1979 Actor
Torajirô Kuruma
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★ 6.4
Tora-san, the Matchmaker
1979 Actor
Torajirô Kuruma
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Ore-tachi no kokyogaku
1979 Actor
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★ 6.4
Talk of the Town Tora-san
1978 Actor
Torajiro Kuruma
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★ 6.0
Stage-struck Tora-san
1978 Actor
Torajiro Kuruma
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★ 6.6
August Without Emperor
1978 Actor
Kubo
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The 1st Annual Japan Academy Awards
1978 Self
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★ 6.9
Tora-san Meets His Lordship
1977 Actor
Torajiro Kuruma
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★ 6.5
Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro gambare!
1977 Actor
Torajiro Kuruma
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★ 7.1
Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset
1976 Actor
Torajiro Kuruma
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★ 6.8
Tora-san's Heart of Gold
1976 Actor
Torajiro Kuruma
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★ 7.1
Tora-san's Rise and Fall
1975 Actor
Torajiro Kuruma
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★ 7.1
The Village
1975 Actor
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★ 6.7
Tora-san, the Intellectual
1975 Actor
Torajiro Kuruma
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★ 6.8
Tora-san's Lovesick
1974 Actor
Torajiro Kuruma
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★ 6.4
Tora-san's Lullaby
1974 Actor
Torajiro Kuruma
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Tokyo do mannaka
1974 Actor
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★ 6.8
Tora-san's Forget Me Not
1973 Actor
Torajiro Kuruma
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★ 6.6
Tora-San Goes French
1973 Actor
Torajiro Kuruma
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★ 7.3
Home from the Sea
1972 Actor
Matsushita
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★ 6.7
Tora-san's Dear Old Home
1972 Actor
Torajiro Kuruma
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★ 6.8
Tora-san's Dream-Come-True
1972 Actor
Torajiro Kuruma
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★ 6.6
Aa koe naki tomo
1972 Actor
Tamiji Nishiyama
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★ 6.7
Tora-san's Shattered Romance
1971 Actor
Torajirô Kuruma
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★ 7.2
Tora-san's Love Call
1971 Actor
Torajiro Kuruma
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★ 6.9
Tora-san, the Good Samaritan
1971 Actor
Torajiro Kuruma
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Watch Your Heart, Tamegoro
1971 Actor
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★ 7.6
Where Spring Comes Late
1970 Actor
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★ 6.6
Tora-san, His Tender Love
1970 Actor
Torajirô Kuruma
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★ 6.7
Tora-san's Runaway
1970 Actor
Torajiro Kuruma
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★ 6.6
Tora-san's Grand Scheme
1970 Actor
Torajirô Kuruma
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★ 6.4
Kigeki: Otoko wa aikyo
1970 Actor
Okera no Goro
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★ 6.9
Tora-san, Our Lovable Tramp
1969 Actor
Torajirô Kuruma
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★ 7.0
Tora-San's Cherished Mother
1969 Actor
Torajirô Kuruma
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★ 6.8
Kigeki: Onna wa dokyô
1969 Actor
Tsutomu
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Hibari, Hashi no Hana to kenka
1969 Actor
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★ 6.5
The Man Without a Map
1968 Actor
Tashiro
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★ 6.1
Hakuchû dôdô
1968 Actor
Katsuji 'Watakatsu' Watanabe
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★ 5.0
Scrap Collectors
1968 Actor
Hose
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★ 8.9
Otoko wa tsurai yo
1968 Actor
Torajirô Kuruma
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★ 6.2
Kigeki: Hatsumôde ressha
1968 Actor
Ueda
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The Sexploiters
1968 Actor
Seki
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Neon taiheiki
1968 Actor
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★ 6.3
Kigeki: Kyûkô ressha
1967 Actor
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★ 7.0
Green Light to Joy
1967 Actor
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★ 5.8
Kigeki: Dantai ressha
1967 Actor
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Otoko nara furimukuna
1967 Actor
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★ 6.5
Un ga yoke rya
1966 Actor
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★ 6.1
Mother and Her Eleven Children
1966 Actor
Teiji Yoshida
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★ 6.2
Nostalgia and the Law
1966 Actor
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Ohana han
1966 Actor
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★ 6.0
The Song of Bwana Toshi
1965 Actor
Toshi
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★ 6.8
The Glamorous Ghost
1964 Actor
Saburô Môri
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★ 6.2
The Honest Fool
1964 Actor
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★ 6.5
Zoku Haikei Tenno Heika Sama
1964 Actor
Zensuke yamaguchi
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★ 6.8
Haikei sôri daijin sama
1964 Actor
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Gendai kane monogatari
1964 Actor
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Ore wa bodigado
1964 Actor
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★ 6.6
Attack Squadron!
1963 Actor
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★ 6.8
Haikei tenno heika sama
1963 Actor
Shosuke Yamada
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★ 6.9
Escape from Hell
1963 Actor
Ichibei
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Whirlwind
1963 Actor
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Onna yajikita: Touch ryokô
1963 Actor
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Okashina yatsu
1963 Actor
Kashô Sanyûtei
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Aitsu bakari ga naze moteru
1962 Actor
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Jirocho's Days of Youth: Whirlwind on the Tokaido
1962 Actor
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Tôkyô sanosa musume
1962 Actor
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The Country Boss
1962 Actor