9.0
9.0
Talk of the Town Tora-san
1978
as Tora
Kiyoshi Atsumi
Also known as: Atsumi Kiyoshi
Acting
Born:March 10, 1928
Died:August 4, 1996(aged 68)
Birthplace:Tokyo, Japan
Nationality:Japan
Height:5'7" (169 cm)
Education:Chuo University
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CommunityBiography
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.
Notable Works
Haikei Tennō-heika-samaIt's Tough Being a ManVillage of the Eight TombsThe Yellow Handkerchief
Filmography (108 movies)
9.0
9.0
Tora-san Plays Daddy
1987
as Torajiro Kuruma
9.0
9.0
Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset
1976
as Torajiro Kuruma
8.7
8.7
Tora-san Goes North
1987
as Torajiro Kuruma
8.7
8.7
Tora-san, My Uncle
1989
as Torajiro Kuruma
8.5
8.5
Tora-san, the Matchmaker
1979
as Torajiro
8.5
8.5
Tora-san's Love in Osaka
1981
as Torajiro Kuruma
8.5
8.5
Tora-san Meets His Lordship
1977
8.5
8.5
Tora-san's Pure Love
1976
as Torajiro
8.5
8.5
Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial
1988
as Torajiro Kuruma
8.5
8.5
Tora-san, the Expert
1982
as Torajiro Kuruma
8.5
8.5
Tora-san's Matchmaker
1993
as Torajiro Kuruma(Tora-san)
8.4
8.4
Downtown Heroes
1988
8.1
8.1
It's Tough Being a Man
1969
as Torajirô Kuruma
8.0
8.0
Tora-san's Forget Me Not
1973
as Torajiro Kuruma
8.0
8.0
Tora-san, Wish You Were Here
2019
as Tora-san
8.0
8.0
Tora-san's Easy Advice
1994
as Torajiro Kuruma(Tora-san)
8.0
8.0
Tora-san Loves an Artist
1973
8.0
8.0
Tora-san Takes a Vacation
1990
as Torajiro Kuruma(Tora-san)
8.0
8.0
Tora-san Goes to Vienna
1989
as Torajiro Kuruma
8.0
8.0
Tora-san's Island Encounter
1985
as Torajiro Kuruma
8.0
8.0
Marriage Counselor Tora-san
1984
as Torajiro Kuruma
8.0
8.0
Tora-san Goes Religious?
1983
as Kuruma Torajiro
8.0
8.0
Tora-san's Song of Love
1983
as Torajiro Kuruma
8.0
8.0
Tora-san's Forbidden Love
1984
as Torajiro Kuruma
8.0
8.0
Tora-san's Tropical Fever Special Version
1997
as Torajiro Kuruma(Tora-san)
8.0
8.0
Tora-san's Dream of Spring
1979
as Kuruma Torajiro
8.0
8.0
Tora-san's Love Call
1971
as Torajiro Kuruma
8.0
8.0
Tora-san Meets the Songstress Again
1975
as Tora
8.0
8.0
Tora-san Makes Excuses
1992
as Tora
8.0
8.0
Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san
1982
as Torajiro Kuruma
8.0
8.0
Stage-Struck Tora-san
1978
8.0
8.0
Tora-san's Tropical Fever
1980
8.0
8.0
Tora-san Confesses
1991
as Torajiro Kuruma(Tora-san)
8.0
8.0
Tora-san's Promise
1981
as Torajiro Kuruma
7.8
7.8
Tora-san, the Good Samaritan
1971
as Torajirō Kuruma
7.8
7.8
Tora-san's Runaway
1970
as Torajiro Kuruma
7.7
7.7
Tora-san Plays Cupid
1977
as Torajirō
7.7
7.7
Tora-san, the Intellectual
1975
as Torajiro
7.6
7.6
Where Spring Comes Late
1970
as Traveler
7.6
7.6
Tora-san's Dream-Come-True
1972
as Torajiro Kuruma
7.5
7.5
Tora-san's Dear Old Home
1972
as Torajiro Kuruma
7.5
7.5
A Class to Remember
1993
as (cameo)
7.5
7.5
Tora-san's Bluebird Fantasy
1986
as Torajiro Kuruma
7.5
7.5
Tora-san's Lullaby
1974
as Torajiro
7.5
7.5
Foster Daddy, Tora!
1980
as Torajiro Kuruma
7.4
7.4
Tora-san's Grand Scheme
1970
as Torajiro Kuruma
7.3
7.3
Tora-san's Lovesick
1974
as Torajiro
7.3
7.3
Tora-san to the Rescue
1995
as Torajiro Kuruma(Tora-san)
7.2
7.2
Home from the Sea
1972
as Matsushita
7.2
7.2
Tora-san's Shattered Romance
1971
as Torajirô Kuruma
7.0
7.0
August without Emperor
1978
as Kubo
7.0
7.0
Tora-san, His Tender Love
1970
as Torajiro Kuruma
7.0
7.0
The Day the Sun Rose
1968
6.8
6.8
The Yellow Handkerchief
1977
as Watanabe Kacho
6.8
6.8
Tora-san's Cherished Mother
1969
as Torajiro Kuruma
6.7
6.7
Village of Eight Gravestones
1977
as Kosuke Kindaichi
6.7
6.7
The Village
1976
6.6
6.6
The Man Without a Map
1968
as Tashiro
6.6
6.6
Tokijiro: Lone Yakuza
1966
as Minobu no Asakichi
6.5
6.5
Tora-san, the Go-Between
1985
as Torajiro Kuruma
6.2
6.2
Escape from Hell
1963
as Ichibei
6.1
6.1
Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies
1986
as Kihachi
6.0
6.0
Traveling in Party
1967
6.0
6.0
The Glamorous Ghost
1964
as Hospital Guard
6.0
6.0
Attack Squadron
1963
6.0
6.0
Express Train
1967
6.0
6.0
Good Rascals
1962
as Ushi
Okashina yatsu
1963
as Kashô Sanyûtei
Snow in the South Seas
1961
How to Make Money
1964
Obon, The Moll Dipper
1961
Scrap Collectors
1968
Jirocho' s Days of Youth: Whirlwind on the Tokaido
1962
The Honest Fool
1964
My Voiceless Friends
1972
as Tamiji Nishiyama
To Your Majesty, The Emperor
1963
To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2
1964
as Zensuke Yamashita
Neon taiheiki
1968
田舎刑事 時間よ、とまれ
1977
In Broad Daylight
1968
as Katsuji 'Watakatsu' Watanabe
Aitsu bakari ga naze moteru
1962
Ottamage ningyo monogatari
1962
Jirocho’s Days of Youth: The Youngest Boss in the Tokai Region
1961
Tōkyō sanosa musume
1962
It's Tough Being a Man (Television Drama DVD Edit Edition)
1968
Red Flowers of Hell
1961
Charming Men
1970
as Okera Goro
Dear Mr. Prime Minister
1964
as Kakumaru
I'm a Bodyguard
1964
Age of Japanese Guerrillas
1968
腰抜け女兵騒動
1961
Big, Big Fellow
1969
as Matsujiro Minamida
Friendship
1975
ひばり・橋の花と喧嘩
1969
as 参竜斉清山
New Year Trip
1968
若社長と爆発娘
1960
A Carpenter and Children
1962
Our Wonderful Years
1966
as Teiji Yoshida
The Song of the Bwana Toshi
1965
as Toshi
Tokyo do mannaka
1974
as Kinnosuke
Women Can't Be Beaten
1969
Izuko e
1966
The Betrayers Out!
1966
Green Light to Joy
1967
as Yoshitaro Hirai
風来忍法帖
1965
風来忍法帖 八方破れ
1968
The Ambitious Youth
1962
as Mitsuo Aoi
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