1928-03-10 ( 97 years old ) in Tokyo, Japan
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.
Movies
Tora-san, Wish You Were Here
2019-12-27
Tora-san's Tropical Fever Special Version
1997-11-22
Tora-san to the Rescue
1995-12-23
Tora-san's Easy Advice
1994-12-23
Tora-san's Matchmaker
1993-12-25
A Class to Remember
1993-11-06
Tora-san Makes Excuses
1992-12-26
Tora-san Confesses
1991-12-23
Tora-san Takes a Vacation
1990-12-22
Tora-san, My Uncle
1989-12-27
Tora-san Goes to Vienna
1989-08-05
Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial
1988-12-24
Downtown Heroes
1988-08-06
Tora-san Plays Daddy
1987-12-26
Tora-san Goes North
1987-08-15
Children on the Island
1987-07-11
Tora-san's Bluebird Fantasy
1986-12-20
Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies
1986-08-02
Tora-san's Island Encounter
1985-12-28
Tora-san, the Go-Between
1985-08-03
Tora-san's Forbidden Love
1984-12-28
Marriage Counselor Tora-san
1984-08-04
Tora-san Goes Religious?
1983-12-28
Tora-san's Song of Love
1983-08-06
Tora-san, the Expert
1982-12-28
Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san
1982-08-07
Tora-san's Promise
1981-12-28
Tora-san's Love in Osaka
1981-08-08
Foster Daddy, Tora!
1980-12-27
Tora-san's Tropical Fever
1980-08-02
A Distant Cry from Spring
1980-03-15
Tora-san's Dream of Spring
1979-12-28
Tora-san, the Matchmaker
1979-08-04
Talk of the Town Tora-san
1978-12-27
August without Emperor
1978-09-23
Stage-Struck Tora-san
1978-08-05
Tora-san Plays Cupid
1977-12-24
Village of Eight Gravestones
1977-10-29
The Yellow Handkerchief
1977-09-30
Tora-san Meets His Lordship
1977-08-06
田舎刑事 時間よ、とまれ
1977-07-02
Tora-san's Pure Love
1976-12-25
Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset
1976-07-23
The Village
1976-04-12
Tora-san, the Intellectual
1975-12-27
Tora-san Meets the Songstress Again
1975-08-19
Tora-san's Lullaby
1974-12-28
The Castle of Sand
1974-10-19
Tora-san's Lovesick
1974-08-10
Tora-san Loves an Artist
1973-12-25
Tora-san's Forget Me Not
1973-01-04
Tora-san's Dream-Come-True
1972-12-29
Home from the Sea
1972-10-28
Tora-san's Dear Old Home
1972-08-05
My Voiceless Friends
1972-04-29
Tora-san's Love Call
1971-12-29
Tora-san, the Good Samaritan
1971-04-28
Tora-san's Shattered Romance
1971-01-15
Where Spring Comes Late
1970-10-24
Tora-san's Runaway
1970-08-26
Charming Men
1970-06-13
Tora-san's Grand Scheme
1970-02-26
Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970-01-26
Tora-san, His Tender Love
1970-01-15
Tora-san's Cherished Mother
1969-11-14
Women Can't Be Beaten
1969-10-01
It's Tough Being a Man
1969-08-27
Big, Big Fellow
1969-04-26
Scrap Collectors
1968-11-28
The Day the Sun Rose
1968-11-23
In Broad Daylight
1968-10-26
Age of Japanese Guerrillas
1968-08-30
The Man Without a Map
1968-06-01
風来忍法帖 八方破れ
1968-05-08
Neon taiheiki
1968-04-13
New Year Trip
1968-01-03
Green Light to Joy
1967-12-06
Traveling in Party
1967-11-12
Express Train
1967-06-03
Our Wonderful Years
1966-09-30
Tokijiro: Lone Yakuza
1966-04-01
Gamblers' Luck
1966-03-19
The Betrayers Out!
1966-01-15
The Song of the Bwana Toshi
1965-07-05
風来忍法帖
1965-05-16
The Glamorous Ghost
1964-10-03
I'm a Bodyguard
1964-05-16
Dear Mr. Prime Minister
1964-04-29
How to Make Money
1964-02-01
The Honest Fool
1964-01-15
To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2
1964-01-01
Okashina yatsu
1963-11-01
Onna yajikita-tatchi ryokō
1963-07-13
To Your Majesty, The Emperor
1963-04-28
Escape from Hell
1963-01-27
Sing, Young People
1963-01-06
Attack Squadron
1963-01-03
Aitsu bakari ga naze moteru
1962-11-18
Tōkyō sanosa musume
1962-09-16
Ottamage ningyo monogatari
1962-06-15
A Carpenter and Children
1962-06-10
The Ambitious Youth
1962-06-03
A Country Boss
1962-01-25
Good Rascals
1962-01-14
Nippon no obaachan
1962-01-03
Snow in the South Seas
1961-09-29
Obon, The Moll Dipper
1961-04-16
腰抜け女兵騒動
1961-01-26
Aces Wild
1961-01-09
若社長と爆発娘
1960-03-06
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