Acting
Kiyoshi Atsumi
JA, EN cinema · 126 credits
Born
10 March 1928
Died
4 August 1996 (aged 68)
Birthplace
Tokyo, Japan
Also known as Yasuo Tadokoro · 寅さん · Киёси Ацуми
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
Tora-san, Wish You Were Here
as 寅次郎 (存档胶片)
A Class to Remember
as (cameo)
The Wives of Rokumeikan
as Narrator
Children on the Island
as Narrator (voice)
Tora-san Goes North
as Torajiro Kuruma
The Yellow Handkerchief
as Watanabe Kacho
Village of Eight Gravestones
as Kosuke Kindaichi
The Castle of Sand
as Movie Theater Manager
Center of Tokyo
as Kinnosuke
Home from the Sea
as Matsushita
My Voiceless Friends
as Tamiji Nishiyama
Tora! Tora! Tora!
as Cook #1 (uncredited)
Charming Men
as Okera Goro
Where Spring Comes Late
as Traveler
Big, Big Fellow
as Matsujiro Minamida
ひばり・橋の花と喧嘩
as 参竜斉清山
In Broad Daylight
as Katsuji 'Watakatsu' Watanabe
The Man Without a Map
as Tashiro
Green Light to Joy
as Yoshitaro Hirai
Tokijiro: Lone Yakuza
as Minobu no Asakichi
Our Wonderful Years
as Teiji Yoshida
Izuko e
Actor
Dear Mr. Prime Minister
as Kakumaru
The Glamorous Ghost
as Hospital Guard
To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2
as Zensuke Yamashita
Okashina yatsu
as Kashô Sanyûtei
Escape from Hell
as Ichibei
Attack Squadron
as Petty Officer Tange
Sing, Young People!
as Driver
The Ambitious Youth
as Mitsuo Aoi
A Country Boss
as Sasaki
Good Rascals
as Ushi
