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Kiyoshi Atsumi
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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,…
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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.
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BODY OF WORK
Kiyoshi Atsumi's Filmography
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Tora-san, Wish You Were Here
as 寅次郎 (存档胶片)
Tora-san's Tropical Fever Special Version
as 寅次郎
Tora-san to the Rescue
as 寅次郎
Tora-san's Easy Advice
as 寅次郎
Tora-san's Matchmaker
as 寅次郎
A Class to Remember
as (cameo)
Tora-san Makes Excuses
as 寅次郎
Tora-san Confesses
as 寅次郎
Tora-san Takes a Vacation
as 寅次郎
Tora-san, My Uncle
as 寅次郎
Tora-san Goes to Vienna
as 寅次郎
Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial
as 寅次郎
The Wives of Rokumeikan
as Narrator
Downtown Heroes
Tora-san Plays Daddy
as 寅次郎
Tora-san Goes North
as Torajiro Kuruma
Children on the Island
as Narrator (voice)
Tora-san's Bluebird Fantasy
as 寅次郎
Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies
as Kihachi
Tora-san's Island Encounter
as 寅次郎
Tora-san, the Go-Between
as 寅次郎
Tora-san's Forbidden Love
as 寅次郎
Marriage Counselor Tora-san
as 寅次郎
Tora-san Goes Religious?
as 寅次郎
Tora-san's Song of Love
as 寅次郎
Tora-san, the Expert
as 寅次郎
Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san
as 寅次郎
Tora-san's Promise
as 寅次郎
Tora-san's Love in Osaka
as 寅次郎
Foster Daddy, Tora!
as 寅次郎
Tora-san's Tropical Fever
as 寅次郎
A Distant Cry from Spring
as Kondo
Tora-san's Dream of Spring
as 寅次郎
Tora-san, the Matchmaker
as 寅次郎
Talk of the Town Tora-san
as 寅次郎
August Without Emperor
as Kubo
Stage-Struck Tora-san
as 寅次郎
Tora-san Plays Cupid
as 寅次郎
Village of Eight Gravestones
as Kosuke Kindaichi
The Yellow Handkerchief
as Watanabe Kacho
Tora-san Meets His Lordship
as 寅次郎
田舎刑事 時間よ、とまれ
Tora-san's Pure Love
as 寅次郎
Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset
as 寅次郎
Tora-san, the Intellectual
as 寅次郎
Friendship
The Village
Tora-san Meets the Songstress Again
as 寅次郎
Tora-san's Lullaby
as 寅次郎
The Castle of Sand
as Movie Theater Manager
Tora-san's Lovesick
as 寅次郎
Center of Tokyo
as Kinnosuke
Tora-san Loves an Artist
as 寅次郎
Tora-san's Forget Me Not
as 寅次郎
Tora-san's Dream-Come-True
as 寅次郎
Home from the Sea
as Matsushita
Tora-san's Dear Old Home
as 寅次郎
My Voiceless Friends
as Tamiji Nishiyama
Tora-san's Love Call
as 寅次郎
Tora-san, the Good Samaritan
as 寅次郎
Tora-san's Shattered Romance
as 寅次郎
Where Spring Comes Late
as Traveler
Tora-san's Runaway
as 寅次郎
Charming Men
as Okera Goro
Live Again Tomorrow
as 木村
Tora-san's Grand Scheme
as 寅次郎
Tora! Tora! Tora!
as Cook #1 (uncredited)
Tora-san, His Tender Love
as 寅次郎
Tora-san's Cherished Mother
as 寅次郎
Women Can't Be Beaten
Tora-san, Our Lovable Tramp
as 寅次郎
ひばり・橋の花と喧嘩
as 参竜斉清山
Big, Big Fellow
as Matsujiro Minamida
Scrap Collectors
No Poster
The Day the Sun Rose
In Broad Daylight
as Katsuji 'Watakatsu' Watanabe
It's Tough Being a Man (Television Drama DVD Edit Edition)
Age of Japanese Guerrillas
The Man Without a Map
as Tashiro
Homeless Ninja Trick Book: Lose in All Directions
The Neon Taiheiki
New Year Trip
Green Light to Joy
as Yoshitaro Hirai
Traveling in Party
Express Train
Our Wonderful Years
as Teiji Yoshida
Ohana han
Tokijiro: Lone Yakuza
as Minobu no Asakichi
Gamblers' Luck
Izuko e
The Song of the Bwana Toshi
as Toshi
The Betrayers Out!
Homeless Ninja Trick Book
The Glamorous Ghost
as Hospital Guard
I'm a Bodyguard
Dear Mr. Prime Minister
as Kakumaru
How to Make Money
The Honest Fool
To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2
as Zensuke Yamashita
Okashina yatsu
as Kashô Sanyûtei
Onna yajikita-tatchi ryokō
To Your Majesty, The Emperor
Escape from Hell
as Ichibei
Sing, Young People!
as Driver
Attack Squadron
as Petty Officer Tange
Aitsu bakari ga naze moteru
Tōkyō sanosa musume
Ottamage ningyo monogatari
A Carpenter and Children
The Ambitious Youth
as Mitsuo Aoi
A Country Boss
as Sasaki
Good Rascals
as Ushi
Jirocho' s Days of Youth: Whirlwind on the Tokaido
Nippon no obaachan
Snow in the South Seas
Jirocho’s Days of Youth: The Youngest Boss in the Tokai Region
Obon's Dipping Contest
Red Flowers of Hell
Obon, The Moll Dipper
Mizu tamari
The Troubles of Wimpy Women Soldiers
Aces Wild
Count on Me
No Poster
若社長と爆発娘
