Kiyoshi Atsumi
Acting
Born March 10, 1928 · Tokyo, Japan
Biography
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 Tsur…
Known For · 40 titles
Tora! Tora! Tora!
It's Tough Being a Man
おれの義姉さん
Women Can't Be Beaten
Tora-san's Matchmaker
Scrap Collectors
Neon taiheiki
The Castle of Sand
The Yellow Handkerchief
The Wives of Rokumeikan
Express Train
A Distant Cry from Spring
Tora-san's Cherished Mother
Live Again Tomorrow
The Day the Sun Rose
August Without Emperor
Village of Eight Gravestones
Tora-san's Love in Osaka
Tora-san's Island Encounter
Tora-san Goes North
Tora-san, Our Lovable Tramp
Tora-san Plays Daddy
Tora-san's Grand Scheme
Tora-san, Wish You Were Here
Tora-san Goes to Vienna
Tora-san, My Uncle
Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san
Tora-san's Shattered Romance
Tokijiro: Lone Yakuza
Tora-san Confesses
Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies
Tora-san's Pure Love
Tora-san's Forget Me Not
Tora-san, His Tender Love
Attack Squadron
Tora-san's Tropical Fever
A Carpenter and Children
Tora-san Meets His Lordship
A Class to Remember
Tora-san Makes Excuses