Kiyoshi Atsumi
Date of birth: 1928-03-10
Place of birth: Tokyo, Japan
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Yasuo Tadokoro, 寅さん, Киёси Ацуми
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 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.
Movie Credits
The Yellow Handkerchief
1977-09-30
A convict, newly released from prison for murder, joins two strangers on a road trip through Hokkaid
In Broad Daylight
1968-10-26
After his company goes bankrupt, Katsuji Watanabe resorts to pickpocketing again with his old swindl
Aitsu bakari ga naze moteru
1962-11-18
1962 Japanese movie
Neon taiheiki
1968-04-13
Okashina yatsu
1963-11-01
Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970-01-26
In the summer of 1941, the United States and Japan seem on the brink of war after constant embargos
The Man Without a Map
1968-06-01
A private detective is hired to find a missing man by his wife. While his search is unsuccessful, th
Escape from Hell
1963-01-27
This suspense drama set in the mid 1700's depicts the plan of the Tokugawa rulers to send a number o
Tora-san Loves an Artist
1973-12-25
Tora-San returns to Shibamata just before his family leaves on a trip for Kyushu. Later, he encount
Tora-san's Cherished Mother
1969-11-14
Kuruma Torajiro is discovered looking around Kyoto for someone special to him.
Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset
1976-07-23
Tora-san arrives in Shibamata on Mitsuo's first day of school only to find that on his account, Mits
Tora-san's Grand Scheme
1970-02-26
After winning big at the races, Torajiro Kuruma wants to take his aunt and uncle on a trip to Hawaii
Home from the Sea
1972-10-28
On a beautiful island in Seto Inner Sea, Seichi and Minko make their living by transporting rocks to
A Class to Remember
1993-11-06
A cantankerous but loveable high school teacher teaches a night school in a poor neighborhood for ad
Tora-san's Forget Me Not
1973-01-04
On the road again, Torajiro meets a kindred spirit in Lily, a lounge singer.
Ottamage ningyo monogatari
1962-06-15
1962 Japanese movie
Tora-san Goes Religious?
1983-12-28
Tora-san visits brother-in-law Hiroshi's hometown to attend a memorial service for his late father.
Tora-san, His Tender Love
1970-01-15
Traveling salesman Kuruma Torajirō falls in love with an inn manager as New Year's approaches.
Onna yajikita-tatchi ryokō
1963-07-13
1963 Japanese movie
Tora-san's Shattered Romance
1971-01-15
Torajiro becomes homesick during his travels after watching a television report about his hometown a
Tora-san's Dream of Spring
1979-12-28
Tora-san's opinions about Americans get challenged when another wandering peddler Michael Jordan sto
Tora-san's Runaway
1970-08-26
After an encounter with a dying yakuza's son and at his sister Sakura's urging, Torajiro attempts to
Tora-san, the Good Samaritan
1971-04-28
After a quarrel with his mother, Torajiro sets off to find a bride.
Tokijiro: Lone Yakuza
1966-04-01
Tokijiro has the unfortunate duty according to the code of the gamblers to join in the fighting when
Tora-san's Dear Old Home
1972-08-05
While Sakura and Hiroshi struggle to save funds to build a house, Torajiro befriends three young wom
Tora-san's Forbidden Love
1984-12-28
Tora-san spends several days at the home of a hard-working salaryman ("salaried worker"), who abrupt
Tora-san's Love Call
1971-12-29
Taking a message from Hiroshi's father to heart, Torajiro attempts to give up his wandering ways.
Tora-san's Dream-Come-True
1972-12-29
When Tora-san returns to visit his family, he is surprised to find an arrogant professor occupying h
Tora-san Meets the Songstress Again
1975-08-19
Tora-san visits Hokkaido and is reunited with Lily. Now divorced, she plans to resume her singing ca
Tora-san's Lovesick
1974-08-10
After Torajiro's latest attempt to find a bride goes awry, he starts traveling again and runs into U
Children on the Island
1987-07-11
The story of a teacher who comes to a village on the Inland Sea and the relationship that develops b
Tora-san's Lullaby
1974-12-28
After Hiroshi is injured in a workplace accident, Torajiro gives Sakura the money he has saved and l
Tora-san, the Intellectual
1975-12-27
Tora-san is inspired to pursue an education after a visit to the grave of a woman he met years ago.
Tora-san's Pure Love
1976-12-25
When Tora-san's infatuation with his nephew's school teacher causes family turmoil, he leaves on his
Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies
1986-08-02
Director Ogata discovers a new female star in Koharu Tanaka, who works selling candy at a studio the
Tora-san Meets His Lordship
1977-08-06
Tora-san befriends the descendant of a feudal lord. The man asks Tora to locate his deceased son's
田舎刑事 時間よ、とまれ
1977-07-02
A family murder case that occurred in Hita City, Oita Prefecture. A murderer whose statute of limita
Tora-san Plays Cupid
1977-12-24
Tora-san becomes friends with Toraya's newest tenant, a pachinko-playing electrician that goes by th
Tōkyō sanosa musume
1962-09-16
1962 Japanese movie
It's Tough Being a Man (Television Drama DVD Edit Edition)
1968-10-03
This is the DVD version of the TV show, which consists of a single video that plays the first and la
August Without Emperor
1978-09-23
Taking the Chilean coup as an example, a group of young officers plan to overthrow the Japanese gove
Tora-san, My Uncle
1989-12-27
Tora-san's nephew Mitsuo is exchanging letters with Izumi, a former classmate whose parents divorced
Tora-san Makes Excuses
1992-12-26
Tora befriends a pretty barbershop owner and runs into Izumi. When Tora twists his ankle, Mitsuo com
The Song of the Bwana Toshi
1965-07-05
Traveling to Africa in a cultural exchange program, a young Japanese engineer discovers a world comp
Stage-Struck Tora-san
1978-08-05
Tora-san leaves Shibamata once again after an argument with his family and finds himself at an inn w
Tora-san's Tropical Fever
1980-08-02
When cabaret singer Lily writes Toraya about her illness, Tora-san rushes to Okinawa to be by her si
Jirocho’s Days of Youth: The Youngest Boss in the Tokai Region
1961-06-21
He was married to his lover's butterfly and started a new residence. But good things do not last. In
Talk of the Town Tora-san
1978-12-27
After a chance encounter with Hiroshi's father on a bus, Tora decides to get serious and reflect on
Tora-san, Our Lovable Tramp
1969-08-27
Tora-san, an itinerant peddler who is thrown out of his father's house twenty years before but recon
Tora-san, the Matchmaker
1979-08-04
Tora-san helps out a runaway bride.
Dear Mr. Prime Minister
1964-04-29
Kakumaru (Kiyoshi Atsumi) is an unpopular manzai performer who is too good-natured but has a very ba
Tora-san Confesses
1991-12-23
When Izumi can't stand seeing her mother flirt with other men, she leaves home. She sends a letter t
Charming Men
1970-06-13
One day, when Goro (Kiyoshi Atsumi) returns to his poor tenement house from a trip on a deep-sea tun
Our Wonderful Years
1966-09-30
The story of a selfless mother and her family throughout the decades, from the 1920's to the 1960's.
Attack Squadron
1963-01-03
Lt. Col. Senda resists the idea of sending Japanese fighter pilots on suicide missions. He believes
Express Train
1967-06-03
Atsumi Kiyoshi, famous for his role in Torasan, stars as Aoki Goichi, a veteran train conductor who
Traveling in Party
1967-11-12
A comedy about Hikoichi, a mediocre train conductor who falls in love with a beautiful widow Sayuri.
New Year Trip
1968-01-03
A comedy about a good-natured train conductor Shinsaku helping his old friend Miwako find her missin
The Glamorous Ghost
1964-10-03
Based on the novel by Naoki Prize-nominated author Taro Takeshita, a thriller full of black humor.
若社長と爆発娘
1960-03-06
Japanese comedy film.
Tora-san Goes North
1987-08-15
When his travels take him to rural Hokkaido, Tora-san helps a cantankerous old veterinarian (Mifune)
Tora-san's Promise
1981-12-28
Tora-san returns to his family's home to attend an elementary school class reunion. After he embarra
Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san
1982-08-07
During his travels, Tora-san gets drunk with an old man in Kyoto. Though Tora-san never fully compre
Tora-san, the Expert
1982-12-28
Tora-san gets into an argument with his uncle and sets out on the road again. In Kyushu he meets a y
Tora-san's Song of Love
1983-08-06
Tora-san returns to his family home to learn that his brother-in-law cannot go to Mitsuo's (Tora-san
Marriage Counselor Tora-san
1984-08-04
In Shibamata, Tokyo, Tora-san's family prepares for a wedding. Meanwhile, the traveling Tora-san mee
Tora-san, the Go-Between
1985-08-03
In Nagasaki, Tora-san and an acquaintance help an old woman who has fallen and injured herself. She
Tora-san's Island Encounter
1985-12-28
Tora-san's family's neighbor, Akemi, who had been married in Marriage Counselor Tora-san (1984), run
Tora-san's Bluebird Fantasy
1986-12-20
During his travels, Tora-san comes across a traditional theater he used to visit, and discovers that
Tora-san Plays Daddy
1987-12-26
A playboy-gambler friend of Tora-san’s dies and, abandoned by his mother, his little boy suddenly tu
Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial
1988-12-24
In his travels through Japan, Tora-san meets and falls in love with a female doctor, however he is a
Tora-san Goes to Vienna
1989-08-05
During his wandering throughout Japan, Tora-san meets a suicidal man. He travels with the man to Vie
Tora-san Takes a Vacation
1990-12-22
Mitsuo goes to Nagoya to visit Izumi, whose father left Izumi’s sad, bar hostess mother for another
Tora-san's Matchmaker
1993-12-25
After failing to find a job, Mitsuo becomes a fisherman on a small island, and develops a crush on a
Tora-san's Easy Advice
1994-12-23
Mitsuo, unhappy in his new job as a shoe salesman, is invited to a festival and is introduced to a f
Tora-san to the Rescue
1995-12-23
Tora-san works hard to bring together his nephew, Mitsuo, and Mitsuo’s girlfriend who is engaged to
Foster Daddy, Tora!
1980-12-27
After a friend and business colleague dies, Tora-san visits the man's daughter, then takes her to To
Tora-san's Love in Osaka
1981-08-08
When his travels bring him to Osaka, Tora-san falls in love with a local geisha. He helps her to tra
風来忍法帖
1965-05-16
The first of two films based on the novel by Futaro Yamada.
風来忍法帖 八方破れ
1968-05-08
The second of two films based on the novel by Futaro Yamada.
Green Light to Joy
1967-12-06
Drama about the friendship between a lonely laborer (Atsumi) and a young woman (Hoshi) unable to ent
The Day the Sun Rose
1968-11-23
Shinkichi, a peasant employed as a cloth-dyer, has a dream: in the midst of the civil war which rava
The Ambitious Youth
1962-06-03
As descendent of famed fishmonger Isshin Tasuke, young feisty Ishii Tasuke uses his talent to flouri
Age of Japanese Guerrillas
1968-08-30
Kinta (Nabe Osami) is Japanese by birth, but raised by a Chinese man. He stowsaway to Japan to see h
Tora-san's Tropical Fever Special Version
1997-11-22
Carrying a bag full of samples, Mitsuo makes rounds to shoe stores in remote cities. While staying a
The Village
1975-10-25
This appears to be a labor of love. Its about a village which is given the opportunity to put on a m
A Distant Cry from Spring
1980-03-15
The quiet life of a mother and her young son living on a farm in Hokkaido is changed by the arrival
Snow in the South Seas
1961-09-29
Japanese soldiers stranded in Manokwari, New Guinea, improvise a theater play to keep their spirits
The Betrayers Out!
1966-01-15
Shochiku's popular series of gang films, this one has the hero returning from prison bent on revenge
Sing, Young People!
1963-01-06
A story about four best friends and their lives inside and outside college. Then suddenly one of the
A Country Boss
1962-01-25
A country boss gives up his way of life because of his daughter's marriage.
Village of Eight Gravestones
1977-10-29
The heir to a family fortune discovers that a curse has been placed on it, put there centuries befor
How to Make Money
1964-02-01
Japanese comedy film.
Downtown Heroes
1988-08-06
The adventures and tribulations of a group of students during the years following the II World War.
Scrap Collectors
1968-11-28
Based on a story by Akiyuki Nosaka.
Good Rascals
1962-01-14
A group of men living a low life in Edo help each other to make the best out of their lives.
Obon, The Moll Dipper
1961-04-16
Modern comedy, based on the popular manga.
Where Spring Comes Late
1970-10-24
The story is set in 1970 during the time of the first EXPO in Japan. The film’s main figure is a min
Gamblers' Luck
1966-03-19
A group of ne'er-do-wells live happily in the slums of what is now Tokyo and have a number of advent
Tora-san, Wish You Were Here
2019-12-27
The 50th film in Tora-san series, using the old footages and newly shot scenes to celebrate the 50th
Women Can't Be Beaten
1969-10-01
An uptight young man comes to suspect that his factory worker girlfriend has a secret involving his
Nippon no obaachan
1962-01-03
Two obaachans become fast friends listening to music in front of a record store. They both boast abo
A Carpenter and Children
1962-06-10
A carpenter, Shigetsugu, learns a lesson of love and humanity from five orphaned children and an aff
The Honest Fool
1964-01-15
Yasugoro, goes to live in a quiet town where he falls in love with the priest's daughter-in-law. His
Jirocho' s Days of Youth: Whirlwind on the Tokaido
1962-01-03
Adventures of famous yakuza boss Jirocho and his disciples who settle in Kofu.
My Voiceless Friends
1972-04-29
A man who survived the war carries the will of his comrades in arms, walking across the country visi
The Castle of Sand
1974-10-19
Two detectives are tasked to investigate the murder of an old man, found bludgeoned to death in a To
To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2
1964-01-01
Based on Muneta Hiroshi's military novel. The main character, Yamaguchi Zensuke, is a military dog s
To Your Majesty, The Emperor
1963-04-28
A conscript from a poor background writes the Emperor asking if he can stay in the army when his ser
I'm a Bodyguard
1964-05-16
Kita Ippei (Atsumi Kiyoshi) became a security officer in the Metropolitan Police Department's Securi
腰抜け女兵騒動
1961-01-26
1961 Japanese movie
Big, Big Fellow
1969-04-26
The golden duo of Yoshitaro Mura and Kiyoshi Atsumi brings you a full-on comedy filled with laughter
Aces Wild
1961-01-09
Keisuke Morita, a man with dark glasses standing on the Shibaura pier, a descendant of an illegitima
Friendship
1975-11-29
This is a story about the emotional connection between a young man with no clear purpose and a middl
Ohana han
1966-07-30
This is a film adaptation of a popular NHK drama that depicts a strong-willed woman, Hana, who lives
Tokyo do mannaka
1974-06-01
Set in the downtown area in the heart of Tokyo, this film depicts the lives of poor but kind-hearted
Red Flowers of Hell
1961-05-03
1961 gangster film.
Izuko e
1966-03-16
Story about an English teacher in a rural town's school.
ひばり・橋の花と喧嘩
1969-07-05
Live Again Tomorrow
1970-05-27
Yamada Maki, who has a strained relationship with her father and a protective older brother, Katsuyo