Kiyoshi Atsumi
Acting
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.
Tora-san, the Good Samaritan
as Torajirō Kuruma
Age 43 (now 68)
Village of Eight Gravestones
as Kosuke Kindaichi
Age 49 (now 68)
Tora-san's Shattered Romance
as Torajirô Kuruma
Age 42 (now 68)
Tora-san, Wish You Were Here
as Tora-san (archive footage)
Age 91 (now 68)
Tora-san's Tropical Fever Special Version
as Torajiro Kuruma(Tora-san)
Age 69 (now 68)
Tora-san Takes a Vacation
as Torajiro Kuruma(Tora-san)
Age 62 (now 68)
Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial
as Torajiro Kuruma
Age 60 (now 68)
Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies
as Kihachi
Age 58 (now 68)
Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san
as Torajiro Kuruma
Age 54 (now 68)
Village of Eight Gravestones
as Kosuke Kindaichi
Age 49 (now 68)
Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset
as Torajiro Kuruma
Age 48 (now 68)
Tora-san Meets the Songstress Again
as Tora
Age 47 (now 68)
Tora-san, the Good Samaritan
as Torajirō Kuruma
Age 43 (now 68) Tora-san's Shattered Romance
as Torajirô Kuruma
Age 42 (now 68)
It's Tough Being a Man (Television Drama DVD Edit Edition)
To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2
as Zensuke Yamashita
Age 35 (now 68)
Jirocho' s Days of Youth: Whirlwind on the Tokaido
Jirocho’s Days of Youth: The Youngest Boss in the Tokai Region
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Also Known As
Yasuo Tadokoro, 寅さん, Киёси Ацуми
IMDB
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