Kiyoshi Atsumi
Kiyoshi Atsumi, born Yasuo Tadokoro, 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 the film “Dear Mr. Emperor” in 1963 established his reputation as an actor.
Later he became the star of the highly popular Tora-san series of films. His portrayal of the main characters lasted from the original Otoko wa Tsurai yo 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 the character Tora-san, not the death of the actor Yasuo Tadokoro or Kiyoshi Atsumi.
Selected filmography
- Otorasan daihanjô - Hatta
- Shima no sehiro no oyabun-shû
- Koshinuke nyûipin sodô
- Daite chôdai
- Atomic no obon: Surimasuwayo no maki
- Tôshi reijô - Nozaki
- Atomic no obon, onna oyabuntaiketsu no maki
- Wakaki ni ho Jirocho: Tokaido no tsumujikaze
- Nippon no obaachan - Policeman
- Oedo Hyobanji Binan no Kaoyaku - Ushi
- Kigeki: Danchi oyabun
- Ottamage ningyo monogatari - Ginji
- Sarariman Isshin Tasuke
- Attack Squadron!
- Utae Wakôdotachi - Taxi driver
- Mushukunin-betsuchô - Ichibei
- Tsumujikaze
- Haikei tenno heika sama - Shosuke Yamada
- Gendaikko - Actor
- Okashina yatsu - Kashô Sanyûtei
- Zoku Haikei Tenno Heika Sama - Zensuke yamaguchi
- Gendai kane monogatari
- Haikei sôri daijin sama
- Ore wa bodigado
- Sanpo suru reikyusha
- Baka marudashi
- Bwana Toshi no uta - Toshi
- Izuko e
- Un ga yoke rya
- Kutsukake Tokijiro - yukyo ippiki
- Ohana han
- Kaachan to 11-nin no kodomo - Teiji Yoshida
- Chichiko gusa
- Kigeki: Kyûkô ressha
- Kigeki: Dantai ressha
- Otoko nara furimukuna
- Neon taiheiki
- Kigeki hachurui - Seki
- Moetsukita chizu - Tashiro
- Nippon gerira jidai
- Hakuchû dôdô - Katsuji 'Watakatsu' Watanabe
- Gion matsuri
- Sukurappu shûdan - Hose
- Kigeki hatsumoude resha - Ueda
- Otoko wa tsurai yo - Torajirô Kuruma
- Kigeki: Onna wa dokyô - Tsutomu
- Zoku otoko wa tsurai yo - Torajirô Kuruma
- Otoko wa tsurai yo: Fûten no Tora - Torajirô Kuruma
- Shin otoko wa tsurai yo - Torajirô Kuruma
- Kigeki: Otoko wa aikyo - Okera no Goro
- Otoko wa tsurai yo: Boukyou hen - Torajiro Kuruma
- Tora! Tora! Tora! - Cook #1
- Where Spring Comes Late
- Otoko wa tsurai yo: Junjô hen - Torajirô Kuruma
- Otoko wa tsurai yo: Funto hen - Torajiro Kuruma
- Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro koiuta - Torajiro Kuruma
- Yaruzô mite ore tamegorô
- Otoko wa tsurai yo: Shibamata bojo - Torajiro Kuruma
- Furusato - Matsushita
- Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro yumemakura - Torajiro Kuruma
- Aa koe naki tomo - Tamiji Nishiyama
- Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro wasurenagusa - Torajiro Kuruma
- Otoko wa tsurai yo: Watashi no tora-san - Torajiro Kuruma
- Tokyo do mannaka
- Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro koiyatsure - Torajiro Kuruma
- Castle of Sand - Movie Theater Manager
- Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro komoriuta - Torajiro Kuruma
- Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro aiaigasa - Torajiro Kuruma
- Harakara
- Otoko wa tsurai yo: Katsushika risshi hen - Torajiro Kuruma
- Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro yuuyake koyake - Torajiro Kuruma
- Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajirô junjô shishû - Torajiro Kuruma
- Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajirô to tonosama - Torajiro Kuruma
- Shiawase no kiiroi hankachi - Watanabe kakarichô
- Yatsuhaka-mura - Kôsuke Kindaichi
- Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro gambare! - Torajiro Kuruma
- Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro wagamichi wo yuku - Torajiro Kuruma
- Kôtei no inai hachigatsu - Kubo
- Otoko wa tsurai yo: Uwasa no Torajirô - Torajiro Kuruma
- Otoko wa tsurai yo: Tonderu Torajirô - Torajirô Kuruma
- Ore-tachi no kokyogaku
- Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajirô haru no yume - Torajirô Kuruma
- Haruka naru yama no yobigoe
- Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro haibisukasu no hana - Torajiro Kuruma
- Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro kamome uta - Torajiro Kuruma
- Otoko wa tsurai yo: Naniwa no koi no Torajirô - Torajirô Kuruma
- Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro kamifusen - Torajiro Kuruma
- Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro ajisai no koi - Torajiro Kuruma
- Otoko wa tsurai yo: Hana mo arashi mo Torajirô - Torajirô Kuruma
- Otoko wa tsurai yo: Tabi to onna to Torajirô - Torajirô Kuruma
- Otoko wa tsurai yo: Kuchibue wo fuku Torajirô - Torajiro Kuruma
- Otoko wa tsurai yo: Yogiri ni musebu torajiro - Torajiro Kuruma
- Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajirô shinjitsu ichiro - Torajirô Kuruma
- Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajirô ren'ai juku - Torajirô Kuruma
- Otoko wa tsurai yo: Shibamata yori ai wo komete - Torajiro Kuruma
- Final Take - Kihachi
- Otoko wa tsurai yo: Shiawase no aoi tori - Torajiro Kuruma
- Otoko wa tsurai yo: Shiretoko bojô - Torajirô Kuruma
- Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro monogatari - Torajiro Kuruma
- Nijushi no hitomi - Narrator
- Dauntaun hirozu - Havaosuke the dormitory cook
- Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro sarada kinenbi - Torajiro Kuruma
- Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro kokoro no tabiji - Torajiro Kuruma
- Otoko wa tsurai yo: Boku no ojisan - Torajiro Kuruma
- Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro no kyuujitsu - Torajiro Kuruma
- Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro no kokuhaku - Torajiro Kuruma
- Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro no seishun - Torajiro Kuruma
- A Class to Remember
- Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro no endan - Torajiro Kuruma
- Otoko wa tsurai yo: Haikei, Kuruma Torajiro sama - Torajiro Kuruma
- Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro kurenai no hana - Torajiro Kuruma
- Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro haibisukasu no hana tokubetsu-hen - Torajiro Kuruma
Honours
- Medal with Purple Ribbon
- People's Honour Award