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Kiyoshi Atsumi
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.
Known For
Tora! Tora! Tora!
as Cook #1 (uncredited)
The Castle of Sand
as Movie Theater Manager
Tora-san Meets the Songstress Again
as Tora
The Yellow Handkerchief
as Watanabe Kacho
The Man Without a Map
as Tashiro
Tora-san's Love Call
as Torajiro Kuruma
Tora-san Plays Daddy
as Torajiro Kuruma
Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset
as Torajiro Kuruma
Tora-san, the Good Samaritan
as Torajirō Kuruma
Foster Daddy, Tora!
as Torajiro Kuruma
