Kiyoshi Atsumi
Kiyoshi Atsumi (渥美 清 Atsumi Kiyoshi), born Yasuo Tadokoro (田所 康雄 Tadokoro Yasuo, 10 March 1928 – 4 August 1996), was a Japanese actor. He was born in Tokyo, and 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” (Haikei Tenno-Heika-Sama) in 1963 established his reputation as an actor.
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| Born | Yasuo Tadokoro (田所 康雄) March 10, 1928 | ||||
| Died | August 4, 1996 (aged 68) | ||||
| Years active | 1951 - 1996 | ||||
| Awards | People's Honour Award (1996) | ||||
| Japanese name | |||||
| Kanji | 渥美 清 | ||||
| Hiragana | あつみ きよし | ||||
| Katakana | アツミ キヨシ | ||||
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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 (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 when he died in Tokyo, 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 (1958) - Hatta
- Shima no sehiro no oyabun-shû (1961)
- Koshinuke nyûipin sodô (1961)
- Daite chôdai (1961)
- Atomic no obon: Surimasuwayo no maki (1961)
- Tôshi reijô (1961) - Nozaki
- Atomic no obon, onna oyabuntaiketsu no maki (1961)
- Wakaki ni ho Jirocho: Tokaido no tsumujikaze (1962)
- Nippon no obaachan (1962) - Policeman
- Oedo Hyobanji Binan no Kaoyaku (1962) - Ushi
- Kigeki: Danchi oyabun (1962)
- Ottamage ningyo monogatari (1962) - Ginji
- Sarariman Isshin Tasuke (1962)
- Attack Squadron! (1963)
- Utae Wakôdotachi (1963) - Taxi driver
- Mushukunin-betsuchô (1963) - Ichibei
- Tsumujikaze (1963)
- Haikei tenno heika sama (1963) - Shosuke Yamada
- Gendaikko (1963) - Actor (uncredited)
- Okashina yatsu (1963) - Kashô Sanyûtei
- Zoku Haikei Tenno Heika Sama (1964) - Zensuke yamaguchi
- Gendai kane monogatari (1964)
- Haikei sôri daijin sama (1964)
- Ore wa bodigado (1964)
- Sanpo suru reikyusha (1964)
- Baka marudashi (1964)
- Bwana Toshi no uta (1965) - Toshi
- Izuko e (1966)
- Un ga yoke rya (1966)
- Kutsukake Tokijiro - yukyo ippiki (1966)
- Ohana han (1966)
- Kaachan to 11-nin no kodomo (1966) - Teiji Yoshida
- Chichiko gusa (1967)
- Kigeki: Kyûkô ressha (1967)
- Kigeki: Dantai ressha (1967)
- Otoko nara furimukuna (1967)
- Neon taiheiki (1968)
- Kigeki hachurui (1968) - Seki
- Moetsukita chizu (1968) - Tashiro
- Nippon gerira jidai (1968)
- Hakuchû dôdô (1968) - Katsuji 'Watakatsu' Watanabe
- Gion matsuri (1968)
- Sukurappu shûdan (1968) - Hose
- Kigeki hatsumoude resha (1968) - Ueda
- Otoko wa tsurai yo (1969) - Torajirô Kuruma
- Kigeki: Onna wa dokyô (1969) - Tsutomu
- Zoku otoko wa tsurai yo (1969) - Torajirô Kuruma
- Otoko wa tsurai yo: Fûten no Tora (1970) - Torajirô Kuruma
- Shin otoko wa tsurai yo (1970) - Torajirô Kuruma
- Kigeki: Otoko wa aikyo (1970) - Okera no Goro
- Otoko wa tsurai yo: Boukyou hen (1970) - Torajiro Kuruma
- Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970) - Cook #1 (Japanese version only) (uncredited)
- Where Spring Comes Late (1970)
- Otoko wa tsurai yo: Junjô hen (1971) - Torajirô Kuruma
- Otoko wa tsurai yo: Funto hen (1971) - Torajiro Kuruma
- Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro koiuta (1971) - Torajiro Kuruma
- Yaruzô mite ore tamegorô (1971)
- Otoko wa tsurai yo: Shibamata bojo (1972) - Torajiro Kuruma
- Furusato (1972) - Matsushita
- Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro yumemakura (1972) - Torajiro Kuruma
- Aa koe naki tomo (1972) - Tamiji Nishiyama
- Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro wasurenagusa (1973) - Torajiro Kuruma
- Otoko wa tsurai yo: Watashi no tora-san (1973) - Torajiro Kuruma
- Tokyo do mannaka (1974)
- Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro koiyatsure (1974) - Torajiro Kuruma
- Castle of Sand (1974) - Movie Theater Manager
- Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro komoriuta (1974) - Torajiro Kuruma
- Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro aiaigasa (1975) - Torajiro Kuruma
- Harakara (1975)
- Otoko wa tsurai yo: Katsushika risshi hen (1975) - Torajiro Kuruma
- Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro yuuyake koyake (1976) - Torajiro Kuruma
- Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajirô junjô shishû (1976) - Torajiro Kuruma
- Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajirô to tonosama (1977) - Torajiro Kuruma
- Shiawase no kiiroi hankachi (1977) - Watanabe kakarichô
- Yatsuhaka-mura (1977) - Kôsuke Kindaichi
- Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro gambare! (1977) - Torajiro Kuruma
- Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro wagamichi wo yuku (1978) - Torajiro Kuruma
- Kôtei no inai hachigatsu (1978) - Kubo
- Otoko wa tsurai yo: Uwasa no Torajirô (1978) - Torajiro Kuruma
- Otoko wa tsurai yo: Tonderu Torajirô (1979) - Torajirô Kuruma
- Ore-tachi no kokyogaku (1979)
- Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajirô haru no yume (1979) - Torajirô Kuruma
- Haruka naru yama no yobigoe (1980)
- Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro haibisukasu no hana (1980) - Torajiro Kuruma
- Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro kamome uta (1980) - Torajiro Kuruma
- Otoko wa tsurai yo: Naniwa no koi no Torajirô (1981) - Torajirô Kuruma
- Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro kamifusen (1981) - Torajiro Kuruma
- Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro ajisai no koi (1982) - Torajiro Kuruma
- Otoko wa tsurai yo: Hana mo arashi mo Torajirô (1982) - Torajirô Kuruma
- Otoko wa tsurai yo: Tabi to onna to Torajirô (1983) - Torajirô Kuruma
- Otoko wa tsurai yo: Kuchibue wo fuku Torajirô (1983) - Torajiro Kuruma
- Otoko wa tsurai yo: Yogiri ni musebu torajiro (1984) - Torajiro Kuruma
- Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajirô shinjitsu ichiro (1984) - Torajirô Kuruma
- Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajirô ren'ai juku (1985) - Torajirô Kuruma
- Otoko wa tsurai yo: Shibamata yori ai wo komete (1985) - Torajiro Kuruma
- Final Take (1986) - Kihachi
- Otoko wa tsurai yo: Shiawase no aoi tori (1986) - Torajiro Kuruma
- Otoko wa tsurai yo: Shiretoko bojô (1987) - Torajirô Kuruma
- Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro monogatari (1987) - Torajiro Kuruma
- Nijushi no hitomi (1987) - Narrator
- Dauntaun hirozu (1988) - Havaosuke the dormitory cook
- Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro sarada kinenbi (1988) - Torajiro Kuruma
- Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro kokoro no tabiji (1989) - Torajiro Kuruma
- Otoko wa tsurai yo: Boku no ojisan (1989) - Torajiro Kuruma
- Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro no kyuujitsu (1990) - Torajiro Kuruma
- Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro no kokuhaku (1991) - Torajiro Kuruma
- Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro no seishun (1992) - Torajiro Kuruma
- A Class to Remember (1993)
- Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro no endan (1993) - Torajiro Kuruma
- Otoko wa tsurai yo: Haikei, Kuruma Torajiro sama (1994) - Torajiro Kuruma
- Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro kurenai no hana (1995) - Torajiro Kuruma
- Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro haibisukasu no hana tokubetsu-hen (1997) - Torajiro Kuruma (final film role)
Honours
- Medal with Purple Ribbon (1988)
- People's Honour Award (1996)
References
- "Kiyoshi Atsumi, Actor, 68", The New York Times, 11 August 1996.
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