Discover
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 a film “Dear Mr. Emperor” in 1963 established his reputation as an actor.
Birth Name
Yasuo Tadokoro
Born
Saturday, 10 March 1928
Died
Sunday, 04 August 1996
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Tora-san, Welcome Back! | Tora-san | 2019 |
| Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro haibisukasu no hana tokubetsu-hen | Torajiro Kuruma / Torajiro Kuruma(Tora-san) | 1997 |
| Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro kurenai no hana | Torajiro Kuruma / Torajiro Kuruma(Tora-san) | 1995 |
| Otoko wa tsurai yo: Haikei, Kuruma Torajiro sama | Torajiro Kuruma / Torajiro Kuruma(Tora-san) | 1994 |
| Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro no endan | Torajiro Kuruma / Torajiro Kuruma(Tora-san) | 1993 |
| A Class to Remember | 1993 | |
| Tora-San Makes Excuses | Torajiro Kuruma | 1992 |
| Tora-san Confesses | Torajiro Kuruma / Torajiro Kuruma(Tora-san) | 1991 |
| Tora-san Takes a Vacation | Torajiro Kuruma / Torajiro Kuruma(Tora-san) | 1990 |
| Otoko wa tsurai yo: Boku no ojisan | Torajiro Kuruma | 1989 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Tora-san, Welcome Back! | Tora-san | 2019 |
| Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro haibisukasu no hana tokubetsu-hen | Torajiro Kuruma / Torajiro Kuruma(Tora-san) | 1997 |
| Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro kurenai no hana | Torajiro Kuruma / Torajiro Kuruma(Tora-san) | 1995 |
| Otoko wa tsurai yo: Haikei, Kuruma Torajiro sama | Torajiro Kuruma / Torajiro Kuruma(Tora-san) | 1994 |
| Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro no endan | Torajiro Kuruma / Torajiro Kuruma(Tora-san) | 1993 |
| A Class to Remember | 1993 | |
| Tora-San Makes Excuses | Torajiro Kuruma | 1992 |
| Tora-san Confesses | Torajiro Kuruma / Torajiro Kuruma(Tora-san) | 1991 |
| Tora-san Takes a Vacation | Torajiro Kuruma / Torajiro Kuruma(Tora-san) | 1990 |
| Otoko wa tsurai yo: Boku no ojisan | Torajiro Kuruma | 1989 |
| Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro kokoro no tabiji | Torajiro Kuruma | 1989 |
| Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial | Torajiro Kuruma | 1988 |
| Hope and Pain | Havaosuke the dormitory cook | 1988 |
| Tora-san Plays Daddy | Torajiro Kuruma | 1987 |
| Tora-san Goes North | Torajirô Kuruma / Torajiro Kuruma | 1987 |
| Otoko wa tsurai yo: Shiawase no aoi tori | Torajiro Kuruma | 1986 |
| Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies | Kihachi | 1986 |
| Tora-san's Island Encounter | Torajiro Kuruma | 1985 |
| Tora-san, the Go-between | Torajirô Kuruma / Torajiro Kuruma | 1985 |
| Tora-san's Forbidden Love | Torajirô Kuruma / Torajiro Kuruma | 1984 |
| Marriage Counselor Tora-san | Torajiro Kuruma | 1984 |
| Tora-san Goes Religious? | Kuruma Torajiro / Torajiro Kuruma | 1983 |
| Tora-san's Song of Love | Torajirô Kuruma / Torajiro Kuruma | 1983 |
| Tora-san, the Expert | Torajirô Kuruma / Torajiro Kuruma | 1982 |
| Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san | Torajiro Kuruma | 1982 |
| Tora-san's Promise | Torajiro Kuruma | 1981 |
| Tora-san's Love in Osaka | Torajirô Kuruma / Torajiro Kuruma | 1981 |
| Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro kamome uta | Torajiro Kuruma | 1980 |
| Tora-san's Tropical Fever | Torajiro Kuruma | 1980 |
| A Distant Cry from Spring | Kondo | 1980 |
| Tora-san's Dream of Spring | Torajirô Kuruma / Kuruma Torajiro | 1979 |
| Tora-san, the Matchmaker | Torajirô Kuruma / Torajiro | 1979 |
| Talk of the Town Tora-san | Torajiro Kuruma / Tora | 1978 |
| August Without Emperor | Kubo | 1978 |
| Stage-struck Tora-san | Torajiro Kuruma | 1978 |
| Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro gambare! | Torajiro Kuruma / Torajirō | 1977 |
| The Yellow Handkerchief | Watanabe Kacho / Watanabe kakarichô | 1977 |
| Tora-san Meets His Lordship | Torajiro Kuruma | 1977 |
| Tora-san's Heart of Gold | Torajiro / Torajiro Kuruma | 1976 |
| Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset | Torajiro Kuruma | 1976 |
| Tora-san, the Intellectual | Torajiro / Torajiro Kuruma | 1975 |
| The Village | 1975 | |
| Tora-san's Rise and Fall | Torajiro Kuruma / Tora | 1975 |
| Tora-san's Lullaby | Torajiro / Torajiro Kuruma | 1974 |
| The Castle of Sand | Movie Theater Manager | 1974 |
| Tora-san's Lovesick | Torajiro / Torajiro Kuruma | 1974 |
| Tora-San Goes French | Torajiro Kuruma | 1973 |
| Tora-san's Forget Me Not | Torajiro Kuruma | 1973 |
| Tora-san's Dream-Come-True | Torajiro Kuruma | 1972 |
| Home from the Sea | Matsushita | 1972 |
| Tora-san's Dear Old Home | Torajiro Kuruma | 1972 |
| Aa koe naki tomo | Tamiji Nishiyama | 1972 |
| Tora-san's Love Call | Torajiro Kuruma | 1971 |
| Tora-san, the Good Samaritan | Torajirō Kuruma / Torajiro Kuruma | 1971 |
| Tora-san's Shattered Romance | Torajirô Kuruma | 1971 |
| Watch Your Heart, Tamegoro | 1971 | |
| Where Spring Comes Late | Traveler | 1970 |
| Tora-san's Runaway | Torajiro Kuruma | 1970 |
| Tora-san's Grand Scheme | Torajiro Kuruma / Torajirô Kuruma | 1970 |
| Tora! Tora! Tora! | Cook #1 (Japanese version only) | 1970 |
| Tora-san, His Tender Love | Torajirô Kuruma / Torajiro Kuruma | 1970 |
| Tora-San's Cherished Mother | Torajiro Kuruma / Torajirô Kuruma | 1969 |
| Kigeki: Onna wa dokyô | Tsutomu | 1969 |
| Tora-san, Our Lovable Tramp | Torajirô Kuruma | 1969 |
| Scrap Collectors | Hose | 1968 |
| Gion matsuri | 1968 | |
| Hakuchû dôdô | Katsuji 'Watakatsu' Watanabe | 1968 |
| Fighters on Fire | 1968 | |
| The Man Without a Map | Tashiro | 1968 |
| Kigeki hatsumoude resha | Ueda | 1968 |
| Kigeki: Dantai ressha | 1967 | |
| Kigeki: Kyûkô ressha | 1967 | |
| Otoko nara furimukuna | 1967 | |
| Mother and Her Eleven Children | Teiji Yoshida | 1966 |
| Kutsukake Tokijiro - yukyo ippiki | Minobu no Asakichi | 1966 |
| Un ga yoke rya | 1966 | |
| Izuko e | 1966 | |
| The Song of Bwana Toshi | Toshi | 1965 |
| Baka marudashi | 1964 | |
| Haikei tenno heika sama | Shosuke Yamada / Zensuke Yamashita | 1963 |
| Escape from Hell | Ichibei | 1963 |
| Sing, Young People! | Taxi driver / Driver | 1963 |
| Attack Squadron! | 1963 | |
| Atomic no Obon, onna oyabun taiketsu no maki | 1961 | |
| Koshinuke nyûipin sodô | 1961 |
Producer Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| Aa koe naki tomo | 1972 |
