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    Kiyoshi Atsumi

    1928-03-10 (96 years old) in Tokyo, Japan

    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.

    Movies

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    Tora-san, Wish You Were Here
    80 %|Dec 27, 2019
    Comedy, Drama
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    Tora-san's Tropical Fever Special Version
    80 %|Nov 22, 1997
    Drama, Comedy
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    Tora-san to the Rescue
    70 %|Dec 23, 1995
    Comedy
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    Tora-san's Easy Advice
    80 %|Dec 23, 1994
    Comedy
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    Tora-san's Matchmaker
    80 %|Dec 25, 1993
    Comedy
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    A Class to Remember
    75 %|Nov 6, 1993
    Drama
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    Tora-san Makes Excuses
    80 %|Dec 26, 1992
    Comedy
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    Tora-san Confesses
    80 %|Dec 23, 1991
    Comedy, Drama, Family
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    Tora-san Takes a Vacation
    80 %|Dec 22, 1990
    Comedy
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    Tora-san, My Uncle
    87 %|Dec 27, 1989
    Comedy
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    Tora-san Goes to Vienna
    80 %|Aug 5, 1989
    Comedy
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    Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial
    85 %|Dec 24, 1988
    Comedy
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    Hope and Pain
    84 %|Aug 6, 1988
    Drama
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    Tora-san Plays Daddy
    90 %|Dec 26, 1987
    Comedy
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    Tora-san Goes North
    87 %|Aug 15, 1987
    Comedy, Drama
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    Children on the Island
    0 %|Jul 11, 1987
    Drama, History
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    Tora-san's Bluebird Fantasy
    75 %|Dec 20, 1986
    Comedy
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    Tora-san's Island Encounter
    80 %|Dec 28, 1985
    Comedy
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    Tora-san, the Go-Between
    65 %|Aug 3, 1985
    Comedy
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    Tora-san's Forbidden Love
    80 %|Dec 28, 1984
    Comedy
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    Marriage Counselor Tora-san
    80 %|Aug 4, 1984
    Comedy
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    Tora-san Goes Religious?
    80 %|Dec 28, 1983
    Comedy
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    Tora-san's Song of Love
    80 %|Aug 6, 1983
    Comedy
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    Tora-san, the Expert
    85 %|Dec 28, 1982
    Comedy
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    Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san
    80 %|Aug 7, 1982
    Comedy
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    Tora-san's Promise
    80 %|Dec 28, 1981
    Comedy
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    Tora-san's Love in Osaka
    85 %|Aug 8, 1981
    Comedy
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    Foster Daddy, Tora!
    75 %|Dec 27, 1980
    Comedy
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    Tora-san's Tropical Fever
    80 %|Aug 2, 1980
    Comedy, Family, Drama, Romance
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    A Distant Cry from Spring
    72 %|Mar 15, 1980
    Drama
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    Tora-san's Dream of Spring
    80 %|Dec 28, 1979
    Comedy
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    Tora-san, the Matchmaker
    85 %|Aug 4, 1979
    Comedy
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    Talk of the Town Tora-san
    90 %|Dec 27, 1978
    Comedy
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    August without Emperor
    70 %|Sep 23, 1978
    Drama, Thriller
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    Stage-Struck Tora-san
    80 %|Aug 5, 1978
    Comedy
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    Tora-san Plays Cupid
    77 %|Dec 24, 1977
    Comedy
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    Village of Eight Gravestones
    66 %|Oct 29, 1977
    Thriller, Horror, Mystery
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    The Yellow Handkerchief
    67 %|Sep 30, 1977
    Comedy, Drama
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    Tora-san Meets His Lordship
    85 %|Aug 6, 1977
    Comedy
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    Tora-san's Pure Love
    85 %|Dec 25, 1976
    Comedy
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    Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset
    90 %|Jul 23, 1976
    Comedy
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    The Village
    67 %|Apr 12, 1976
    Drama
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    Tora-san, the Intellectual
    77 %|Dec 27, 1975
    Comedy
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    Tora-san's Lullaby
    75 %|Dec 28, 1974
    Comedy
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    The Castle of Sand
    73 %|Oct 19, 1974
    Crime, Mystery, Drama
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    Tora-san's Lovesick
    73 %|Aug 10, 1974
    Comedy
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    Tora-san Loves an Artist
    80 %|Dec 25, 1973
    Comedy
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    Tora-san's Forget Me Not
    80 %|Jan 4, 1973
    Comedy
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    Tora-san's Dream-Come-True
    76 %|Dec 29, 1972
    Comedy
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    Home from the Sea
    71 %|Oct 28, 1972
    Drama
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    Tora-san's Dear Old Home
    75 %|Aug 5, 1972
    Comedy
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    My Voiceless Friends
    0 %|Apr 29, 1972
    Drama
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    Tora-san's Love Call
    80 %|Dec 29, 1971
    Comedy
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    Tora-san, the Good Samaritan
    78 %|Apr 28, 1971
    Comedy
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    Tora-san's Shattered Romance
    72 %|Jan 15, 1971
    Comedy
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    Where Spring Comes Late
    73 %|Oct 24, 1970
    Drama
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    Tora-san's Runaway
    78 %|Aug 26, 1970
    Comedy
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    Charming Men
    0 %|Jun 13, 1970
    Comedy
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    Tora-san's Grand Scheme
    74 %|Feb 26, 1970
    Comedy
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    Tora! Tora! Tora!
    72 %|Jan 26, 1970
    War, History, Drama
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    Tora-san, His Tender Love
    70 %|Jan 15, 1970
    Comedy
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    Tora-san's Cherished Mother
    68 %|Nov 14, 1969
    Comedy
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    Women Can't Be Beaten
    0 %|Oct 1, 1969
    Comedy
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    It's Tough Being a Man
    81 %|Aug 27, 1969
    Comedy
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    Scrap Collectors
    0 %|Nov 28, 1968
    Comedy
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    The Day the Sun Rose
    70 %|Nov 23, 1968
    Drama
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    In Broad Daylight
    0 %|Oct 26, 1968
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    Age of Japanese Guerrillas
    0 %|Aug 30, 1968
    Comedy
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    The Man Without a Map
    65 %|Jun 1, 1968
    Mystery
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    風来忍法帖 八方破れ
    0 %|May 8, 1968
    Action, Comedy
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    Neon taiheiki
    0 %|Apr 13, 1968
    Comedy, Drama
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    New Year Trip
    0 %|Jan 3, 1968
    Comedy
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    Green Light to Joy
    0 %|Dec 6, 1967
    Drama
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    Traveling in Party
    60 %|Nov 12, 1967
    Comedy
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    Express Train
    60 %|Jun 3, 1967
    Comedy
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    Our Wonderful Years
    0 %|Sep 30, 1966
    Drama
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    Kutsukake Tokijiro: The Lonely Yakuza
    66 %|Apr 1, 1966
    Action, Adventure, History
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    Gamblers' Luck
    70 %|Mar 19, 1966
    Comedy
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    The Betrayers Out!
    0 %|Jan 15, 1966
    Action
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    The Song of the Bwana Toshi
    0 %|Jul 5, 1965
    Drama
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    風来忍法帖
    0 %|May 16, 1965
    Action, Comedy
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    The Glamorous Ghost
    60 %|Oct 3, 1964
    Mystery
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    I'm a Bodyguard
    0 %|May 16, 1964
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    Dear Mr. Prime Minister
    0 %|Apr 29, 1964
    Comedy
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    How to Make Money
    0 %|Feb 1, 1964
    Comedy
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    The Honest Fool
    0 %|Jan 15, 1964
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    To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2
    0 %|Jan 1, 1964
    Comedy, War
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    Okashina yatsu
    0 %|Nov 1, 1963
    Comedy
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    To Your Majesty, The Emperor
    0 %|Apr 28, 1963
    Comedy, War
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    Escape from Hell
    62 %|Jan 27, 1963
    Drama, Crime
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    Sing, Young People
    58 %|Jan 6, 1963
    Comedy
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    Attack Squadron
    60 %|Jan 3, 1963
    Action, Drama, War
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    Tōkyō sanosa musume
    0 %|Sep 16, 1962
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    A Carpenter and Children
    0 %|Jun 10, 1962
    Drama
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    The Ambitious Youth
    0 %|Jun 3, 1962
    Comedy
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    A Country Boss
    0 %|Jan 25, 1962
    Comedy
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    Good Rascals
    60 %|Jan 14, 1962
    Comedy
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    Nippon no obaachan
    0 %|Jan 3, 1962
    Comedy
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    Jirocho' s Days of Youth: Whirlwind on the Tokaido
    0 %|Jan 3, 1962
    Drama, Crime, History
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    Snow in the South Seas
    0 %|Sep 29, 1961
    Comedy, Drama, War
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    Obon, The Moll Dipper
    0 %|Apr 16, 1961
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    若社長と爆発娘
    0 %|Mar 6, 1960
    Comedy

    Series

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    It's Tough Being a Man
    0 %|Oct 3, 1968