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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Kiyoshi Atsumi
Born	Yasuo Tadokoro (田所 康雄) (1928-03-10)March 10, 1928 Taito, Tokyo, Japan
Died	August 4, 1996(1996-08-04) (aged 68) Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan
Years active	1951 - 1996
Awards	People's Honour Award (1996)
Japanese name
Kanji	渥美 清
Transcriptions Romanization Atsumi Kiyoshi

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

Honours

• Medal with Purple Ribbon (1988)
• People's Honour Award (1996)

References

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• "Kiyoshi Atsumi, Actor, 68", The New York Times, 11 August 1996.

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