Atsumi Kiyoshi

Atsumi Kiyoshi (渥美清) was born on March 10, 1928. Atsumi Kiyoshi movies and tv shows: Tora-san 48: To the Rescue 1995 (Japan), Tora-san 47: Easy Advice 1994 (Japan), Tora-san 46: Matchmaker 1993 (Japan), Tora-san 45: Makes Excuses 1992 (Japan), Tora-san 44: Confesses 1991 (Japan)...

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First Name: Yasuo

Family Name: Tadokoro

Native Name: 渥美清

Also Known As: 田所康雄;

Nationality: Japanese

Gender: Male

Born: March 10, 1928

Atsumi Kiyoshi (Born Tadokoro Yasuo) 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 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.
(Source:Wikipedia)