Acting
Kiyoshi Atsumi
- Born
- Mar 10, 1928 · Aged 68
- Died
- Aug 4, 1996
- Place of birth
- Tokyo, Japan
- Gender
- Male
- Movie credits
- 126
- TV credits
- 3
Also known as (3)
- Yasuo Tadokoro
- 寅さん
- Киёси Ацуми
Biography
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…
