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Kiyoshi Atsumi

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Kiyoshi Atsumi

Born March 10, 1928 · Tokyo, Japan

Died August 4, 1996 · aged 68

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 fil…

Known For

Tora! Tora! Tora!Tora! Tora! Tora! · 1970
Tora! Tora! Tora!
★ 7.21970
MovieWarHistory
In the summer of 1941, the United States and Japan seem on the brink of war after constant embargos and failed diplomacy come to no end. "Tora! Tora! Tora!", named after the code words used by the lead Japanese pilot to indicate they had surprised the Americans, covers the days leading up to the attack on Pearl Harbor, which plunged America into the Second World War.
The Yellow HandkerchiefThe Yellow Handkerchief · 1977
The Yellow Handkerchief
★ 7.01977
MovieComedyDrama
A convict, newly released from prison for murder, joins two strangers on a road trip through Hokkaido to visit his ex-wife, whom he hasn't seen in four years, knowing that if she puts a yellow handkerchief on the window, it would mean that she wants him back at home.
The Castle of SandThe Castle of Sand · 1974
The Castle of Sand
★ 7.41974
MovieCrimeMystery
Two detectives are tasked to investigate the murder of an old man, found bludgeoned to death in a Tokyo rail yard.
Village of Eight GravestonesVillage of Eight Gravestones · 1977
Village of Eight Gravestones
★ 7.01977
MovieThrillerHorror
The heir to a family fortune discovers that a curse has been placed on it, put there centuries before by a band of samurai warriors. Adaptation of novel by Seishi Yokomizo
A Class to RememberA Class to Remember · 1993
A Class to Remember
★ 7.31993
MovieDrama
A cantankerous but loveable high school teacher teaches a night school in a poor neighborhood for adult students on the fringes of Japanese society.
Tora-san's MatchmakerTora-san's Matchmaker · 1993
Tora-san's Matchmaker
★ 9.01993
MovieComedy
After failing to find a job, Mitsuo becomes a fisherman on a small island, and develops a crush on a young nurse there. Tora-san, dispatched to bring Mitsuo back home, himself falls in love with an attractive but troubled woman visiting her father.
Women Can't Be BeatenWomen Can't Be Beaten · 1969
Women Can't Be Beaten
★ 7.51969
MovieComedy
An uptight young man comes to suspect that his factory worker girlfriend has a secret involving his boorish older brother.
Final Take: The Golden Age of MoviesFinal Take: The Golden Age of Movies · 1986
Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies
★ 6.61986
MovieDrama
Director Ogata discovers a new female star in Koharu Tanaka, who works selling candy at a studio theater and she is given a part as a bit player. After the studio's top leading lady is embroiled in a scandal, Koharu is suddenly thrust into the limelight when she replaces her in a film and gains instant fame and fortune. But the going is not always easy, and she soon seeks help from unexpected quarters.

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