(田所康雄) (1929, 10 March-1996, 4 August), was a Japanesefilmactor. Image File history File links from ja-wiki. ... Image File history File links from ja-wiki. ... 1929 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... March 10 is the 69th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (70th in Leap years). ... 1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... August 4 is the 216th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (217th in leap years), with 149 days remaining. ... Film refers to the celluloid media on which movies are printed Film is a term that encompasses motion pictures as individual projects, as well as the field in general. ... Actors in period costume sharing a joke whilst waiting between takes during location filming. ...
He started his career in 1951 as a comedian at a strip-show theater in Asakusa. After two years of fighting against pulmonary tuberculosis, he made his debut on TV in 1956 and on film in 1957. His performance vividly acting a lovable, innocent man in a film “Dear Mr. Emperor” (Haikei Tennno-Heika-Sama) in 1963 established his reputation as an actor. The Kaminarimon is the outer gate of the Sensoji, Asakusas famous temple. ...
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 forty-eighth film released in 1995, the year before his death. Otoko wa tsurai yo (男はつらいよ, Its tough being a man) is a Japanese film series starring Kiyoshi Atsumi as Tora-san, a kind-hearted vagabond who is always unlucky in love. ... statue of Tora-san Otoko wa tsurai yo (ç”·ã¯ã¤ã‚‰ã„よ, Its tough being a man) is a Japanese film series starring Kiyoshi Atsumi as Tora-san, a kind-hearted vagabond who is always unlucky in love. ...
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.
Atsumi starred in all 48 films of the series It's Tough Being a Man (Otoko wa Tsurai yo), the longest streak in cinema history, according to the Guinness Book of Records.
Atsumi's skill was that he could simultaneously indicate relief and consternation, laughter and despair.
Born in old Tokyo in 1928, Atsumi trained as a stand-up comic in the tough strip houses of Asakusa.
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