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.