Real name: 田所 康雄 (Tadokoro Yasuo)

Effective period / Period of releases: 1971

Kiyoshi Atsumi (渥美 清, Atsumi Kiyoshi). Japanese comedian, actor who was born in Tokyo. (March 10, 1928 - August 4, 1996)
AKA Tora-san (寅さん) from his film series Otoko Wa Tsurai Yo (男はつらいよ)
a kind-hearted vagabond who is always unlucky in love.
The series itself is often referred to as "Tora-san" by its fans.
Spanning 48 installments released between 1969 and 1995,
all of the Otoko wa tsurai yo films except episodes 3 (Azuma Morisaki)
and 4 (Shun'ichi Kobayashi) were directed by Yōji Yamada (山田洋次), who also wrote (or co-wrote) all the screenplays.