Tamori
Acting Born Aug 22, 1945 Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan 24 credits
Biography
Kazuyoshi Morita, known by his stage name Tamori, is a Japanese television celebrity. Known for his trademark dark sunglasses, Tamori is one of the "big three" television comedians in Japan along with Takeshi Kitano (a.k.a. Beat Takeshi) and Sanma Akashiya. For more than 30 years he hosted Waratte Iitomo! ("It's OK to laugh!"), a nationally televised live show broadcast every weekday at noon from October 1982 until March 2014. His likeness is the basis for the Piranha Plant in All Night Nippon Super Mario Bros.
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Full filmography
- Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen (1990) as Tamori
- SMAP×SMAP (1996) as Skit Guest
- Tales of the Bizarre (1990)
- Kyoko Aizome's Widow Boarding House (1984)
- Bura Tamori (2009)
- A Pool Without Water (1982) as Camera Shop Owner
- if: Moshimo (1993) as Self – Host
- Hero (2007) as Renzaburo Hanaoka
- Tales of the Bizarre: 2023 Summer Special (2023)
- Tales of the Bizarre: 35th Anniversary Special – Autumn Special (2025) as The Storyteller
- Tamori no Gap Donburi (1994) as Self - Host
- Music Station (1986)
- Tales of the Bizarre: 2013 Spring Special (2013)
- Boro the Caterpillar (2018) as (voice)
- Tales of the Bizarre: 2024 Winter Special (2024) as Tamori
- Tales of the Bizarre: Vol. 3 (1991)
- Tales of the Bizarre: 2014 Fall Special (2014) as Storyteller
- Tales of the Bizarre: 2021 Fall Special (2021)
- Tales of the Bizarre: 35th Anniversary Special (2025) as Tamori
- Tales of the Unusual (2000) as Storyteller (segment "The Storyteller")
- Tales of the Bizarre: 2009 Spring Special (2009) as Storyteller
- The Legend of the Stardust Brothers (1985) as Chairman of "Waratte Iitomo"
- Tales of the Bizarre: 2023 Fall Special (2023)
- 戦後７０年 ニッポンの肖像 (2015)