Tamori
Known for
Acting
Born
August 22, 1945 (age 81)
Birthplace
Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan
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.
Best known work
Hero
2007
The Legend of the Stardust Brothers
1985
A Pool Without Water
1982
Tales of the Unusual
2000
Boro the Caterpillar
2018
Jazz Daimyo
1986
House Hunting
2006
Tales of the Bizarre
1990
Tales of the Bizarre: 2013 Spring Special
2013
Tales of the Bizarre 25th Anniversary Autumn Special: Film Directors Collection
2015Filmography
2026
2025
Tales of the Bizarre: 35th Anniversary Special – Autumn Specialas The Storyteller
2025
2025
2024
2024
2023
2023
2022
2022
2021
2021
2020
Tales of the Bizarre: 2020 Fall Specialas Storyteller
2020
2019
Tales of the Bizarre: 2019 Rain Specialas Storyteller
2018
Tensai Bakabon 3 ~ The Love and Youth of Bakada UniversityTheme Song Performance
2018
Boro the Caterpillaras (voice)
2017
2017
Tensai Bakabon 2Theme Song Performance
2016
Tales of the Bizarre: 2016 Fall Specialas Storyteller
2016
The Man Who Went Beyond Manga: Fujio Akatsukaas Self, Theme Song Performance
2016
Tensai Bakabon ~ Family TiesTheme Song Performance
2015
2015
2015